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SEO

Website Traffic Down? Might Be Google EMD Update, Might Be New Panda Update

Google has confirmed that a Panda update rolled out almost simultaneously with their recent Exact Match Domain update, causing much confusion amongst webmasters, who…

By Miranda Miller · 04 Oct 2012

SEO

SEO 101: Meet the White Hats, Gray Hats, Black Hats & Asshats

On the heels of yet another “SEOs are just gaming the system and taking advantage of poor users” article, it’s time to set the…

By Kristine Schachinger · 04 Oct 2012

PPC

Head vs. Long Tail Keywords Analyzed: Impressions, Clicks, Conversions & Profitability

An analysis of about 1.5 million keywords over six months across multiple clients, campaigns, and verticals reveals how many impressions, clicks, and conversions head…

By Thi Thumasathit · 04 Oct 2012

Social

Going Global: Insights for International Social Media

A pair of social media pros share their approaches, knowledge, and requirements for a successful Facebook strategy, the importance of culture, lifestyles, and language…

By Jason Cormier · 04 Oct 2012

SEO

Inside Google Search Updates

It’s important to remember that some of the biggest changes in Google search results were not named all named after animals. As a matter…

By P J Fusco · 04 Oct 2012

Industry

Google Warns of State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks

Search giant Google has begun warning users that their accounts could be at risk from government-organized cyber-attacks as the firm looks to educate users…

By Dan Worth · 04 Oct 2012

Video

AOL Puts Entire Original Video Library on 22 Monetized YouTube Channels

According to comScore, YouTube's parent company, Google, and AOL are the two largest video content properties by number of video streams per month, which…

By Greg Jarboe · 03 Oct 2012

PPC

Top 10 High Impact Google AdWords Innovations to Watch Now

In the future world of Google AdWords, ads will contain dynamic features and ads will create themselves. Searchers can become more interactive with ads…

By Lisa Raehsler · 03 Oct 2012

PPC

Why Quality Score is One of the Least Important AdWords Metrics

Advertisers spend way too much time and energy trying tricks to increase their quality score in the hopes of reducing cost per click. Just…

By Howard Jacobson · 03 Oct 2012

Analytics

How to Measure File Downloads Using Events & Virtual Pageviews in Google Analytics

If one of your goals is to have a website visitor download a file, such as a PDF, then you have two key methods…

By Thom Craver · 03 Oct 2012

Mobile

Google Passes Microsoft to Become 2nd Largest Tech Company

Some analysts think the news is related to a shift from Microsoft's dominated PC industry, where users relied on software running on desktop machines,…

By Lee Bell · 03 Oct 2012

Analytics

Google Tag Manager Helps You Sort Out Code Overload

Google Tag Manager, a free new tool from Google, helps you organize all your tags into one slick piece of JavaScript code. Enter all…

By Thom Craver · 02 Oct 2012

SEO

Google Warns of Upcoming Exact Match Domain Algorithm Change

A tweet from Google’s head of web spam spells trouble for webmasters who have relied on keywords in their domain name to rank. Google's…

By Miranda Miller · 02 Oct 2012

Social

How to Use Facebook Custom Audiences

Facebook has just handed us an extremely powerful advertising option to target by email, phone number, and user IDs. Your options are limited only…

By Greg Habermann · 02 Oct 2012

PPC

What You Need to Know About Google’s Sitelink Policy Update

Google will soon enforce an existing policy regarding sitelink usage. The policy states that each sitelink within a campaign needs to link to a…

By Joseph Kerschbaum · 02 Oct 2012

Social

7 Tips to Start Making Meaningful Connections on LinkedIn

Want to successfully market your company on LinkedIn? Constant brand boasting and screaming your marketing message won't cut it. You need to focus on…

By Ashley Zeckman · 02 Oct 2012

Industry

Google Shutting Down AdSense for Feeds, Classic Plus, More Services

Google announced that it is closing down more of its services, bringing the total for the year to 60. Closing down now are the…

By Dave Neal · 02 Oct 2012

Industry

Gmail Users in Iran Regain Access to Accounts

The unblocking of Gmail marks a quick end to the government sanctioned block of Google's email service. Officials have reported that the Gmail block…

By James Dohnert · 02 Oct 2012

Analytics

Google Trends and Insights for Search Become One Mobile-Friendly Service

A Google Trends update gives the tool a new interface and incorporates features from Insights for Search, which has been bundled into Trends, alongside…

By Miranda Miller · 01 Oct 2012

Content

Research & Thought Leadership: Top 10 Content Creation Ideas

It’s no longer enough to be an industry expert. Your expertise needs to be shared in a way that everyone can view and access.…

By Brad Miller · 01 Oct 2012