Google local search results are becoming more important every day. As Google expands its local maps listings businesses continue to try determining why some sites out-rank or appear above them,
Never before has there been a negative factor when it comes to hypertext links, until now. On or around April 28th 2012, Google released its latest algorithm update dubbed “Penguin”.
According to a research study conducted by PEW research, as of February 2012, 15% of all adults online use Twitter and 8% do so on a typical day. The numbers
Google Panda is the Google algorithm that specifically attempts to improve the relevance of search results. While the Penguin algorithm focuses more on link quality, Panda is still very important
Below is why you should get ‘out of the habit’ of clicking on any links within an email. Scams are running rampant with email and they’re not always easy to
Just over a year ago in February of 2011 I did a post on “social media” and “social signals” called Social Media 101 “Algorithmically Speaking”. The post detailed how social media
In the beginning of last month (April) Google announced the release of a large scale update to its search algorithm which took place in late February. This particular update, which
Google’s Street View project is currently being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). While Street Views are designed to provide panoramic views and wireless mapping of areas, there are
I’m jumping right on the bandwagon with all of this Google+ stuff and advising others to use it without much hesitation because I’m pretty certain I know where it’s all
The rapid approval of new cybersecurity legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday has caught opponents off guard. The controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is set to change up the Internet address system once again. While Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) were relatively fixed in
The one-year anniversary of the original Google Panda update has come and gone and we’re still seeing significant tweaks in the aftermath . Google Panda was aimed at filtering out
Each week (on Thursdays), Google engineers meet to go over anticipated changes and improvements intended to be rolled out onto Google.com. It is interesting to see how much detail goes
There are many tools, plugins and browser add-ons for detecting NoFollow links but most display the data all the time regardless of whether or not you actually want to know
The last couple of years have paved the way for many changes in the field and study of search engine optimization and online marketing. Social media awareness grew significantly in
Everyone on the planet should boycott Google Analytics, but Google knows no one will. Google Analytics isn’t about delivering a great free stats program to users. It’s about using Webmasters
If the video posted below doesn’t get you a little excited about domain names, I really don’t know what would. Having the right domain name for your business can be pricelist,
Google released its Google+ network just a month ago and it is already estimated to have twenty million users. Those who better understand the significance of Google +1 see the
This image (below post) is a visualization of how and why Google.com typically makes and breaks all online businesses. Although this does change a bit from time to time, for the
A significant part of Panda is about cleaning up the web and finding out what’s real and what’s not. Users are getting tired of sifting through garbage in the results
A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AND WHY SOCIAL MEDIA MATTERS: – FROM A SEARCH ENGINES PERSPECTIVE Why do I need a Twitter or Facebook page? Who cares about that stuff
Barry Schwartz recently posted what he called his “Key Takeaways From Google’s Matt Cutts Talk At PubCon” One of these points stated that Matt Cutts specifically mentioned “Google will be looking