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7 Ways to Quickly Increase WordPress Speed
Everybody seems to be in a hurry these days, and online loading times matter. Studies show that speedy WordPress websites perform better in terms of:...
Android Users Can Now Manage Their Google Places Listing on the Go With New App
Marketers now have a new tool to mange their Google Places for Business listing while on the go with Google’s new Android app. The new...
Head to Head: How Fantasy Football is Kinda Like SEO
The League/Facebook Even if you’re not a sports fanatic, you know very well that a lot of people are glued to their TVs and checking...
Just Launched Google Media Tools Aims to Help Journalists
The Google+ for Media: ATL Summit brought some big news today, as Google announced its launch of Google Media Tools, a website designed to help...
*Conversion Testing Not Included
I recently had a discussion on the age-old topic of rankings vs. conversions. While the gentleman I was conversing with agreed that SEO is more...
Por Un Link Building Más “Comunicativo”
Editor’s Note: By popular request, Search Engine Journal is now publishing search marketing articles in Spanish. These are not translations of posts already published in...
Local Carousel Rankings Are Out: The Verdict
The local carousel design has been in effect since June of this year, so it’s about that time when experts try to measure its success...
5 Important Internet Marketing Lessons from Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs took a unique approach in everything he ever did. This uniqueness of his personality, his modus operandi, his products, and the entire Apple...
SEO Contest to Get The Season Started! Enter Today!!!
Calling all creative internet marketers! There’s just one week left in the Search Engine Journal and Advice Interactive Group SEO Monster Mash recipe contest. The top five...
Conversion And Optimization Strategy With Syed Balkhi (Video)
In this interview I catch up with Syed Balkhi from WP-Beginnger. He’s been building web sites since he was 12 years old. Here are some...
Interview With Erik Ford From BoostCTR: What Massive Opportunity Are Advertisers Missing Out On?
In an interview conducted at SES 2013 in San Francisco, Erik Ford of BoostCTR leads a discussion on one crucial element that can give any campaign a serious competitive...
4 Link Building Opportunities Minus the Content
Content is nearly synonymous with link building these days (or link ‘earning’, depending upon who you talk to). Even Google recently changed their user guidelines,...
September 2013: Best of Search Engine Journal
#1: 3 Ways Content Will Be Affected by Google’s Latest Hummingbird Update By: Rick Egan Google seems to be coming up with new updates sooner...
Think AdWords Doesn’t Work? Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong
It’s not uncommon to hear marketers complain that “AdWords doesn’t work.” Sometimes you’ll hear this from major enterprises that should know better (looking at you,...
Exclusive: Major Change Made to Google Analytics – Dashboard Functionality Change
It looks like a major change to the Google Analytics dashboard and functionality is being rolled out. The screen grabs below show a change from...
Flashy vs. Simple Websites: Does One Lead to Better SEO?
It’s easy to get carried away when creating your website because A). Creating a website is fun, and B). There are tons of different options...
EL Futuro del SEO Profesional. La Estrategia
Editor’s Note: By popular request, Search Engine Journal is now publishing search marketing articles in Spanish. These are not translations of posts already published in...
Interview with Link Building Expert Barrie Smith
Barrie Smith is an experienced link builder, having worked with Receptional for almost nine years. He has worked on numerous successful SEO and link building...
Bruce Clay Explains Internet Marketing Cube Theory At #SESSF
In an interview conducted at SES 2013 in San Francisco, Bruce Clay explains his internet marketing cube theory. Bruce Clay is the Founder and President of Bruce Clay...
What SEO’s can make of Google In-depth articles
Google In-depth articles is a new search result option introduced by Google in August 2013. Along with News, Images and a number of other familiar...
Link Building Through Outreach and Content Refreshing
Link building with content is more than “create good content and they will come.” It rarely works without a bit of human promotion. A common...
Removing a 16 Month Google Penalty – There is Hope Yet
Disclaimer: Due to privacy agreements I cannot share the exact name of the client that I’m going to be discussing within the post. Ever since...
Google Launches Interactive HTML5 Ad and Website Builder
Yesterday afternoon, Google announced its latest free tool: Google Web Designer. This downloadable program is focused on helping designers “create engaging, interactive HTML5-based designers and...
News Recap on (Not Provided): Top Articles from Around the Web on Google’s Encrypted Search Data
Last week Google made the move towards encrypting all search data, which means website owners are unable to see information about search terms that were...
10 Rules Of Thumb to Design a Successful Mobile-Friendly Website
Since mobile-friendly websites and responsive web design are now among the hottest topics in web world, it’s obvious that your company and clients move into...
Brand your Way to Success: A Complete Guide to Shape your Online Brand
Branding is the best way to promote a website, company or organization online to win in its online market competition. The power brand alone can...
The Impact of Encrypted Google Searches on Online Marketing
The SEO world was abuzz late last week with speculation that Google is on the path to encrypting all search activity (except for ad clicks)....
6 SEO Scams you Need to Check while Hiring an SEO Company
Have you come across so called SEO experts saying they guarantee complete success for you and your company? Well, you might have. In fact, there...
Google Hotel Finder & The War for Hotel SERP Listings
Have you tried searching for a hotel lately on Google? If you have, you noticed a plethora of new Google hotel related search results. This...
Google Now Displays Google+ Hashtag Results in Search Queries
Google now supports hashtag searches within Google+ from the search engine’s query result pages: The box on the right hand side of the screen...