Would Google Offer Embedded Search Links to Site Owners?

{ Posted on Sep 03 2010 by admin }
There are a number of advertising services on the Web that offer contextual search link sevices, which identify terms on a site and embed links within them pointing to advertisers’ pages. A Google patent granted earlier this week describes a ...Read More »

Friday Recap: Free Your Mind Edition

{ Posted on Sep 03 2010 by admin }
We the people of the SEM community hold these truths to be self-evident that all search engines are not created equal. But while we knew the algos and layouts changed, how many people really thought about how that would change ...Read More »

Infographics are here to stay

{ Posted on Sep 03 2010 by admin }
it’s all Matt Cutts  fault and we all warned him in 2007 at SES San JoseDuring a panel at SES this video was playedMatt thought it was funny but when he was questioned about relevancy he…Infographics are here to stay ...Read More »

SEO Training at A4U Expo London

{ Posted on Sep 03 2010 by admin }
This year at the A4UExpo London I will be doing a full day of SEO training on the day before the conference (Monday 11th October). I’m really looking forward to spending the day talking about SEO with the…SEO Training at ...Read More »

Conferences Show SEO Going Mainstream, Get on Board for Less

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by admin }
Those who have been in the field of SEO for years know it’s been a long journey of consistently making a case for and proving the value of search for business. As of late, SEO seems like it’s getting some ...Read More »

Google Dangles Carrots in Front of Small Biz Owners

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by admin }
Google made two announcements this week that, while not being targeted toward small business owners (yet?), essentially serve as a dangling carrot for future local search visibility. One is about better visibility on Google Maps; the other is about expanding ...Read More »

SEO Quiz

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by admin }
I thought it might be fun to put together an SEO Quiz. How many of the following can you get right? I’ll post the answers later. 1. Stanford University’s PageRank is named after? a. Ranking Web Pages b. Satchel ...Read More »

How To Silo Your Website:The Sidebar

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by admin }
The following post is part of a series on How to Silo Your Website. You should review, How to Silo Your Website the Masthead, How to Silo Your Website the Breadcrumb, How to Silo Your Website the Content. For this ...Read More »

LocalPack Covers Local SEO Bases

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by admin }
As if there aren’t enough obstacles for the underdog, strong brands received a boost in Google SERPs this week. The algorithm update that presents up to seven results from the same domain within a search results page was a topic ...Read More »

Apple to Take on Google in Showing Immediate Search Results?

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by admin }
About ten days ago, Rob Ousbey posted a video on his blog showing Google streaming updates to search results as he typed letters into a search box. As he typed out his query, not only did he see a dropdown ...Read More »