Google Penguin Tightens the Noose on Manipulative Link Profiles [Report] + MORE

Google Penguin Tightens the Noose on Manipulative Link Profiles [Report] – searchenginewatch.com/seo A new report says that Google’s Penguin update is getting stricter. Initially, websites with about 80 percent manipulative links saw their rankings demoted. Now Google Penguin is hitting sites with link profiles composed of 65 percent of bad links. Continue Reading On searchenginewatch.com/seo » Open Letter To EU Competition Commissioner Exerts Pressure For Tougher “Vertical Search” Settlement With Google – searchengineland.com Late last week a group of Google critics, rivals and complainants sent an “open letter” to EU competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia asking him to focus on the “vertical search”...

6 steps for creating a scalable, repeatable blogger outreach process [Infographic] + MORE

6 steps for creating a scalable, repeatable blogger outreach process [Infographic] – searchenginepeople.com/blog The research is done, the content has been created, and a finished product is ready to live its life online. All outreach hopes to maximise effectiveness through engagement. No matter how visually stimulating the infographic, nor how many great witty quips you've included in the content- it will not attract traffic, links and shares if you don't prepare for scalable outreach to a targeted audience… Continue Reading On searchenginepeople.com/blog » Cheap Parlor Tricks for Competitive Analysis by SERP Weighting – seomoz.org/ugc Posted by ChaseSEO What can an...

How to Write About Anything + MORE

A Primer On How To Get The Most Out Of Sitemaps – searchengineland.com Search crawlers are becoming more and more effective every day in discovering new content pages on websites. But, that process of organic discovery can be slow and spotty, so it’s hardly any solace to sites that publish hundreds of new pages a day, or publish extremely time-sensitive content such…. Continue Reading On searchengineland.com » 5 Ways to Improve Your Ranking Signals Today – seomoz.org/ugc Posted by atomni The topic of SEO these days typically brings about a deer in headlights mentality. With dynamically adaptive search algorithms and...

Increase Your SEO Business by Specializing + MORE

LinkLove 2013 – Tips, Tactics & Tools – seogadget.com/blog March 15th. A few years back, Brutus picked this date to murder Julius Caesar. And in 2013, Distilled chose this date to end their LinkLove conferences in a similarly abrupt fashion. Resident SEOgadget skydiver Tom Bennet and in-house superhero Jeanna Heeraman were in attendance, and today they bring you their review… Continue Reading On seogadget.com/blog » How To Optimize A Business Website With Multiple Locations – searchenginepeople.com/blog Whether your local internet marketing strategy includes local citations, geo-targeting, or local social media marketing, it is important to properly optimize your businesss website,...

How Can Small E-Commerce Businesses Use SEO To Compete With Sites Like Amazon? + MORE

3 Reasons to Use LinkedIn PPC – searchenginepeople.com/blog For many people, the pay-per-click (PPC) industry is synonymous with Google AdWords. For the slightly more informed there is also BingAds (which give access to PPC advertising on Bing & Yahoo). However, one of the most under appreciated PPC platforms is LinkedIn (who else claims to put your ads in front of 3,377 people in Antarctica)… Continue Reading On searchenginepeople.com/blog » How Can Small E-Commerce Businesses Use SEO To Compete With Sites Like Amazon? – seomoz.org/ugc Posted by Think Traffic As a small online retailer your life can be pretty tough, especially...

Back to the Future: Forecasting Your Organic Traffic + MORE

Back to the Future: Forecasting Your Organic Traffic – seomoz.org/ugc Posted by Dan Peskin Great Scott! I am finally back again for another spectacularly lengthy post, rich with wonderful titles, and this time – statistical goodness. It just so happens, that in my past short-lived career, I was a Forecast Analyst (not this kind). So today class, we will be learning about the importance of forecasting organic traffic and how you can get started… Continue Reading On seomoz.org/ugc » 4 Mobile Search Trends Tackled At SMX West 2013 – searchengineland.com The 2013 SMX West conference could have easily be confused...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day: Google’s Irish Dancers

Happy St. Patrick’s Day: Google’s Irish Dancers – searchengineland.com Today is St. Patrick’s Day and to celebrate, Google has a fun Google Logo, aka Google Doodle, with Irish Dancers doing their Irish dance. Of course, the logo spells out Google’s name, GOOGLE on the dancer’s shirts. Here is a video of them dancing: For more St. Patrick’s Day….. Continue Reading On searchengineland.com »  

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 15, 2013

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 15, 2013 – searchengineland.com Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Panda Update 25 Seems To Have Hit There are many webmasters and SEOs believing right now that Google has released an update to their Panda algorithm late… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article… Continue Reading On searchengineland.com »