There were some major updates in September in SEO, AdWords, Analytics and Social Media! Some of the updates include the Google Hummingbird update (and another Penguin Update), Cross Device Conversion Estimated in AdWords, Google blocking all organic keyword data in Google Analytics, Facebook introducing penalties, Facebook changing their contest rules and Pinterest and Instagram launching…
Google Hummingbird Update to Impact 90% of Searches
Google has announced a massive update that will impact approximately 90% of searches. This update is the largest since it switched to Caffeine back in 2010. Exciting! According to Mashable, “Google on Thursday announced a handful of new updates to the company’s search offering, including a major update to Google’s search algorithm that the company…
Does IPv4 and IPv6 Create Duplicate Content for SEO?
Duplicate content can be a major issue in search engine optimization. There are so many rules in duplicate content it is exhausting. I could talk to you about it for an hour but you would probably be so board you would leave the room. One more topic to add to the endless duplicate content debate…
Google Confirms URL Citations Can Help Pages Get Indexed
It is always nice to get confirmation and even further insight on something from Google. Google has been doing this quite a bit recently. Just a few weeks ago they gave us more insight into how analytics works as a ranking factor than ever before. Now they have done it again, having revealed key points…
Google + Embedded Posts, How to Embed Google + Posts
Facebook launched embedded post and now Google + has added this functionality. Similar to a YouTube video, Google + users can now copy embed code and paste their post right into an article. This will make the post show up in the article. The post will be fully functional, in that it can be +1ed…
What I’ve Learned from Disavowing More Than 100,000 Links
Disavowing links is tedious work. I have been doing quite a bit of it since the Google Disavow Tool launched back in October 2012. I’ve been fortunate to get some sites re-included, but I’ll be honest, it can be hard for sites with nearly a decade of poor links. I have learned a lot by…
How to Make sure your Mobile Website is Running Fast – Advanced
Page speed is a factor in search engine optimization. If you have a really slow website, it can hurt you. That is why many people like to host in the cloud, use CDN and make sure all of their page speed optimization is line. If you have a WordPress site you can usually just install…
A Letter to Google: Please Stop Hurting Small Businesses SEO by Improving Transparency
This is an open letter to Google on behalf of many websites out there who have suffered needlessly. I ask that you share this as much as possible to get the message to Google. Recently, I have been helping many webmasters clean up penalties, deal with malware or disavow poor links to their website. Generally,…
What is Google Glass?
Google Glass is starting to show up everywhere. If you don’t know what it is, Google Glass is a pair of glasses that you wear on your face. The glasses have a small screen that allow you to get directions, communicate with friends, share what you are seeing and view what others are seeing. It…
Webmaster Tools Examples of Bad Links
For those of you who have been cleaning up bad links that other search engine optimization companies built, you know it can be hard work. But good news is here! Google is going to continue to provide more insight into which links they think are bad. Right now, they sometimes provide a sample of the…