You can attribute some of this success to the authorship associated with my Google+ and our website being connected correctly. Use the Google suggested markup format. Outlined in the tutorial referenced above or in Google's Webmaster Help section.
One of the lesser-known tools used by searchers on Google has been the tilde sign (~) operator. When you placed the tilde sign immediately in front of a keyword, Google would also include synonyms for that word in their search results.
Increasingly all search engine including Google are adopting schema.org markups as the industry standard for passing across semantic details about a web page. Authorship is an important social signal because it allows Google to attach those signals...
For the record, my favorite failure is Topeka, Kansas changing it's name to Google, Kansas in an attempt to get Fiber in their city. One example that I can share that comes to mind is Kane Jamison's Inbound.org 2012 Stats post (sorry for it being...
Yoast uses rdfa markup for breadcrumbs – which was a precursor to schema – but it is still useful and works well in both Bing and Google. I just downloaded Google Now on to my iPhone, and the "cards" that they display intrigue me.
We've all done it before – we see a commercial for a brand we haven't heard of before and immediately go to Google to find the company website. For SMEs and popular brands, retaining ownerships of them can make a massive difference to the business...
The tool will currently ping both Bing and Google whenever the sitemaps are updated. The tool will generate XML sitemaps compliant with sitemaps.org and works for Apache HTTP servers and Windows servers.
Use Google Libraries http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/use-google-libraries/ Also, if you haven't already, make sure to use Yoast's Google Analytics plugin. This very simple plugin that substitutes JavaScript libraries called locally on your own...
That changes today as Google announced a new schema that supports company logos. Using it will allow Google algorithms to understand which image on your server is your preferred logo. From their example code, it also appears that Google is...
Google CEO Larry Page has finally confirmed the health issues surrounding his loss of voice which has prevented him from speaking at many events and conferences that he would normally speak at. This statement should reassure investors, employees...
But I think my favorite option is sending a "tech support package" to mom from Google's TeachParentsTech.org: Ever wanted to craft art on Google's homepage? Today is your lucky day – if, for some reason, your mother really likes Google's logo.
Google has just updated its list of ccTLDs they will treat as a generic TLD to alleviate some of these issues. This means that Google will consider these ccTLDs as generic for geotargeting, similarly to how .com domains are treated as generic.
In fact, Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts is on record saying that .edu TLDs don’t carry more weight than other extensions. Much of this preoccupation stems from a belief that Google bestows magical SEO powers on .edu top-level domains...
By tweaking some default settings, setting permalinks, adding update services, and customizing media settings – plus installing Google Analytics – you will greatly improve your WordPress site for SEO and the user experience.
Generally, a structured citation has the schema.org mark-up, which allows the search engine spiders across Google, Bing and Yahoo to read the data. If you're a small local business, having a Google+ Local profile is imperative to putting your brand...
You have a formal relationship with them and are doing good things in the community: Let Google know about it. Example: A company I was working had a relationship with a local hospital (.org) where they gave hundreds of their ink cartridges away...
Even prior to the commencement of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy, one of the Cardinals used Google to search for more about the candidates, so the Vatican is no stranger, nor are its counterparts. The Vatican's Twitter handle, @Pontifex (pontifex is...
Shaun Andersentweeted that same day “Less backlinks available in Google Webmaster Tools by the looks of it - I am seeing about a third of the links once shown. It looks like Google may have recently reduced that sampling size.
Just adding NAP (name, address phone number) semantic markup to your local store pages that exactly matches the data provided to the Google+ Local page can make a big difference in the local results. Now Google allows you to add schematic markup...
When the report is complete you will probably notice that the links on the list are from domains that have been deindexed by Google. The links designated as SUSP 7 and 9 are the ones you may want to investigate further as these are many times found...
