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New on #MarketingNerds: JP Sherman on Optimizing Internal Site Search
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! JP Sherman from RedHat is the featured guest on Marketing Nerds this week. JP started off...
The Many “Deaths” of #SEO Before 2015
While you are reading these lines, SEO’s death is probably chronicled in hundreds of articles all over the internet. A simple search on Google for “SEO...
The (Technical) Future of #SEO
This is part 1 of 2 in a series of articles where I will layout a vision to bring more objectivity to SEO by applying...
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Outtakes from Pubcon Las Vegas 2014 [VIDEO]
While digging through our archive of Pubcon 2014 footage, we found some interesting clips that didn’t make it into the final cut. Please enjoy. #Bloopers #Pubcon #Outtakes
This Could Be Why Your Local Listing Isn’t Ranking
Google’s search algorithm is always being improved. That being said, Google only releases updates and changes to their algorithm every so often. Last year, they released...
Google Releases New Update To Structured Data Site Testing Tool
Structured data can give you that edge you need when it comes to getting content discovered and clicked on in search results, and other Google...
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MTV Increased Mobile Traffic By 92% With A Responsive Redesign [REPORT]
Not every major brand has jumped on the responsive design bandwagon yet — take MTV for example. MTV recently redesigned several of its web properties...
Geo-Targeting and SEO 101: How to Rank Content in Multiple Regions and Languages
The day has finally come – you have decided it is time to take your business international. Prospects and potential customers are searching all over the world for...
#MarketingNerds Podcast: Talking Technical #SEO with Prashant Puri
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! In this podcast, I had the chance to discuss many aspects of technical SEO...
10 Ways to Beat The Panda and Penguin In Your Content Strategy
Change might not always be fun, but sometimes it is necessary to get ahead in the game of Google. Over the last several months, Google...
SEO for E-Commerce: Why You Need Structured Data
Marking up product information using structured data to enhance search results with rich snippets has long provided a nice SEO benefit to a company’s product...
Google’s Local Search Algorithm Is Rolling Out To UK, Canada, And Australia
Earlier this summer Google introduced an algorithm specifically designed to improve local search results. At first it was only rolled out in the US, but...
5 Sources of Online Traffic You’ve Never Heard Of
Online traffic is one of the key performance indicators for online businesses, as it directly affects the number of leads your business acquires. Most online...
WordPress 4.1 is Now Available: Here’s What’s New
WordPress announced the release of version 4.1 of it’s software today, which is now available to either download or update directly from your WordPress dashboard....
Google Blocks Thousands Of WordPress Sites Following Malware Attack
Security firm Sucuri reports that Google has blacklisted over 11,000 malware-infected WordPress domains, and over 100,000 sites in total have been affected by a new...
10 Fixes to Keep You Popping Up in Competitive Local Queries
Anyone who owns a business today knows the importance of search engines to their bottom line. This importance gets magnified exponentially when you start looking...
A Serious Talk About The Unified Search Marketing Code of Ethics
Editor Note: This “pro” post is part of a two-part series about the proposed Search Marketing Code of Ethics, as presented by SEMPO at SearchCongress.org....
Google Isn’t Spying On You, Says Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt
Criticism against the search giant for allegedly spying on its users isn’t going unheard, as Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt reportedly shot back in defense...
Will Directories Still Be Relevant in 2015? – An Interview With Greg Hartnett
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las...
Using Requirements to Improve Usability For Your Website
What makes a user experience fantastic? Simply put, in order to make a fantastic user experience, the user has to be able to accomplish their...
E-Commerce 101: 12 Last Minute Ways to Optimize Your Website For the Holiday Season
It only seemed like yesterday that it was November 1st, aka the day after Halloween. As I was getting ready for my final Halloween party...
Mobile Search Spend To Surpass Desktop Next Year, iOS Still King Of Mobile Web Traffic
A report published today by research firm eMarketer reveals projections for mobile search spending over the next four years. As of 2015, mobile search spending...
New #MarketingNerds Podcast: Ways Content Can Help A Business SEO Presence with Julia McCoy
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! In this podcast recorded at Pubcon Las Vegas 2014, I had the chance to...
How To Maintain Your Rankings After A Site Redesign: An Interview With Joe Hall
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las...
Save the Date for #SEJSummit Santa Monica: February 24, 2015
I’m thrilled to announce the date and venue for our first event in the conference series SEJ Summit: 3 Takeaways, presented by Searchmetrics. The inaugural one-day conference for enterprise marketers...
SEO 101: The Importance of Adding Structured Snippets
A rich snippet, also known as a structured snippet, is the extra text that can be found underneath search results used to provide additional information to...
New #MarketingNerds Podcast: What It Takes To Get Your Business Ranked Locally with Bernadette Coleman
Visit our Marketing Nerds archive to listen to other Marketing Nerds podcasts! In this weeks Marketing Nerds, we had the chance to sit down with local SEO...
Top Local And Mobile Search Engine Ranking Factors: An Interview With Marcus Tober
At Pubcon 2014 in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Marcus Tober, CTO at Searchmetrics, about what’s new in...
WordPress Releases Critical Security Update, Immediate Update Recommended
WordPress announced today that it has released a critical security update for all previous version, and encourages everyone to update their sites immediately. If your...
And a drum roll please…Introducing SEJ Summit 2015
We’ve been keeping something from you. We’ve been working on it in stealth mode for a couple of months. It’s SEJ’s biggest initiative to date, by far....