On September 23rd 2013, Google moved entirely to a Secure Search environment where keyword referral data is no longer passed as part of the referral URL. The online marketing community has been reeling by the news, mourning the loss of valuable data and trying to understand the ramifications. If you’re past the grief stage and […]
“We don’t have a choice about whether we do social or mobile marketing. The choice is how well we do it.” – @equalman At a recent Chase Small Business Insights Seminar at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, social media visionary and speaker Eric Qualman shared his insights on the future of social.
On Inside Search, Google shared their 15th birthday with the world, announcing changes to their search algorithm and search experience. This was celebrated at a press conference held on September 26th 2013, where they discussed the launch of a new search algorithm, code named Hummingbird.
For SEO and beyond Brand recognition is one of the important things that Google looks at when determining a website’s ranking. Because of this it has become even more essential to build a viable, well-represented brand online – your organic rankings could be at stake!
With Google’s new “Manual Actions” section in your Webmaster Tools account, webmasters now have a clear path towards regaining lost traffic and rankings. This infographic explains the process of filing a Successful Reconsideration Request with Google. Contrary to what many people believe, filing a letter to Google telling them you’ve disavowed all your links and […]
I’ve been doing a lot of in-depth research on Penguin penalty prevention. This guest post was written for SEMrush, which is one of the tools I use as part of my SEO backlink audits:
Backlinks. Social signals. AuthorRank. It’s all you seem to hear about nowadays in the SEO sphere. While there’s no doubt links and social signals make a huge difference in your search engine traffic, on-page SEO still plays a crucial role in where your site ranks in Google.
Out of BlueGlass’s list of 34 tools, these are my favorites, and ones that I’ll be regularly adding to my arsenal of tools: http://omgili.com/ : This is a forum search engine. Great tool to use when link building through forum marketing. Also a great way to find different “voices” when researching or looking for opinions on […]
According to Matt Cutts, the answer to that is NO:
Nice video to help improve QS, which in turn decreases costs: