In every industry there are people known as “influencers.”

Whether you are new to the SEO industry or a veteran yourself, this infographic shows you the celebrities who are in our small nerdy SEO world that you should follow.

These influencers come in the form of bloggers, writers, authors, CEOs, speakers or developers and impact the SEO world  by providing information and insights that are trusted. No one from SEO.com made the list, but in some time I think a handful of our staff could have their own caricature.

Is there anyone else you would add to the SEO Top Trumps list?

Courtesy of: Wildfire Digital 

[Infographic] SEO Top Trumps – Influencers in the SEO Industry is a post by SEO expert Rebecca Babicz. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

It can be quite a battle to grow your business, with different marketing initiatives pulling you in multiple directions. From paid advertising, SEO and email marketing, to social media and local events, there’s always something to consider.

To keep your business heading in the right direction, there are ways to stay ahead of the curve by taking advantage of all the new forms of marketing that have come to light over the last few years.

One of those new opportunities is Pinterest.

This infographic lists important ways businesses can harness the power of social media to increase traffic and sales through Pinterest marketing.

Conquering Pinterest
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More on how to conquer Pinterest

The Best Time to Pin

Post your pins during Pinterest’s peak usage hours, which are Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. EST. On the weekend, Saturdays are the best day to pin.

Promote through Social Media Channels

Experts recommend integrating your Pinterest account with other social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. This helps to bring awareness to your Pinterest boards and increase the likelihood for interaction.

Add a “Pin It” Button to your Website

To make your content as shareable as possible, add a “Pin It” button to the content on your site, including blog posts, category pages, landing pages and even products.

Create Great Visual Content

This is key: tutorials, DIY and recipe pins receive a 42-percent higher repin rate! Create visual content that compels, inspires or helps people.

Speak to a Specific Demographic

Pinterest has a unique and dedicated demographic. About 80% of the social network’s users are women, and 50% have kids. In addition, 80% of the users are over the age of 25, and 28% make an annual salary of over $100,000.

Host a Contest

Hosting a contest is a great way to keep your followers engaged and connected. Some ways to do this include photo contests, video contests, caption contests, enter-to-win contests, as well as others.

Track your Success

By tracking your success on Pinterest, you can continue to do what works, and change the things that don’t work.

Create a Video Gallery

Make sure the videos you post are not just about your company, but relevant and quality videos that your fan base will appreciate and find useful.

Create Multiple Boards

You’ll want to create boards that not only promote your products, but boards that also promote the lifestyle your brand represents.

Utilize Pin Description Area, Links and Hashtags

The description area is useful for adding relevant keywords and commentary on the image that is being pinned. You can add hashtags to help users find your pin, and the pin itself will be a link back to the original source.

Conquering Pinterest: 10 Ways To Drive Traffic And Increase Sales Through Smart Pinning is a post by SEO expert Andrew Johnson. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Was 2012 a good year for you, or would you rather turn your back and forget it even happened?

As we head into the final weeks of 2012, what’s been on American’s minds most this year?

According to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, more than two-thirds of American adults who are online use social media on a regular basis. What’s even more revealing is this stat: more than 90 percent of those age 18-29 use social media.

Search engines and social media can provide some fantastic insight into our curiosities, so we’ve taken a snapshot of Internet search trends from the year 2012 according to Twitter, Facebook and Google year-in-review reports:

Google

Top Searched Terms On Google In 2012

1. Whitney Houston
2. Hurricane Sandy
3. Election 2012
4. Hunger Games
5. Jeremy Lin
6. Olympics 2012
7. Amanda Todd
8. Gangnam Style
9. Michael Clarke Duncan
10. KONY 2012

If you recall, Amanda Todd was a 10th grade Canadian girl who committed suicide this past October, likely due to bullying. In September, she posted a video to YouTube describing her struggles, which subsequently went viral.

Top People Searches On Google In 2012

1. Whitney Houston
2. Jeremy Lin
3. Amanda Todd
4. Michael Clark Duncan
5. Kate Middleton
6. One Direction
7. Morgan Freeman
8. Peyton Manning
9. Joe Paterno
10. Paul Ryan

Top “How-To” Searches

1. How to love
2. How to rock
3. How to vote
4. How to install
5. How to hate
6. How to archer
7. How to wobble
8. How to calculate
9. How to root
10. How to tebow

Explaination of a few of these “how-to” searches is probably in order. “The Wobble” is a hip-hop dance move made popular by rapper V.I.C.’s song “The Wobble”.

