STAT WATCH: The Search Experience
by Peter Devereaux
STAT WATCH: The Search Experience
Search engine marketing (paid and organic) has been a mainstay of the digital promotion toolbox for years, ...
How YOU Can Be Popular in Search Forever
by Peter Devereaux
How YOU Can Be Popular in Search Forever
There sure are a lot of suggestions when it comes to optimizing a website for search engines. In the past ...
Generate Leads with SEO Audit Tool
by Allison Howen
Generate Leads with SEO Audit Tool
A new tool from SEOGroup is helping digital marketing agencies, SEO and Web design firms generate both leads ...
Organic Search & the Tools for Structured Data Success
by Pete Prestipino
Organic Search & the Tools for Structured Data Success
Search engine optimization professionals are forced to place a great deal of faith in the digital marketing ...
BIG List of Tools for Professional Search Marketers
by Peter Devereaux
BIG List of Tools for Professional Search Marketers
Search engine optimization remains one of the main drivers of website traffic today. And, like many digital ...
Google Expands Knowledge Graph
by Peter Devereaux
Google Expands Knowledge Graph
Google is expanding the functionality of Knowledge Graph to help search users better choose the correct ...
Is Guest Blogging Dead?
by Peter Devereaux
Is Guest Blogging Dead?
Content consumption is at an all-time high thanks to today's digital world of social networks and mobile ...
Domain Importance in Bing Ranking
by Peter Devereaux
Domain Importance in Bing Ranking
Does a keyword rich and exact match domain name help improve a company's organic rankings? Bing's Duane ...
Google Hummingbird, A Caffeine-Fueled, Long-Tail Search System
by Peter Devereaux
Google Hummingbird, A Caffeine-Fueled, Long-Tail Search System
The title of this article will have either caused you utter despair or a great deal of intrigue. For those of ...
First Google, Now Bing? Encrypted Search Plague Spreads
by Pete Prestipino
First Google, Now Bing? Encrypted Search Plague Spreads
SEOs probably don't have much hair left to pull out, but if they did, that's exactly what they would probably ...
What SEOs Need to Know in 2014
by Manas Kumar
What SEOs Need to Know in 2014
The search engine optimization world is evolving continuously, and those responsible for improving their ...
Sink or Swim: SEO Challenges for Retailers
by Peter Devereaux
Sink or Swim: SEO Challenges for Retailers
What does a "content-centric approach" really mean? For starters, it means more companies are forced to ...
The Ghosts of SEO Past, Present & Future
by Pete Prestipino
The Ghosts of SEO Past, Present & Future
Search engine optimization professionals can learn a great deal from a story like Charles Dickens's "A ...
12 Most Important Google Webmaster Help Videos from 2013
by Pete Prestipino
12 Most Important Google Webmaster Help Videos from 2013
Google's Matt Cutts produces numerous videos each year, educating webmasters on what the search engine ...
Outreach Solutions and the new SEO of DPR
by Peter Devereaux
Outreach Solutions and the new SEO of DPR
via RETHINK THE LINK Make no mistake, fast websites and good content are some of the best assets businesses ...
SEO Beginner's Guide to Landing Pages & Minisites
by Jason Hulott
SEO Beginner's Guide to Landing Pages & Minisites
Companies who market themselves online need to make sure they maximize every dollar they spend attracting ...
Index & Optimize Mobile App Content for Search
by Pete Prestipino
Index & Optimize Mobile App Content for Search
Google announced a new capability called App Indexing in late October that provides the ability for the ...
What's Your GEO-Rank?
by Peter Devereaux
What's Your GEO-Rank?
Search engines have evolved to the point where Internet professionals must understand where their website is ...
Common SEO Myths Dispelled
by Peter Devereaux
Common SEO Myths Dispelled
Regardless of how many times these myths, half-truths and lies are repeated, they will never help an ...
Local SEO Tactics for 315 U.S. Businesses [A Study]
by Peter Devereaux
Local SEO Tactics for 315 U.S. Businesses [A Study]
Brands that focus on local SEO efforts on Google this holiday season can significantly improve visibility on ...
More Website Pages, Higher Rankings?
by Pete Prestipino
More Website Pages, Higher Rankings?
It might seem logical that more Web pages would equal higher rankings (at least in a roundabout way) but ...
Give Bing (SEO) a Chance?
by Pete Prestipino
Give Bing (SEO) a Chance?
Microsoft's Bing search engine may be a very distant second to Google, but it does have the potential to ...
Page Preview Control in Bing Webmaster Tools
by Pete Prestipino
Page Preview Control in Bing Webmaster Tools
Bing has released a new feature within its Webmaster Tools offering that will help website publishers manage ...
So Much for Domain Diversity in Google
by Peter Devereaux
So Much for Domain Diversity in Google
The issue of domain diversity in Google's results is taking center stage... again. For over a year many ...
SEO Evolving into Digital Revenue Optimization
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Evolving into Digital Revenue Optimization
A new feature from content marketing platform BrightEdge aims to remove the anxiety caused by recent Google ...
Bing Image Search Gets Pinned
by Pete Prestipino
Bing Image Search Gets Pinned
Despite feeling some heat this week on the validity of its "Bing It On" challenge of Google, a new image ...
SEO in 2014 - Mastering Search
by Peter Devereaux
SEO in 2014 - Mastering Search
2013 was a turbulent year for search engine optimization professionals, but many expect 2014 to be equally, ...
Why Omitting Keyword Data Is NOT the End of SEO
by Richie Lauridsen
Why Omitting Keyword Data Is NOT the End of SEO
This week, Google quietly made some small adjustments to their user protocol that has had massive ...
The Day that SEO Died (Sort of)
by Pete Prestipino
The Day that SEO Died (Sort of)
Search engine optimization professionals awoke yesterday morning to news that Google went "all in" on its ...
Gather SEO Data with WebMeUp API
by Pete Prestipino
Gather SEO Data with WebMeUp API
SEO software company WebMeUp has announced the launch of an API that provides data for other Web optimization ...
Advice for a Panda Attack: SEO Quick Hit
by Pete Prestipino
Advice for a Panda Attack: SEO Quick Hit
If your website was attacked by Google's Panda update, there is apparently an easy way to heal the digital ...
Site Search in Focus with Nextopia's Arora
by Peter Devereaux
Site Search in Focus with Nextopia's Arora
Site search is an integral part of a website for many enterprises - from retailers to information publishers ...
NoFollow Links on Blog Comments Will NOT Hurt Rankings
by Peter Devereaux
NoFollow Links on Blog Comments Will NOT Hurt Rankings
It's not easy building links, but SEO's should know that shortcuts are rarely (if ever) the answer. Blog ...
Getting Started with Google Business Photos
by Amberly Dressler
Getting Started with Google Business Photos
Local intent fuels billions of searches each month, making local search critical for growing a business in ...
Google Expands Authorship Program, Releases Embedded Posts
by Pete Prestipino
Google Expands Authorship Program, Releases Embedded Posts
Two new features have been released for Google+ that will support those that are creating and sharing content ...
Google's Anchor Text Updates: Much Ado About Nothing (for the good guys)
by Peter Devereaux
Google's Anchor Text Updates: Much Ado About Nothing (for the good guys)
by Andy Crestodina, strategic director of Chicago web design company Orbit Media. Each time Google alters the ...
Video Search Improvements Come to Bing
by Peter Devereaux
Video Search Improvements Come to Bing
You might think that Google's YouTube has the video market all locked up (and that may very well be the case) ...
Google Disavow and the Damage Already Done
by Peter Devereaux
Google Disavow and the Damage Already Done
When Google launched its disavow tool over a year ago, few realized the impact that its use might have on ...
Two Essential Search Query Operators
by Peter Devereaux
Two Essential Search Query Operators
The search engines are digital treasure troves of information, but not just for end-users. SEO workers can ...
SEO Basics: Relevant versus Irrelevant Links
by Dario Zadro
SEO Basics: Relevant versus Irrelevant Links
The Internet, as its name suggests, is an interrelated network of information. The driving force that makes ...
Keyword Not Provided Designation Continues
by Pete Prestipino
Keyword Not Provided Designation Continues
A recently released report from SEO platform BrightEdge confirmed what many SEOs already knew - that they ...
Google Keyword Planner Replaces Keyword Tool
by Peter Devereaux
Google Keyword Planner Replaces Keyword Tool
It's somewhat of a sad digital time for the SEO community as one of the most popular Web-based tools for ...
An Unconventional Guide to SoLoMo on the Web [Mastering Search]
by Amberly Dressler
An Unconventional Guide to SoLoMo on the Web [Mastering Search]
Consumers might not actually be buying yet, but they are certainly researching, reviewing and sharing from ...
Party of Three: Search, User and Mobile Friendly Design
by Allison Howen
Party of Three: Search, User and Mobile Friendly Design
Designers and developers have the unique challenge of catering to end-users while also keeping SEO best ...
11 SEO Tips for Content Optimization
by Peter Devereaux
11 SEO Tips for Content Optimization
Content - whether it be in-depth articles, short blogs, banner ad creatives, social posts or landing page ...
10 Ways to Rethink Link Building
by Peter Devereaux
10 Ways to Rethink Link Building
:: Christy Belden, LEAP :: Poor link building. Once the bastion of search engine optimization, it continues ...
Content Marketing Gets BrighterEdge
by Amberly Dressler
Content Marketing Gets BrighterEdge
Brands are increasingly leveraging content marketing for a variety of reasons, but one goal is to engage with ...
5 SoLoMo-Minded SEO Strategies
by Peter Devereaux
5 SoLoMo-Minded SEO Strategies
Social (So), local (Lo) and mobile (Mo) drive real opportunities to businesses paying attention to it. ...
In-Depth Articles in Google Search Results
by Pete Prestipino
In-Depth Articles in Google Search Results
Google's new in-depth articles feature, released early this month (Aug. 2013), promises to increase digital ...
Hey SEO, NoFollow Those Widget Links
by Pete Prestipino
Hey SEO, NoFollow Those Widget Links
If you have placed third party widgets on your site (and who hasn't) or are a distributor of widgets that ...
8 Steps to Higher Facebook Graph Search Rankings
by Bryan Young
8 Steps to Higher Facebook Graph Search Rankings
As a brand, there is great value that comes with every like, comment and share of a post. With the changes to ...
Are American Entrepreneurs on the Decline? Moonlighting Research Says No.
by Eddie Machaalani
Are American Entrepreneurs on the Decline? Moonlighting Research Says No.
Even though the economy looks like it's finally starting to turn around, the hard truth is many Americans are ...
SEO Training Glossary
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Training Glossary
Get a deeper understanding of SEO friendliness and other SEO-related terms in Website Magazine's newly ...
Unlocking the Value of Shortened Links
by Peter Devereaux
Unlocking the Value of Shortened Links
By Rebecca Watson, V.P. of Business Development, Po.st by RadiumOne Up until now, URL shorteners were only ...
