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February 7, 2014
WHAT’S HOT ON GOOGLE+ REMOVED, REPLACED WITH EXPLORE TAB
Google Plus continues to make changes to their interface by making feature changes and moving content and options around. I am not surprised, as Google is constantly tweaking their search results pages for a better user experience.
January 21, 2014
HOW TO: FIND ALL THE POSTS BY A GOOGLE AUTHORSHIP VERIFIED AUTHOR; WITH ANALYTICS
Writers often write for more than one blog or website. Good writers are in demand, so they will tend to write for several different publications.
January 20, 2014
FURTHER PROOF GOOGLE LIKES QUALITY LINKS OVER QUANTITY?
We have all heard it before from someone else in the SEO industry, or even read about it on Search Engine Land, Search Engine Watch, or heard it discussed. But really, how do we know that Google really does like quality links to your website over quantity?
January 10, 2014
GOOGLE QUIETLY UPDATES LINK QUALITY GUIDELINES FOR WIDGETS
Google has quietly updated their link quality guidelines for widgets. More specifically, in Google’s Acceptable Webmaster Guidelines (in Google Webmaster Tools), they have changed the wording in the link schemes section.
January 9, 2014
GOOGLE AUTHORSHIP PHOTO SNIPPET IN SEARCH RESULTS NOT AUTHOR DEPENDENT
I recently wrote about the Google Authorship photo snippet not being author-dependent, but rather it’s search query dependent. In that post, I showed two examples of the same exact URL in the search results: one search query showed the Google Authorship photo snippet, and another search query showed the same URL (same blog post) without the photo snippet.
January 8, 2014
GOOGLE GIVES WEBMASTERS BETTER SEARCH QUERY DATA IN WEBMASTER TOOLS
Maybe this is could be called a late Christmas present from Google, but the search engine is now giving website owners more detailed search query data. If you have verified your website in Google Webmaster Tools, then you’ll be able to log in, view the search query report, and see more accurate data.
January 8, 2014
IS GOOGLE AUTHORSHIP PHOTO SNIPPET QUERY DEPENDENT, NOT CONTENT QUALITY OR AUTHOR DEPENDENT?
Google has recently confirmed, and Search Engine Land has reported back in December that Google “has applied a 15% reduction in the amount of rich snippets displayed in the search results. ” Some have even called that an Authorshippocalypse is going on.
December 23, 2013
10 SEO POSTS THAT SHAPED 2013
A lot happened in the search engine optimization industry during 2013. There were changes that happened that will forever change the way SEOs do their jobs–and how we market websites in the future.
December 4, 2013
HOW TO: ADD DO FOLLOW LINKS ON LINKEDIN
I’m really a big fan of LinkedIn now. I’ve been on LinkedIn for about 10 years now, even when it was not “cool” to have a listing on LinkedIn.