Have you ever rooted a mobile device? “Rooting” a device means gaining permissions to access and alter any files on an otherwise locked device. The term “rooting” mostly refers to Android smartphones. Sterling Archer is also known as ‘the world’s greatest secret agent’, and has a book about how to dress properly, as well as how to prepare a fabulous brunch.

Top Movie Searches

1. The Hunger Games
2. Prometheus
3. The Avengers
4. Magic Mike
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Ted
7. 21 Jump Street
8. The Vow
9. Twilight
10. Paranormal Activity 4

Marvel’s “The Avengers” was the highest-grossing film of the year, at $1.5 billion.

Top “What Is” Searches

1. What is SOPA
2. What is Scientology
3. What is KONY
4. What is Yolo
5. What is Instagram
6. What is Pinterest
7. What is Lent
8. What is Obamacare
9. What is iCloud
10. What is Planking

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as House Bill 3261, is a U.S. bill to help American law enforcement crack down on the online trafficking of counterfeit products and copyrighted intellectual property.

Top Local Places Searches

1. Hotel
2. Restaurant
3. Walmart
4. Apartment
5. Starbucks
6. Target
7. Parking
8. Bank
9. Camping
10. Home Depot

Facebook

Most Popular Memes On Facebook

1. TBH (to be honest)
2. YOLO (you only live once)
3. KONY
4. One-word comment
5. Gangnam Style
6. Cinnamon Challenge
7. Cray
8. SMH (shake my head)
9. Big Bird
10. Linsanity

By the way, TBH (to be honest) was the most frequently mentioned phrase across Facebook in 2012.

Most Popular Check-ins On Facebook

1. Times Square, New York
2. Disneyland, California
3. AT&T Park, California
4. Yankee Stadium, New York
5. Rangers Ballpark, Texas
6. Fenway Park, Massachusetts
7. Dodger Stadium, California
8. Universal Studios, Florida
9. Wrigley Field, Illinois
10. Angel Stadium, California

Most Mentioned Television Shows On Facebook

1. Duck Dynasty
2. Honey Boo Boo
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Game of Thrones
5. Downtown Abbey
6. Breaking Amish
7. Ink Master
8. Long Island Medium
9. Wife Swap
10. Two Broke Girls

‘Breaking Amish’ is a reality show on TLC that follows five Amish people as they leave their homes and traditions to experience “English” life in New York City, and risk being shunned by their friends and family.

Most Mentioned Sports On Facebook

1. NY Giants
2. New England Patriots
3. Tim Tebow
4. London 2012 Olympics
5. OKC
6. Denver Broncos
7. San Francisco 49ers
8. Eli and Peyton Manning
9. Jeremy Lin
10. Los Angeles Clippers

Twitter

Most Tweeted Conversation Starters

1. #nowplaying (share your favorite music)
2. #oomf (one of my followers)
3. #blessed (counting the good things in your life)
4. #quote
5. #lrt (last Retweet)
6. #salute
7. #news
8. #followerfriday
9. #throwbackthursday
10. #shoutout

Most Tweeted Food

1.  ihop
2. starbucks
3. waffle house
4. mcdonalds
5. bbq
6. #coffee
7. taco bell
8. denny’s
9. burger king
10. olive garden

It’s also interesting to note that McDonalds was rated “best fast-food french fries” in 2012 by Zagat.

Most Tweeted Music

1. rick ross
2. #hiphop
3. trey songz
4. nicki minaj
5. #musicmonday
6. kendrick lamar
7. chris brown
8. coachella
9. big sean
10. r&b

Most Tweeted Tech

1. at&t
2. iphone
3. instagram
4. skype
5. kindle
6. ipad
7. pinterest
8. draw something
9. amazon
10. apple

Amazon is the world’s largest ecommerce retailer, with over 43,000 people. In August, Instagram surpassed Twitter in daily mobile users.

Top Tweets Of 2012

1. “Four more years” with 810,000+ retweets
2. “RIP Avalanna. i love you” by Justin bieber with 220,000+ retweets

Peak Tweets Per Minute

1. U.S. Election Day evening: 327,452
2. Euro 2012 – Spain’s Juan Mata kicks in goal during Spain-Italy match: 267,200
3. Super Bowl – incomplete pass by Patriots resulting in Giants victory: 201,466
4. UEFA Champions League Semi-Final – Fernando Torres kicks goal to tie Chelsea and Barcelona: 184,535
5. Summer Olympics closing ceremonies – Spice Girls performance: 116,000
6. MTV Video Music Awards – One Direction wins Best Pop Video: 98,307

What ‘Peaked’ Our Interest In 2012? [INFOGRAPHIC] is a post by SEO expert Andrew Johnson. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Was 2012 a good year for you, or would you rather turn your back and forget it even happened?

