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Site Speed vs Responsive Design: Which is More Important?
Some of you may recall the early days of the Internet. It was an amazing experience to have all of this information at your fingertips...
The Evolution of Semantic Search and Why Content is Still King
Is it just me, or does it seem like yesterday we barely knew what the word ‘Google’ meant? The evolution of search technology has progressed...
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eBay’s Head of SEO Takes on New Role at Searchmetrics [INTERVIEW]
Searchmetrics, an enterprise SEO platform company based in the US and Germany, announced today that Jordan Koene has left his position as eBay’s head of SEO and Content...
Consumers Are More Receptive To Mobile Ads, Study Shows Mobile Ad Engagement Increasing
A new report from the 3rd Annual U.S. Mobile Path-to-Purchase Study was released by xAd and Telmetrics which shows today’s mobile shoppers are increasingly receptive...
The Return of “Barnacle SEO” and Why It’s Perfect for Small Businesses
Small business owners face a number of challenges when competing for attention on the web. As advantageous as the internet is by making it easier...
International SEO is a Huge Opportunity For Marketers: Interview With Eli Schwartz
As part of our coverage from the sold-out Searchmetrics x Search Engine Journal conference in San Francisco on SEO, content marketing, and analytics, I caught up with...
Ten Years Of Local Search Data Accessible With Yelp Trends Tool
Yelp was founded in 2004, making it 10 years old this year. In the decade since being founded, Yelp users have contributed over 57 million...
Foursquare Goes All In With Personalized Local Search
Today, Foursquare unveiled a new look, new logo, and most importantly they announced a new feature that will be a core focus of their business...
10 Visually-Appealing Business WordPress Themes
For over a decade WordPress has proven to be one of the most popular and reliable platforms for blogging. But did you know WordPress can...
How to Do Link Building at Offline Events
As link builders, we can get a bit “stuck in our ways”. Sometimes we focus too much on the technical aspects of building links and forget...
Finding Your Brand’s Unique Selling Point: An Interview with Jason Acidre aka Kaiser the Sage
Last June 21, Search Engine Journal’s Philippine team was privileged to attend SEO Summit 2014. In relation to this, we had the opportunity to interview...
13 Beautiful and Responsive WordPress Themes
Appearance is just one factor in developing a blog that entices readers to return over and over again – after all, the display often up sells your...
Study Shows Organic Search Responsible for 64% of Web Traffic
Groupon recently published a study showing that 60% of what Google Analytics defines as “direct traffic” is actually organic traffic. The study was conducted by...
How to Be a Better SEO: An Interview With Benj Arriola
Last June 21, Search Engine Journal’s Philippine team was privileged to attend SEO Summit 2014. In relation to this, we had the opportunity to interview...
WordPress 4.0 Beta Is Now Available: Here’s What’s New
WordPress recently announced that the first beta version of WordPress 4.0 is now available. WordPress prefaces its announcement with a word of caution that the...
SEO 101: Can Links on My Website Hurt My Rankings?
Over the years, there has been much debate on how links, both inbound and outbound, can affect your website’s search result rankings. How much does...
Introducing LinkPatrol: A WordPress Plugin by Search Engine Journal
Search Engine Journal has been on WordPress for just over 10 years– we moved from Blogspot to our own hosted WordPress installation on April 22, 2004....
Critical Vulnerability Found In Popular WordPress Newsletter Plugin
Web security firm, Sucuri, found a critical vulnerability in a WordPress plug-in that has over 1.7 million downloads. The vulnerability allows potential attackers to take...
PR Newswire Responds To Panda 4.0 By Taking Action Against Spammers
When Panda 4.0 was rolled out last month, press release sites were hit particularly hard. PR Newswire lost around 63% of their SEO visibility as a...
An #Interview With Dennis Goedegebuure on AirBnB and Internal Linking
As part of our coverage from the sold-out Searchmetrics x Search Engine Journal conference in San Francisco on SEO, content marketing, and analytics, I caught up with...
The Art of Peripheral Persuasion: Visuals in Web Design
They say that content is king, and that’s true. Quality, keyword-rich content will go a long way for your SEO and conversion rates. But people...
The Future Of SEO Is Personalized Search: Interview with Warren Lee
As part of our coverage from last week’s sold-out Searchmetrics x Search Engine Journal conference in San Francisco on SEO, Content Marketing and Analytics, I recently...
The Landing Page Optimization Guide You Wish You’ve Always Had
What follows is a list of resources that can be applied specifically to landing page optimization, originally repurposed from ConversionXL and other great websites around the web....
WordPress Takes A Stand Against Abuse Of DMCA Takedown Requests
Torrentfreak reported yesterday that WordPress has issued a lawsuit demanding $10,000 in compensation to cover damages suffered through a false DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notice. WordPress...
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Ranking Factors Post-Hummingbird, Panda 4.0 by @marcustober [SESSION RECAP] #SEJSF
This is a session recap from Marcus Tober’s presentation on “The Search (R)evolution” from our June 13 San Francisco conference, “SEO, Content Marketing and Analytics:...
Understanding How to Use the Google Tag Manager
Just recently someone told me they stumbled upon the Google Tag Manager and had no idea how it worked or why it mattered. Believe it...
Multilingual SEO: It’s Actually a Pretty Big Challenge for Google to Determine the Language of a Query
There are many words which are spelled the same but have different meanings based on language and location. A very simple example is the word...
A Flaw In The All-In-One SEO Pack WordPress Plugin May Be Putting Your Website At Risk
If you have the All-In-One SEO Pack WordPress plugin installed, your website may be at risk of being compromised if it’s not updated. A update was released...
SEO 101: 5 Ways to Optimize Your E-Commerce Content
Onsite copy is still one of the most important ranking factors, especially for newer sites. The trick is knowing what to look for, how to...
Global Marketing: 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid
Going global can be an exciting transition for any company. It can also be fraught with potential pitfalls, with many mistakes arising from marketers failing...