This week: Google reiterates an old warning about URLs, a new Google test removes the estimated number of search results, and Penguin 4.0 still hasn’t launched. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google Test Removes Estimated Number of Search Results When you’ve performed some of your own searches using Google, you might have noticed…
Amazon Beats Google as a Starting Point for Product Searches
This week: It looks like a new Google update rolled out last month, product price isn’t a ranking signal, and wait until you learn how many search results include sites using HTTPS. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Looks Like a Google Update Occurred in June According to Glenn Gabe at G-Squared Interactive, there’s…
Google Uses RankBrain for Every Search
This week: Google releases a new Search Console report with another one is on the way, RankBrain is used in every search, and AdWords ads are coming to the local 3-pack. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google Adds Rich Results Filter to Search Console Google continues to add new features to the Search…
What Are You Doing to Transform Loyal Customers Into Brand Evangelists?
You can write the best ad copy in the world and it will still pale in comparison to the testimony of a satisfied customer. That’s because happy customers talk to people they already know. They don’t have to overcome any trust issues like you do when you’re marketing to complete strangers. Even better: when satisfied…
How to Optimize Your Site Even If It Doesn’t Have a Lot of Traffic
The conventional wisdom is that your site needs a healthy amount of traffic if you want to optimize it for conversions. That’s because, statistically speaking, you can’t be confident that your split test results are accurate without a large sample size. That certainly makes sense at face value. After all, if a presidential polling organization…
Google Announces Springboard: A Search Engine for Apps
This week: Google wants you to make spam reporting easier, there’s a new search tool on the horizon, and TLD keywords don’t do anything to improve your rank. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Google Announces Springboard: A Search Engine for Apps This week, Google announced Springboard: a search engine that searches through all…
5 Reasons Why All Businesses Should Take Advantage of GaggleAMP
How would you like to make your content go viral? You can increase the odds of that happening with GaggleAMP. GaggleAMP isn’t just about virality, though. It’s really a tool that gives businesses the opportunity to increase their reach by empowering employees to act as brand ambassadors. It does that by streamlining the process of…
Google Does Not Use Social Signals As A Ranking Factor
This week: Bing has a new toy, social signals still aren’t a ranking factor, and a new study shows promising results for AMP ads. Here’s what happened this week in SEO. Bing Releases PubHub for Publishers This week, Bing released a new tool that enables publishers to get their work discovered by more readers. PubHub…
Mobile SEO and Optimization Best Practices
Updated 3/17/2021 Mobile SEO has come a long way. In many industries, it is surpassing desktop as the most important device category for online marketing and search engine optimization. In this video, you will learn 3 ways to optimize a mobile website, how to deal with mobile applications, and the different types of content that…
How to Rank in the Google Knowledge Graph
How would you like to be right at the top of the search engine results pages? You can make that happen if you rank in the Google Knowledge Graph. If you’re unfamiliar with the Google Knowledge Graph, you can see it in action. Just head over to Google and search for something like “social media.”…