SALT LAKE CITY — Utah-based SEO.com was named the top search marketing firm in the October 2011 publication of Website Magazine. Website Magazine has only released the rankings twice this year and both times, SEO.com has been at the top of the list. According to Website Magazine, rankings are calculated using a … Read more

Four killer ways to build links One major factor Google considers when ranking your website in search results is whether your company is discussed other places on the Internet. According to SEO Director Boyd Norwood, “search engines look at what you say about yourself and what others say about you.” “You need … Read more

It was only a matter of time but in less than 90 days Google+ has gone from being invite-only to available to everyone! The announcement made today on the Google blog also includes announcements for expanded Hangout features and search options. In nearly 3 months, the Google+ project has seen 91 different … Read more

Optimize now so your site ranks well for the holidays Fewer Americans are poised to wake up early the day after Thanksgiving to brave Black Friday crowds. Instead, shoppers will wait for Cyber Monday, when businesses roll out sizzling holiday deals online. Internet sales the Monday after Thanksgiving have nearly doubled since … Read more

Last week Google announced a change to the way they classify internal and external links in Webmaster Tools. The update shouldn’t change the number of links, but should report your links in a more accurate way in regards to where they are coming from. In the past, links from subdomains (ie: example.seo.com) … Read more

In another improvement to snippets, Google is rolling out list snippets over the next few days. Typically snippets contain a couple lines of text under the search results to give users an idea how relevant a page is in regards to their query. List snippets will differ by reflecting “the structure of … Read more

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 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

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

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