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9 Points to Ponder About the New iPhone 5S/5C
The 5S and 5C sold more than 9 million units on opening weekend, so rumors of Apple’s demise clearly have been exaggerated. Let’s look…
How 123 Fortune 500s Use Instagram Marketing & 3 Tips for Success
Do photos or video perform better on Instagram? When is the best day and time to post? Do hashtags work? Here are some insights…
Google in 1998: New Easter Egg Takes You Back in Time
To celebrate its 15th birthday, Google decided to share a neat Easter egg showing how Google used to look in 1998. To see it…
Google Hummingbird Takes Flight: Biggest Change to Search Since Caffeine
Google quietly made a huge change to its core search technology in the past month, one that affects about 90 percent of searches worldwide.…
Does Google Penalize For Invalid HTML? Matt Cutts Says No
It's easy to make a mistake when trying to create perfect HTML code that validates correctly every time. So how important is valid HTML…
Google Celebrates Birthday With Playable Piñata Doodle Game
Google officially turns 15 today. For the first time, the search giant is wishing itself a happy birthday with a playable Google Doodle in…
Remarketing Lists for Search Ads: 4 Smart Strategies
Remarketing Lists for Search Ads opens up a lot of potential strategies for AdWords advertisers. Here are some of the most common strategies evolving…
12 Things You Need to Do NOW to Get Your SEM Holiday Campaigns Ready
Regardless of your product or service offering, you should start reviewing, planning, organizing, and optimizing for Q4 right now. Here's a checklist of strategies…
How Will Voice Search Change SEO for Local Stores & Global Enterprises?
Voice search can be more convenient, quicker, and it continues to gain popularity worldwide. Marketers must adapt new search strategies to optimize for local…
Major Search Engines and Directories
When you think search, no doubt you think Google. But there are other popular major search engines (e.g., Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and Baidu) that…
YouTube Launches Audio Library, a Royalty-Free Music Library for Video Creators
YouTube has announced the launch of Audio Library. The YouTube Audio Library is available to all users and offers those creating and uploading videos…
Google Overhauls YouTube Comments Using Google+
YouTube comments that are more relevant will move to the top of the comments list instead of the most recent. Google said this means…
The Relentless Pounding of Google Panda: Why SEO Band-Aids Won’t Work
If a website gets hit by Google Panda, small fixes won't be effective. Panda absolutely can strike again, and if it does, webmasters might…
Removing Unnatural Links by Removing Pages on Your Website
Trying to clean up your backlink profile? If your site has sunk in Google's search results due to a large number of unnatural links…
Matching Content to the Customer Life Cycle
By understanding who your audience is, you're able to offer them a targeted message. While your personas and triggers may vary slightly, here are…
Nielsen Study: 48% Trust Search Ads
Forty-eight percent of consumers trust ads in search engine results, online video, and social networks. That's according to a recent report from Nielsen, Trust…
Most Wanted Celebs Expose Searchers to Malware
The next time you just gotta gawk at your favorite celeb, take caution; McAfee exposed the top celebrity searches that put users at the…
Google: 70% of Mobile Searchers Call a Business Directly From Search Results [Study]
Whether someone is searching on their mobile device for a restaurant, a local service, or a car rental, the presence of a click to…
5 Steps to Dominate Your Niche on Google
Dominating your niche on Google can be very profitable. Ranking well for keywords related to your specific niche helps drive higher quality traffic to…
3 Essentials for Great Mobile SEO
Ready to ignite a sincerely user-centric mobile plan? When it comes to your mobile SEO strategy, it's critical to identify user intent and motivation,…