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Search Industry Call to Arms: SOPA, Keyword Not Provided and Lying SEOs
Two blog posts, "What Every SEO Has to Fight For in 2012" & "2011: The Year Google & Bing Took Away From SEOs & Publishers" urge search marketers…
Acquisio Acquire ClickEquations; Partner with Channel Intelligence
Acquisio have acquired ClickEquations for an undisclosed sum from Channel Intelligence and struck a strategic alliance which will see Channel Intelligence and…
5 Reasons Google+ Is Not A Facebook Killer
Google+ is an interesting social media experiment, but it is likely to remain just that: another "almost ran" in the social media…
Could Quick Backlinks Tool Replace Yahoo Search Explorer?
The closure of Yahoo! Site Explorer (a mainstay of the SEO's toolset), means SEOs will have to look elsewhere to find decent…
On-Page Optimization Not Dead: Long-Tail Keywords Increase Rankings, Conversions [STUDY]
New research from Conductor shows the value in long-tail keywords as part of a marketer’s on-page optimization strategy, leading to greater increases…
Google Launches Interactive Rich Media Ads for Tablet Advertising
Google has launched new interactive rich media ad templates to help marketers engage consumers using tablet devices. The new ad formats are…
Yahoo Study Seeks Algorithmic Answer to ‘Six Degrees of Separation’
Yahoo researchers, in collaboration with members of the Facebook Data Team, are again challenging Stanley Milgram’s “six degrees of separation” theory, in…
Bing Voice Search Debuts on Kinect for Xbox 360
Microsoft has announced Bing on Xbox, a new way to search your TV's guide for shows and movies, spanning broadcast TV, movie…
Google Thanksgiving Doodle History: From 1998 to 2011
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! As has been Thanksgiving tradition, Google posted a special Google Doodle to mark the holiday in the U.S., with…
Tools & Tips to Get Into Action Immediately Following #SESchi
After a conference there is a lot of new information to take in, so your next steps actions may not be immediately…
Optify Adds Optimized Landing Pages and Social Sharing
New Optify features allow users to create five types of custom optimized landing pages and enable one-click social sharing, to better share,…
Using Social Media to Build Site Authority
One important part of building authority is paying attention to and doing your part to influence social metrics. You can do a…
Google & Other Search Engines Honor Veteran’s Day on 11/11/11
Today, on Veteran’s Day, Google, Bing, Ask.com, and Dogpile.com have posted special logos and pictures saluting military heroes. In addition to a…
‘Not Provided’ Search Numbers Rising, Where Will They Stop?
When Google rolled out their encrypted search, loss of query data including the search terms was a major complaint from online marketers.…
10 Takeaways from Google’s Holiday 2011 Consumer Intentions Report
How are consumers shopping this holiday season? Google research sheds some light by revealing five major stats online retailers and marketers should…
A Minty Fresh List of Google Winners & Losers Is Out, But Please Don’t Panic
SearchMetrics is back and has provided a ready to digest list of search visibility winners, and a ready-to-panic-over list of losers. Rather…
Back to Basics – SEO 101
By employing some basic SEO (keyword research, competitive analysis, writing effective title tags), combined with good link building and pages with content…
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…
Firefox Partners With Bing as Google Search Deal Nears End
Firefox with Bing is simply Firefox with Bing set as the default home page and search engine. The timing is rather interesting,…
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…
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…
MC Hammer Launching “Deep Search” Engine WireDoo
Rapper-turned-techie MC Hammer will launch a new “deep search” engine called WireDoo this December. Currently in limited pre-beta, WireDoo wants you to…
SEOs Strike Out as Google Encrypts Signed-in Search Data
Google has made a major privacy change to the way secure search works for signed in users of its services. However the…
Search Personalization & the User Experience
As the engines evolve we need to find ways to evolve with them. This is what I like to call “future proofing.”…
Rule-Abiding Merchants Abandoned by Google Product Search
After more than a month since Google Product Search began requiring shipping information for all products, Google still doesn't enforce the requirements,…
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