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Google Shows Evolution of Search, Launches Interactive Timeline

What began as a pure search engine has evolved to include AdWords, Gmail, Google News, image search, universal search, Chrome, Instant search, Google+ and the +1 button, voice…

By Rob D Young · 29 Nov 2011

SEO

Strange Encounters of the SEO Kind

This six-step investigation process will help you diagnose extraordinary SEO issues, such as an unexpected drop in traffic/rankings, an unexpected increase in…

By Simon Heseltine · 16 Nov 2011

Industry

October 2011 Search Engine Market Share: Bing Losing Power?

The latest comScore search engine rankings for October largely tell the same old story, with Google’s continued dominance. However, Bing-powered search continued…

By Danny Goodwin · 14 Nov 2011

Analytics

Google Encrypted Search: 9 Key Points B2B Marketers Need to Know

Don’t waste time complaining. The most immediate action B2B marketers can take in the wake of Google’s enhancements that makes search data…

By Derek Edmond · 11 Nov 2011

Industry

Google Launches Job Search Engine for Veterans

In support of President Obama's call to help returning U.S. veterans and right before Veteran's Day, Google is promoting a government project…

By Frank Watson · 10 Nov 2011

Local

Using Text-Rich Anchor Links as Part of Your Foreign Language Marketing Strategy

Text-rich anchor links will soon become a vital part of your foreign language marketing strategy, meaning you have more time to reap…

By Christian Arno · 10 Nov 2011

Industry

Search Hits Big Time, Top Engines Buying Supportive Studies

A new biased report funded in part by Google tries to measure whether Google or Bing has more biased results, and also…

By Frank Watson · 07 Nov 2011

SEO

Cloaking: A Guide From Google

It seems Google will err on the side of purity and penalize sites not following their directions. Comments such as, "There is…

By Frank Watson · 04 Nov 2011

Video

Video SEO: Video Metadata Optimization

YouTube rankings seem weighted to reflect audience approval, so user signals from plays and viewing time are where the ability to really…

By Terry Van Horne · 04 Nov 2011

Industry

Google Easter Eggs; Just Search “Do a Barrel Roll”

Hot on the heels of the popularity around Siri Easter Eggs, Google looks like it is bringing some personality quirks to the…

By Jonathan Allen · 03 Nov 2011

SEO

Search Engine Watch Redesign Breaks Records

Exactly 6 months ago, we re-designed Search Engine Watch to the site you see today. Content migration is the first major leap…

By Jonathan Allen · 02 Nov 2011

Content

SEO Plug-in Helps Bloggers Optimize Content

Eightfold Logic Inc. has released a WordPress plug-in that utilizes InboundWriter’s search and social intelligence to help writers optimize content to increase…

By Miranda Miller · 31 Oct 2011

SEO

Keep Calm & Carry On Despite Google SSL Search Term Encryption

Richard Kirk, Head of SEO at Performics, took issue with a recent column on SEW and asked to post a rebuttal. Given…

By Richard Kirk · 28 Oct 2011

Video

YouTube Insult Generator Extracts (Some) Value from Trolls

Let's be honest, YouTube comments most reflect the sess pool side of the internet. However Adrian Holovaty realized there might be some…

By Greg Jarboe · 27 Oct 2011

Industry

Google Subtracts Advanced Search + Operator

Google has made a change to the way advanced searches are done, much to the annoyance of numerous power users. Google no…

By Frank Watson · 26 Oct 2011

Industry

Should SEOs Prepare for the End of Google as We Know It?

Despite all of the teeth-gnashing and wailing, Google can do exactly what it likes. It’s their search engine and it’s the biggest…

By Gareth Owen · 26 Oct 2011

Development

WordPress and Unicorns (Or: Why I Actually Love WordPress)

There are numerous ways to fix your WordPress site so it doesn’t appear to be WordPress. These basic tips will let you…

By Gary Adam Shannon · 21 Oct 2011

SEO

Bing Top Position Gets 9.66% CTR, Lower Total Page 1 CTR than Google [Study]

A study examines the click-through rate and user behavior for Bing. Bing's top result gets 9.66 percent CTR, with the top page…

By Rob D Young · 20 Oct 2011

SEO

Social Signals & SEO: Focus on Authority

When evaluating your social strategy from an SEO perspective, you need to focus on your own authority and relationships with other social…

By Eric Enge · 16 Oct 2011

SEO

Top 10 SEO Myths… Dispelled

Keyword density doesn’t matter! [Insert Googler here] said it, so it must still be true! Stop paying for keywords that you rank…

By Garry Przyklenk · 10 Oct 2011

SEO

10 Steps to a Successful SEO Migration Strategy

It’s important to set up permanent redirects from old pages to new ones in order to help search engines and users understand…

By Catfish Comstock · 10 Oct 2011

PPC

Baidu Launches International Marketing Efforts

Dominant Chinese search engine Baidu quietly launched more of its international efforts with the help of a Singapore-based partner and their new…

By Frank Watson · 06 Oct 2011

SEO

7 Steps Toward Google SERP Domination

Getting your site pages to rank on the first page is one thing, but what do you do once you get there?…

By Josh Mccoy · 03 Oct 2011

Analytics

Google Analytics Adds Real Time Reports, Improves Custom Site Search

Google Analytics has added real-time reports to monitor visitors actively looking at your site as it happens. Also, for sites with their…

By Thom Craver · 03 Oct 2011

SEO

Business Wire Wins Press Release SEO Patent

Business Wire has been awarded a patent that covers press release SEO tactics. The patent language is foggy, and either handed Business…

By Rob D Young · 30 Sep 2011

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