SEO knowledge and practices continue to evolve, keeping website owners on their toes about how to present their original web content without violating Google's rules that shape search rankings. Search Metrics released a study in 2013 following the Penguin 2.0 update that reveals how Google is fine tuning its methods for weeding out black hat spam sites.
Each update targets certain type of search rank manipulation, but the common thread to each update is that Google wants to reward sites that work hard to give their users quality content....
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Google is by far the most popular search engine and based on data gathered by Statistic Brain, the average number of daily searches in 2012 was 5,134,000,000. Revenue hit $50 billion during that year and founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin celebrated Google's 14th birthday.
Despite the fact that a large portion of Internet users turn to this search engine to find virtually anything on the web, it seems that smartphone users are spending more time on apps. Approximately 80% of...
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Google has dominated the top spot as the best search engine for many years, but it seems that Marissa Mayer has some tricks up her sleeve. The 38-year-old was ranked number 14 on the Fortune Magazine list of 'America's Most Powerful Businesswomen of 2012', and this is thanks in large part to the experience she gained as the key spokesperson and executive of Google.
Since she was appointed President and CEO of Yahoo! in 2012, Marissa has transformed the way the Internet corporation works. Recently, Yahoo announced their plan to buy blogging...
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Pre Lunch session roundup.
Finally in Seattle for SMX Advanced! It’s actually thrilling to be here anticipating the exchange of ideas and gaining new insights. Grey weather, but great networking over breakfast.
As it always happens all the best sessions are happening simultaneously. Currently attending the revised periodic table of SEO ranking, the 2013 edition.
Here are the main takeaways:
- It's no longer needed to optimize for 'movie reviews' and 'movie’‘reviews’ separately.
- 3 seconds is the optimal loading time,...
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Facebook is testing a new feature dubbed "Collections," which has the potential to add a whole new level of depth to the social media gargantuan. When participating businesses create a Collections post, viewers have the option to "Want," "Collect," or "Like" the item. Wanting the item adds it to a wishlist, while collecting or liking it will add it to the user's saved products list.
This new feature offers some of the same functionality as sites like Amazon, Google+ and Pinterest, which is why they're unveiling it to begin with. Small...
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