Google Knowledge Graph's Impact on SEO
by Peter Devereaux
Google Knowledge Graph's Impact on SEO
:: Travis Bliffen of Stellar SEO reviews how SEO could change when Google Knowledge Graph is fully integrated ...
Impact of Expandable Text Sections on SEO
by Peter Devereaux
Impact of Expandable Text Sections on SEO
Web designers are tasked with making all of our digital dreams come true - and that's often cramming as much ...
Search Intent Comes to Social
by Amberly Dressler
Search Intent Comes to Social
Consumers using Twitter to express their intent to purchase products is nothing new. For the first time, ...
SEO-Focused Hosting Providers
by Peter Devereaux
SEO-Focused Hosting Providers
How to select a hosting provider for an optimized SEO campaign. Search engines have long taken into account ...
Wireframe Tools for the Everyday SEO
by Peter Devereaux
Wireframe Tools for the Everyday SEO
Visual SEOs do it better There's more to a successful search engine optimization campaign than title tag ...
Bing Speeds Up Search
by Allison Howen
Bing Speeds Up Search
Bing is speeding up its search results by introducing more than seven new categories to its Autosuggest ...
Technical SEO Performance Indicators
by Peter Devereaux
Technical SEO Performance Indicators
The Insider's Guide to Technical SEO KPIs & Metrics Search engine optimization is one part art, one part ...
Managing Local Business Listings
by Amberly Dressler
Managing Local Business Listings
The local search ecosystem is growing and brands must adapt to the huge volumes of local queries. A recent ...
Content Marketing's Epic Fails
by Rohan Ayyar
Content Marketing's Epic Fails
Content marketing can break your back with, sometimes, nothing to show for it. Yet, it forms the core of your ...
Link Early, Link Often
by Peter Devereaux
Link Early, Link Often
When building a new site or creating new content, the notion of external linking is often a matter of concern ...
Bing Search Influencing Your Klout Score
by Pete Prestipino
Bing Search Influencing Your Klout Score
This time last year, I was obsessing over my Klout score (https://wsm.co/KZC3z4), the Web-based measurement ...
Customer Acquisition Snapshot; Organic Search, Email Top Social
by Pete Prestipino
Customer Acquisition Snapshot; Organic Search, Email Top Social
Perhaps the reason that new media types obsess over customer acquisition is because it's still quite a ...
Stop the Social Media, SEO Madness
by Peter Devereaux
Stop the Social Media, SEO Madness
:: Travis Bliffen, Seo Proz :: Are you one of the many companies that cringe at the thought of having to use ...
The Future of Search is... Social?
by Peter Devereaux
The Future of Search is... Social?
One announcement that for many likely went under the proverbial radar last week was that Twitter acquired a ...
How Google Updates Have Permanently Changed the Face of SEO
by Peter Devereaux
How Google Updates Have Permanently Changed the Face of SEO
By John Terra, Media Shower Once upon a time, if an individual or a business wanted to make sure their site ...
WalMart Canada's 'One Thing' Helps to Understand Customer Searches
by Peter Devereaux
WalMart Canada's 'One Thing' Helps to Understand Customer Searches
Editor's Note: Kelly Hushin from The eTail Blog shares an interview with an executive from WalMart Canada. ...
9 Ad Lessons to Change Your Thinking
by Peter Devereaux
9 Ad Lessons to Change Your Thinking
Editor's Note: The Web industry moves fast, and if you don't stop to take in what others are saying (and ...
Inbound Marketing is NOT the New SEO
by Travis Bliffen
Inbound Marketing is NOT the New SEO
Once upon a time in a Web before Google Panda, Penguin and Knowledge Graph SEO, companies only had to worry ...
Commandments of the Anti-Panda Writer
by Steve Aedy
Commandments of the Anti-Panda Writer
Apparently, Google's sole desire is to help people find high-quality sites in the search results. The jury is ...
5 Enterprise SEO Platforms to Consider
by Peter Devereaux
5 Enterprise SEO Platforms to Consider
SEO is tricky for everyone, but it's especially tricky for large enterprise organizations with a bunch of ...
Experts Speak: Social-SEO Starter Kit
by Peter Devereaux
Experts Speak: Social-SEO Starter Kit
Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest are now an important part of the digital world for consumers, and ...
What is Domain Clustering?
by Peter Devereaux
What is Domain Clustering?
Google's search results are in a perpetual state of flux - as if you didn't know. As its algorithms change ...
Working in a Post-Penguin 2.0 Web
by Michael Garrity
Working in a Post-Penguin 2.0 Web
Late last week, Google launched its most recent algorithm update in the form of Penguin 2.0. There was a lot ...
Auto-Generate Sitemaps With Bing
by Peter Devereaux
Auto-Generate Sitemaps With Bing
Sitemaps are an important tool for search engine optimization professionals in that they provide an ...
The Truth about Backlinks & SEO
by Peter Devereaux
The Truth about Backlinks & SEO
SEO is the magic of the digital marketing world. While many experts claim to know for a fact what takes Web ...
Avoid Google Penguin 2.0 Slowdowns
by Amberly Dressler
Avoid Google Penguin 2.0 Slowdowns
How will Penguin 2.0 affect your website? How will you measure the impact? If you're like most businesses, ...
Move Search 2.0 to the Top of the Corporate Agenda
by Simon Bain
Move Search 2.0 to the Top of the Corporate Agenda
We all misplace keys, phones, wallets, etc. Generally, when you lose something, it is only when you need it ...
4 Backlink Myths Busted
by Travis Bliffen
4 Backlink Myths Busted
SEO is the magic of the digital marketing world with experts promising to pull rabbits out of hats for ...
Could Google+ Play a Role in the Upcoming Penguin Update?
by Michael Garrity
Could Google+ Play a Role in the Upcoming Penguin Update?
On Friday morning, Matt Cutts, the person in charge of Google's webspam team, announced via Twitter that the ...
Bing Makes it Easier to Find People
by Allison Howen
Bing Makes it Easier to Find People
According to Bing, people are the second most searched for category on its search engine, and represent ...
Bing's Social Sidebar Gets Interactive
by Peter Devereaux
Bing's Social Sidebar Gets Interactive
Microsoft is making its search engine even more social, by allowing its users to comment and like stuff on ...
5 Reasons Your Search Traffic is Declining
by Peter Devereaux
5 Reasons Your Search Traffic is Declining
Maybe it's been happening over the past few weeks, or even months. Slowly, but surely, you've been watching ...
Is there a POC in Your SEO Audit?
by Pete Prestipino
Is there a POC in Your SEO Audit?
SEO is becoming increasingly difficult by the day. To truly excel with the digital marketing tactic, it's ...
Don't Let Your Social Media & SEO Take a Vacation
by Chris Marentis
Don't Let Your Social Media & SEO Take a Vacation
While summer (or any off-season for a business) might represent a downtime, don't send your SEO strategy on a ...
6 SEO Game Changers to Know
by Michael Marshall
6 SEO Game Changers to Know
Important Developments in the History of Search and Where It's Headed When I started working in SEO, the Web ...
Common SEO Questions (and Answers)
by Peter Devereaux
Common SEO Questions (and Answers)
Even if you're not a search engine optimization expert, you can still play one in the business boardroom. ...
Site Search for Retailers
by Peter Devereaux
Site Search for Retailers
Not being able to find products on ecommerce sites is frustrating for consumers, but even more so for the ...
3 Tips to Get Started on Mobile SEO
by Peter Devereaux
3 Tips to Get Started on Mobile SEO
Optimizing your site for mobile search engines should certainly move to the top of your to-do list, if it ...
Ecommerce Site Search Providers Head-to-Head
by Peter Devereaux
Ecommerce Site Search Providers Head-to-Head
Among the most important elements of a website is its search functionality, as it has a direct impact on the ...
Big List of Link Building No-Nos
by Michael Garrity
Big List of Link Building No-Nos
Link building is one of the most basic methods that Web professionals use to grow their businesses online. ...
What Internet Retailers Spend on Paid Search
by Pete Prestipino
What Internet Retailers Spend on Paid Search
Paid search is a significant driver of impressions for Internet retailers but acquiring users through the ...
SEO Mechanics - Anchor Text
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Mechanics - Anchor Text
The Internet has done a lot to make it easier to spread and digest information at a faster pace than ever ...
Big List of SEO Questions
by Pete Prestipino
Big List of SEO Questions
The common and important questions (and answers) in search engine optimziation (SEO). Despite well over a ...
4 Writing Resources for Content Marketers
by Amberly Dressler
4 Writing Resources for Content Marketers
Not all of us our Web Hemingways, and not all of us try to be either. But when we're responsible for our ...
Spam Web Hosting and SEO Rankings
by Pete Prestipino
Spam Web Hosting and SEO Rankings
Most of the Web's 150 million active domains use shared hosting. It's more accessible from a cost ...
Direct Request Link Building from Zero
by Peter Devereaux
Direct Request Link Building from Zero
Everybody has to start somewhere, and when you're trying to build credibility and bring people to your ...
Future Proof Search Engine Optimization Campaigns
by Michael Garrity
Future Proof Search Engine Optimization Campaigns
The search results pages of popular search engines are changing dramatically into far more dynamic resources. ...
Site Search Showcase 2013: Part 1
by Pete Prestipino
Site Search Showcase 2013: Part 1
Site search is the unsung hero for many websites, particularly those with a lot of back content that they ...
Become a Site Search Superstar
by Peter Devereaux
Become a Site Search Superstar
Learn to Maximize Searches Conducted on Your Website Information publishers and service providers (at least ...
Future Proof SEO Campaigns
by Peter Devereaux
Future Proof SEO Campaigns
The search results pages of popular search engines are changing dramatically into far more dynamic resources. ...
High-Impact Link Prospecting From Zero
by Peter Devereaux
High-Impact Link Prospecting From Zero
There's nothing more discouraging to a digital professional than seeing their website's link profile remain ...
How Windows 8 will Impact Your Marketing Strategy
by Peter Devereaux
How Windows 8 will Impact Your Marketing Strategy
By Jessica Davis, Godot Media Windows 8 debuted in October last year. Following its launch and imminent ...
SEO Performance Measurement Today
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Performance Measurement Today
Search engine optimization has changed dramatically during the course of the past fifteen years. Believe it ...
5 Ways to Be Banned By Google Overnight
by Peter Devereaux
5 Ways to Be Banned By Google Overnight
Google's algorithms may be a black box, but its Webmaster Guidelines are meant to leave little room for ...
In-App Advertising Research
by Pete Prestipino
In-App Advertising Research
The mobile app ecosystem has been all but closed to those seeking out information on what and where their ...
Modern SEO Page-Naming Conventions
by Michael Garrity
Modern SEO Page-Naming Conventions
Most search engine optimization (SEO) professionals spend a lot of their time optimizing the titles and ...
