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Mobile Devices to Account for 50% of Paid Search Clicks by December 2015 [Study}
A new Marin report says that if mobile device growth continues at its current pace, it will represent half of the clicks in paid…
Twitter is Blocked in Turkey, Google’s Public DNS Helps Users Regain Access
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is attempting to "eradicate" Twitter from Turkey in response to leaks and criticism of the government. But it…
Google Konami Code for Desktop Voice Search Unlocks Unlimited Free Searches
Google has harnessed its sense of humor again with its own Konami Code for desktop voice search that unlocks a prize: free unlimited Google…
Blog SEO Quiz – Test Your Blog Optimization Knowledge
SEO is plagued by myths, misconceptions, and mistaken beliefs. Think you know blog optimization tips and guidelines that are important for long-term search engine…
How Combining SEO & Usability Solves 4 Common On-Site Problems
Yes, you can make end users and search engines happy at the same time. Here's how to implement a powerful combo of SEO and…
A Content Marketing Manifesto: 10 Principles to Drive Creative Content
Do your guiding values and principles help drive you as you create content for your business or your clients? The basic tenets of this…
Trust is the Most Valuable Currency Online, Is It Your Top Priority?
Trust has been a factor in the human economy forever. On the web, trust is at a premium. Smart businesses will focus substantial effort…
Matt Cutts: If You Have Multiple Breadcrumbs, Google Picks the First One
How should you structure your breadcrumb navigation if a product or an article belongs in multiple categories of your website? “If you do breadcrumbs,…
Eight ways to do local SEO without content marketing
Content marketing isn't a must if you want your local business to succeed. By switching your focus to usability and community, and understanding a…
How to Gain SEO Seasonality Insights Using Google Webmaster Tools
Here's how to use Google Webmaster Tool search queries to supplement date comparison analytics reports. The end result will be the ability to understand…
Google Slaps Marketing Company Portent for Unnatural Links
Ian Lurie, Chairman and Principal of Seattle-based marketing company Portent, revealed today that his company received a manual spam action notice for unnatural links…
Twitter Celebrates 8th Birthday With #FirstTweet Tool
Twitter today is celebrating its eighth birthday. With 500 million tweets sent per day and 240 million active global users, Twitter is marking the…
Twitter Reveals Which Tweets Get the Most Engagement [Study]
Twitter conducted a study of more than 2 million tweets to find out which elements in a tweet actually garnered more engagement. The data…
Going Beyond Basic SEO Techniques: 3 Overlooked Traffic Growth Opportunities
Following SEO best practices will result in steady improvements to a point. But what happens when you hit a plateau? Here are three examples…
4 Recent Changes to Search That Make SEO Easy as Finding Hidden Treasure
The rise of keyword "(not provided)", Google's search results page redesign, Google's heavy focus on paid search, and too many people claiming "SEO expertise"…
AdMob Now Has Google Analytics Integration, Tag Management for Content Experiments
Google has announced that AdMob users now have access to Google Analytics data from directly inside the AdMob platform. Google has also added tag…
New Study Diagnoses Why Google’s Flu Trends Are Always Wrong
It seems that Google Flu Trends has had a nasty habit of overreporting flu rates. Media coverage and even some of Google's own algorithmic…
Google Penalizes MyBlogGuest, a Guest Blog Network
Two months after warning Google would begin taking action against spam guest blog sites, Matt Cutts today announced that a large one was penalized.…
So… You Think SEO Has Changed?
The next time someone tries to tell you that SEO is dead or that SEO is completely changed, just ignore all of that chatter.…
Bing Webmaster Tools: An Overview
Bing's Webmaster Tools provides some great data for webmasters to use and address potential SEO issues. For those unfamiliar with Bing Webmaster Tools, this…