As we head into the final weeks of 2012, what’s been on American’s minds most this year?

According to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, more than two-thirds of American adults who are online use social media on a regular basis. What’s even more revealing is this stat: more than 90 percent of those age 18-29 use social media.

Search engines and social media can provide some fantastic insight into our curiosities, so we’ve taken a snapshot of Internet search trends from the year 2012 according to Twitter, Facebook and Google year-in-review reports:

Google

Top Searched Terms On Google In 2012

1. Whitney Houston
2. Hurricane Sandy
3. Election 2012
4. Hunger Games
5. Jeremy Lin
6. Olympics 2012
7. Amanda Todd
8. Gangnam Style
9. Michael Clarke Duncan
10. KONY 2012

If you recall, Amanda Todd was a 10th grade Canadian girl who committed suicide this past October, likely due to bullying. In September, she posted a video to YouTube describing her struggles, which subsequently went viral.

Top People Searches On Google In 2012

1. Whitney Houston
2. Jeremy Lin
3. Amanda Todd
4. Michael Clark Duncan
5. Kate Middleton
6. One Direction
7. Morgan Freeman
8. Peyton Manning
9. Joe Paterno
10. Paul Ryan

Top “How-To” Searches

1. How to love
2. How to rock
3. How to vote
4. How to install
5. How to hate
6. How to archer
7. How to wobble
8. How to calculate
9. How to root
10. How to tebow

Explaination of a few of these “how-to” searches is probably in order. “The Wobble” is a hip-hop dance move made popular by rapper V.I.C.’s song “The Wobble”.

Have you ever rooted a mobile device? “Rooting” a device means gaining permissions to access and alter any files on an otherwise locked device. The term “rooting” mostly refers to Android smartphones. Sterling Archer is also known as ‘the world’s greatest secret agent’, and has a book about how to dress properly, as well as how to prepare a fabulous brunch.

Top Movie Searches

1. The Hunger Games
2. Prometheus
3. The Avengers
4. Magic Mike
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Ted
7. 21 Jump Street
8. The Vow
9. Twilight
10. Paranormal Activity 4

Marvel’s “The Avengers” was the highest-grossing film of the year, at $1.5 billion.

Top “What Is” Searches

1. What is SOPA
2. What is Scientology
3. What is KONY
4. What is Yolo
5. What is Instagram
6. What is Pinterest
7. What is Lent
8. What is Obamacare
9. What is iCloud
10. What is Planking

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as House Bill 3261, is a U.S. bill to help American law enforcement crack down on the online trafficking of counterfeit products and copyrighted intellectual property.

Top Local Places Searches

1. Hotel
2. Restaurant
3. Walmart
4. Apartment
5. Starbucks
6. Target
7. Parking
8. Bank
9. Camping
10. Home Depot

Facebook

Most Popular Memes On Facebook

1. TBH (to be honest)
2. YOLO (you only live once)
3. KONY
4. One-word comment
5. Gangnam Style
6. Cinnamon Challenge
7. Cray
8. SMH (shake my head)
9. Big Bird
10. Linsanity

By the way, TBH (to be honest) was the most frequently mentioned phrase across Facebook in 2012.

Most Popular Check-ins On Facebook

1. Times Square, New York
2. Disneyland, California
3. AT&T Park, California
4. Yankee Stadium, New York
5. Rangers Ballpark, Texas
6. Fenway Park, Massachusetts
7. Dodger Stadium, California
8. Universal Studios, Florida
9. Wrigley Field, Illinois
10. Angel Stadium, California

Most Mentioned Television Shows On Facebook

1. Duck Dynasty
2. Honey Boo Boo
3. Big Bang Theory
4. Game of Thrones
5. Downtown Abbey
6. Breaking Amish
7. Ink Master
8. Long Island Medium
9. Wife Swap
10. Two Broke Girls

‘Breaking Amish’ is a reality show on TLC that follows five Amish people as they leave their homes and traditions to experience “English” life in New York City, and risk being shunned by their friends and family.