The Web Pro's Guide to Authorship Markup
by Michael Garrity
The Web Pro's Guide to Authorship Markup
Web professionals immediately embraced Google authorship markup, despite kind of being a tricky way to ...
Is Facebook's Graph Search a Game Changer?
by Peter Devereaux
Is Facebook's Graph Search a Game Changer?
Thanks to an audience of more than 1 billion monthly active members, Facebook doesn't just have big data - it ...
Turning Google Search Queries Data into Actionable Insights
by Michael Garrity
Turning Google Search Queries Data into Actionable Insights
Anyone that has ever done SEO work can attest to the fact that it's usually very complex, multi-layered and ...
International Ecommerce in Focus; FiftyOne LINKs with Demandware
by Pete Prestipino
International Ecommerce in Focus; FiftyOne LINKs with Demandware
Expanding an ecommerce presence to serve additional countries is complicated for Internet retailers. For some ...
TweetDeck Upgrades Search Functionality, Offers Column Filters
by Pete Prestipino
TweetDeck Upgrades Search Functionality, Offers Column Filters
Twitter-owned Tweetdeck, arguably the most popular platform for social media users to manage the Twitter ...
Google Updates Local Listing Guidelines
by Michael Garrity
Google Updates Local Listing Guidelines
Google has updated its local business listing guidelines to include support for individual departments within ...
Exploring White Label SEO Solutions
by Peter Devereaux
Exploring White Label SEO Solutions
A business typically uses a white label software solution to offer its customers a service (or services) it ...
4 Deadly Content Marketing Sins
by Peter Devereaux
4 Deadly Content Marketing Sins
By Amie Marse, Content Equals Money Content marketing: a popular catchphrase that gets tossed around as if it ...
The Difference Between rel=author & rel=publisher
by Michael Garrity
The Difference Between rel=author & rel=publisher
Google conveniently features two distinctly different tags that can be added to a Web page's HTML to promote ...
Leak-Proof Marketing System: 5-Step Checklist
by Peter Devereaux
Leak-Proof Marketing System: 5-Step Checklist
By Joy Gendusa, CEO of PostcardMania A solid marketing system generates leads for your business, and then ...
Optimizing Video for Search
by Peter Devereaux
Optimizing Video for Search
Everyone is viewing videos online these days, and the (relatively) simple act of including this content on a ...
Search, Social, or Both?
by Pete Prestipino
Search, Social, or Both?
Search engines and social media platforms are for many Web workers the primary sources of user traffic to ...
Trends in Title Tag Design
by Michael Garrity
Trends in Title Tag Design
It's difficult to overstate the importance of title elements when it comes to search engine optimization ...
Live the SEO Dream, One Blog at a Time
by Peter Devereaux
Live the SEO Dream, One Blog at a Time
By Samuel Pustea, Owner of Internet Dreams Blogging can be fun, challenging and downright beneficial for Web ...
Bing and the Evolution of Social Search
by Peter Devereaux
Bing and the Evolution of Social Search
One complaint that Internet users tend to lodge about Google is that the Web services company tries to force ...
Keyword Not Provided in Google Chrome Omnibox Searches
by Pete Prestipino
Keyword Not Provided in Google Chrome Omnibox Searches
The keyword not provided issue has caused serious issues (some would say damage) for search engine ...
Developing Image Search Optimization
by Peter Devereaux
Developing Image Search Optimization
For SEOs, pretty pictures can do far more than just appeal to their sensitive sides; they can also help move ...
Attention SEOs & CEOs - SEO Grew Up
by Joe Griffin
Attention SEOs & CEOs - SEO Grew Up
By Joe Griffin, Co-founder and CEO at iAcquire We all compare SEO to paid search in one facet or another. ...
The Once-A-Week SEO Checklist
by Michael Garrity
The Once-A-Week SEO Checklist
A new year always brings about new possibilities, which are often predicated on the many resolutions we all ...
Local Search Ranking Factors
by Peter Devereaux
Local Search Ranking Factors
Those responsible for optimizing a local Web property for greater exposure know the myriad factors that ...
Optimizing for Semantic Search
by Peter Devereaux
Optimizing for Semantic Search
From Metadata to Microdata Search queries are often imprecise, clunky and awkward in some scenarios. This can ...
10 SEO-Friendly, On-Site Optimization Techniques
by Peter Devereaux
10 SEO-Friendly, On-Site Optimization Techniques
Generally speaking, Web workers can be classified in one of three categories: merchants, service providers or ...
Ditch Your Yellow Pages for the Web
by Peter Devereaux
Ditch Your Yellow Pages for the Web
By Kelly Meeneghan, Manager, 1&1 Internet, Inc. There used to be a time where a phonebook was America's ...
The Future of Search: SEO Trends for 2013
by Peter Devereaux
The Future of Search: SEO Trends for 2013
Two weeks from today marks the New Year (assuming the world doesn't end on Friday). And while the Web has ...
Facebook Jumps into Local Search
by Allison Howen
Facebook Jumps into Local Search
Facebook just took a giant leap into local search. This is because the world's largest social network has ...
Maximizing Site Architecture for SEO
by Peter Devereaux
Maximizing Site Architecture for SEO
Using Silos to Establish Content Hierarchy & User-Experience Improvements Despite the rapidly changing ...
TOP 50: Enterprise SEO Platforms
by Peter Devereaux
TOP 50: Enterprise SEO Platforms
Casual Web workers and half-hearted digital businesses cannot ignore Search Engine Optimization any longer - ...
The Marketing Main Event: Search vs. Social Media
by Peter Devereaux
The Marketing Main Event: Search vs. Social Media
For Internet advertisers, the main event face-off for 2012 is the on-going battle between social media and ...
Blogging Basics - Fighting Writer's Block and Learning SEO
by Will Stevens
Blogging Basics - Fighting Writer's Block and Learning SEO
Almost everyone who starts out blogging is told to write about something they love - it's common advice ...
Building a Customer Vending Machine
by Peter Devereaux
Building a Customer Vending Machine
By Lewis Bassett, Bassett Providentia Ltd In the first article of this series, I explained how you could use ...
How to Build a Vending Machine for Customers or Leads (Part 2)
by Peter Devereaux
How to Build a Vending Machine for Customers or Leads (Part 2)
By Lewis Bassett, Bassett Providentia Ltd In the previous article, I explained how you could use Google ...
Your SEO Makes What?
by Allison Howen
Your SEO Makes What?
As the World Wide Web continues to grow so does the demand for professionals with SEO skills and experience. ...
Identifying Bad Links (And What You Should Do About It Right Now)
by Michael Garrity
Identifying Bad Links (And What You Should Do About It Right Now)
Every good SEO wants to get the highest-quality links possible, as they serve as affirmations of the quality ...
How to Build a Vending Machine for Customers or Leads (Part 1)
by Peter Devereaux
How to Build a Vending Machine for Customers or Leads (Part 1)
By Lewis Bassett, Bassett Providentia Ltd Imagine if you had a machine that allowed you to buy customers or ...
Avoid a Knowledge Graph-tastrophe
by Pete Prestipino
Avoid a Knowledge Graph-tastrophe
The search experience at Google has changed dramatically over the past few years. While the factors used ...
The Extent of Keyword Not Provided & Some Practical Solutions
by Pete Prestipino
The Extent of Keyword Not Provided & Some Practical Solutions
Google dropped a virtual bomb on search engine optimization professionals (all Web businesses really) when it ...
Crafting an SEO-Friendly Facebook Page
by Michael Garrity
Crafting an SEO-Friendly Facebook Page
Facebook is gradually becoming the standard, go-to destination for consumers that are interested in learning ...
Google Will Rank Shorter Content...If It's Good
by Michael Garrity
Google Will Rank Shorter Content...If It's Good
Do you find yourself spending a lot of time trying to pad out your Web pages with more words just so they ...
Alternatives for Google Mini Search
by Peter Devereaux
Alternatives for Google Mini Search
Google stopped selling its Google Mini Search (that bright blue hardware) appliance this summer, leaving many ...
Get to Know Bing's Webmaster Guidelines
by Michael Garrity
Get to Know Bing's Webmaster Guidelines
The big news in the search engine world this week has been the release of Bing's Webmaster Guidelines ...
SEO Forever (and Ever) Guide
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Forever (and Ever) Guide
Search engine optimization remains one of the most important promotional methods available to today's ...
Is SEO Right for Your Business?
by Peter Devereaux
Is SEO Right for Your Business?
By now, you've probably been advised to use search engine optimization (SEO) to get your website on the first ...
1&1 Shines Spotlight on SEO
by Allison Howen
1&1 Shines Spotlight on SEO
If your company is having a hard time gaining visibility in the search engines, you might want to check out ...
Journey to the Top of the SERPs
by Peter Devereaux
Journey to the Top of the SERPs
Have you ever wondered why everyone seems to make such a big deal out of search engine optimization (SEO) and ...
Infolinks Battles Banner Blindness
by Pete Prestipino
Infolinks Battles Banner Blindness
If Display is Broken, Is Infolinks In3 the Creative Fix? Many digital advertising gurus have been heralding ...
Paid Search - In-House vs. Agency
by Peter Devereaux
Paid Search - In-House vs. Agency
Paid search marketing is a staple of today's advertising landscape. More and more business owners are buying ...
Engage Shoppers with Enhanced Site Search
by Peter Devereaux
Engage Shoppers with Enhanced Site Search
When people shop online, they're usually looking for the quickest route to the items they seek - whether they ...
Link Building for the Time & Resource Strapped
by Peter Devereaux
Link Building for the Time & Resource Strapped
In business, we often hear that it's not what we know, but who we know that can help us find success. As the ...
The Master List of SEO Tools
by Michael Garrity
The Master List of SEO Tools
The catch-all term "SEO" is a bit misleading. This is because search engine optimization is actually the ...
Better SEO Through Content Marketing
by Peter Devereaux
Better SEO Through Content Marketing
By Scott Fasser, Director of Customer Experience at Optify Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Content ...
Search Marketing Supercharged
by Pete Sheinbaum
Search Marketing Supercharged
Believe it or not, the Web is made up of math - lots and lots of math. And, by looking more closely at the ...
Winning Strategies for Search Marketing
by Peter Devereaux
Winning Strategies for Search Marketing
In today's global marketplace, utilizing a winning online media strategy means remaining aware of the wide ...
Rep Management for Beginners
by Amberly Dressler
Rep Management for Beginners
Chances are your company's website and where it ranks on Google is top of mind for your company's marketers. ...
Bing and Yelp Team Up to Take on Google Places
by Michael Garrity
Bing and Yelp Team Up to Take on Google Places
Last week, Microsoft's Bing search engine announced a huge partnership with user review and recommendations ...
