Bing is looking for and showcasing positive social signals, whether it's the inclusion of a thumbs up next to an organic link on a Bing SERP (indicating one of your Facebook friends has liked a page), your Facebook friends’ Likes in the Bing...
If you do have a quality or duplicate content issue, Josh McCoy offers some advice on how to recover in his post "Algorithm Updates, Duplicate Content & A Recovery". In recent months, Google has announced Panda refreshes via Twitter, most recently...
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) and assess for presence, content delivery, engagement, and their fan base. Many who are eager to "get ahead" with their search engine optimization (SEO) program are typically consumed with the latest and greatest SEO...
And based on Josh McCoy's findings about sites that got bit by Panda, which he wrote about in "The Slippery Slope of SEO," a small number of higher quality inbound links can prove more valuable than several low value links.
The Slippery Slope of SEO by Josh McCoy How Google is changing the way they integrate Twitter results into search results and how Bing is evolving their inclusion of Facebook Like data in SERPs.comScore, Nielsen Battling Over Online Measurement...
Hyphenated domains would be hit primarily and then keyword+superlative adjective (i.e.best, top, etc.would follow, predicts Josh McCoy, SEO specialist, Vizion Interactive. It would be a very unfair move for Google to look outside of this as many...
Big Brands and Bad Linking: How to Avoid Google Penalties by Josh McCoy Analytics Less Than 20 Million US Adults Used Twitter At Least Monthly in 2010 - eMarketer Twitter Promoted Tweets & Accounts: A Preview by Marc Poirier
Designing an SEO Friendly URL Structure by Josh McCoy Twitter, YouTube Become "Russia's Main News" Agencies Following Moscow Airport Attack - Fast Company One response the government has taken is to block Twitter.
However, the true impact of these "social signals" from Twitter and Facebook on organic search results is arguable. Much was made late last year about a report that Google and Bing take Twitter and Facebook linking activities into consideration to...
Funneling your Traffic into Conversions by Josh McCoy Google's social sitelinks include your friend's name, profile photo, and a links to their profile/content on social websites, such as Twitter, YouTube, or MySpace.
Thanks to Josh McCoy for his detailed report on this. Twitter: A Powerful Local Tool The immediacy of suggestions from Twitter followers is amazing. The Korean BBQ food truck in Los Angeles that uses Twitter to inform people of their impending...
Don't Let Small Disconnects Lead to SEO Disaster by Josh McCoy Twitter Releases Two Pane Web Interface When SEOs and webmasters aren't on the same page, it can lead to listings dropping off search engine result pages.
