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Optimizing your AdWords

2013-06-18T00:00:00.000+12:00

How to Win in the Google Stock Market - Search Engine Watch (#SEW): " . . . . Optimizing your AdWords-driven sales funnel is like buying 10 shares of Apple and having the ability to perform a personal stock split every time you find a new winner. Increasing the Value of Your Keyword Portfolio Generally, the place to begin is with your ads, seeking to convert more qualified impressions into

Top SEO Trends of 2013

2013-06-15T00:00:00.000+12:00

The Top SEO Trends of 2013Huffington PostWith Panda, Google officially waged war on webmasters who use black-hat SEO techniques to manipulate search engines and frowned upon poor onsite user experience. Matt Cutts, the head of search quality at Google, has made it abundantly clear that web ...Google Uses Search to Predict Box Office WinnersPC MagazineThe all-knowing Google search engine could

Kim Dotcom urges EU create Google alternative

2013-06-13T00:00:00.000+12:00

Kim Dotcom: Have EU create Google alternativeiTech PostTagsKim Dotcom, NSA, Government, PRISM, Spying, google, Internet, Internet surveillance. Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom Credit:Reuters. Internet celebrity Kim Dotcom has called on the EU to create an open source alternative to Google's search engine.Google Search Now ShowsPSFKGoogle Search can now deliver instant and detailed information on

Unfortunately Black Hat SEO Isn’t Dead Yet

2013-06-11T06:30:00.001+12:00

Evidence That Black Hat SEO Isn’t Dead Yet: " . . . one person managed to dominate the first page of Google results for the term “payday loans,” which has 368,000 exact-match searches each month, according to the Google Keyword Tool. This modern marvel of epic spamming skills was chronicled in a fascinating post on theMajestic SEO Blog. . . ."!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)

Google Disavow Tool

2013-06-04T00:00:00.000+12:00

Excellent article at SEOmoz (excerpt below) Disavowed: Secrets of Google's Most Mysterious Tool | SEOmoz: "Can you use the Disavow Tool if you haven't received a manually penalized? For example, will it work for Penguin? The answer: maybe. Here's a reminder: Google updates like Panda and Penguin are part of Google's overall algorithm. They automatically affect your rankings without direct

Jon Wiley - Google Search Lead For UX

2013-06-01T00:00:00.000+12:00

Meet Jon Wiley, Google Search's Lead For User Experience, Humor ...Want to understand your users Take an acting class says Wiley who among other important tasks is responsible for hiding Blade Runner and Zork...www.fastcompany.com/.../meet-jon-wiley-google-searchs-lead... more news below Follow @sobeqnet

Content, Links, And Social Media

2013-05-30T00:00:00.000+12:00

The Three Pillars Of SEO In 2013: Content, Links, And Social Media ...A good SEO strategy is the difference between your business easily being found online and getting lost in the noise of thousands of other businesses trying to ...www.forbes.com/.../the-3-pillars-of-seo-in-2013-content-links... The Inconvenient Truth About SEO | Search Engine JournalMatt Cutts published a video with a very

Penguin 2.0

2013-05-28T00:00:00.000+12:00

Are You Ready To Take The Big Blow? Penguin 2.0 Is On the Way! | Search Engine Journal: "A reduction in the number of clusters of the same domain name showing on the first page of Google’s search is expected this year. While Penguin 2.0 promises to make the search results on the first page even more diverse; in all likelihood you may see clustered results from the same domain name there too when

Google processes 100 billion queries a month

2013-05-25T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google Search scratches its brain 500 million times a dayCNET (blog)Google's search engine is powerful, but not all-knowing. Every month Google processes 100 billion queries, and typically returns results with microsecond speed. However, on a fairly regular basis, Google's search engine has to think a bit harder to ...Understanding SEO in 2013Business Review USASearch Engine Optimization (SEO)

Preparing for Google Penguin 2.0

2013-05-23T00:00:00.000+12:00

Preparing for Google Penguin 2.0: How To Protect Your Hotel WebsiteHospitality NetWhen Google rolled out its Panda algorithm update in February 2011, it upended search engineresults pages (SERPs) in a major way, affecting 12 percent of all results. ... The days of search engine optimization (SEO) as the Wild West are long gone ...Google Penguin to go to War with SENuke Style Link Building - Dave

Google search smarter, hands-free

2013-05-21T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google search gets smarter, goes hands-freeCNN InternationalAbout two-thirds of Web searches in the United States are done through Google, with Bing and Yahoo trailing far behind. We spoke to ... Google's search team is obsessed with the "Star Trek" computer, the fictional, omnipresent and invisible voice ... more news below Follow @sobeqnet

Top 3-5 SEO areas where webmasters make the most mistakes (video)

2013-05-18T00:00:00.000+12:00

Matt Cutts of Google answers the question: what are the top 3-5 SEO areas where webmasters make the most mistakes? (video) more news below Follow @sobeqnet

What should we expect in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google? (video)

2013-05-16T00:00:00.000+12:00

What should we expect in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google? - YouTube: "What should we expect in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google?" Video of Matt Cutts, Google more news below Follow @sobeqnet

YouTube Trends Map Shows Most Popular Videos

2013-05-14T00:00:00.000+12:00

Search trendingf videos YouTube Trends Map Highlights Most Popular Videos | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: " . . . YouTube on Tuesday launched a new interactiveTrends Map, a visualization of the most shared and viewed videos over the last 12 to 24 hours in a number of major U.S. markets. The map lets you see what's popular across all of YouTube, among women or men, or different age groups. . . ."