Alert the Press, Increase SEO
by Amberly Dressler
Alert the Press, Increase SEO
From company launches to product announcements, the almighty press release not only has its place in business ...
86 Google Search Changes; Four Key Trends
by Pete Prestipino
86 Google Search Changes; Four Key Trends
Google has released another (very) big list of search quality changes (86 in total) that took place in June ...
Support Search, Support Charities
by Allison Howen
Support Search, Support Charities
Supporting a good cause can be as easy as surfing the web - literally. A new search extension from AdMedia ...
Optimizing Social Content for SEO
by Michael Garrity
Optimizing Social Content for SEO
As the distinctive Internet marketing areas of search engine optimization (SEO) and social media become more ...
Don't Ignore Manual Penalties from Google
by Peter Devereaux
Don't Ignore Manual Penalties from Google
Have you ever been hit with a manual penalty by Google? That is when publishers are notified by the search ...
Six Link Sources for Event Marketing
by Peter Devereaux
Six Link Sources for Event Marketing
Hosting events is a great way to build an audience, establish a positive reputation, and profit - not to ...
SEO Integration Comes to Kenshoo
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Integration Comes to Kenshoo
Digital marketing software provider Kenshoo has launched a new version (4.7) of its Kenshoo Enterprise ...
Measuring the Conversion Power of Social and Search
by Michael Garrity
Measuring the Conversion Power of Social and Search
Cloud marketing platform BloomReach recently compiled an infographic looking at how different social media ...
Fight Spammy Links with New Webmaster Tool
by Allison Howen
Fight Spammy Links with New Webmaster Tool
While building quality links can be a difficult task, avoiding suspicious or spammy links can be even more of ...
Training for the SEO Olympics
by Pete Prestipino
Training for the SEO Olympics
In the summer of 2012, the world will turn its collective attention to London for the Olympic Games. And much ...
Paid Search Performance In Focus May 2012
by Pete Prestipino
Paid Search Performance In Focus May 2012
Clicks on paid search ads cost 6 percent less for retailers than they did in May 2011, but advertisers ...
Link Building via Google Search Parameters
by Michael Garrity
Link Building via Google Search Parameters
The ability to search is one of the most useful tools on the Internet, and Google Search is the top dog. The ...
New SEO Product Launches in the U.S.
by Linc Wonham
New SEO Product Launches in the U.S.
To help facilitate the U.S. launch of its SEO software product, Hamburg, Germany-based SEOlytics is offering ...
New Study Reveals Top Google Ranking Factors
by Linc Wonham
New Study Reveals Top Google Ranking Factors
The volume of Facebook and Twitter shares that a Web page generates is closely correlated to how high it ...
Manage Search Marketing Campaigns On the Go
by Allison Howen
Manage Search Marketing Campaigns On the Go
Manage your search marketing account on the go with the new Android campaign management app from online ...
Audit Paid Search Campaigns with New Service
by Allison Howen
Audit Paid Search Campaigns with New Service
Digital performance agency iProspect has launched the Paid Search Audit Service, which is a pay-per-click ...
Personalize User Experiences with Guided Search
by Allison Howen
Personalize User Experiences with Guided Search
iGoDigital has launched a new tool that aims to improve upon traditional ecommerce search boxes. The ...
Big List of Link Building Strategies
by Michael Garrity
Big List of Link Building Strategies
Link building should always be top of mind for those who want to grow their Web properties, but to call it a ...
Google SEO: 52 New Changes to Know
by Pete Prestipino
Google SEO: 52 New Changes to Know
Google has released a long list of changes that the search engine made in April 2012, and many are directly ...
Everflux SEO & Post Penguin Predictions
by Pete Prestipino
Everflux SEO & Post Penguin Predictions
Google's latest round of algorithm changes, which affects just 3 percent of queries, is now known as the ...
Mobile Jobs Surge While Search Still Somewhat Slow
by Linc Wonham
Mobile Jobs Surge While Search Still Somewhat Slow
More than 170,000 jobs were posted on Freelancer.com in the first quarter of 2012, up from 130,000 in the ...
Blame it on Rio - Your New SEO Success, That is
by Linc Wonham
Blame it on Rio - Your New SEO Success, That is
Search marketing agency Covario has released a new business unit aimed at growing the market for its present ...
Sharing Made Easier with Dropbox Links
by Allison Howen
Sharing Made Easier with Dropbox Links
The popular document storing service Dropbox has launched a new way for its users to share their content ...
Link Building for Publishers, Merchants and Service Providers
by Pete Prestipino
Link Building for Publishers, Merchants and Service Providers
Link building remains the very best way to get to the top of the search return list and stay there in the ...
SEO PowerSuite Introduces Robots.txt Generation
by Linc Wonham
SEO PowerSuite Introduces Robots.txt Generation
Link-Assistant.Com, the creator of the SEO PowerSuite toolkit, has announced that its on-page SEO tool ...
These 15 Search Boxes Deserve Another Look
by Linc Wonham
These 15 Search Boxes Deserve Another Look
No matter what the end goal of your Web property may be, it is imperative that you provide visitors with ...
Find the Tweets You Want with the Twitter Search Engine
by Michael Garrity
Find the Tweets You Want with the Twitter Search Engine
The really great thing about Twitter is that it is a wealth of information. With users constantly tweeting ...
Building Your Business Case for Greater SEO Investment
by Peter Devereaux
Building Your Business Case for Greater SEO Investment
Search engine optimization continues to be shrouded in mystery, particularly for small and midsize businesses ...
Get to Know Link Research Tools
by Peter Devereaux
Get to Know Link Research Tools
Search engine optimization (SEO) is probably the most erratic and uncertain area of Internet marketing. ...
Rethink Your Search Box Design
by Peter Devereaux
Rethink Your Search Box Design
If you have a search box on your website, take a minute now to review it. Look at it in relation to other ...
SEO Audits for Deepening Customer Connections
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Audits for Deepening Customer Connections
Once the dominion of the marketing and communcations department and a few technical staffers, SEO now ...
Five Emerging SEO Platforms
by Peter Devereaux
Five Emerging SEO Platforms
There are many tools available to Web workers that can support their search engine optimization initiatives. ...
Google SEO: Algorithm Changes - February 2012
by Pete Prestipino
Google SEO: Algorithm Changes - February 2012
Google announced several (40, in fact) search algorithm changes it made in the month of February 2012. The ...
RAMP Caption Enhancements Improve Video Optimization for Search
by Michael Garrity
RAMP Caption Enhancements Improve Video Optimization for Search
Content Optimization platform RAMP, which specializes in catering to online media publishers with its ...
The Dirty Secret of Pinterest - Link Swapping
by Pete Prestipino
The Dirty Secret of Pinterest - Link Swapping
Social media visual pin board Pinterest, which is now receiving over 10 million unique visitors a month, is ...
SEO Meta Data Mechanics: Titles & Descriptions
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Meta Data Mechanics: Titles & Descriptions
Inbound links and personal connections carry the strongest influence in search results listings, and today ...
Revenue Maximization for Natural Search
by Pete Prestipino
Revenue Maximization for Natural Search
Technology solution provider Revvim.com is taking a unique approach, focusing on revenue instead of traffic ...
SEO Platform Ginzametrics Taps the SEOmoz API
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Platform Ginzametrics Taps the SEOmoz API
SEO management and analytics solution Ginzametrics announced an API partnership with the SEOmoz Site ...
Finding SEO Success Using a CMS
by Michael Garrity
Finding SEO Success Using a CMS
A lot of websites use content management systems (CMS), for good reason. A CMS is an easy way to create an ...
Photo Pin Rules! Search Creative Commons Photos
by Pete Prestipino
Photo Pin Rules! Search Creative Commons Photos
Every blogger that I know has the same problem - finding images they can use without having to break the bank ...
Search 2012: The Mobile Effect
by Michael Garrity
Search 2012: The Mobile Effect
The mobile Web is changing the way people search the Internet. If the past year has taught anything to Web ...
The Top Searches of 2011
by Linc Wonham
The Top Searches of 2011
It's important for Web workers to know what Internet users are searching for, whether it be tech businesses, ...
Search with the (Yahoo!) BOSS
by Peter Devereaux
Search with the (Yahoo!) BOSS
As a Web activity, search remains of high interest among online consumers. And, as someone responsible for a ...
Mastering Search - Inside the Black Box
by Peter Devereaux
Mastering Search - Inside the Black Box
GOOGLE ALGORITHM CHANGES TO KNOW Search engine, digital advertising, and now emerging social media powerhouse ...
2011's Key Developments in Paid Search at Google
by Peter Devereaux
2011's Key Developments in Paid Search at Google
We all know that the search engine marketing industry moves at break-neck speed. This has always been the ...
Poor SEO Health for the Pharmaceutical Industry
by Michael Garrity
Poor SEO Health for the Pharmaceutical Industry
It looks like the pharmaceutical industry could use a new SEO prescription; that is, at least, according to a ...
On-Site SEO Audits
by Pete Prestipino
On-Site SEO Audits
Search engine optimization isn't what it used to be. Once the dominion of the marketing department and a few ...
Google Search Improves the View for Local Businesses
by Michael Garrity
Google Search Improves the View for Local Businesses
As the pace of the Web gets even faster and more users start to access the Internet while they're on-the-go, ...
Aim to Please with KBO, not SEO
by Pete Prestipino
Aim to Please with KBO, not SEO
Any Web businesses can dramatically, positively and immediately expand their customer-service capabilities ...
Universal Search & Digital Asset Optimization at Conductor
by Pete Prestipino
Universal Search & Digital Asset Optimization at Conductor
SEO software provider Conductor has released a few very noteworthy features this week, including a digital ...
Bridge the Gap Between Search and Sale - The Golden Hour
by Linc Wonham
Bridge the Gap Between Search and Sale - The Golden Hour
According to the Harvard Business Review, companies that contacted potential customers within an hour of ...
Visual Search Solution Monetizes Add-Ons for Developers
by Michael Garrity
Visual Search Solution Monetizes Add-Ons for Developers
The growth of the mobile Web has also spurred the recent growth of visual search. Superfish, a company that ...
Google+ Updates: Real-Time Search, Hashtags and YouTube
by Michael Garrity
Google+ Updates: Real-Time Search, Hashtags and YouTube
Yesterday, Google released a video featuring its Senior Vice President of Engineering, Vic Gundotra, ...
Optimization Principles for International SEO
by Pete Prestipino
Optimization Principles for International SEO
As with any SEO strategy, your keywords are a cornerstone to your success - followed by page optimization, ...
3 Ways to Boost Search Marketing Results
by Peter Devereaux
3 Ways to Boost Search Marketing Results
The great news is that the ecommerce sector continues to grow. In fact, findings from Forrester Research ...
SEO Quick Start Guide to PR-Based Backlinks
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Quick Start Guide to PR-Based Backlinks
Say what you will about the value of social media in driving brand awareness and website visits, it is search ...
