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Native Rank’s George Avery talks about Local Online Visibility
George Avery is the owner of Native Rank and LocalSEO. He has over ten years in industry experience in digital media and performance marketing as...
Why is Content Part of a Smart SEO Strategy?
Over the last several years, search engine optimization (SEO) has matured quite a bit. Now, it’s no longer the practice of stuffing web pages with...
Applying AIDA to Digital Marketing
Anyone that took a marketing class in college should remember the AIDA marketing pyramid. The purpose is to give someone a basic understanding of how...
Successful Link Building in the Content Marketing Era
Make no mistake about it: SEO is getting tougher. A lot tougher With Google becoming increasingly sophisticated at identifying and penalizing unnatural link profiles, it’s...
12 Social Mobile Messaging Apps to Replace SMS
Social mobile messaging apps are one of the most popular and fastest growing applications on iTunes and Google Play. Why is this the case? Money....
SEJ at SES San Franciso: #SESSF 2013 Day One Recap
The SEJ team has been all over SES San Francisco and will continue to be here over the next couple of days. We have...
Google Webmaster Tools Offers Better Backlink Data For Site Owners
Based on feedback from the webmaster community, Google has made some changes to their free Webmaster Tools product that they announced today. Webmaster Tools provides...
150 Blog Posts in 50 Days: Why Were Marketers Mad?
Maybe you heard of our little content marketing experiment. We were unsatisfied with the results our SEO company was producing, so we decided to take...
The Truth about SEO and Call Tracking
There has been a great deal of discussion about SEO and call tracking lately. Several local marketers have written articles decrying call tracking, saying that...
Eye Tracking to Boost Conversion Rate of your Ecommerce Site
Do you know that your website images play a biggest role in boosting up the conversion rate of your website? To know the importance of...
How Brand.com Reviews Suppression Helps Boost Online Reputation
Today we’re going to be talking about how Brand.com reviews suppression helps boost online reputation. If you have ever used Yelp or Google Reviews, you...
Adobe Launches New Optimization Software – Adobe Target
Adobe is known for a lot of things—Photoshop, Flash, Premiere, etc.—but what you probably don’t know is that the company has created a brand new...
Google Glass Gets Improved Search Capabilities With New Software Update
Google has released the latest software update for Google Glass. Notable new features include drastic improvements made to the device’s search capabilities. Those fortunate enough...
The 10 DOs & 10 DONTs in Google AdWords
Starting with the right foot means a lot in advertising. Read more about the 10 DOs and the 10 DONTs that will help you optimize...
Facebook Rolling Out Social Search Conversation Tools
The New York Times, CNN, and others announced yesterday that a handful of online news organizations will be among the first to try out a...
August 2013: Best of Search Engine Journal
#1: Top 10 Places that Have Banned Google Glass By: Albert Costill | @albertcostill Albert Costill wrote an excellent post about Google Glass that brought...
Quality Content Boosts Brand Awareness and Engagement
I’m here with Chase McMichael, the CEO and Co-Founder of InfiniGraph. He recently provided me with a content engagement analysis report regarding content marketing and...
Google Joins Udacity, Others to Create Open Education Alliance
As announced at the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco event today, Udacity has joined with Google, AT&T, Georgia Tech, and others to create the Open Education...
How Google Collects Search Quality Data On Your Site
It’s little known that Google was never meant to be a company. In fact, in 1998 Vinod Khosla (one of the first investors in Google)...
SHARE Conference Highlights Emerging Trends In Search
Last week Search Engine Journal’s Murray Newlands stopped by the BrightEdge #SHARE13 conference in San Francisco to meet up with some of the leaders of...
And The First 16 Samsung Galaxy Gear Apps Are…
By now you’ve heard all the buzz, or complaints, about the Samsung Galaxy Gear. Whatever your feelings are on the smartwatch, the wearable tech game...
Yahoo Finally Unveils New Logo
After a thirty day wait that came with unveiling a new potential logo every day, Yahoo finally posted their pick at midnight last night. The...
SEJ Alumnus Michelle Stinson Ross Joins Strategic Alliance with Digital Always Media
Michelle Stinson Ross, SEJ Alumnus and founder of her own agency Firestarter Social Media, recently announced a strategic partnership with Toronto-based digital marketing agency, Digital...
You’re not going to Get the Links if You don’t do the Work
Lately I’ve had a thought burning in my mind – what’s the point of the title ‘SEO’. Obviously, it implies that we’re able to optimize...
Study Reports 90% of Business Owners Trust Yelp Reviews to Make Purchasing Decisions
A recent study from Merchant Warehouse reports that business owners (and consumers in general) are putting more of their trust into online reviews sites, specifically Yelp. As...
Study Shows Hashtags On Facebook Result In Less Viral Reach For Pages
Facebook adopted the use of hashtags for both personal and business pages earlier this year. Since hashtags have proven to be a useful tool on...
What the Miami Marlins Can Teach Us About Social Media (Un)Popularity
Who are the cool kids in social media? Big brands, rights? Coca-Cola, Katy Perry and Rihanna all have huge social media followings that continue to...
Google Glass and 4 Other Products That Prove 2014 Will Be The Year of Wearable Tech
While there are a number of wearable technology products currently on the market, 2013 wasn’t exactly the year of wearable tech. With 2014 arriving in...
How to Earn Links with Google’s New Business Photos
As a Digital Agency we are always looking for creative ways to drive traffic so when Google came out with their 360 degree business photos...
Paul Jarvis Talks About the Future of SEO (Video)
SEJ in Person Paul Jarvis from ABM Staging on Vimeo. Paul Jarvis has been designing web sites for some of the biggest personal brands online...