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Google Panda Update Tip: Remove Low-Quality Content
Improve it or remove it. With Google’s Panda Update, low-quality content can impact an entire domain, but removing these pages — or moving them…
New adCenter Quality Score
Microsoft is readying a new adCenter quality score for Bing/Yahoo campaigns, the adCenter Blog announced. Microsoft offered these details: Quality Score will be on…
Cooper Tire Hijacked 2300 Listings at Yahoo Local, Yellow Pages
More glitches in local search listings hijack other businesses.
3 Ways To Take Advantage of Blekko Sitelinks Badge, Live Link Roll & Embeddable Search Box
Blekko is proving yet again it can make a lot of noise despite the fact it is not even six months old. Launching Blekkogear,…
6 Ways to Structure Your In-House SEO Team for Success
The best in-house SEO team structure is one that meets your organizational needs and helps you achieve your business goals. Here are some benefits…
On Yelp and Google: Shaky Friends, Uncertain Futures
Are you too reliant on any one source for your traffic or leads in local search? What search marketers can learn from the Yelp-Google…
Colbert Report Ribs Charlie Sheen Twitter Product Endorsements & Interviews Fake Twitter @MayorEmanuel Creator
I was lucky enough to get tickets to the taping of The Colbert Report last night and was pleased to find they covered stories…
Google Adds Latest Tweet to Search Results
The latest tweets from some Twitter users are now showing up as snippets in Google’s search results. They feature the user’s Twitter picture, name,…
Google Mobile: Instant Previews Announced
Google has added Instant Previews to specific mobile devices. Similar to Google Instant Previews for desktops, which Google implemented in November, the mobile version…
Google Fighting Freedom of Press in Spain, Getting Fined in France
A French court fined Google 430,000 Euros for four breaches of copyright, while the Spanish courts are considering referring a ‘right to be forgotten’…
Doodle 4 Google Ireland Winner Posted
Google Ireland is sporting the winning logo of the Google Ireland Doodle 4 Google contest. The contest, which also runs in the U.S., allows…
The Google Bought Our Company Dance
It was time for celebration when Next New Networks was bought by YouTube – the video arm of Google. Their company COO Liam Collins…
YouTube Buys Video Producer Next New Networks
YouTube has bought Next New Networks, the company behind two of YouTube’s top videos of 2010 (“Bed Intruder” and “Glitter Puke”). YouTube also announced…
Hugo Boss Next Big Name Caught Breaking Google T&Cs
Seems outing big name websites for using methods against Google’s Terms and Conditions is the flavor of the month. Former Google Web Spam team…
6 #Winning Strategies @CharlieSheen Used To Get 2.2 Million #Tigerblood Followers
Charlie Sheen increased his Twitter followers to 2,211,000 today, almost half the population of the State of Minnesota – in just over one week.…
Why Social Media Paranoia is Healthy
A little bit of social media paranoia can help you protect yourself on social media sites. Here are nine basic guidelines for social media…
Keyword Phrase Value: Click-Throughs vs. Conversions
Even with a worse search experience and less targeted ads, the consumer mindset is so much closer to conversion that long tail terms are…
Google Penalizes BeatThatQuote.com Less Than 24 Hours After Buying It
Another website has suffered the wrath of Google after it was exposed for using doorway pages and gateway sites, buying links that pass PageRank,…
Carnaval Brazil Google Doodle
As the five-day Carnival of Brazil festival winds down today, Google Brazil has posted a special Doodle: About 2 million people showed up for…
Marin Integrates Criteo Site Retargeting Into PPC Bid Management Platform
Billed as an industry first, but sure to cause consternation amongst other agencies who offer similar services, Marin Software has partnered with Criteo, a…