New Google Sitelink Improvements
by Robyn Storms, August 18, 2011
Earlier this week Google launched an update to sitelinks. The changes include an improvement to how the links are displayed, and further enhances the quality of results when a particular word or phrase is searched for. Fundamentally, sitelinks haven’t changed and will still only appear if Google considers them useful for a … Read more
Is Twitter Myspacing?
by Nelson Scoville, August 17, 2011
Twitter arrived on the scene July of 2006. As of 2011 it has more than 200 million users and 1.6 billion tweets per day. It sure has grown. But can Twitter sustain its growth and weather the storm of the web and its own users? Twitter has a number of powerful benefits … Read more
Many leaving traditional jobs to pursue careers in Internet marketing
by Pat Parkinson, August 17, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY — Internet marketing firms are seeing professionals leave their jobs to begin careers in search engine optimization. The search marketing industry has been growing steadily for years. “I know several marketers who have moved across the country for opportunities in search marketing,” SEO.com President Ash Buckles said. While those skilled in … Read more
Google+ Now A Part Of Social Search Results
by Robyn Storms, August 15, 2011
Google launched Social Search in 2009 and since then we have seen results from Twitter, Flickr, Quora and other social media sites appear along with Google’s standard search results. In the latest improvement to Social Search, Google is now including Google+ posts. Social Search features links shared by your friends on the … Read more
[Infographic] Google Wages War on Spam
by Dustin Williams, August 15, 2011
To maintain dominance in the search engine optimization market, Google constantly researches and adjusts its algorithm to provide the best search results for users. Google makes small updates all the time and these updates have become known as the Google Dance. Major algorithm updates, which have a big impact on search results, … Read more
Google’s Panda Branching Out To Include Additional Languages
by Robyn Storms, August 12, 2011
It started with a release in the U.S. in February, followed by an international release to English language users in April. Today Google announced that the “Panda” update is launching internationally in all languages, with the exception of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where they are still testing improvements. When Panda launched it … Read more
A Fresh Look For Yahoo Image Search
by Robyn Storms, August 11, 2011
Yahoo’s Image Search has undergone a face lift resulting in a cleaner, more organized layout. The changes went live yesterday and were announced on the Yahoo Search blog. When a search is performed, the results page shows pictures in a grid with each image equally sized. If you hover over a particular … Read more
Link Building: Two Categories, One Goal
by Preston Van Dyke, August 10, 2011
There are a lot of theories out there about the best way to link build. The bulk of which can be broken down into two basic categories. Whether your experience leans more to one side than the other, there is success to be had in both approaches, especially when utilized in coordination … Read more
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