So last month Google has finally launched their algorithm changes that will add your mobile site status as a ranking factor. This has been anticipated for a while now and if you have not gotten your website mobile ready – you better act fast! The traffic of people visiting our clients websites has doubled almost Read more about Mobile Matters! And it is here to stay.[…]
And I believe it! I recently got one on one of my sites because I made the mistake of outsourcing the link building to some bombay badboys in India. 3 months later my site got banned…They had been keywording stuffing the hell out of it!!! mainly on blogs and forum posts. My own fault for Read more about Scary Comment Over at SearchEngineLand.com[…]
There have been many reports that Google Plus is not doing as well as they say. Here is a post by the new CEO of Reddit.com
I watched about an hour of the live feed from the Senate antitrust hearing on Google and caught about 15 minutes o f Mr. Schmit’s testimony and what I heard wasn’t very good. I felt he did not answer the questions posed very clearly and instead used each answer opportunity as a mini PR piece. Read more about Google Antitrust – The Day After[…]
Just finished reading the submission by Jeremy Stoppelman and all I can say is ouch!! He makes a really strong case (with lots of factual evidence) which points to Google participating in very unsavory behavior. I don’t know if Google can talk their way out of this one. I will be watching this news closely, Read more about Tough Day for Google with Antitrust Investigation[…]
So as fast as Google can think up new ideas it seems the darker parts of the web are ready to profit from them! There is already many websites out there selling this service. Here are the promises made by one of them. All +1’s come from people with a google account that has been Read more about Gaming Google +1….already![…]
Here are some of my favorite SEO articles from the past week or so. Can Small Business Do Their Own SEO? An honest look at the reality many small business owners face when deciding to go the DIY route! Google – Matt Cutts Debunking Graphic Very funny! Must be true.
OK, so who can answer this question…what search engine shows 11 sponsored results and only 4 organic results on the first page?? ? ? The answer is GOOGLE!!! These keywords are very expensive, so less organic results equals more clicks and more money in Google’s pockets. I do realize this could just be some testing Read more about 11 Ads vs. 4 Organic Results = ?[…]
I started 2011 off by getting two strikes on my first two bowling balls of the year, so that should mean a stellar year for me personally?! Here are some of my thoughts and predictions for this year. In Search – Google will face some more heavy anti-trust lawsuits and will start to back-off on Read more about 2011 Predictions on Search, Tech and Other Stuff[…]
It seems like Google is no longer happy with just pushing the organic listings down further on the page, they seem to have gotten rid of them all together. Many local searches are showing 7 Google Places listings and that is it! Actually many of my test searches have been getting an interesting page like Read more about Who Stole the Organic Listings?[…]