The Human Touch of SEO
by Peter Devereaux
The Human Touch of SEO
As online marketers become more aggressive with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaigns, there can become ...
How Long Do Links Survive?
by Michael Garrity
How Long Do Links Survive?
Who would have thought that bit.ly was useful for more than just shortening your URLs? The popular link ...
Google's Extended Sitelinks Exposed
by Pete Prestipino
Google's Extended Sitelinks Exposed
Google's new extended Sitelinks are sending Webmasters scrambling to find out how they too can secure more ...
Product Merchandising and SEO Tools at BigCommerce
by Pete Prestipino
Product Merchandising and SEO Tools at BigCommerce
The latest release of shopping cart software provider BigCommerce (version 7.1) provides merchants with tools ...
Pre-Search Marketing Campaigns
by Peter Devereaux
Pre-Search Marketing Campaigns
It might sound crazy, but driving increased traffic to your website through SEO and paid search may be ...
Monster Brings Semantic Search for Talent Matching
by Pete Prestipino
Monster Brings Semantic Search for Talent Matching
Job search and "matching" engine Monster.com announced the launch of SeeMore, a cloud-based semantic search ...
Title Tags of Top Sites - Mastering Search
by Peter Devereaux
Title Tags of Top Sites - Mastering Search
When it comes to on-site search engine optimization, few elements are more important than the title tag. For ...
Kenshoo Desktop Editor for Paid Search Campaigns
by Linc Wonham
Kenshoo Desktop Editor for Paid Search Campaigns
A new application from Kenshoo is designed to bring advanced search marketing campaign management ...
Secrets to Searchandising Success
by Linc Wonham
Secrets to Searchandising Success
For decades, brick-and-mortar retailers have successfully increased their sales through merchandising - ...
11 Tips for SEO in 2011
by Pete Prestipino
11 Tips for SEO in 2011
Ready to move up the search results pages in the second-half of 2011? If so, read our 11 Tips for SEO in 2011 ...
Weekend Warrior: Inbound Link Prospecting
by Pete Prestipino
Weekend Warrior: Inbound Link Prospecting
It is unlikely you will find a website high on the SERPs for which the person or team responsible for that ...
Inbound Link Prospecting
by Pete Prestipino
Inbound Link Prospecting
Process and Method Using Data to Acquire External Links It is unlikely you will find a website high on the ...
SEO Software WebPosition Adds PageCritic and InLinks
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Software WebPosition Adds PageCritic and InLinks
WebPosition, one of the leading SEO software solutions on the market and a busienss of InfoSpace (NSDQ: ...
SEO Strategy - Keyword Density Revisited
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Strategy - Keyword Density Revisited
There has always been something intriguing about the concept of keyword density. Many years ago, search ...
Local Search to Generate $8.2 Billion by 2015
by Linc Wonham
Local Search to Generate $8.2 Billion by 2015
Local search advertising revenues will increase from $5.1 billion in 2010 to $8.2 billion by 2015, according ...
Mobile Search Queries Spike on Weekends
by Michael Phillips
Mobile Search Queries Spike on Weekends
This week Google and Digitas announced a collaborative effort to better measure mobile marketing by combining ...
Today Bing Forever Changes Search and SEO
by Michael Phillips
Today Bing Forever Changes Search and SEO
Bing has made an announcement that might prove to be the biggest blow ever dealt to rival Google. Starting ...
Top Search Position Gains 37-percent of Clicks
by Linc Wonham
Top Search Position Gains 37-percent of Clicks
Real-time Web marketing software and services provider Optify recently conducted an SEO study with the goal ...
SEO Planning & the MoSCoW Method
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Planning & the MoSCoW Method
One of the challenges facing in-house SEO departments is encouraging others to acknowledge the importance of ...
Google Realtime Search Now Includes Quora
by Pete Prestipino
Google Realtime Search Now Includes Quora
Google has added several new sources into its realtime search results including emerging Q&A site Quora, ...
Search Marketing Trends for 2011
by Linc Wonham
Search Marketing Trends for 2011
Few Web professionals should be surprised by the 2011 forecast in SEMPO's recently released State of Search ...
Search Market Share and Longer Queries
by Pete Prestipino
Search Market Share and Longer Queries
Hitwise released data today revealing that while Google still commands 64% of the search market share, ...
Hadoop and HBase for Infolinks
by Pete Prestipino
Hadoop and HBase for Infolinks
Here's one news items that both the developer community and Internet marketers might find interesting. Online ...
Web CEO - Online SEO Software In Focus
by Pete Prestipino
Web CEO - Online SEO Software In Focus
It is fascinating to see companies not just survive over the years but actually thrive - continually finding ...
Crop Devastation - Google's Farmer Update Retools Rankings
by Michael Phillips
Crop Devastation - Google's Farmer Update Retools Rankings
Google's Farmer Update at the end of February forced many Web businesses to take a closer look at their ...
Five Search Alternatives
by Peter Devereaux
Five Search Alternatives
Google is the first choice in search for more than 65 percent of the Web, while the shared efforts of ...
Get Top Ranking Apps with ASO
by Peter Devereaux
Get Top Ranking Apps with ASO
There's a new term Internet marketers need to become familiar with: ASO, or App Store Optimization. As apps ...
SEO: The International Language of Success
by Michael Phillips
SEO: The International Language of Success
If there's one characteristic that all cultures share it's the quest for information. So, it should come as ...
Mobile Search Gaining Ground with Users, Marketers
by Linc Wonham
Mobile Search Gaining Ground with Users, Marketers
Analysts at digital marketing agency Performics are expecting a little March Madness of their own. If ...
Essential SEO KPIs
by Pete Prestipino
Essential SEO KPIs
Key performance indicators (KPI) are the only means by which any Web professional should be measuring SEO ...
Building Links That Matter
by Prashant Puri
Building Links That Matter
Gone are the days when adding multiple links from any website would immediately bump your own site to the top ...
White Label SEO Reports from Spyfu
by Pete Prestipino
White Label SEO Reports from Spyfu
Popular competitive keyword research tool SpyFu has released SpyFu Recon, custom reports designed for the ...
SEO: Structured Data Poised to Influence SERP Position
by Pete Prestipino
SEO: Structured Data Poised to Influence SERP Position
When Website Magazine wrote about and advised on the importance of starting work on the implementation of ...
Wpromote's SEOAudit and Related Add-On's for Firefox
by Peter Devereaux
Wpromote's SEOAudit and Related Add-On's for Firefox
Web professionals using Firefox need not fear a shortage of add-on's - particularly those providing ...
Google SERP Changes - Social Search Recommendations
by Peter Devereaux
Google SERP Changes - Social Search Recommendations
You knew it was coming. I mean, you really knew this was coming, right? Google just announced that social ...
Yahoo-Bing Alliance Pays off for Paid Search
by Pete Prestipino
Yahoo-Bing Alliance Pays off for Paid Search
Marin Software published a report last week ("Why the Search Alliance Is Paying Off for Paid Search") which ...
Trends in Landing Page Design for Search Marketers
by Pete Prestipino
Trends in Landing Page Design for Search Marketers
Landing pages are critical to the success of search marketing and advertising campaigns. To ensure that the ...
2011 SEO Checkup
by Pete Prestipino
2011 SEO Checkup
In the January, 2011 edition of Website Magazine, SEO Corner addressed the factors that influenced successful ...
Holiday Search Marketing Data
by Pete Prestipino
Holiday Search Marketing Data
Search marketing and advertising provider Kenshoo released its 2010 Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report ...
2011 Search Engine Optimization Checkup
by Peter Devereaux
2011 Search Engine Optimization Checkup
In the January, 2011 edition of Website Magazine, SEO Corner addressed the factors that influenced successful ...
Search Queries Update in GWT
by Pete Prestipino
Search Queries Update in GWT
Google has made a noteworthy improvement to the "Search queries" and "Links to your site" features available ...
Big List of SEO Software
by Pete Prestipino
Big List of SEO Software
If there is one area of interest for both expert and novice Internet marketers it is software which ...
Search Paces Record Quarterly Ad Revenues
by Linc Wonham
Search Paces Record Quarterly Ad Revenues
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has reported that U.S. online ad revenues reached $6.4 billion for the ...
Yahoo! Clues Search Trends
by Pete Prestipino
Yahoo! Clues Search Trends
Yahoo! has released a new Web based tool which offers an interesting and visually appealing way to explore ...
Now Searching Flash: Google Indexing SWF Content
by Pete Prestipino
Now Searching Flash: Google Indexing SWF Content
Google began improving its ability to index Flash technology based content two years ago in collaboration ...
Google's Place Search Could Be a Local Favorite
by Linc Wonham
Google's Place Search Could Be a Local Favorite
Local search is currently one of the fiercest battlegrounds on the Web, which means we can expect nothing ...
Small Businesses Finding Their Optimal Search Spends
by Linc Wonham
Small Businesses Finding Their Optimal Search Spends
Spending on search advertising by small businesses was up 43 percent in the third quarter of 2010, but that ...
Facebook in Bing Search Results
by Pete Prestipino
Facebook in Bing Search Results
You were told repeatedly that your participation on Facebook was no longer optional (but mandatory) and now ...
Feel Good SEO Story of the Day
by Pete Prestipino
Feel Good SEO Story of the Day
SEO.com has partnered with ASCEND to boost the charitable organization's online presence, and to ultimately ...
Making All Search Local
by John Faris
Making All Search Local
Three ways to optimize your Internet presence for local search queries Former U.S. Congressman Tip O'Neill ...
Website Magazine Hot Tip: YouTube Keyword Research
by Michael Phillips
Website Magazine Hot Tip: YouTube Keyword Research
As online video becomes more prevalent on the Web - on individual websites, social media sites and, perhaps ...
Is Google Losing Its Grip on Search?
by Linc Wonham
Is Google Losing Its Grip on Search?
When Google Instant launched earlier this month, the relatively indifferent reactions from the Yahoo and ...
Video Rankings - August 2010
by Pete Prestipino
Video Rankings - August 2010
Comscore released some interesting data from its Video Metric service which shows that 178 million U.S. ...
Easy and Effective Keyword Research
by Mike Evans
Easy and Effective Keyword Research
Imagine if someone were rifling through your Rolodex, calling all of your contacts. That would be illegal, of ...
SEO Corner: Local Search Profile Optimization
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Corner: Local Search Profile Optimization
Local search queries- those including a specific geographic location - are becoming immensely important in ...
SEO Analytics from Cotendo
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Analytics from Cotendo
Does website performance influence your SEO rankings? Absolutely and technology vendors are coming to the ...
CPC Increase of 78% Due to Search Alliance
by Pete Prestipino
CPC Increase of 78% Due to Search Alliance
According to a study from GroupM Search, advertisers could see a cost-per-click increase up to 78 percent ...
