The proximity of these manual actions with major algorithmic updates is brilliant PR as it associates them together in our memories, discussions and debates - but they are very different things. Google has just rolled out Penguin 2.0, a large...
For and against debates The answer lies in how they learn. Teach them to act or play their respective sports by showing them how to do it and they would quickly become more lost than an agoraphobic at a protest march.
As an added bonus, it scored additional links by stirring up a little bit of controversy and resulted in some debates between those whom the concept resonated with and those who were very pro‐relationships.
On-site SEO discussions are typically dominated by technical debates about how search engines analyze and store HTML. For small business owners, the discussion is much more practical and alarming. Specifically, small business websites do on-site...
There was much news about the campaigns, the debates, and anything else having to do with the candidates and their personal lives (take a look back at this article for a brief reminder – remember searches for “shirtless romney”?
A leap in PPC spending in the political vertical was clearly visible all the way back in August 2011 as multiple Republicans had recently declared their candidacies and a series of regional debates kicked off mid-month in Iowa with eight GOP...
Real-time events like the debates caused record conversation levels on Twitter. President Obama’s tweet, “Four more years,” was Twitter’s Golden Tweet of 2012, earning more retweets than any other. Obama’s November 6 celebratory tweet after winning...
I have heard these debates online, in bars and special sessions at conferences. Much has already been written about the Google Penguin updates, and the impact these have had on websites and businesses.
While Facebook is great for reviving old social connections and Twitter is awesome for real-time commentary of political debates, research shows that 77 percent prefer to receive permission-based commercial messages via email.
Don't be deliberately objectionable – and be careful about which debates you get involved in – but where appropriate, if it's certain not to harm your business, see if you can spark a bit of discussion from the visitors to your blog.
While the debates around privacy and tracking rage on, the fact of the matter is that the search engines are answering the need for timely access to the most relevant information. However, it also highlights an apparent disconnect between what...
But back on point, the small business world isn't interested in debates. Insiders find every aspect of search engine optimization (SEO) fascinating. But the real world doesn’t. An SEO professional may live and die by every algo update and latest...
My next article will look at initiatives and debates happening now that will define first and third parties as far as user tracking goes. The search giant used a bit of code to “trick” Safari into thinking users had interacted with Google by...
Ideas like certification failed in black hat/white hat debates (which is an entirely different issue from delivering value). Koozai’s Online Marketing Manager has put together a wish list of items he wants the community to take action on, some of...
The idea of the .xxx domain has been part of heated debates for many years. Two adult entertainment companies have filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the operators of the .xxx top-level domain, and the administrator of the Domain Name System...
President Obama successfully used Facebook for a virtual Town Hall meeting earlier this year, while before that there were even major political debates hosted online. The role of social media in providing platforms for public figures to communicate...
The page also works as a hub for finding political videos, parodies, debates, and the channels of political candidates. While some of us avoid politics like the plague and others throw themselves enthusiastically into the fray, the majority can at...
Lately, they have also been generating their own content and the sponsorship of political debates is a smart move, as many people don't watch them live. Fox News and Google are hosting the September 22 Republican presidential primary candidates...
There have been great debates in recent months that the ranking impact that can be derived through social media signals falls outside of “traditional” link building. The large majority of external factors that influence organic rankings fall within...
There are continual template/no template debates that go on in link outreach. Going big in guest posting requires careful planning at every stage, from viability analysis and prospect discovery on down to effective content design.
