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Search Engine Watch June 21, 2010 Josh McCoy |
What Google Thinks of Your Site Paying attention to your site's Sitelinks, hierarchical listings, and internal link listings in Google SERPs are great ways to see how Google understands your site.  |
Search Engine Watch December 17, 2010 Frank Watson |
Search is Search, Social is Social: Treat Them Separate SEOs should keep doing the normal things to improve rankings in the SERPs. Tweets and Likes may generate some traffic, but these "social signals" won't magically help your site rise in Google or Bing's organic results.  |
Search Engine Watch March 22, 2011 Erez Barak |
The Social Evolution of Search Engine Result Pages How Google is changing the way they integrate Twitter results into search results, how Bing is evolving their inclusion of Facebook Like data in SERPs, and what the changes mean for online marketers.  |
Search Engine Watch October 25, 2010 John Greer |
Organic Search Listings That Drive Clicks People scan search results quickly. Here's how to make your listing stand out and make searchers want to click on your site.  |
Search Engine Watch July 19, 2010 Josh McCoy |
SEO, the SERPs, and Your First Impression First impressions aren't just for first dates anymore. Taking advantage of free tools, smart thinking, and your visitor's best interests can be key to converting visitors into customers.  |
Search Engine Watch March 7, 2011 Adam Audette |
Maximizing Your CTR for SEO in Organic Results Be mindful of the way your organic listings appear in the search results. Listings designed to maximize CTR will have a ranking advantage.  |
Search Engine Watch November 8, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Diversifying Your SEO Imagine your site as you would your investment portfolio. Spreading your assets evenly is extremely important to long-term growth.  |
Search Engine Watch April 7, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Don't Overlook Local Search Opportunities With local search, there are many free or low-cost opportunities for local advertisers to get found. How many businesses, both small and large, are taking advantage of local SEO?  |
Search Engine Watch August 27, 2010 Marty Weintraub |
Online Marketing Fundamentals For New Professionals, Part 2 A new crop of search marketers need to learn the fundamentals of our industry. Class is in session once again. Today's lesson: organic and paid search for newbies.  |
Search Engine Watch October 13, 2009 Carrie Hill |
Saturating Your Message in Search Marketing Tips to ensure your business controls as many spaces as possible on a search results page.  |
Search Engine Watch February 9, 2011 Simon Heseltine |
Is Syndication Killing Your Rankings? An 8 Point SEO Inspection Syndicating stories can get more people reading your content, but it can also result in other sites ranking higher in the SERPs for your content. Follow these steps to make sure you aren't giving search engines mixed signals.  |
Search Engine Watch October 30, 2009 Michael Boland |
Local and Social: It's all Coming Together Google and Bing strike deals giving them access to real-time social feeds. What does it mean for the future of local search?  |
Search Engine Watch January 6, 2011 Thom Craver |
The Year in Search: A Recap of the Biggest Changes and A Look Ahead After an extremely busy year in the search world, where are we headed in 2011?  |
Search Engine Watch April 26, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Local Search Convertibility Presence, promotion, and convertibility are the three key elements to a successful local search campaign. Learn how to take your local online efforts to the next level.  |
Search Engine Watch December 29, 2010 Horst Joepen |
2010 to 2011; What SEO's Have Seen, Learned And Can Look Forward To A summary of new SEO factors which came into play in 2010 and how they might play out in 2011.  |
Search Engine Watch November 5, 2010 Frank Watson |
Top 10 Local Search Insights for the Moment The local search marketing game is changing fast, driven by Google Places, mobile, maps, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare and more. Here's a look at 10 recent developments in local you need to be aware of.  |
Search Engine Watch December 8, 2004 Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Bolsters Local Search Business Listings Yahoo has quietly expanded its local business listings and rolled out a service that gives businesses control over their listings in Yahoo Local through a new content inclusion program.  |
Search Engine Watch November 1, 2010 Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
The Importance of Localized Content - Local SEO Takes Center Stage How to create content and link connectivity that sends the right signals to the search engines, telling them your site is relevant for users in those geographies.  |
Search Engine Watch May 4, 2010 Eric Enge |
Google Killer? Enough Already! All of the prospective "Google killers" have had something to offer, but none of them are near replacing Google. Here's why.  |
Searcher November 2011 Rushton & Funke |
The Goodness in the Evil of SEO - Why Search Engine Optimization Matters to Information Professionals Some information professionals view SEO with some reservation or even actual contempt due to the rampant SEO techniques that reduce the quality of search results by driving traffic to sites that take advantage of trending searches rather than useful information.  |
Search Engine Watch February 27, 2004 Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Forums Spotlight Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Nice To See Google Back On Track! Will it last? - Anybody Experienced With URL Rewrite for IIS? - The -Noblog Option or Blog Tab: Can It Be Done? - SEMPO - Yahoo Recommends Keywords META and Image ALT Text - Yahoo Versus Google On Redirect Handling - Who Links to My Site?  |
Search Engine Watch January 7, 2011 Brian Goffman |
2011: The Year of Social SERPs, Bing Instant & Social Search Here are six predictions expected to unfold from key players in search and social media this year.  |
Search Engine Watch September 14, 2010 Garry Przyklenk |
The MEGA List of Free and Paid SEO Tools the Professionals Use Rankings, link analysis, trends, keyword research, metrics, and beyond -- we've compiled a list of must-have free/paid tools, toolbars, and browser plug-ins for all SEO professionals.  |
Search Engine Watch February 22, 2011 Erez Barak |
Search + Social: A Growing Relationship Make sure you're tracking, measuring, and analyzing three key indicators in real time: SEO, social, and business.  |
