The Link Graph Conundrum: Why Citations Remain Critical to SEO Survival May 20, 2014 - These activities will all give you alternative ways to build your reputation, visibility, and traffic. They also give you the best chance that your site will be sending out the types of signals that search engines want to discover and value anyway. Eric Enge | Print version |
26 Free (or Free-to-Try) Content Curation Tools May 20, 2014 - Content isn't always practical or cost effective to produce on a regular basis. That's where curating content can come in handy. Here's a list of 26 tools you can use to find, aggregate, and share your curated content with the world. Ken Lyons | Print version |
PPC Click-Through Rate by Position: Does Rank Matter? [Data] May 20, 2014 - What is the "right" position is for a given keyword? A data set of more than 12,000 data points was analyzed to find out what the click-through rate (CTR) would be at various average positions. Here are three insights from the data. Jason Tabeling | Print version |
Google Adds Quick Facts to Maps May 20, 2014 - Google has added an additional Maps feature called Quick Facts for desktop users looking for some extra factoids in their search. Google is pulling the information from Wikipedia and other data sources used to power Google's Knowledge Graph. Ashley Zeckman | Print version |
Gender Bias in Marketing: Women Seen as Less Valuable Than Men [Research] May 19, 2014 - WordStream released findings of a research study that examined the gender gap that may exist in a business environment where Web marketing clients are serviced by both female and male representatives, and their respective client satisfaction scores. Jessica Lee | Print version |
Bing Adds Food & Drug Information to Snapshot Results May 19, 2014 - Fresh off of adding 150 million doctors, lawyers, and professionals, Bing has expanded its Snapshot feature again. Now Bing searchers get quick access to information about medications and certain foods, Bing announced on its Search Blog. Ashley Zeckman | Print version |
Search Engine Indexation Analysis: A Simple Guide May 19, 2014 - A thorough analysis shows content that is receiving some impressions further down in the results and could use some extra attention. Here's how you can truly understand what is being indexed and showing in the search results of Google and Bing. Josh McCoy | Print version |
Should You Syndicate Your Blog to Get More Traffic & Leads? May 19, 2014 - Organic blog promotion is a tactic that trips up many content creators since there is rarely one sure-fire to get increased traffic. Here are a few best practices to follow when using syndication as a blog promotion tactic. Salma Jafri | Print version |
Playable Rubik's Cube Google Doodle: Can You Solve It? May 19, 2014 - When you arrive on Google's home page, rather than Google's logo or colors, you'll see the Rubik's Cube. Click on it to begin solving it yourself. A ticker in the corner keeps of how many moves you have taken in an attempt to solve the puzzle. Jennifer Slegg | Print version |