Stop Worrying About Google Search Patents (video)

2013-05-11T00:00:00.000+12:00

Matt Cutts Tells SEOs to Stop Worrying About Google Search Patents If you're an avid SEO professional, you likely pay close attention to any new Google patents that are attached to the Search or Search Quality teams. It often ... searchenginewatch.com/.../Matt-Cutts-Tells-SEOs-to-Stop-Wor... more news below Follow @sobeqnet

Google+ and Google Search

2013-05-09T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google+, Google Search More Intertwined With App IntegrationHuffington PostNow the search engine is extending the usefulness of G+ Sign-In to its search results, it announced on Tuesday. Users' activity within apps while signed into Google+ will now inform Google search of what's hot, the most popular audio files on ...Post-Penguin Link Building Strategies - Pruning Your LinksClickZThe Penguin

Google Rich Snippet Hacking

2013-05-07T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google Rich Snippet Hacking, Bing Webmaster Tools Malware & ccTLDs Now ...YouTubeBing Webmaster Tools added a malware re-evaluation feature and more detailed geo-targeting. Ben wrote a story this week on why you may never recover from a Google Penguin update. Google is... That was this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.Search engine Google recognises PalestineAljazeera.comInternet search giant

Googler Matt Cutts On Upcoming Updates

2013-05-04T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google's Matt Cutts On Upcoming Penguin, Panda & Link Networks Updates Search Engine Land Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts announced new updates with Google's Penguin and Panda algorithms and new link network targets in 2013. Matt announced this ... Google's search quality team is working on a major update to the Penguinalgorithm ... Search Engine Land Matt Cutts: Merchant Quality to

SEO Guide - Google Webmaster Tools

2013-05-02T00:00:00.000+12:00

The SEO Guide To Getting Started With Google Webmaster Tools ... Tools - Webmaster Tools is a Powerful Ally for Search Engine Optimization Experts. ... TheSEO Guide To Getting Started With Google Webmaster Tools ... searchengineland.com/the-seo-guide-to-getting-started-with-g... 10 Tips for Tackling Google Penguin Efficiently Business 2 Community Google Penguin Update was launched on 24th April,

Worry About Google Updates?

2013-04-30T00:00:00.000+12:00

Why We Should Stop Worrying About Google Updates | Business 2 Community: "Danny Sullivan, from Search Marketing Land, posed this question to a room full of eager SEO pros during one jam-packed session: “Who here worries about Google updates?” Everyone’s hand shot up. Then Sullivan asked, “Who has been hit by a Google penalty?” 99% of the hands in the room dropped. That got the wheels turning in

Adding gravitas to your Internet search

2013-04-27T00:00:00.000+12:00

The Digital Public Library of America: adding gravitas to your Internet searchArs TechnicaA lot of these conflicts are still being sorted out by the DPLA community. But the new website is clean and easy to use, and it undoubtedly represents the possibility of a bright future for the digital library. The challenge now is less about searching ... more news below Follow @sobeqnet

Google Shuts Down Its Affiliate Network

2013-04-25T00:00:00.000+12:00

5 Reasons Google Shut Down Its Affiliate Network - GeekWire: "Given the scale issue, Google’s decision to launch an affiliate network was always perplexing. Google originally positioned the move as a way to give customers two tools to manage ads on a Cost per Acquisition (CPA) basis (GAN and Conversion Optimizer). Guess which product won? As Per Peterson, co-founder of Impact Radius, points out

Google Search Page Change for EU Settlement

2013-04-23T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google Said to Offer Search Page Change to Settle Probe - Bloomberg: "Google submitted a final package of commitments to the European Commission aimed at creating more distinction in Internet searches between Google’s own services and those of its competitors, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the offer isn’t public. Google also proposed to offer links to rival search

Google wants to build the Star Trek computer?

2013-04-20T00:00:00.000+12:00

Google has a single towering obsession: It wants to build the Star Trek computer. - Slate Magazine: "So I went to Google to interview some of the people who are working on its search engine. And what I heard floored me. “The Star Trek computer is not just a metaphor that we use to explain to others what we're building,” Singhal told me. “It is the ideal that we're aiming to build—the ideal

Publishing and search

2013-04-18T00:00:00.000+12:00

Atomization - The Shatzkin Files: "a law firm of our acquaintance sent us a notice last year that key members of their team had put together a “White Paper” about changes in trademark law. I called the partner there that I knew and asked “why don’t you publish it as an ebook?” He said, “I don’t know.” Another attorney to whom I told the story patiently explained to me that intellectual property