Latest SEO Articles
Your source for all things search engine optimization (SEO), including breaking news, algorithm updates, guides, strategies, tactics, tips, trends, tools, and more!
How to Rank Your Content in Google News
With the current tragedies such as the Norwegian massacre and the death of Amy Winehouse, news has been buzzing about the two incidents. Google has...
Get the Best of Your Joomla Website – Onsite SEO Tips
Being one of the most popular content management systems in the world, Joomla is used by more than 30 million website owners. What makes Joomla...
Telegraph Releases List of Top SEO Tips
The Telegraph, a respected UK news site, has compiled the suggestions of some top SEOs in the UK. While the list touches on several vital...
Yahoo Search Migration Reaches Major European Countries
Yahoo’s partnership with Microsoft is moving along smoothly and quickly. The transition of Yahoo’s back-end services to Bing are continuing, with six additional major countries...
Bing Delves Deeper into Visual Search
Visual elements are becoming more and more important for search. These days, it even extends beyond image snippets on the SERP. As one recent example,...
Google to Microsoft: Stop Using Patent Attacks!
While Google’s approach to patents has been mixed through the years, the general line has been quite consistent: Google isn’t a fan. Now, after Microsoft...
Google Adds “Editors’ Picks” to News
Google has added an extra layer of human vetting to their Google News site. A feature on the right-hand column will now display articles that...
Real-Language Q&A: The Next Generation of Search?
Everyone in the tech field has a slightly different idea of where search engines should go from here. Computer scientist Oren Etzioni, however, has a...
Google Docs Adds New Charts & Chart Options
Google Docs continues to be a pivotal service for the search giant. Their most recent updates include new chart types and more ways to use...
The Lazy Man’s SEO : Building Content That Matters
I’m a lazy man when it comes to SEO. I like my SEO to happen as naturally as possible with as little marketing effort as...
Google Plus Reaches 25 Million Users, Activity Declines
While Google+’s user-base has continued to expand, having now reached over 25 million registered users, Google’s social site itself is seeing a decline in the...
Bing Gives Its Take on Quality Content
In the post-Panda world, Google is the search engine most commonly associated with automated evaluation of quality. Bing has made it clear that they’re also...
Gmail Calling Extends to 38 Languages, Rates Drop
As part of their Gmail pitch, Google has expanded the in-email calling feature to a total of 38 new languages. Simultaneously, the company lowered their...
Google Launches Chrome 13
Google Chrome is continuing with its rapid six-week development cycle. The most recent iteration introduces an advanced print preview, an improved omnibox, and Instant Pages.
Google Promotes Nexus S with “Giveaway”
Google’s flagship device for Gingerbread, the Nexus S, is being promoted once again. This time around Google is doing a one-day giveaway for the device...
Google Facing Patent Case for WebM Format
Google has been facing major patent issues lately, with the most notable being Oracle’s case (launched in August of last year). Now Google may be...
Google Offers Picks Up The Dealmap
Google seems committed to making local deals work. Their recent acquisition of The Dealmap, a local deal mapping company, has the potential to expand both...
Microsoft Launches Anti-Gmail Ad
Google and Microsoft are continuing their war for user loyalty on the email front. Both companies are extending past their normal pitch, with Google releasing...
Google Android Nears 50% Global Market Share
While not a direct search competitor, Google is facing off with Apple in a number of territories. While the iPad owns tablets, Android smartphones have...
Yahoo Discusses Their SEO Strategy
Yahoo has shifted from the world’s largest search engine (of ages past) to a major content hub. In recent months, Yahoo has worked hard to...
That Bing You Do
Back in June, Bing made some important changes to their Webmaster Tools platform. They finally caught up to Google in terms of providing a comprehensive...
Gmail Prompts Users to Conduct “Email Interventions”
Gmail, Google’s email service that started as an invite-only program, has grown dramatically – but they’re still dwarfed by Yahoo Mail and Hotmail. To change...
Bing Revamps “Attractions” Presentation
Bing is continuing its heavy investment in travel features. Their most recent round of extras includes a revamp of how their “attractions” are displayed in...
Google Plus Ready to Nuke Private Profiles
The release of Google+ meant of lot of things, but among them was a willingness on Google’s part to push users out into public. Most...
Google Continues Tablet Optimization Push
Google has been on a binge, optimizing for smartphones and tablets for all of its services. One of the areas that’s, oddly, been left behind...
Google Launches Experimental Hotel Finder
It seems that Google is re-committing to travel search features. The search giant released an experimental hotel finder that gives advanced hotel search options for...
A Link for All Seasons
For everything there is a season, a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to build...
#1 Guest Blogging Incentive: Backlinks (Guidelines and Ethics)
Accepting guest posts is an effective way to freshen up your blog, share various perspectives and build a stronger community (especially if you manage such...
AdWords Top-vs-Side Segmentation insights
The other advantage is that unlike a number of other AdWords filters Top-vs-Side segmentation allows you to drill down to Ad or Keyword level
The 3 Pillars of Local Search Reviews
If Local Search was a building, it was look something like this… (photo from the Telegraph) There are new things being added, subtracted, re-arranged, re-named,...