Facebook launches “Facebook Home”

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In case we all didn’t compulsively check Facebook already, Facebook has now removed any remaining barriers between us and the latest status updates with the launch of “Facebook Home.”

Author Rank: What It Is and What To Do About It Now

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Google wants, and has always wanted, to provide it’s users with quality content. That’s why it’s not too far fetched to assume that there will be a day when the credibility of the author who puts out that content may matter just as much to Google as the content itself. And, now, it seems that […]

Panda Update 25: Google Will No Longer Announce Manual Algorithm Updates

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Google’s Panda Update 25 has hit, and the big news is what’s not going to be happening. While all previous iterations of the Panda Update have been manually released and announced, Google is now saying that Panda will be permanently rolled into the regular search algorithm changes and will no longer receive manual updates or […]

How to Fit Your Marketing Strategy to Facebook’s New News Feed

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  Like it or not, the face of Facebook–it’s News Feed–is changing. That means a slew of new changes revolving around Facebook’s growing focus on the visual. This change is one of the biggest that the Facebook’s News Feed has ever undergone. This new, visually-focused design is a direct result of the reality that, as […]

How to Increase Your Email Click Through Rates

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Measuring and analyzing the number of people who clicked onto, and through, your site as a result of your emails can tell your business a lot about what’s working and what’s not. Here are some tips to increase your click through rates, so you can start improving that essential email marketing metric.

How to Build a Site That’s User Friendly AND Search Friendly

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Getting found online is essential. But you need to take traffic through your site, not just to it. In order to be successful online, you need to make sure your visitors are getting what they want from—and where they need to go on—your site, so you can get the conversion, and even the rankings, you’re after.

How can a user-friendly site improve your search rankings?

It’s simple. Today, as the folks over at Hubspot put it, SEO is not just about search engine optimization, it’s about search experience optimization too.

Is a 25th Panda Update in the Works?

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The blogosphere is buzzing with people voicing their concern about the potential of an impending Panda update. There have been rumors of ranking changes and fluctuations as well as claims of a surge in Google crawl activity that have been posted on a WebmasterWorld thread about Google updates and SERP changes this month. SERPs Volitility Index and MozCast Metrics also seem to show some fluctuations in the rankings–although nothing too drastic.

The Ultimate Guide to Infographic Marketing for Your SEO Campaign

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In the last few years, infographics have become a not-so-secret weapon for viral marketing campaigns all over the web. For those who aren’t familiar, infographics are dynamical visual representations of off-beat trends or topics. Infographics aren’t anything new; they’ve been around for decades, used in both online and in print. In recent history, forward-thinking technology […]

Google Updates Spam Detection Algorithm and Advises Against Fake Reviews

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With Google growing in authority every day, the site continues to attribute its success to its ability to give web users relevant and reliable results. The key for search sites like Google is to maintain credibility and provide web users with a sense of trust—that’s why, more than ever, fake reviews simply will not fly.

With a rising focus on the Local search experience and the announcement of new improvements to their spam detection algorithm, Google prompts businesses and SEO companies alike to keep a few “review rules” in mind and warns that fake reviews will not be tolerated.