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Reverse Engineering Search Engine Algorithms is Getting Harder

Isolating ranking factors to see how changes affect ranking has always been the basis of algorithm testing. After the Panda and Penguin updates reverse engineering and even intentionally…

By Peter Van Der Graaf · 07 Jun 2012

SEO

Lost on Google: Small Businesses Seek Answers After Penguin Update

A Wall Street Journal article on Google’s Penguin update highlighted some of the damage done to small businesses. Taking a quick look…

By Danny Goodwin · 24 May 2012

Industry

Larry Page Looks Beyond Today at Zeitgeist 2012, Talks Search, Priorities & Big Bets

Google CEO Larry Page took the stage at Zeitgeist 2012 to talk Beyond Today, though in fact he spent the majority of…

By Miranda Miller · 24 May 2012

Industry

Google Told to Fix 4 Areas in Search, Advertising to End Antitrust Inquiry

European antitrust chiefs are offering Google a chance to end the 18-month investigation into alleged monopoly abuses by the company. U.S. senators…

By Gareth Morgan · 22 May 2012

SEO

SEO, Why You Are Doing it Wrong

Trent Harbour's site was bitten by Penguin. This is a cautionary tale of missteps towards the problem of ranking on search engines.…

By Jonathan Allen · 22 May 2012

Industry

Yahoo Search Market Share Losing Streak Extends to 8 Months

Yahoo’s share of the U.S. search engine market continued to further dwindle in April, continuing a downward slide that began eight months…

By Danny Goodwin · 14 May 2012

Analytics

5 Advanced (But Simple) SEO Analyses You Should Perform With Visitor Intelligence

Collecting the right data and attributing it to the right sources will help you understand how SEO impacts your business. Learn how…

By Erez Barak · 14 May 2012

Video

A Mom’s Advice: Master YouTube Annotations (& 3 Hairstyles for Mother’s Day)

For Mother’s Day, we also interviewed another mom on YouTube: Mindy McKnight. She runs the Cute Girl Hairstyles channel which is so…

By Greg Jarboe · 13 May 2012

Industry

Google Commissioned Report Aims to Protect Search Engine Free Speech Rights

In drawing comparisons to newspapers and other media outlets, scholar Eugene Volokh makes the case against government intervention in search results with…

By Miranda Miller · 10 May 2012

SEO

Link Building on Partial Keyword Combinations

Some websites want to rank for keyword combinations with every U.S. city, maybe even combined with a large range of services. Acquiring…

By Peter Van Der Graaf · 10 May 2012

Industry

Why Google Beat Inktomi: the Inside Story From Former Engineer

Inktomi back in the day was the top search engine and worth billions. But the story that you don't hear very often…

By John Rampton · 10 May 2012

SEO

SEO Should Be Called Integrated Digital Marketing

Many tasks that once were outside of the realm of what we used to consider SEO no longer are. To be a…

By Catfish Comstock · 07 May 2012

SEO

How Google Uses Human Raters in Organic Search

How does Google use human raters as part of its algorithm? Do those raters have a direct affect on Google’s search results…

By Miranda Miller · 03 May 2012

SEO

Fishing for Insights About Google’s Penguin Update

Those in charge of SEO for websites or brands impacted by the Penguin update are scrambling to find answers and insights in…

By Marshall Sponder · 02 May 2012

PPC

Analyzing & Accounting for Search Partners

The Google AdWords search partner network is fantastic and terrible. There is good quality traffic to be found, but Google hates you…

By Alistair Dent · 01 May 2012

SEO

Google Penguin Update: 5 Types of Link Issues Harming Some Affected Websites

Are you angry and looking for answers about why your rankings vanished after Google released its Penguin update? One common factor thus…

By Danny Goodwin · 29 Apr 2012

SEO

How to Google-Proof Your Small Business SEM Strategy

For small business owners, a spate of changes from Google has brought anything but stability. In addition to diversifying your marketing tactics,…

By Adam Stetzer · 26 Apr 2012

Industry

14 Search Tools to Bookmark

A roundup of some really useful tools, some of which you'll use every day, if you aren't already. Exercise some critical judgment…

By Duncan Parry · 20 Apr 2012

SEO

Your Website Might Be Over Optimized If …

There has been a great deal of speculation about Google’s forthcoming penalty for “over-optimized” or “overly SEOed” sites. Please place your tongue…

By P J Fusco · 19 Apr 2012

Industry

Google’s Brin: Governments, Apple, Facebook Threaten “Open” Internet

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has warned against the growing number of restrictions on the Internet arising from governments' attempts to control communications…

By Rosalie Marshall · 16 Apr 2012

Industry

Global Search Engine Marketing [Book Review]

"Global Search Engine Marketing" authors Anne Kennedy and Kristian Mar Hauksson, lay the foundation for a broad understanding of how the online…

By Marshall Sponder · 15 Apr 2012

Industry

Larry Page Delivers 2012 ‘State of Google’ Address

The Google co-founder said in his 2012 Update from the CEO report that the company would be looking to improve Google's search…

By Shaun Nichols · 06 Apr 2012

SEO

Internal Linking, the Other Linking

In a search, where linking is all the rage, we forget that just as important are the links we maintain internally on…

By Josh Mccoy · 02 Apr 2012

Industry

Exclusive Interview on Search Engine Industry Issues With Sloof Lirpa

SEW’s exclusive interview with Dr. Sloof Lirpa covers a wide range of search engine industry issues, from search engine optimization (SEO) to…

By Greg Jarboe · 01 Apr 2012

SEO

How to Find Profitable Keywords For Your Website

Keyword research is the most important step in the SEO process. Targeting the wrong keywords or keywords in the wrong order can…

By Dave Davies · 29 Mar 2012

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