Google's Realtime Search for Business
by Michael Phillips
Google's Realtime Search for Business
Google has tuned up their Realtime Search and is letting it loose on the public. The greater Web world, ...
New Tool Cuts Through the Tedium of Link Building
by Linc Wonham
New Tool Cuts Through the Tedium of Link Building
We have written countless articles about the relationship between quality, relevant links and any measure of ...
All Eyes on the SERPs
by Pete Prestipino
All Eyes on the SERPs
Mari Carmen Marcos and Cristina Gonzalez Caro from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona might not have known ...
Yahoo! Search is Dead... Amen.
by Pete Prestipino
Yahoo! Search is Dead... Amen.
Last week Yahoo! began transitioning certain back-end functions for its Search product over to Microsoft's ...
Semantics for Search - Interview with Michael Marshall
by Peter Devereaux
Semantics for Search - Interview with Michael Marshall
Website Magazine contributor and co-founder and director of Search Engine Academy John Alexander interviews ...
iStock Launches New Site, Upgrading Search Interface
by Linc Wonham
iStock Launches New Site, Upgrading Search Interface
iStockphoto has redesigned its website and is developing more customer-focused features for users of the ...
iPhone App for Domain Search
by Pete Prestipino
iPhone App for Domain Search
Network Solutions has released a unique iPhone application that enables the search and purchase of domain ...
Quick Response: Reddit Rolls Out Faster Search
by Linc Wonham
Quick Response: Reddit Rolls Out Faster Search
Responding to user complaints about its search accuracy and speed, social news aggregator Reddit has launched ...
Link Buyer Beware
by Peter Devereaux
Link Buyer Beware
If You Know What to Look for, Buying Links Can Become an Effective Part of Your Overall SEO Strategy Attend ...
Step-by-Step Search: Site Structure
by Peter Devereaux
Step-by-Step Search: Site Structure
In Part I of this Step-By-Step Search series, we took keyword research to the next level with Derek Vaughan ...
Shift Happens: SEO Alone is not Enough
by Pierre Zarokian
Shift Happens: SEO Alone is not Enough
When it comes to search engine optimization (SEO), one truth is everlasting: The landscape is continually ...
In Link Building, There's No Substitute for Hard Work
by Peter Devereaux
In Link Building, There's No Substitute for Hard Work
Buying links can be an effective supplemental strategy in a link-building campaign if it is done cautiously ...
Bing Will Show ResellerRatings Reviews in Search Results
by Linc Wonham
Bing Will Show ResellerRatings Reviews in Search Results
Bing, Microsoft's search engine that is slated to join forces with Yahoo! later this year, has announced its ...
SearchManager Simplifies Ad Campaigns for Small Businesses
by Linc Wonham
SearchManager Simplifies Ad Campaigns for Small Businesses
A new search marketing tool will allow small business owners to manage paid search campaigns across Google ...
Google's New Ecommerce Search Service is Priced to Sell
by Linc Wonham
Google's New Ecommerce Search Service is Priced to Sell
Maybe it doesn't qualify as the sale of the century, but Google has improved its six-month-old ecommerce ...
Intermediate SEO Copywriting Guide
by Peter Devereaux
Intermediate SEO Copywriting Guide
Easy ways to Consistently Write High Quality Content and Optimize Your Web Pages For years now, people have ...
Google's New Caffeine Index Goes Live
by Pete Prestipino
Google's New Caffeine Index Goes Live
Google today made the formal announcement that its new Web indexing system called Caffeine is now complete. ...
Mobile SEO with Evan Bailyn
by Michael Phillips
Mobile SEO with Evan Bailyn
The mobile market is ever-expanding and in every area. But while mobile apps get most of the attention, ...
4 Components of Boosting SEO Performance
by Pete Prestipino
4 Components of Boosting SEO Performance
By Eric Papczun, Performics Online marketers continually seek ways to get more performance out of their Web ...
When location merges with real time search
by Pete Prestipino
When location merges with real time search
One of the most talked about areas of the internet in 2010 has been about location applications. Websites ...
PRWeb Teams with Photobucket for Image Search Results
by Linc Wonham
PRWeb Teams with Photobucket for Image Search Results
Looking to extend its reach into the rapidly growing image search sector, leading online news distribution ...
Search Merchandising Engine Powers Ecommerce Retailers
by Linc Wonham
Search Merchandising Engine Powers Ecommerce Retailers
OrderDynamics, the leading on-demand ecommerce software provider in Canada, has upgraded its technology to ...
SEO and Video Partnership First of Its Kind
by Linc Wonham
SEO and Video Partnership First of Its Kind
Two of the leaders in their respective fields of search engine optimization and online video production have ...
Google: Site Speed a Ranking Factor
by Michael Phillips
Google: Site Speed a Ranking Factor
Google has officially announced that site load speed is a factor when determining rankings, not that it's a ...
Overall U.S. Search Growth Down Again
by Linc Wonham
Overall U.S. Search Growth Down Again
The latest numbers from comScore show that overall search volume growth in the U.S. fell to 7.6 percent in ...
Web PR Servicesfor SEO Impact
by Pete Prestipino
Web PR Servicesfor SEO Impact
Measured By Unique Visitors Websites need media exposure (of virtually any kind - small blogs or large ...
Understanding the Mechanics of SEO as both Art and Science
by Pete Prestipino
Understanding the Mechanics of SEO as both Art and Science
By Website Magazine Contributor and Search Engine Academy Co-founder John Alexander. For those who have ...
SEO for Baidu
by Pete Prestipino
SEO for Baidu
Now that Google is pulling its search and advertising from China, and its over 1.3 billion people, there's ...
SEO in a Social Media World
by Peter Devereaux
SEO in a Social Media World
Web professionals' interest in search engine optimization (SEO) is matched in intensity only by the ...
THE SUPER-AWESOME-MEGA-OPTIMAL GUIDE to Links
by Peter Devereaux
THE SUPER-AWESOME-MEGA-OPTIMAL GUIDE to Links
Guide to Obtaining Links for Traffic and Search Engine Exposure You have no traffic, and you know it. Let's ...
5 Outdated SEO Tactics and 5 Alternatives
by Peter Devereaux
5 Outdated SEO Tactics and 5 Alternatives
In the past it was easier to achieve high search engine rankings by "gaming" the system with questionable SEO ...
Yahoo! Updates Search Marketing Desktop Tool
by Linc Wonham
Yahoo! Updates Search Marketing Desktop Tool
Busy pay-per-click advertisers should welcome the new updates to the Yahoo! Search Marketing Desktop, ...
SEO for Google Social Search
by Pete Prestipino
SEO for Google Social Search
Search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns have moved far beyond simply optimizing Now that Google ...
The Eyes Have It: Study Tracks Google Real-Time Search Users
by Linc Wonham
The Eyes Have It: Study Tracks Google Real-Time Search Users
Digital marketing firm Oneupweb set out to determine the early consumer reaction to real-time Web search, ...
Google Adds Facebook Fan Pages to Search Index
by Linc Wonham
Google Adds Facebook Fan Pages to Search Index
Continuing the expansion of its real-time Web search, which was first announced in December, Google has added ...
AJAX Search & Conversion Optimizer at SLI Systems
by Pete Prestipino
AJAX Search & Conversion Optimizer at SLI Systems
Site search provider SLI Systems announced two rather impressive enhancements to its solution. The company ...
SEO Research: Website Size Study
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Research: Website Size Study
Much of what the SEO industry as a whole has proven true (or at least partly true) over time is that content ...
Bing's IIS SEO Toolkit Now Available
by Pete Prestipino
Bing's IIS SEO Toolkit Now Available
Microsoft/Bing has released what amounts to one of the most powerful free server-side SEO (search engine ...
Social Job Search with SimplyHired
by Pete Prestipino
Social Job Search with SimplyHired
Job search engine and recruitment advertising network SimplyHired released some new social job search ...
Bing Set to Pass Yahoo! in Natural Search Share
by Pete Prestipino
Bing Set to Pass Yahoo! in Natural Search Share
According to iCrossing's Enterprise Natural Search Share Index for December 2009, Google is rolling along ...
SEO Corner: Links To Avoid
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Corner: Links To Avoid
What link sources should you avoid all together or be extremely cautious with? If you're new to the art and ...
Who's Who: 7Search.com
by Pete Prestipino
Who's Who: 7Search.com
Search engine optimization (SEO) and social media are clearly powerful and popular ways to drive traffic to ...
SEO Corner: Google Social Search
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Corner: Google Social Search
On October 27, 2009, at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco California, (about the same time Google ...
Flimp Video and SEO for Flash
by Pete Prestipino
Flimp Video and SEO for Flash
Marketers have long struggled with what to do with flash. While there has been some headway made on the part ...
Longer Search Queries are Flat
by Pete Prestipino
Longer Search Queries are Flat
Long Live the Long Tail! Buried beneath the news that Google once again dominated the world of search with ...
Google's Real-Time Search Changes Everything
by Michael Phillips
Google's Real-Time Search Changes Everything
The real-time Web is here. Google has officially jumped into real-time search, taking full advantage of its ...
SEO for Questions and Answers
by Pete Prestipino
SEO for Questions and Answers
While you may struggle optimizing your site and its content for competitive rankings on search engines for ...
Debunking Common SEO Myths
by Pete Prestipino
Debunking Common SEO Myths
The process of SEO has changed, and quickly. Buying keyword-rich domains, writing a few articles and tweaking ...
Fliqz's Video SEO Solution [Video]
by Pete Prestipino
Fliqz's Video SEO Solution [Video]
Online video solution provider Fliqz today released SearchSuccess, a set of tools and applications for Video ...
Ecommerce SEO for the Holidays
by Pete Prestipino
Ecommerce SEO for the Holidays
One of Website Magazine's recommended SEO software solutions in LotusJump has unvelied some new features. And ...
Taptu, OneRiot Partner for Real-Time Search on Mobile
by Pete Prestipino
Taptu, OneRiot Partner for Real-Time Search on Mobile
Mobile search engine Taptu and realtime search engine OneRiot have launched a, what else, realtime search ...
SEO & SEM Tactics for 2010
by Brian Lewis
SEO & SEM Tactics for 2010
As search marketers look ahead to 2010, there are two obvious situations: Some things will remain the same, ...
Google Social Search and the Battle for Social Dominance
by Michael Phillips
Google Social Search and the Battle for Social Dominance
Google has announced the release of Google Social Search; promising to bring the most relevant results to ...
The Search for Icons & Icon Engines
by Pete Prestipino
The Search for Icons & Icon Engines
If you're reading this you probably own a website. And if you've got a website, at some time or another, you ...
Hiring a Link Building Team or Expert
by Pete Prestipino
Hiring a Link Building Team or Expert
Looking for the article on Facebook Groups vs Facebook Pages? Is Hiring a Link Building Team or Expert In the ...
