the Juice on PPC & Social Web Marketing
At SMX West today we were invited to walk a mile in Google's shoes, as Matt Cutts with Patrick Thomas of the Search Quality Team led us through the kinds of dilemmas a search engine faces regularly in deciding when, and when not, to censor … [Continue reading]
Google's Matt Cutts and Bing's Duane Forrester at SMX West, March 11 2013 Matt Cutts: Examples of Totally Bogus Spam Matt started off by showing some examples of glaringly obvious spam sites. He asked us not to blog about them to protect … [Continue reading]
A live blog of the Google Dance session at SMX West, San Jose CA, March 11, 2013 Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land (@dannysullivan) Speakers: Rhea Drysdale, Outspoken Media Inc. (@Rhea) Mitul Gandhi, seoClarity … [Continue reading]
Presented by Debra Mastaler, President, Alliance-Link (@debramastaler). A live blog of an SEO Boot Camp session at SMX West in San Jose, CA, March 11, 2013. Part One: Concept of Link Popularity There are five major engines, but Google is by far … [Continue reading]
I am always amazed when I see or hear about a company that spends their CPC dollars on an ad and pushed that traffic to their homepage. I was listening to a great podcast this morning where Seth Godin explained it in naked dollars and sense that … [Continue reading]
There are many reasons content marketing is getting more and more popular these days: Content is what is given priority in search (even more so once Google AuthorRank kicks on) and content is what will attract links, social media shares and thus high … [Continue reading]
Guest Posting? Yes! But Just for Links, NO! Based on what happened in the massive Interflora Google de-indexing this week, and the discovery that the probable cause was tons of paid "advertorials" on British newspaper sites, Gordon … [Continue reading]
I was perusing Portent's new "tool," the Content Idea Generator, and wondering for what awesome purpose I could use it. For what topic do I wish I could spin out endless content ideas? And then it struck me. There is only one thing worth writing … [Continue reading]
Virante's Director of Digital Outreach Mark Traphagen (Google+ | Twitter) was interviewed by Brandon Hassler of digital marketing agency 97th Floor. Brandon asked Mark questions about the following: Q. When many in the industry think about … [Continue reading]
I was featured this week in this infographic about Google Plus for Business, created by Jeff Machado of Fiore Communications. Original at http://fiorecommunications.com/2013/02/11/expert-advice-on-the-value-of-google-for-business/ … [Continue reading]
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