Most Mentioned Sports On Facebook

1. NY Giants
2. New England Patriots
3. Tim Tebow
4. London 2012 Olympics
5. OKC
6. Denver Broncos
7. San Francisco 49ers
8. Eli and Peyton Manning
9. Jeremy Lin
10. Los Angeles Clippers

Twitter

Most Tweeted Conversation Starters

1. #nowplaying (share your favorite music)
2. #oomf (one of my followers)
3. #blessed (counting the good things in your life)
4. #quote
5. #lrt (last Retweet)
6. #salute
7. #news
8. #followerfriday
9. #throwbackthursday
10. #shoutout

Most Tweeted Food

1.  ihop
2. starbucks
3. waffle house
4. mcdonalds
5. bbq
6. #coffee
7. taco bell
8. denny’s
9. burger king
10. olive garden

It’s also interesting to note that McDonalds was rated “best fast-food french fries” in 2012 by Zagat.

Most Tweeted Music

1. rick ross
2. #hiphop
3. trey songz
4. nicki minaj
5. #musicmonday
6. kendrick lamar
7. chris brown
8. coachella
9. big sean
10. r&b

Most Tweeted Tech

1. at&t
2. iphone
3. instagram
4. skype
5. kindle
6. ipad
7. pinterest
8. draw something
9. amazon
10. apple

Amazon is the world’s largest ecommerce retailer, with over 43,000 people. In August, Instagram surpassed Twitter in daily mobile users.

Top Tweets Of 2012

1. “Four more years” with 810,000+ retweets
2. “RIP Avalanna. i love you” by Justin bieber with 220,000+ retweets

Peak Tweets Per Minute

1. U.S. Election Day evening: 327,452
2. Euro 2012 – Spain’s Juan Mata kicks in goal during Spain-Italy match: 267,200
3. Super Bowl – incomplete pass by Patriots resulting in Giants victory: 201,466
4. UEFA Champions League Semi-Final – Fernando Torres kicks goal to tie Chelsea and Barcelona: 184,535
5. Summer Olympics closing ceremonies – Spice Girls performance: 116,000
6. MTV Video Music Awards – One Direction wins Best Pop Video: 98,307

What 'Peaked' Our Interest In 2012? [INFOGRAPHIC] is a post by SEO expert Andrew Johnson. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Once upon a time, before online marketers seized upon them as vehicles for SEO and viral marketing campaigns, infographics were actually data visualization tools (Crazy, right?). It’s time to get back to those roots, as evidenced by the really bad infographics out there that could be fixed by following some simple principles in research and design.

By keeping infographics about information more than marketing, you can ensure that users find content in them worth sharing and that the time and effort invested in your graphics is worthwhile.

You can see how infographics are done right by looking at how print media use them (and have been for a long time, page 43). After all, magazines and newspapers have limited real estate, and they won’t waste it on mediocre visuals. But online, we have seemingly unlimited visual space to fill. That combined with the fact that infographics are resource- and time-intensive marketing properties to generate, has made poorly researched, lazily designed graphics the norm in online marketing. It ends up being a waste of time and resources for everyone involved.

What An Infographic Is (and Is Not)

Here’s something ironic: a crappy infographic trying to warn you against crappy infographics. It’s hard to tell what exactly the joke is, the punch-lines or the design. But this example gets to the heart of a big source of bad design: Infographics are meant to portray data visually, not just display images with text (those are called web pages). Without getting too sarcastic about it, let’s look at the way that the infographic format gets abused.

• Infographics aren’t replacements for blog posts. You’ll see a lot of top-10 lists and such turned into infographics, but that’s just text and images; there’s no data present, and it certainly isn’t visualized in a compelling way.

• Timelines that don’t really illustrate anything. As that Spy Magazine infographic linked to in the introduction shows, timelines can be extremely information-dense when done correctly. They can also be just a jumble of barely connected facts from a certain historical category. Infographic timelines should be more than just snapshots of different eras; they need to dig deeper into a subject and show an interesting progression on a certain subject over time.
• Graphs are not infographics. If all you have is some bar graphs, pie charts and scatter-plot data, you don’t have an infographic. This is mostly a failure to visualize the data, a vital infographic design principle which we’ll go over later.
• Maps that don’t add anything to the data. Another failure of visualization, here. If you want to map something out, it should show how geography affects, or is affected by, the data you’re presenting. But many graphics use it as a crutch to simply compare data from different locations. There’s often a better way to display that information.

A lot of these problems stem either from the fact that the designers were trying to create an infographic without any information, or they chose a design that was entirely divorced from the data they were presenting. Compare those with infographics that are information-dense, designed around the data and just surprisingly creative (like the one below), and you’ll realize that the bad examples fall way short of what an infographic can and should be.