Search Engine Watch September 19, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Getting to Know Local SEO Local SEO is a must for businesses that sell products locally to a specified geographical area. The channels consumers are using to search are changing.  |
Search Engine Watch August 5, 2010 Jon Schepke |
5 Ways to Improve Your Local Search Marketing Strategy Don't lose out on a huge amount of potential business. Use these local search strategies.  |
Search Engine Watch April 21, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Link Building? How About Link Optimization? Without a doubt, one of the toughest things to do is to build link popularity for your Web site.  |
Search Engine Watch October 24, 2008 William Flaiz |
The Organic and Paid Balancing Act As SERP listings and functionality changes, there are still two types of listings that have weathered the storm and are still attainable for marketers: traditional organic listings and paid search listings.  |
Search Engine Watch December 22, 2010 Jeff Beard |
12 Days of Business Listings For Holidays and the New Year How is your local business identity performing online? Twelve tips to help consumers find you this holiday season and in the New Year.  |
Search Engine Watch August 16, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Your Blog...Your Best Friend, Or Your Worst Enemy Is your blog off topic? Having an on-site blog can help your online efforts or greatly detract from you from your SEO and site conversion goals.  |
Search Engine Watch May 10, 2011 Nichola Stott |
Why Search Engines Should Use Social Signals as Ranking Factors Social signals - from author authority to number of re-tweets to number of "likes" - should (if not now, then very soon) be some component of Google's algorithm.  |
Entrepreneur July 2010 Tracy Stapp |
Top of the Heap Here's how to be sure your franchise's website pops into the No. 1 spot in an online search.  |
Search Engine Watch September 13, 2010 Kaila Strong |
Search and Social: Are You Missing Out? Examining social media's impact on search, and how best to integrate a bit of social into your search engine marketing (or search into your social media marketing).  |
Information Today June 7, 2012 Greg R. Notess |
The `New Bing': Now Searching With Facebook Facebook has had a long relationship with Microsoft's Bing, but with the launch of the "New Bing" last month, Facebook can now become deeply integrated into the Bing search experience.  |
Search Engine Watch December 14, 2010 Eric Enge |
SEO Planning for 2011 Highlights of the year that was in SEO, plus a look at what big changes we should expect in the new year.  |
Search Engine Watch August 21, 2009 Gregg Stewart |
Search Engine Wars, the Local Front Users and advertisers are winning as the local search space innovates and evolves. As content continues to grow, we're seeing a major shift in how consumers are utilizing these resources.  |
Search Engine Watch July 31, 2009 Frank Watson |
Yahoo-Bing Promises More of the Same Now that Yahoo's giving over its search and search ads to Microsoft, there are some changes for the search industry on the horizon. But are things really going to be that different?  |
Search Engine Watch February 25, 2011 Dave Davies |
Improve Your Organic Rankings With Google Places, Part 1 The basics of a Google Places: how to properly set up a listing and some of the principles behind why this is important.  |
Search Engine Watch December 8, 2010 Adam Audette |
SEO for Bing: Don't Ignore It Bing offers a heavily e-commerce-focused demographic that can deliver modest, but incremental, traffic and revenue. Here are some SEO tactics and best practices for Bing.  |
Search Engine Watch March 2, 2010 Herndon Hasty |
Your Locations are Your Biggest Digital Assets A physical address has huge online implications. While you're covering your assets, make sure to build up your presence for local-based searches.  |
CRM November 2014 Maria Minsker |
Search Goes Social Google's SEO algorithms are changing, with social media playing a big part.  |
Search Engine Watch October 28, 2010 Jon Schepke |
Google Place Search: Location Information Just Became More Critical Google's new Place Search makes it more important than ever for business to implement a local search, online review, and SEO strategy to achieve prominent visibility in Google's results.  |
Search Engine Watch January 11, 2011 Kristi Hines |
Is Link Relevance as Effective as Anchor Text? Obtaining links from high authority pages will increase your site's authority. Here's how to find pages with strong relevance to the keywords for which you want to rank.  |
Search Engine Watch May 9, 2011 Guillaume Bouchard |
6 Ways to Socialize Your SEO & Content Strategy Traditional onsite SEO and backlinks are still fundamental. But if you really want to get competitive with your SEO strategy, you need to send search engines the right "social signals" that your site and pages deserve to rank well.  |
Search Engine Watch July 8, 2008 Carrie Hill |
Local Search for Little Biz Luckily for small business owners, there are steps they can take to influence many of the factors that positively affect local search rankings.  |
Search Engine Watch December 8, 2008 William Flaiz |
Universal Search Should Be a Plus Variety in the search results gives online marketers multiple opportunities to rank and gain new listing visibility. But how does the user feel? As new listing types begin appearing in results, we often lose sight of whether these listings are really helpful to the user.  |
Search Engine Watch October 25, 2010 Bas van den Beld |
Alternative Search Engines Marketers Should Pay Attention To You won't find these search engines in the search market share lists alongside Google, Bing, and Yahoo, but they see lots of traffic and offer opportunities for all search marketers.  |
Search Engine Watch August 9, 2010 Ray Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 2 How personalization, localization, and update frequency have changed search engine optimization; what the new key metrics are in Google Webmaster Tools; and why user experience will continue to grow in importance.  |
Search Engine Watch June 24, 2008 Carrie Hill |
The Big Picture -- Well-Rounded SEM for SMBs, Part 3 More elements a small business should consider when looking at a well rounded search engine marketing campaign include local search, usability, and creating a Web site that will increase conversions.  |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Catherine Seda |
In the Click Want all the right people to notice your business? Gone are the days when adding keywords in meta tags to your site produced rankings. You need to make the most of today's hottest marketing method--search engine optimization.  |