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3 SEO Success Factors for 2014
What will successful SEO look like in 2014? It will mean allowing your audience to help you build a local presence; building a community, a socialized brand; and optimizing an experience for those who are mobile and content hungry.
Why Links Remain Critical to SEO Success
Google is now advising webmasters to focus on creating high-quality sites rather than building links. So link building is dead or dying now, right? Wrong! Link building is getting harder, but it's still alive and kicking, and here's why.
Google Analytics Tracking 400+ Websites for New Social Reports
The new Social Reports in Google Analytics compile and analyze social activity data from more than 400 social services, with advanced tracking of their Social Data Hub partner sites. See which sites are in, and which have opted out, to date.
Google Analytics Preparing for Social Reports Next Year
A new Google Analytics feature will allow content developers to visualize a lot more than merely website visits. Google has opened invitations to a social data hub where you can integrate feed and social networking data into Google Analytics.
Google Panda Update Hits Europe: Which Sites Rose & Fell in Germany, France, Austria
Google's Panda update has now launched around the world in all but three languages. Here’s a look at some new statistics showing which websites in Germany, France, and Austria were hit and rewarded as a result of the expanded Panda rollout.
Who Uses Search Engines? 92% of Adult U.S. Internet Users [Study]
A survey from Pew Internet indicates that search engine usage is the top way people spend time online – 59 percent of those use Google or another search engine in a typical day. Social networking is still on the rise, but has a long way to go.
Google+ in China: Banned, Slow, or Just Ignored?
Shortly after Google+ launched, reports emerged indicating that Google's new social project may already be banned in China. Google's fate was later upgraded to really slow. But with such a small user base, does China even care about Google+?