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Increase Click Through Rates by Optimizing Your Google Authorship Image!

Navneet Kaushal — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:18:07 +0000

After the introduction and relative success of application rich snippets, Google now is placing the authorship rich snippet with author images being flashed next to the articles credited to them all over the SERPs. Read more on Increase Click Through Rates by Optimizing Your Google Authorship...

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9% of All Internet Visits in the US Captured by Facebook – Latest Facebook Facts!

Navneet Kaushal — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:54:00 +0000

Hitwise has compiled the latest data about Facebook usage and market share in the United States. These latest numbers prove that Facebook is still the most popular site in the United States and has 96% loyal visitors who return to the site regularly. Here are the latest 10 Facebook Facts and...

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Don’t Drop the Ball with Your Google Ranking!

Dave Thomas — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:45:20 +0000

For anyone who is anyone on the Internet, their Google ranking is of importance to them. So, what are you doing to improve or unfortunately diminish your Google ranking when you stop and think about it? Read more on Don’t Drop the Ball with Your Google Ranking!… Post from: PageTraffic SEO...

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Google Reaffirms: SEO Isn't Bad & Ads Don't Help Rankings!

Navneet Kaushal — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:04:25 +0000

Google once again found themselves in the midst of unwanted attention after Jonathan Rockway, an employee was caught saying: "Instead of being able to SEO the entire Internet, businesses can now only affect the search results for a tiny percentage of users. That's a good thing because SEO...

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Google Adds Small Arrow to Sitelinks!

Navneet Kaushal — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:58:30 +0000

Having changed the overall look and layout of sitelinks a number of times over last few years, Google is now rolling out a new change to the existing one-line sitelinks appearing under a search result. Read more on Google Adds Small Arrow to Sitelinks!… Post from: PageTraffic SEO Blog Now...

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SEMPO Board of Directors 2012 Nominees Announced!

Ritu Sharma — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:02:30 +0000

Search Engine Marketing Profession Organization, SEMPO, has announced its nominees for the Board of Directors for the 2012-2014 Board. Of the 38 highly respectable nominees, 13 will fill the seats of SEMPO Board of Directors. Read more on SEMPO Board of Directors 2012 Nominees...

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Madonna Tops The Super Bowl Search Trends – Infographic!

Navneet Kaushal — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:50 +0000

Madonna's Super Bowl Halftime show has come on top in top trending searches on Google during the game. One day after the Giants defeated the Patriots in Super Bowl 46, Google has revealed what the Americans were searching for on their computers, tablets and mobile phones. Madonna has topped the...

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Search preferences, speed, freshness, Panda in the 'pipeline' & More in Google's January Search Update!

Navneet Kaushal — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:04:00 +0000

What has Google been doing the past month? Well here are all the search updates it made in the month of January, listed in the official January update brought out by Google. The updates are many and include the likes of search preferences, speed, freshness, spelling systems, snippets, high-quality...

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Social Media Cheat Sheet – Infographic!

Navneet Kaushal — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:41:27 +0000

Businesses of all sizes are now using social media. If you are still teetering on the edge of the social sea with no idea how to swim in it, let this highly informative ‘Cheat Sheet’ from Flowtown help you. Read more on Social Media Cheat Sheet – Infographic!… Post...

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Google Rules 500KB Crawl Limit For Robots.txt Files!

Navneet Kaushal — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:38:45 +0000

Google's John Mueller has stated that Google is limited to only processing up to 500KB of their robots.txt files. John made a statement on his Google+ page that read, “#102 of the things to keep in mind when working on a big website: If you have a giant robots.txt file, remember that...

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Google Analytics Product Update – New Content Navigation & Site Search Features!

Navneet Kaushal — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:44:26 +0000

As the first month of the New Year draws to a close, Google Analytics has updated and presented before webmasters a whole new version of Google Analytics. According to the Google newsletter, the Google Analytics team is focusing on features including email, scheduling, pdf export, profile copying...

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Updates to Google Webmaster Tools’ Sitemaps!

Navneet Kaushal — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:12:57 +0000

Recently Google announced the an update to Webmaster Tools sitemaps. Now onwards sitemaps page will also display statistics from Web, Videos, Images and News, thus retiring Video Sitemaps Labs. This new addition will let you know how many items of each type were added and for few content types,...

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Google Offers More Options to Google+ Badges!

Navneet Kaushal — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:01:06 +0000

Google+ badges were introduced to promote Google+ pages. Now Google is providing more options to integrate Google+ badge into your website. This provides the flexibility to configure the badge with the desired width to fit your website design and choose the one that works with site...

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Google Confirms Panda 3.2 Update!

Navneet Kaushal — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:17:24 +0000

In 2012, Google has continued its Panda Update with a Panda 3.2 update rolled out on January 18, 2012 (estimated date of the roll out). Google has revealed to search industry professionals that it has done a data refresh of the Google Panda algorithm with no algorithm changes. Webmasters...

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Average Search Rankings Redefined By Google!

Navneet Kaushal — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:00:54 +0000

The definitions of average position in the search query report in Google Webmaster Tools and search optimization report in Google Analytics is being changed by Google. The change was revealed in the Google Webmaster Blog and Google Analytics Blog. Read more on Average Search Rankings Redefined By...

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Presenting Google’s Whole New Submit Content Page!

Navneet Kaushal — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:35:51 +0000

Google has a newly redesigned Submit Your Content page. The URL submission tool page has also been updated. You can now submit content at google.com/submityourcontent. This page was launched in September 2008, and now has been given a facelift by Google. The purpose of the page was to act as an...

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Google Rolls Out New Privacy Policy : Information to be Shared Across All Google Products!

Navneet Kaushal — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:19:05 +0000

Google Inc. has announced through their official blog that they will be changing their current Privacy Policies and Google Terms of Service. These changes will assist Google to link their users across all Google products like Gmail, youtube, Google+ and so on. Google has indicated that the changes...

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Matt Cutts HangsOut With Indian Webmasters!

Navneet Kaushal — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:28:35 +0000

The head of Google’s Webspam Team, Matt Cutts in on a trip to India and did a ‘HangOut’ with Indian Webmasters from Hyderabad. This HangOut was a part of his webmaster outreach program with a group of Googlers involved in the same. In order to interact better with the Indian...

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Punctuation Search Results Upgraded By Google!

Navneet Kaushal — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:45:02 +0000

In a fresh upgrade involving punctuation marks, Google has updated its search results. So, now when you search for a “;” as in semicolon, you will now get search results. While some of the results are relevant, some may be not (the search for “/” slash reveals a music band...

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Google’s ‘Page Layout’ Algorithm To Penalize Pages With Too Many Ads Above The Fold!

Navneet Kaushal — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:52:59 +0000

If you are a surfer , then Google’s new move will do good for you. For webmasters, it means of lot of damage control. Google has brought in a new change titled the- ‘Page layout algorithm’ which is designed to penalize sites with pages that are top-heavy with ads. Read more on...

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