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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...
6 WordPress Plugins for Easier Editor-Contributor Collaboration
A site only runs smoothly when you take the time to work with all people involved in its running. Editors and webmasters have a tendency...
Google and Microsoft Team Up To Sue The US Government Over Transparency
Search engine giants, Google and Microsoft, are set to sue the US government over transparency. Their goal is to win the right to reveal more...
Ted Dhanik of Engage BDR Talks Traffic Buying
Facebook’s implementation of hashtags brought with it a lot of change for Internet marketers, but perhaps the most important shift came within the CPC and...
YouTube Retiring Video Responses on September 12
YouTube announced Tuesday via its Creator Blog that it will be retiring video responses as of September 12, 2013. The Google-owned video giant cites an...
Local Social Dallas Meetup Recap
We had an amazing event last Wednesday night in Dallas with our first Local Social Event. In case you missed it we had some amazing...
Google’s Mobile Search Revenue Projected To Grow As Desktop Revenue Falls
In eMarketer’s latest look at the mobile ad market, we see that Google’s mobile search revenue accounts for 19.1% of its total US advertising revenues. Just two...
5 Digital Marketing Tactics that Make You Look Like a Robot
They say the new game in marketing is all about building relationships and trust. Most companies that dive into digital marketing accomplish just the opposite:...
Google Keyword Tool Has Officially Been Replaced By Keyword Planner
The Google Keyword Tool, used by SEO professionals the world over, has officially been retired. While the sentiments regarding this change have been mixed, there...
Recapping Yahoo! and Marissa Mayer’s Spending Spree
When’s the last time you considered Yahoo as a viable threat to Google? We’ll wait for you to stop laughing. Ready? Good. It turns out...
This 10 Year Old Girl Would Make A Better SEO Than You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtGRvP3ILg In the video, 10-year-old Zia Terry stares down a K-40 ski jump. It’s very noticeably her first time doing so. Her voice shakes as...
Yahoo Gives Logo and 7 Websites New Facelift
Throughout the month of August, Yahoo has released an updated variation of its new logo, as part of the 30 Days of Change. The final...
Exclusive: BloomReach Gets ‘Linked’ With Demandware Integration
Big data marketing firm BloomReach is now part of the Demandware LINK Technology Partner Program, announcing a pre-built integration for its organic-search product. The partnership...
Google Product Listing Ads See Dramatic Increase In Click-Through-Rates
Marin Software, provider of a leading Revenue Acquisition Management platform for advertisers and agencies, today released a report showcasing the rise of Google Product Listing...
Using Audio Analytics to Better Understand Website Visitor Engagement
Content on 99% of websites is delivered using text. The problem is that website owners have limited ability to determine what a visitor reads and...
Google’s Recent Webmaster Guideline Changes: What You Need to Know
The brains at Google are always working to make the web a place where users produce content for each other, not just for web crawlers....
Facebook Allows Multiple Users To Contribute To Shared Photo Albums
Up to 50 Facebook users can now contribute to the new shared photo albums that Facebook is starting to roll out. Each individual user can...
Instagram Now Bans Users From Certain Hashtag Searches
Instagram now bans users from searching for certain hashtags that may be considered profane or explicit. This discovery, by Nick Drewe of The Data Pack,...
Quick Guide to Optimizing Your TripAdvisor Business Profile
In the age of the internet, travel planning has evolved. When today’s travelers are looking for a place to eat, sleep, or visit, they look...
Google AdWords Releases New Combined Paid & Organic Search Report
Google is continuing to make it easier to combine organic and paid search data by releasing a new report in AdWords that combines the two,...
Case Study: $5 Link Building
It’s 2013. Google’s Penguin algorithm update has long since been released, established and written about. The whole internet, every reputable SEO company and blog have...
Mobile Search Advertising Now Makes Up Over 22% of Paid Search Spend, Up 90% Since 2010
Mobile search advertising continues to increase, as a new report from eMarketer reports that a larger majority of companies’ overall search ad spend is being...
Harnessing The Power of Retargeting For Various Types of Websites
No matter what type of site or web-based brand you’re striving to promote, pay-per-click banner retargeting has the potential to be a major game changer...
Top 21 Brands Getting the Most Out of Tumblr
Compared to rivals Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest, Tumblr may not be considered the go-to social media site. But, after the company was acquired by...
Formal SEO Higher Education Options
For many of us, something just won’t get done the way we want it done unless we do it ourselves. SEO, unfortunately, can easily fall...
Designing A User Friendly Website For The Blind
Google has made it clear that web content should be created for the user and not for the sole purpose of ranking in SERP’s. Why not...
New Moz Study Shows Correlation Between Google +1’s and High Rankings
Last month I made some classic mistakes when I reported the 10 day panda update and learned how important it is to our community that...
Local Listing Provider Locu Acquired by GoDaddy For $70 million
GoDaddy hasn’t been a big player in the start-up acquisition business as of late, so its recent acquisition of local listing service Locu for $70...
SEO’s: Time to Revolt Against Google?
The day every SEO has feared has finally arrived. Google has successfully pushed organic search results below the fold for certain popular queries, leaving only...
Google Brings Traffic Updates To Maps App; Adds Search to Waze App
Google announced this morning in a blog post that the Google Maps and Waze teams are working to bring real-time traffic updates to the Google...