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...
Eric Enge wrote a great piece on Author Rank (a hypothetical – at least right now – ranking of author authority), in which he talks about article velocity, an "awesome quotient" I agree with and something akin to a measure of article virility (how...
If you clicked a high-ranking link and then clicked back to the search results, they increased the number of results from 10 to 12. Are you seeing less than 10 results in your Bing search results? So now you might only see eight search results on...
While all the URLs you discover might not be indexed in search engines, this list will show you what you're putting out there for crawler consumption. Blog Tag/Category Pages: These pages are a regurgitation of blog teaser content snippets and don...
Lastly, with Google authorship taking a strong foothold on rankings and the comments coming from Eric Schmidt about information that is tied to verified profiles ranking higher than "anonymous" content in search results, Google+ and authorship...
However, for brands – especially those in sectors such as retail – it's also important to evaluate other social media platforms for possible inclusion in search and social media strategies. As you think about ranking for brand terms, and even non...
A new analysis says Google Image Search traffic is down 63 percent on average. Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding. Bing calls a search malware analysis "wrong". All this and much more in our quick recap of search and social...
Go search for [network penalized] or [network deindexed] and see those results. Members of the network are indexed in Google, ranking for key terms and their brand, not excessively cross-linked to other network member sites, don't share the same ip...
If my web host has a lot of spammy clients, will that influence my site's ranking in search results? SSL Web Sites Don't Get Ranking Boost In Google – Search Engine RoundtableThere are no ranking advantages or disadvantages of having HTTPs websites...
We make hundreds of changes to our search algorithms each year, and we employ more than 200 different signals when ranking pages. If your site continues to have trouble in our search results, please see this article for help with diagnosing the issue.
Whether this is indefinitely or limited by time (in the same way "sandbox" works) I am not sure but there are definite correlations between sites that earn links consistently and good ranking increases.
Quick stats about local mobile use: percent of mobile search is local.percent of local searches result in purchases.percent of smartphone shoppers use a GPS/mapping app to find a retail location. Google Places was recently replaced with Google...
Google authorship has made it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to get their brands in front of prospective customers, because they can now have their brand represented alongside their content within Google’s search results.
Why might a page with bad backlinks links be ranking highly? Google Shopping integrations in universal search drop 79% after shift to paid model – Econsultancy Following Google’s decision to make Shopping a paid product, the number of shopping...
Many of you might think there is no longer any need for tools to monitor your ranking in search engines like Google. After all, just by visiting Google Webmaster Tools you get visibility, ranking and click through information for each region...
They help customers analyze terms that competitors are ranking for. Their “customer success team” assists big name clients such as FedEx and REI and concentrates on search market optioning for natural search using technology and reporting.
Search engine optimization (SEO) has changed dramatically over the years and will continue to change. Learn more about this in "SEO Buying s about understanding search intent and how keywords used to describe your products and services evolve as a...
It is about generating the types of content that fulfills your intended user's needs but also satisfies the metrics that search engines are looking for. The days of generating pages solely for search engines, optimizing the hell out of those pages...
Search ranking data may not be enough to demonstrate SEO performance. “Search sits at the core of online behavior. He referenced data provided by Forrester and comScore indicating that allocation of search engine budgets is upside down.
Remember Google's search feature that let you block websites? To block particular sites from your search results, we recommend the Personal Blocklist Chrome extension from Google. The Blocked Sites feature was basically killed at the same time...
