Yesterday I watched a really long Google hangout with Jon Mueller, a guy who is pretty in touch with changes in the Google search algorithm (he works on them:). I was most interested in this hangout because he directly addresses the new change regarding press releases and guest blogging in the Google quality guidelines. Basically,…
Will Gmails Recent Change Kill Promotional Email Marketing?
For those of you who don’t know, Gmail just made a HUGE change. They are now organizing emails in 3 segments. They are Primary, Social and Promotions. In order to see your social and promotion emails, you have to actively click on a tab to see them. You can also further segment your inbox by…
Should you Link Domains together for SEO?
Generally, when you increase the amount of links to a website it helps search engine optimization. Your rankings will go up, your page rank and likely your traffic. Of course, the important point is, how you get those links. In this video, Matt Cutt’s addresses the question, Should you Link Domains together for SEO? Some…
Mobile SEO Basics, What You Need to Know
When designing a mobile experience for your site, it can sometimes be confusing on how exactly to start. Three main options for configuring your site include responsive design, dynamic serving or mobile URLs. Responsive Design A responsive design displays the same content on every platform, but is able to detect different devices and changes the…
Googlebot Cannot Access your Site, Does it Hurt SEO?
When a website crashes it can be a nightmare. All webmasters strive for 100% up time, but at some point it is very likely that the website will be down or inaccessible by Googlebot. We have had some downtime on Ignite Visibility. Mostly due to a cruddy server that Godaddy had us on. Boy was…
Interactive Day San Diego, SEO, Mobile, Customer Type and UX #IDSD
On Friday June 21, 2013 I attended Interactive Day San Diego. Overall it was a great event. I saw some old friends, met a lot of new people, shared some ideas and even learned a thing or two. In this blog post I want to cover a couple things that should be noted. But before…
Knowledge Graph Carousel for Local Search
Do you know what the knowledge graph is? It is that information that you see on the right hand side of search results in some cases. Here is an example of the normal knowledge graph, not the local. We will talk about the local in a moment… Kelly Slater Example Knowledge Graph The normal knowledge…
Google + Gets New Pinterest Facelift
Google has been working very hard on Google +. You have to give them that. Apparently, they have also been taking a hard look at the competition, namely, Pinterest. Take a look at the new Google + stream. Look familiar? Looks like Pinterest to us. Outside of this new Pinterest-Like design, we are also starting…
Google Reveals the Future of SEO for 2013
In this video Matt Cutts, head of Webspam at Google, really spills the beans on how SEO will change in the summer of 2013. While he is general and cryptic to an extent, he does tell us a little more than usual. In this video he tells us that they are taking a harder look…
The Future of External SEO – Citations, Social Shares and Author Rank
In this post we take a look at external SEO factors that are changing faster than we can grasp them. Guest Blog Posts are Getting Heat Everyone has their eye on guest blog posts right now, especially Google. Sure, if the guest blogs are quality and on a good website they are an excellent addition…