And because News integrations always appear on page one and are often blended near the top of search engine ranking pages (SERPS), they present an opportunity to be listed high on the first page, even for competitive search terms you might...
Visibility in SERPs courtesy of SearchMetrics Essentials I'm sure you're all by now aware of Google Reader's demise; to many of you this story will have barely warranted a second glance, but for an SEO news addict like me it is a serious pain in...
To me, it seems like both Google and Bing are working toward the “algorithm of the future” which weights many more factors into what is determined as “quality” in the SERPs. Do you agree sites need to be content mills in order to compete in the SERPs?
What About the SERPs? The age old link in the footer of a website appears to Google as if webmasters are trying to manipulate the search engine rankings for a specific key phrase – and having too many links that point to their site from non...
Since Knol pages included personal opinions of the author, criticism arose over whether Google owned / hosted products like this may get unfairly favored in the SERPs. Bing was especially proud of their ability to integrate social activity...
SERPs now not only include blue links but also images, video, places, and news, among others. It gives you more visibility into how different content types are doing on the SERPs Now actually managing a global SEO is campaign is a whole post or two...
And before you ask why I was searching for toilet paper.what are your thoughts on the latest Google SERPs layout - Good news for app marketing? Yesterday Google announced a new SERPs layout on in a blog post tagged under the label 'universal'.
The chart below depicts the daily estimated number of clickthroughs for the keyword phrase “HR Software” in Google.com, Google.ca and Google.au across Page One and Page Two of the SERPs. Press releases that are written specifically for a keyword...
Pete’s analysis of 1,000 unspecified queries showed a big spike (from 1-4 percent historically to 18 percent) in the number of SERPs now showing only seven results. These sites provide verifiable data that Google can use to and establish...
If Answer.com gets the rest of the guides on board with linking their content to a Google+ profile and having their pictures appearing in SERPs (search engine results pages), it will go a long way to legitimizing their content in the eyes (or...
If Social in the SERPs is a Given, Searchers Prefer Bing over Google Next we asked respondents to assume social in the SERPs was a given and indicate their preference for how Google implemented social in the SERPs compared to Bing.
Google isn’t promoting these types of sites in its SERPs anymore. A post earlier this week, “SEO, Why You Are Doing it Wrong,” attempted to educate SMB owners about search engine optimization and Google rankings by examining one business who...
But the recent and most drastic introduction of social results in the SERPs (and the prominence they are given on the search page) means searchers may be moving deeper into a self-contained search filter bubble.
SERPs [search engine results pages] We bandy around phrases like "CTR on page 1 of the SERPs is better than on page 2" and "god help me if my content gets deindexed. It first struck fear into our hearts in February 2011 and was an effort to force...
Because Google pays unnatural interest in Google+ when ranking content, authors, and users in SERPs. Unfortunately, innocent bystanders report they are taking a hit with little defense against Google, the largest search engine boasting 66.4 percent...
Even with the ongoing changes taking place in the SERPs, SEOs still rate anchor text as the most important of all ranking factors. Avoiding over-optimization of one's website is key, and a natural link graph is important to the search engine...
If a competitor that ranked above you in the SERPs had 100 more links than you, you couldn't just go grab 101 links and rank above him. You can rank well without them of course (think breaking news stories or blog posts that get loads of attention...
One of the most recent changes Yandex has made is the enhancement to content in its search results, making it easier to find the latest information on SERPs. When it comes to Google vs Yandex in Russia, I still think Yandex in 2012 will continue to...
Oddly, Spreading Santorum seems to have been replaced as the top related result in the SERPs by spreadingsantorum.com/index2.html; the landing page is still indexed but has taken a dive down South. Search Engine Land entertained quite a few...
SEO Chat: Always lots of folks around to help though it's rankings in the SERPs, also add a lot of new people who may be less experience but still hazard a guess. Search Engine Land: Another good daily news source.
