34
articles
2015–2016
on Search Engine Watch
SEO
most covered
Author

Chris Lake

2016

SEO

Google doubles down on Product Listings Ads with expandable mega layout

Our eagle-eyed friends over at ChannelAdviser spotted a test that Google is conducting, which allows the user to expand the…

20 Jan 2016

Analytics

Introducing a new real-time marketing metric: ‘EvE’ (effort vs engagement)

Does the world really need another metric to measure performance? Unfortunately, I think we do, as one of the biggest…

19 Jan 2016

SEO

Google integrates Panda into the core ranking algorithm

Google has made Panda part of its core ranking algorithm, meaning that it will be paying more attention to site…

12 Jan 2016

Social

Twitter’s mooted 10,000 character tweet limit reflects its personality crisis

The short story is that Twitter is likely to roll out longer tweets by the end of Q1, that there…

06 Jan 2016

Social

Why do brands pay lip service to social media?

I recently stumbled upon a study by Sprout Social, which explored how responsive brands are on social media channels. The…

05 Jan 2016

2015

Content

26 content amplification triggers to help increase engagement

There’s so much content out there these days that it can be difficult to cut through the noise. You really…

10 Dec 2015

Industry

12 good, bad and ugly web design trends for 2016

So what have we got going on in 2016? More of the same, some innovative new techniques, and one or…

08 Dec 2015

PPC

Brand name bidding: should you buy ads for your brand terms?

Why do brands bid on their own brand terms? Is it a good idea, or a bad one? Aren’t you…

07 Dec 2015

Development

Growth by 1,000 hacks: why micro tests are the key to growth hacking success

An article from Intercom’s Ben McRedmond about growth hacking has been doing the rounds over the past week or so.

01 Dec 2015

Content

Google releases 160 pages of search quality guidelines

In 2013, Google publicly shared its advice to those who perform content checks, which helped to shine a light on…

24 Nov 2015

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