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3 Document Search Engines to Search for SEO Documentation
A while ago I listed a few ways to find PDF tutorials, and later also shared my collection of SEO cheat sheets which showed that...
Stop Behaving Badly on Social Media!
I’m a noise musician. For those of you not familiar with the genre, that means my band, Grasshopper , caters to a very small audience...
An Interview with David Harry, Sensei of the SEO Dojo
Many know David Harry as the whiz behind Reliable SEO, The SEO Handbook, and the Trail of the Fire Horse at Huomah.com. Knowing I was...
3 Development Trends That Will Impact SEO
As SEOs we are constantly tracking and documenting the latest search trends. However, how often do we pay attention to development trends? In my opinion,...
Want New Ideas and Inspiration? Start a New Project
A few weeks ago Loren announced that we had started a new project – Daily SEO tip, a blog featuring one SEO tip per day....
Live Search Rolls Out Instant and Active Answers
Live Search is rolling out to new features, or should I say two new way of giving users answers to the information that they are...
Google Enhances Search Results with Longer Snippets and Better Related Searches
Google is rolling out two enhancements to its search results pages. One is that search results are now given longer snippets and the other is...
Create A Brand From Scratch : Branding & Search
I have a little something to say about this topic, because I have built 3 of my own successful e-tail brands from the ground up....
How Long Should the Page Title Tag Be?
We’ve shared tips on crafting a good page title several times on SEJ and each time we’ve came to conclusion that it is better to...
Google Image Search Lets You Filter Results with Specific Color
The Google Operating Systems Blog is running a post on a little tweak to Google Image Search that lets you filter your results based on...
Happy 3rd Birthday Twitter : Where Was I Without You?
It seems like only months ago that I first experienced the buzz about Twitter, a microblogging application which I had heard a lot about, but...
Craigslist More Popular Than MySpace : Sign of Economy Says Hitwise
Hitwise is running a report on the top search term in the United States for the week ending March 14, 2009, and interestingly the data...
Chitika SearchAppalooza Announces Finalists for the SES NY “Kick-Ass Search Apps Contest”
Chitika’s SearchAppalooza, being held at SES NY next week, is a power-packed, 1 hour face-off featuring some of the biggest movers and shakers in search,...
Honest Seduction : Post Click Marketing Book Review
I have been recently sent a book by three prominent bloggers and marketers: Anna Talerico, Justin Talerico and Scott Brinker, founders of IONinteractive. The book...
Get Your Search Engine Journal Laptop Sticker at SESNY
Are you going to SES New York next week? If so, be sure to look me up. The Search Engine Journal team will be giving...
Only 2 Weeks until IM Spring Break
Today marks the 2 week countdown until IM Spring Break, the search marketing mini-con in South Florida which will feature some of the brightest and...
How to Search for a Term Misspellings on eBay
We have discussed recently the benefits of using misspellings in PPC or organic search optimization campaigns. Much earlier before that I’ve also looked at a...
Yahoo Handing Out Free Directory Renewals?
Seems that some publishers who have paid to have their sites listed in the Yahoo Directory (which is an essential part of a core link...
Google AdWords Conversion Tracking 101/201/301
Ok class, today we’re moving into graduate level conversion tracking. But we’ll start with 101. First off, the number of people using AdWords without conversion...
Are In-Text Home Page Links User-UNfriendly?
We know from experience and based on common sense that links organically integrated in context and containing keywords work much better (in terms of transferring...
Flash & Search Engines : Indexed in a Flash
When it comes to SEO, Flash can be a polarizing topic. Whenever I’m speaking with clients about their SEO initiatives (along with their creative and...
EyePlorer : a New Approach to Semantic Search
EyePlorer developed by German company Vionto.com visualizes knowledge graphs (k-graphs) derived from Wikipedia content that can be interactively explored. The knowledge graph consists of eyespots...
Adobe Launches SEO Technology Center for RIAs
Sometime last year, we reported that Adobe has cooperated with both Google and Yahoo to make Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and active web contents searchable...
Yahoo Rolls Out New Ad Targeting Features
Yahoo’s search marketing arm is spicing up their service with the roll out of three new ad targeting features with the hopes giving its partner...
How to Link Bait with a Quiz
It is funny, some types of entertainment content seem to never stop working. I have already mentioned previously, that lists still work no matter how...
Hey SEO Community, Adapt or Die! Google Branding Update
It’s time to reconsider a lot of what we do. In the wake of Vince, the recent Google update that rewards big brands with better...
Microsoft Closes Down adCenter Analytics
Microsoft adCenter announced yesterday that they have closed down their adCenter Analytics program which featured web based analytics for adCenter advertisers and other web publishers....
Facebook Vanity URLs : Good for Facebook & SEO
TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has a post today about Facebook’s limited rollout of vanity URLs; URLs which have a brand name or keyword at the end....
Google AdWords Content Network: How To Get Great ROI With A New Strategy From Google
Historically, Google AdWords’ Content Network has gotten a bad rap. And for good reason. Advertisers usually see much lower ROI results from it than from...
Google Launches Google Friend Connect API
Developers and publishers looking to implement Google Friend Connect more deeply into your web site or social media experience? Google has just launched an API...