Often times, people forget an important and (usually) easy step when configuring their cross domain eCommerce tracking in Google Analytics. This step is referred to as the link the method. The link method sounds complicated at first, but really it is very simple. What is the Link Method and How Does it Work The link…
SEO News This Week
Here is a brief of the SEO news that took place this week around the web. Disavow Links Aggressively Matt Cutt’s from Google came out and said, if you have a penalty you need to disavow links aggressively. Google’s Knowledge Graph Gets Ads Google’s Knowledge Graph is very new, but they are already testing ads…
Local Schema.org Markup for SEO, What you Need to Know
Our new savvy Senior PM Chrystal brought up local schema markup and its impact on SEO. It’s been awhile since I considered this optimization element so I felt it was time to do a bit of a refresh. There is no doubt that it is critical, especially with the emphasis that Google is placing on…
Google + Offers +Post Ads, Big News for SEO and Internet Marketing
Pinterest has Promoted Pins, Twitter has Promoted Tweets, Facebook has Sponsored Stories, LinkedIn has Sponsored Updates and Google + now offers +Post Ads. All of these forms of social media advertising as changing SEO and Internet marketing, and we are happy to offer each of them here at Ignite Visibility. So let’s learn a little…
5 Big Google SEO and SEM Changes: PageRank Update, Apps in Search and More
Google is pushing full steam ahead as always. This month we saw a couple changes. Some were expected and others were out of the blue. In this post, we look at 5 recent changes to SEO and SEM. Toolbar PageRank Update In a sneaky move, Google rolled out a PageRank update on 12/06/13. Google’s Matt…
Combining Copied Content and SEO
In this video Matt Cutt’s from Google responds to the question, “Should you copy random pieces of content and put them together in a larger article for SEO?” This questions is really almost laughable. Watch his response. Combining Copied Content and SEO As you probably heard in the video, copying content from other websites and…
How Many Links Should be on a Page for SEO?
This has been a heavily debated topic for some time now, SEOs almost always have different opinions on how many links there should be on a page for SEO. In this video, Matt Cutt’s from Google tells us. Basically, he says that you can now go over 100 links on a page and that Google’s…
The Battle for the User in 2014: What Microsoft, Google and Facebook are Fighting For
At this point, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter and more all understand what is at stake. It is really control over the heart of the user and how they interact with technology. In 2014, it will be a race to see who can deliver it first, in an intuitive and heavily adopted way. What…
Duplicate Meta Descriptions and SEO: Are Duplicate Meta Descriptions an Issue?
In this short video Matt Cutt’s comments on duplicate meta descriptions and SEO. His thoughts are, either have a unique meta tag description or no meta tag description, but do not have duplicate meta tag descriptions if possible. Duplicate meta descriptions will be flagged in Webmaster Tools, and while they are not necessarily the end…
Why Will Social Media Be Important in 2014 – Industry Expert Survey
Social media is exploding. But will it be as important next year? In this post, 16 industry experts weight in why social media will be important in 2014. Google is Social Media “Search engine algorithms have long been gamed and social media signals are a way for the engines to add another quality signal to…