Hiring Professional Link Builders
by Pete Prestipino
Hiring Professional Link Builders
It's the single most important part of your success with search engine optimization - inbound links. But a ...
Outsourcing Search Engine Optimization
by Pete Prestipino
Outsourcing Search Engine Optimization
SEO is critical to the success of every Web enterprise. It's also one of the most time-consuming tasks that ...
On-Page SEO and Alt Text: SERP Ranking Influencer?
by Pete Prestipino
On-Page SEO and Alt Text: SERP Ranking Influencer?
The most important on-page ranking factors for placing competitively in search engine results pages (SERPs) ...
Find Link Targets, Prospects with Similar Site
by Michael Phillips
Find Link Targets, Prospects with Similar Site
One of the best ways to grow an audience is to find other audiences in your industry. Similar Site Search ...
Conversational Research with BackType
by Michael Phillips
Conversational Research with BackType
Whether you're getting ready to write a new blog post or doing some market research for a new product, check ...
SEO PR (On a Budget)
by Pete Prestipino
SEO PR (On a Budget)
Chances are good that you'd send more press releases through wire services like PRWeb, PRLeap or the many ...
Microsoft-Yahoo Search/Ad Pact: Alternative to Google
by Pete Prestipino
Microsoft-Yahoo Search/Ad Pact: Alternative to Google
Microsoft and Yahoo have finally forged an alliance after months/years of on and off negotiations. Microsoft ...
Seven Steps to Local Search Success
by Jennifer Black
Seven Steps to Local Search Success
As a small business in a lackluster economy, making the most of your marketing dollars is critical to your ...
Creating Effective Press Releases for Power SEO
by Pete Prestipino
Creating Effective Press Releases for Power SEO
Press releases are an effective means to attract media attention, but it is also one of the most ...
iCyte and Simplifying Digital Research
by Pete Prestipino
iCyte and Simplifying Digital Research
As a Web professional you consume vast quantities of information. Being able to search, save, compare and ...
Web Rankings: Top 50 Alternative Advertising Marketplaces
by Peter Devereaux
Web Rankings: Top 50 Alternative Advertising Marketplaces
Advertising has made the Internet a commercial powerhouse and remains the most compelling aspect of Internet ...
SEO for Bing
by Peter Devereaux
SEO for Bing
If you haven't heard of Bing yet - Microsoft's latest branded search engine - you soon will because they have ...
Why Microsoft and PageRank Don't Matter, and Salesforce, Social Sites, and SEO Do
by Michel Leconte
Why Microsoft and PageRank Don't Matter, and Salesforce, Social Sites, and SEO Do
:: by Michel Leconte, SEO Samba I've got news for web developers and designers who are reluctant to optimize ...
Steve Rubel (and Edelman) on Search Engine Visibility
by Pete Prestipino
Steve Rubel (and Edelman) on Search Engine Visibility
There are clearly some changes occurring in the search marketplace - namely, the process and the practice are ...
Useful Twitter Search API's
by Pete Prestipino
Useful Twitter Search API's
There is so much information available on Twitter, it's almost a shame that more developers don't leverage ...
PageRank Sculpting - SEO's RIP
by Pete Prestipino
PageRank Sculpting - SEO's RIP
SEO's are scurrying about this morning trying to figure out the meaning behind comments made at SMX yesterday ...
Paid Search Down, Organic Up?
by Pete Prestipino
Paid Search Down, Organic Up?
Hitwise released data which seems to indicate that the recession has taken its toll on search marketing, as ...
More Major Google Changes; Search Options Surface
by Pete Prestipino
More Major Google Changes; Search Options Surface
Very rarely are there seismic shifts in the search landscape. For the past several years, search engines have ...
Software to Get the SEO Party Started
by Pete Prestipino
Software to Get the SEO Party Started
Search engine optimization today is more challenging than ever. Many Web professionals have opted to take ...
Analytics: Omniture Unveils Organic Search Segmentation
by Pete Prestipino
Analytics: Omniture Unveils Organic Search Segmentation
Omniture now enables its users to segment reports by organic keyword rankings. Rank and keyword data will be ...
Conference for In-House Search Marketers
by Pete Prestipino
Conference for In-House Search Marketers
Those SEOs most recognizable in the industry are often independents. The majority of SEOs, however, work ...
New and Improved Digg Search
by Michael Phillips
New and Improved Digg Search
One of Digg.com's biggest shortcomings has always been the search feature. It returned results that were not ...
SEO: A Six-Step Link Building Plan
by Pete Prestipino
SEO: A Six-Step Link Building Plan
Much has changed in the world of link building. Older strategies like directory submissions, press releases, ...
More SEO Automation Features at SEO Samba
by Pete Prestipino
More SEO Automation Features at SEO Samba
In advance of the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York next week, SEO Samba, a search engine ...
Find Who Links To You - WhoLinksToMe.com
by Pete Prestipino
Find Who Links To You - WhoLinksToMe.com
Finding sites that appreciate (or dislike) your content enough to link to it is not as easy as you think; in ...
Five Pure-Play PPC Search Engines to Try
by Pete Prestipino
Five Pure-Play PPC Search Engines to Try
When pay-per-click (PPC) advertising came on the scene nearly 10 years ago, it changed how companies promoted ...
Bigger Search Box: Small Change, Big Impact
by Pete Prestipino
Bigger Search Box: Small Change, Big Impact
Google's Inside AdSense blog has a terrific case study on a site that made a small change with a big impact ...
SEO for Multi-Word Queries
by Pete Prestipino
SEO for Multi-Word Queries
The length of search queries has increased over the past year according to HitWise (PDF). That's a meaningful ...
Are Users Searching by Numbers or Letters?
by Michael Phillips
Are Users Searching by Numbers or Letters?
Top 10 lists are a good way to get attention and traffic to a blog post. And the same can be said about top ...
Performance-Based SEO, Again
by Pete Prestipino
Performance-Based SEO, Again
SEO is not a one-time effort - but a process that requires the consistent development of content, and an ...
Search Engine Spiders & Usability
by Pete Prestipino
Search Engine Spiders & Usability
Are you looking at your website from the perspective of a search engine spider? If not, you may be missing ...
The Many Flavors of Site Search
by Pete Prestipino
The Many Flavors of Site Search
People have different methods of finding content on a website. Some scour HTML sitemaps, others scan the home ...
Finding the Right Search Agency
by Pete Prestipino
Finding the Right Search Agency
Finding the right agency for your search marketing needs is not only a challenge but can be critical to your ...
Page Not Found Error: Avoid (404's) for SEO Success
by Pete Prestipino
Page Not Found Error: Avoid (404's) for SEO Success
In the fast paced world of the Web, it's pretty much a given that users will encounter 404 (page not found) ...
Advanced Link Building Tactics and Techniques
by Pete Prestipino
Advanced Link Building Tactics and Techniques
The third installment of Website Magazine's immensely popular series on link building tactics and techniques ...
Succeeding with SEO; Fishkin, Kahlow and Alexander
by Pete Prestipino
Succeeding with SEO; Fishkin, Kahlow and Alexander
Guest author Michelle Wicmandy for ESX, Inc. interviewed three top SEOs to get their thoughts on improving ...
Improving Visibility: Succeeding with SEO
by Pete Prestipino
Improving Visibility: Succeeding with SEO
by Michelle M. Wicmandy for ESX, Inc. "SEO is a little bit Madison Avenue and a little bit Silicon Valley, ...
Current Search Engine Spider Information
by Pete Prestipino
Current Search Engine Spider Information
This is the latest data on identifying the search engine spiders. You can get more information by viewing ...
Intermediate Link Building Tactics & Resolutions for 2009
by Pete Prestipino
Intermediate Link Building Tactics & Resolutions for 2009
Last week's article on basic link-building tactics and resolutions for 2009 discussed common tactics that ...
Hiring The Right Search Agency
by Pete Prestipino
Hiring The Right Search Agency
Finding the right agency for your search marketing needs can be a daunting task. What questions should you be ...
Basic Link Building Tactics and Resolutions for 2009
by Pete Prestipino
Basic Link Building Tactics and Resolutions for 2009
Even in the age of hyper-personalization and geo-location in search, the number of inbound links pointing to ...
Google Zeitgeist: What Consumer Search Behavior Can Tell Us
by Michael Phillips
Google Zeitgeist: What Consumer Search Behavior Can Tell Us
Every year, Google releases Zeitgeist, their roundup of user search behavior from January through November - ...
Search Marketing & Small Business
by Pete Prestipino
Search Marketing & Small Business
A Microsoft AdCenter study of 400 small-business owners in the US indicated that a majority invest in ...
The End of SEO - Chicago SES 2008 Key Take Away
by Pete Prestipino
The End of SEO - Chicago SES 2008 Key Take Away
A recurring theme at this year's Chicago SES 2008 was that 'SEO (as we know it) is Dead.' The reason given is ...
hcard Microformats - An Essential Part of Your Local Search Strategy
by Pete Prestipino
hcard Microformats - An Essential Part of Your Local Search Strategy
By Jennifer Black, Local.com As increasing numbers of local businesses are moving to the Web to promote their ...
FLash SEO Primer
by Pete Prestipino
FLash SEO Primer
Dynamic websites have advantages over their static counterparts. They don't need to reload, include rich ...
Twitrratr: Search Emotions on Twitter
by Michael Phillips
Twitrratr: Search Emotions on Twitter
There are plenty of Twitter search tools out there, and here's another: Twitrratr. Here, you can enter a ...
3 Solid SEO Tips
by Michael Phillips
3 Solid SEO Tips
SEO boils down to three things: good content, links, and site design. So in today's newsletter I'd like to ...
Microsoft Live Search Cashback Catching On
by Michael Phillips
Microsoft Live Search Cashback Catching On
In May 2008, Microsoft launched their cashback program. Users could sign up and receive cash rewards for ...
SEO Smoke and Mirrors
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Smoke and Mirrors
Part of my routine each morning involves deleting lots of email - some from the wives of deceased dictators ...
Site Search With Quintura
by Pete Prestipino
Site Search With Quintura
Site search provider Quintura announced the release of some interesting new features for its Quintura Site ...
SEO Fresh Perspectives: Brand, Content Optimization, Keyword Research, Site Structure, Links, Analytics
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Fresh Perspectives: Brand, Content Optimization, Keyword Research, Site Structure, Links, Analytics
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an ongoing process of multiple steps which must be revisited often - a ...
Rules of Thumb for Buying Links
by Pete Prestipino
Rules of Thumb for Buying Links
Not that you ever would, but buying links is a sure-fire way to increase the number and quality of links ...
SEO Tweets for 2009
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Tweets for 2009
Website Magazine asked several of the top Internet marketing and SEO experts what their focus would be for ...
Four Essential Forum Search Resources
by Pete Prestipino
Four Essential Forum Search Resources
Posting on forums is one of the best ways to drive traffic to your websites. The ability to insert signatures ...
