SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 15, 2013 + MORE

Most people in SEO have been in this situation.
You're on a call with a client, discussing changes that need to be made to the site to make it SEO-friendly, when you hear the words that make your blood run cold and your hand start to reach for aspirin.
"Wait, I need to talk to my developer…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: 2013 Boston Marathon Explosion: Official Information Sources Following today’s explosions at the Boston Marathon, social media channels were immediately swamped….

Did you miss our latest industry event?  Scroll down for a taste of what it was like with our SEO Trivia Quiz!
 
We had our first SEO Pub Trivia Night held at Raven Bar in San Francisco.  The night was a success with great contestants, food and tons of drink tokens.  There were four teams that battled through the three rounds: SEO, Social and a very tricky Visual round…

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There are certain landmarks for businesses which are considerably large in value, these can come in all shapes and sizes but generally cover; mergers, investment, rebranding, share pricing, being bought by another company or going public on the stock market.

One or more of these will usually happen every few years for a medium to large sized business and are often decided and managed at the very top of a company’s hierarchy…

User experience, site usability, and onsite engagement have become more important for major search engines in their assessment of a site’s “rankability,” Use this checklist of tips to ensure your landing pages are sending all the right signals.