In July 2014, a local search algorithm update was released, which was dubbed Google Pigeon. Under the algorithm, Google aims to release more useful, accurate, and relevant local search results, which are visible within Google Maps and Google Web search. With local searches attracting 50 percent of mobile users to visit stores, Google Pigeon may…
An Honest Look at 5 Important SEO Practices that Google Demonized
Over the last couple years Google was on a rampage. Manual actions, panda, penguin, pigeon, hummingbird, sandboxes, too much anchor text, ahhh!!! All of the commotion around SEO topics is enough to freak anyone out, especially if you don’t read between the lines and study this stuff on the daily. Nonetheless, there are still important…
Google Answer Box Mobile Feature
There has been much debate over the Google answer boxes lately. We have also seen that it is showing much more frequently in search results. Last night I noticed a new feature when performing a mobile search. I searched “richest rappers” and the first result was of course an answer box from Google. However there…
Google Index URL with Hashtag in Mobile Search Results
In general, Google does not index anything in a URL after a #. Google generally sees this as an indicator that it is an anchor to an area on a page (or content that should not be indexed), and not a new URL. Webmasters have used this trick for a long time in SEO, using…
Why Google Wants You to Stop Blocking CSS and JavaScript for SEO
For a long time webmasters would block Javascript and CSS. By doing so, it would make the site faster for Google to crawl. Also, Google couldn’t execute this stuff, so most SEOs thought, “What is the point?” Now Google has come out and said, allow us to crawl your Javascript and CSS. In fact, they…
Marketing Experts List Top Analytics Programs for 2015
Analytics are at the center of everything in online marketing. Without a good analytics program to back your initiatives, you have no idea how well there are doing! I am a very strong believer in an analytics first mentality, meaning we use metrics for the basis of making all decisions. In this post, we hear…
Google Analytics For an App, Install Analytics for your Application
Here we learn how to set up Google Analytics for an application. We also learn best practices for application analytics installation. As we all know, applications are here to stay! If you are going to make an app, you need to know how to track it. So let’s learn how to track applications with Google…
How an SEO Strategy Can Help You Secure Series A Funding
After you’ve successfully navigated the Seed stage for business funding, Series A funding is then needed to further establish your customer base, product distribution, and business model. However, after the economy tanked, thousands of companies in the initial Seed stage were orphaned as the Series A Crunch began, making it seemingly more difficult for businesses…
Google Panda 4.1 Update Released, Winners, Losers, Information
The Google Panda 4.1 update started rolling out on September 24th. The update was official made public on the 25th. Since the update, we have learned information on winners, losers and the types of websites that won and lost. I will say one thing to start, the update is very new. We do not know…
Google May Now Use Your TV Watching Habits As Ranking Signal
What you watch on TV may now play in as a factor that influences your search results from a given query. Just a couple days ago, on September 16th, Google was granted the patent to use what you watch on TV as another one of their ranking signals (although they have not officially said it…