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How to Win in Organic Search: Tips from Google, Bing and Brands

Some sometimes painful changes in organic search have made SEO a better tactic and have led successful brands to focus on content and customers. But what else do…

By Jim Yu · 07 Aug 2014

Content

What Makes Content Shareable & Why It Matters for SEO

Not all content marketing practices yield equal results. In today's landscape of SEO and social media, shareability is one of the most…

By Jayson Demers · 04 Aug 2014

SEO

30% of Traffic to Insurance Sites Came from Search in June

Data coming from Millward Brown Digital shows leading insurance brands received 30 percent on average of website traffic from search in June.…

By Jessica Lee · 01 Aug 2014

Local

Defining Local SEO KPIs & How to Measure Them for Maximum ROI

With these seven local SEO key performance indicators, you can implement a simple three-step process to quickly track local search performance, measure…

By Bill Connard · 31 Jul 2014

SEO

Maybe We Should Break Up With Google

Quit obsessing about top rankings. If your business relies too heavily on organic search traffic from Google, maybe it's time to alleviate…

By Jennifer Van Iderstyne · 30 Jul 2014

Industry

Google Love Grows, Bing Satisfaction Drops Among U.S. Customers [Survey]

Love it or hate it, Google is loved by customers. Bing? No so much? And Yahoo, the love is pretty much gone.…

By Danny Goodwin · 22 Jul 2014

Industry

Hidden From Google: New Website Reveals ‘Forgotten’ Search Results

In the wake of recent European rulings on the "right to be forgotten", a new website has popped up. Called Hidden From…

By Ashley Zeckman · 18 Jul 2014

Industry

Bing Launches Search Removal Request Form in Europe

Microsoft's search engine Bing has finally responded to the recent European Court of Justice "right to be forgotten" ruling. Bing has created…

By Dave Neal · 17 Jul 2014

SEO

3 Ways to Help Prioritize Your SEO Efforts

On any given day, you're prioritizing keywords, tactics, outreach, clients, meetings, and even metrics. Prioritization can be a game changer. The most…

By Erin Everhart · 17 Jul 2014

SEO

You’ve Been Hit by Penguin! Should You Start Over or Try to Recover?

If you've been affected by Google's Penguin algorithm, the results can sometimes be devastating. Can your site ever recover, or does it…

By Marie Haynes · 16 Jul 2014

SEO

Organic Search Accounts for Up to 64% of Website Traffic [STUDY]

Inspired by Groupon deindexing itself from Google and finding 60 percent of their direct traffic was actually organic search, Conductor reveals data…

By Ashley Zeckman · 11 Jul 2014

SEO

Google Panda: Understanding the Technical Inner Workings

How does Google's Panda algorithm work? No doubt things have changed since the Panda patent was written, but it provides some valuable…

By Ben Goodsell · 11 Jul 2014

Industry

Lucky Duck: Why Things Are Going Swimmingly for DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo continues to grow its user base, passing 1 billion searches early this year, and continues to integrate into our lives, with…

By Jessica Lee · 07 Jul 2014

SEO

How Bing Chooses Your Webpage Titles

A new blog post from Bing explains how they choose the titles for webpages, and why they might replace the one you've…

By Jennifer Slegg · 30 Jun 2014

Industry

Search Engine Traffic Declines While Engagement Remains Steady [Study]

A Shareaholic analysis of search engine data has found a steady decline in the number of visitors coming from search engines over…

By Ashley Zeckman · 25 Jun 2014

Content

Forget Big Content – Small Content Is Critical to Search Success

There has never been a more rewarding time to invest in regular content as well as bigger, campaign-led pieces. Here's how to…

By Simon Penson · 24 Jun 2014

Industry

German Publishers Try to Force Google to Pay for Links, News Snippets

German publishers say Google and other search engines like Bing and Yahoo are in violation of the country's ancillary copyright law and…

By Ashley Zeckman · 23 Jun 2014

Industry

Google Censorship Ruling in Canada Has Worldwide Implications

The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled in favor of a company claiming a competitor stole its trade secrets and has issued…

By Ashley Zeckman · 19 Jun 2014

Industry

Yandex’s Sibir Reverse Image Search Technology is Pure Awesome

Yandex has developed an amazing service with Sibir, its content-based image retrieval. It has raised the bar for reverse image searching technology.…

By Michael Bonfils · 19 Jun 2014

Analytics

Yandex Keyword Data Now ‘(Not Provided)’

Yandex has made the move to encrypted search. The Russian search engine has begun encrypting 100 percent of searches done through Yandex,…

By Jennifer Slegg · 18 Jun 2014

SEO

Search Engine Basic Concepts

Baffled by search engines and how they work? Not technical in orientation? Here's a layman's level explanation of the basics of search…

By Eric Enge · 16 Jun 2014

Analytics

Quick Internal Linking Insight Using Google Analytics

Linking to URLs with a certain parameter can cause SEO issues such as duplication. Here's how to quickly and easily use information…

By Ben Goodsell · 13 Jun 2014

Social

With Guided Search, Is Pinterest the “Next” Search Engine?

Pinterest is rolling out guided search on Pinterest.com, just like it did for its mobile app back in April. Guided search is…

By Jessica Lee · 12 Jun 2014

SEO

Ten Timely Tips for Terrific Title Tags

Much may have changed through the years in SEO, however the importance of the title tag can't be overstressed. Here's how to…

By Grant Simmons · 06 Jun 2014

Mobile

Google Warns Smartphone Searchers About Homepage Redirects

When Google believes a site will redirect a mobile visitor to a homepage, rather than the actual page shown in search results,…

By Jennifer Slegg · 05 Jun 2014

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