Battling Research Laziness

The root of most bad content, whether it’s infographics, blog posts or drunken wedding speeches is lack of preparation. Research can be tedious and time-consuming; it’s always more satisfying to start collecting some vector graphics, slap them into Photoshop and hope for the best. But that’s not a good recipe for any good finished product, whether you’re talking web pages or car engines. You have to take more time in choosing your topic, collecting the data and making sure you have enough to support a full infographic in the first place.

Smart Topic Selection: The topic really can be anything. I don’t buy the argument that you can’t turn a survey or any other statistical data into a compelling graphic, as long as you have enough information to make it worth the reader’s time and a smart design that does justice to the underlying questions that the data raises.

Getting Enough Material: Sometimes, though, a particular data point will make a great section for an infographic, but the idea couldn’t support an entire graphic on its own. You have to know whether you have enough data to make it visually interesting, and if you can’t find it during the research phase, it may be that you just have to mothball the subject and pick something else.

A Shareable Payoff: Nobody wants to share an anemic graphic, and readers will actually resent you wasting their time if they clicked on a link and didn’t get what they bargained for. Spreading the information out to make it seem like there’s more of it is like trying to spread your peas out on the plate so you can get dessert. Everybody knows what’s going on here. But with enough material, smartly designed, you’ll be more likely to hit the mark with readers and get them to share.

Tell Me A Story

Theme is everything for infographics; the raw data has to be put into context in an appealing way that surprises, entertains or inspires the viewer. We’re talking about creating a visual narrative that “tells a story” about the information you’re representing. Without a unifying theme, all you have is a large image with a collage of graphs and vector graphics plastered onto it. The theme unites the data in a smart way that’s more than just matching colors and playing with fonts.

The flow of a graphic is part of the theme. Too many graphics don’t seem to have any overall organization to them; the different sections could be completely rearranged without any effect, and that’s a bad thing. Think of this concept as a visual story arch; you have a beginning, a middle, and an end to your graphic, and the reader is intuitively guided from one section to the next. And the flow doesn’t have to be linear. A lot of beautifully arranged graphics aren’t funneled into the 600-pixel wide, blog-friendly format.

Bringing Back Data Visualization

There is a reason that there are sites like Information is Beautiful curate and award well-designed infographics; it’s because some designs definitely stand out, and these curators are sifting the wheat from the chaff. Good design can make insightful connections in even the most (seemingly) mundane statistical data. Bad design (see below) can make even interesting topics seem unimpressive and boring.

There are clichés in data visualization, and you learn them in elementary school: bar and pie graphs. A creative infographic design will have few (preferably none) of them. If your client’s want graphs and charts, they can use Excel; they don’t need a designer. A designer’s job is to find creative ways to make the data come to life and make connections between the data and real life that people otherwise wouldn’t see. On the other hand, playing with fonts and typography is not a substitute for actually visualizing the data in some way.

We also want to see as little text on an infographic as possible; words are meant to be labels, and the images should speak for themselves. A good infographic design makes it easier to quickly digest and share complex or interesting information in a visual way, not through reading. If the information could be more easily described in words, you shouldn’t be using an infographic. You should always show, not tell, whenever possible.

Better Infographics Through Better Planning

Not everyone who is developing infographics for clients needs to be a designer. But by understanding how these graphics can go wrong, we can make sure that we do the groundwork (research, planning, etc.) so that whoever does design it will hit the mark more often, make readers take notice, and you’re your infographic shared by people who curate and spread data that’s displayed elegantly.

Infographics vs. Infocrapics: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly is a post by SEO expert Paul Sanders. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Recently, our friends at Hubspot reached out to me and asked if we would like to be a part of a new ebook they were putting together called SEO Tips From Industry Experts… and of course I said “absolutely, we would love to!”

Our topic to cover was Mastering On-Page SEO, and for this we had our VP of Client Services, Greg Shuey provide the content.

Other topic covered in the eBook are:

• Keywords: Understanding Fundamentals by Rebecca Churt, Hubspot
• The Right Way to Build Links by Stephanie Chang, Distilled
• How Social Media Influences SEO by Darmesh Shah, Hubspot
• How To Increase Clicks In SERP by Rand Fishkin, SEOMOZ

After the Infographic below you will have an opportunity to download the new 61-page eBook.

We are honored to be a part of this revised guide that Hubspot has published, and to be in great company with Distilled, SEOmoz and of course Hubspot.