Keyword Research Tools
by Pete Prestipino
Keyword Research Tools
The following are Keyword Research Tools you may want to utilize for you SEO campaign. If you've got a ...
Comscore August Search Rankings
by Pete Prestipino
Comscore August Search Rankings
Is Search at a Tipping Point? Comscore released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search ...
SEO for CMS
by Pete Prestipino
SEO for CMS
Content Management Systems (CMS) play an important, yet low visibility role in how well content can be ranked ...
SEO Modules for Popular CMS Systems
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Modules for Popular CMS Systems
Content Management Systems (CMS) play an important, yet low visibility role in how well content can be ranked ...
Video SEO (VSEO) On The Move
by Pete Prestipino
Video SEO (VSEO) On The Move
Location-based SEO mavens Where 2 Get It announced a partnership with online video ad provider Mixpo that ...
Analytics-Driven Site Search from Omniture
by Pete Prestipino
Analytics-Driven Site Search from Omniture
Data from Retail Systems Research in August of 2008 revealed that 34 percent of retail executives (that means ...
WP Plugin: Psychic Search
by Pete Prestipino
WP Plugin: Psychic Search
What are people searching for on your WordPress powered website/weblog? It's an important question as once ...
Search and Shop for Charity
by Michael Phillips
Search and Shop for Charity
We would all like to contribute to our favorite charities. But we're all also busy people and expendable ...
SEO: On-page vs. Off-page
by Peter Devereaux
SEO: On-page vs. Off-page
What's the difference between "on page" and "off page" SEO? These terms are routinely tossed around as if ...
SEO Site Checkup
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Site Checkup
There are thousands of factors that search engines use to rank your website amongst its competition. ...
Google PageRank Sculpting For SEO Profit (Part 2)
by Pete Prestipino
Google PageRank Sculpting For SEO Profit (Part 2)
Each website is going to be different depending upon its goals which is why information on how to sculpt PR ...
Google Insights For Search: Coke vs. Pepsi
by Peter Devereaux
Google Insights For Search: Coke vs. Pepsi
If you like Google Trends, you're going to love Google Insights. The solution analyzes a portion of Google ...
SEO Corner: Google PageRank Sculpting For SEO Profit
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Corner: Google PageRank Sculpting For SEO Profit
: by Dante Monteverde : The practice of Google PageRank (PR) Sculpting has been gaining a lot of momentum but ...
Searching For Links In All The Right Places
by Peter Devereaux
Searching For Links In All The Right Places
How do you secure top rankings on the search engines? Inbound, high quality links - and that fact is not ...
7Search PPC Network Gets Upgrades
by Pete Prestipino
7Search PPC Network Gets Upgrades
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising network 7Search.com announced the release of three pretty important ...
The State Of Search" in 60 Seconds"
by Pete Prestipino
The State Of Search
Understanding the current search advertising environment will help position your enterprise. SEMPO's annual ...
Local SEO Keyword Density
by Pete Prestipino
Local SEO Keyword Density
How Much is Too Much of a Good Thing? by Nick Stamoulis Effective local Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is ...
SEO Corner: Anatomy of A Link Request
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Corner: Anatomy of A Link Request
: by Dante Monteverde : Developing good content as a means of baiting others to link to your website is a ...
SEO Interview: Bob Tripathi
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Interview: Bob Tripathi
Bob Tripathi is Discover's in-house Search & Social Marketing Strategist. Bob manages enterprise wide SEO ...
WhitePages.com Makes Free Search API Available
by Peter Devereaux
WhitePages.com Makes Free Search API Available
WhitePages.com announced today that it is making its data available for free in a beta Web services API. To ...
Optimizing for Universal Search
by John Fitzsimmons
Optimizing for Universal Search
SES NY Universal Search Session Notes (Part 1) Why is universal search important? It's the next evolution of ...
Local Search Marketing Tactics - SES NY 2008
by John Fitzsimmons
Local Search Marketing Tactics - SES NY 2008
The Local Search Marketing Tactics Sessions at this year's SES NY 2008 turned into a neat little "plan of ...
Four Solutions For Creating Searchable Web Databases
by Peter Devereaux
Four Solutions For Creating Searchable Web Databases
A Website Magazine reader called in this morning and inquired about Web database solutions. It's always good ...
Pinpointing Search Performance with Analytics
by Pete Prestipino
Pinpointing Search Performance with Analytics
By Paul J. Bruemmer A major benefit of search marketing is its accountability through campaign performance ...
Landing Pages: SEO vs. SEM
by Aaron Kupferberg
Landing Pages: SEO vs. SEM
Obtaining website visitors through search engines falls into two major categories - search engine ...
SEO Corner: SEO Resolutions for 2008
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Corner: SEO Resolutions for 2008
Happy New Year! Did you already break some resolutions you set for yourself? Not to worry. Below are some new ...
Geo Targeting Countries For SEO
by Peter Devereaux
Geo Targeting Countries For SEO
By Milind Mody __________________________________________ The dominance of search dictates that every ...
Commentary - Is Google Sabotaging Search?
by Peter Devereaux
Commentary - Is Google Sabotaging Search?
By Mike Phillips __________________________________________ Google knows something. Search, as we know it, is ...
SEO-Friendly Hosting
by Peter Devereaux
SEO-Friendly Hosting
By Lloyd Brown __________________________________________ It's no secret that Google modifies their algorithm ...
Wikia Search Set to Launch Jan. 7
by Michael Phillips
Wikia Search Set to Launch Jan. 7
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced a date for the release of his for-profit, open source search tool ...
ABCSearch, ClickShield and Daniel Yomtobian
by Pete Prestipino
ABCSearch, ClickShield and Daniel Yomtobian
Click fraud, the bane of the PPC advertising and affiliate business, gets a lot of attention and for good ...
Performance-Based SEO
by Peter Devereaux
Performance-Based SEO
It should go without saying that search engine optimization should be part of your online marketing efforts. ...
SEO Corner: SEO Do's & Dont's
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Corner: SEO Do's & Dont's
Effective SEO does not happen overnight - it's a long, arduous task that often takes months, even years ...
Search & New Digital Markets
by Peter Devereaux
Search & New Digital Markets
Within every metropolitan city or global community there exists unique digital markets of niche websites and ...
Google's Universal Search
by Peter Devereaux
Google's Universal Search
A New, Sweeping Approach to SEO by Paul J. Bruemmer and John Faris Google wants to help you find the best ...
Clusty Search Joins the Mobile Fray
by Michael Phillips
Clusty Search Joins the Mobile Fray
The soon-to-be released iPhone is being accompanied with a flurry of activity in the mobile Internet ...
Take Off the Black Hat: SEO Practices to Avoid
by Peter Devereaux
Take Off the Black Hat: SEO Practices to Avoid
The lure of black hat techniques - those that search engines request you stay away from - for those getting ...
What Personalization Means to Search
by Peter Devereaux
What Personalization Means to Search
Search engines have come a long way since their modest beginnings - although you may not have noticed. The ...
Pinpoint Targeting: Vertical Search Engines
by Peter Devereaux
Pinpoint Targeting: Vertical Search Engines
Internet surfers are accustomed to using search engine giants Google, Yahoo and MSN to find everything they ...
SEO Corner: Internal Linking Structures
by Peter Devereaux
SEO Corner: Internal Linking Structures
: by Dante Monteverde : Many savvy search engine optimization (SEO) experts will tell you that incoming links ...
The ABC's of SEO
by Peter Devereaux
The ABC's of SEO
For many, search engines have come to be the primary source of finding information about both the online and ...
Five Steps For Outsourcing Search Marketing
by Peter Devereaux
Five Steps For Outsourcing Search Marketing
Hiring a search engine marketing (SEM) firm to perform search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click ...
The New Holy Grail of SEO?
by Pete Prestipino
The New Holy Grail of SEO?
Emulating Natural Growth in Link Building - by Chris Boggs Although many experts evangelize that content is ...
Q&A: Tim Langmeir - The SEO Agency
by Pete Prestipino
Q&A: Tim Langmeir - The SEO Agency
To be successful on the Web, you have to build links the right way. It's that right way that is so tricky ...
Search Term Research For the Rest of Us
by Pete Prestipino
Search Term Research For the Rest of Us
By Peter Prestipino If content is king, then search terms are the crown. Learning and researching the ...
Site Design, Search Engines & Organic Keyword Rankings
by Pete Prestipino
Site Design, Search Engines & Organic Keyword Rankings
By Paul J. Bruemmer "Website? What's a website? That is what I was hearing 11 years ago when prospecting for ...
The SEO Advantage of a Sitemap
by Pete Prestipino
The SEO Advantage of a Sitemap
By John Fitzsimmons You can hire a professional SEO team to perform strategic key word analysis. You can pay ...
SEO Factors: External Links in Documents
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Factors: External Links in Documents
There's a lot more to optimizing your site for the search engines than just on-site / on-page variables (but ...
SEO Factors: On the Importance of Internal Linking
by Pete Prestipino
SEO Factors: On the Importance of Internal Linking
The key to internal linking is... wait for it... organization. Now you may not think of that as the "fresh ...
Commentary: Link Outside The Box
by Peter Devereaux
Commentary: Link Outside The Box
As the person responsible for your website's success, you are always looking for more sites to link to you. ...
Searching Latino
by Peter Devereaux
Searching Latino
Special correspondent Judy Colbert recently attended Search Engines Strategies Latino, a conference focused ...
Controversy + Links = Success
by Michael Phillips
Controversy + Links = Success
Links are important to the success of any website, whether you sell ice cream or run an online magazine. And ...
Linking Q&A With Bob Mutch - SEOcompany.ca
by Pete Prestipino
Linking Q&A With Bob Mutch - SEOcompany.ca
#1 What makes a directory link worthy? Since Google is doing such a good job with quality of search not very ...
SEO & Accessibility
by Peter Devereaux
SEO & Accessibility
Achieving high position in search engine results is the desire of any business with a website, but should it ...
From Link Farms to Link Exchange 2.0
by Peter Devereaux
From Link Farms to Link Exchange 2.0
Search engine promotion has changed quite a bit over the years. It used to be that all you had to do was buy ...
The Nitty Gritty of Link Requests
by Peter Devereaux
The Nitty Gritty of Link Requests
How to be successful in driving qualified traffic to your site. Content is king. Many will argue this ...
Exploring Shared and Dedicated IP Addresses and the Impact on Search Results
by Peter Devereaux
Exploring Shared and Dedicated IP Addresses and the Impact on Search Results
If you have a website then you have a Web host. And if you have a Web host then you have chosen either a ...
Comparing the Big 3 Local Search Products -
by Peter Devereaux
Comparing the Big 3 Local Search Products -
Google-local, Yahoo-local and MSN-local Yes, there are barriers to entry for small businesses interested in ...
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