If you would like to get your hands on this new Learning SEO from the Experts ebook, download it now. This will be one eBook you will not want to miss!

And be sure to let us know what you think in the comments below.

>>Download The Guide Here

SEO Tips From Industry Experts: An Infographic And Ebook is a post by SEO expert Darin Berntson. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Do You Know The Best Time To Send Emails To Get The Best Response?

How about click throughs and engagement?

While reading a bunch of  different posts all over the web yesterday, I landed on MarketingProfs (one of my favorite sites for great marketing content) . They had embedded a great Infographic from GetResponse that I thought would be good to share with you covering email marketing results, based on open rates by time after delivery.

A lot of people think, in this new world of social media, that email marking is dying. Personally, and I think a lot would agree, that email marketing is thriving now more than ever, and works as a very nice compliment to social media. As far as internet marketing goes… the two things you own outright are your website and content, and your email database. While having a lot of followers on various social media sites is awesome and all… a killer segmented email distribution list is even better, and you own it!

As GetResponse mentions here on their original post, there are many factors that go into optimizing your email campaign, but timing is one of the most important factors.

Key Takeaways

• 23.63 of all email opens occur within the first hour of delivery. Second, third and fourth hours have a significant drop
• The best times to have your message read is when people are reviewing their inbox, and those best times are morning and early afternoon
• Be sure to segment your audience, and take into consideration time-zones

Obviously, you will have to test the information below against your own metrics, but this is a great place to get you started, or to re-think your overall email marketing strategy.

What did you think of this Infographic and the data? Does it help give you some ideas that you may have not thought of? Would love to hear from you in the comments below.

Email Marketing Results Hour By Hour [Infographic] is a post by SEO expert Darin Berntson. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Is There a Mobile Security Danger?

And are you in danger of malicious attacks?

Smartphones have become a target for private data and are prone to hackings, scams, and theft. Now, privacy protection and mobile security are becoming a necessity to avoid malicious attacks.

Meet The 10 Most Common Mobile Security Monsters

From the Data Reaper to the Wicked Vampire, we point out what these monsters are capable of, and what you need to do to protect yourself from their unwanted and possibly costly attacks.

Embed our Mobile Security Monster Mash Infographic:

<a href="http://www.seo.com/blog/mobile-security-monster-mash-infographic/"><img src="http://www.seo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/mobile-security-monster-mash-mobile-security-danger-infographic.jpg" alt="Mobile Security Monster Mash - Infographic "width="100%" border="0" /></a>

Mobile Security Monster Mash [Infographic] is a post by SEO expert Darin Berntson. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Both consumers and businesses are experiencing huge benefits by focusing on the growing mobile market. In the last five years, local search has increased more than 200%, and a large portion of these users (up to 89% of them) are taking immediate action. More than half of those searches end up contacting the business to learn more, and around 25% will make a purchase.

Both travelers and locals are using mobile search to find restaurants, hotels, local attractions, and more. Many locals capitalize on the daily deals these companies offer, while around 60% of travelers feel that local search results are the most relevant to their needs. It is estimated that by 2015 mobile will be the most common way we do our local searches as smartphone and tablet penetration continues to grow. This trend is changing the way we think about business, and there is a great opportunity to reach new customers.

Embed our Using Mobile Search On Vacation Infographic on your site::

<a href=" http://www.seo.com/blog/using-mobile-search-on-vacation-infographic/"><img src=" http://www.seo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Using-Mobile-Search-On-Vacation-Infographic.jpg " alt="Use Mobile Search On Vacation - Infographic "width="100%" border="0" /></a>

Using Mobile Search On Vacation [Infographic] is a post by SEO expert Darin Berntson. For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog.

Since the Beijing Summer Olympics of 2008, the number of global internet users has increased from 1.5 billion to 2.3 billion, and the online outreach for the games has subsequently risen. Social media has no doubt played a significant role in Olympic exposure, helping the overall viewership increase by 200 million viewers since 2008 and by a massive 1 billion viewers since 2004. 87% of Olympic fans plan to share game-related news and information over various social media outlets.

As a result, competing athletes have been encouraged to interact with online fans and followers. The effects of social media have even inspired physical implementation into the Olympic experience. The gargantuan London Ferris wheel, London’s eye, will change its color in response to trending tweets, creating a de facto mood ring for the games. Social media has therefore created an Olympic event that is not only entertaining for fans, but one that is interactive. Take a look at this infographic we have dubbed “London 2012 Socialympics”

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