Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Simple tips to get your app indexed, ranked installedApr 26, 2017 by John E Lincoln Got an app you’d like to promote? Columnist John Lincoln provides …
Read More »4 critical touch points to reach consumers and deliver an effective ad campaign
Marketers and advertisers understand the importance of reaching consumers wherever they are— sometimes even before consumers get there themselves. Preemptive planning, tracking preferences and behavior, targeting, SEO, modern-day campaigns have tried it all in an effort to be seen and heard by their ideal consumer. For success in today’s digital …
Read More »Google reaffirms 15% of searches are new, never been searched before
Today, Google has reaffirmed that 15 percent of Google searches done by users on a daily basis have never been seen before. Google said this back in 2013 and now has restated that metric as Google announced Project Owl this morning. Google wrote: There are trillions of searches on Google …
Read More »Content and links: It really does take a village
I’m one of those people who thinks I can usually handle things by myself — I don’t need or want anyone’s help. It’s been tough for me to let go of that attitude when it comes to link building, but I’ve been doing much better lately after realizing that it really …
Read More »Evaluating PPC talent, part 1: Where to begin
The simple truth is that anyone working in any paid media field (like search or social) is incredibly hard to evaluate from the outside. Apart from looking at their current employment status, where do you even start? Finding strong PPC talent is challenging, especially if your business is new to paid …
Read More »Local search update: ‘Best’ filter invading the local pack
Google seems to be making moves to use the quality of small businesses — as determined by user ratings and reviews — as a ranking factor. Today, the search giant has begun incorporating the quality element directly into the snack pack’s interface for some local searches (Hat tip: Dave DiGregorio). Note below on …
Read More »SearchCap: Google Project Owl, trillions of searches & local reviews
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s ‘Project Owl’ — a three-pronged attack on fake news problematic contentApr 25, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Google hopes to improve by better surfacing authoritative content …
Read More »[Reminder] Live webinar: 5 hot trends in advanced analytics
Marketing data is everywhere. With so many new consumer touch points — from chatbots to in-store beacons and virtual assistants — the sheer variety and volume of data is exploding. Beyond your out-of-the box product dashboards, custom Excel spreadsheets and basic data visualizations, are you really leveraging your data in …
Read More »Take a deep dive on search and social. Attend a workshop at SMX Advanced.
SMX Advanced pre-conference workshops are conducted by the world’s leading subject matter experts in SEO, SEM, social and digital. All workshops will be held on Monday, June 12 at the Bell Harbor Convention Center in Seattle. You’ll pick one workshop for a full day of actionable tactics you can use …
Read More »7 Simple SEO Tricks That Still Work in 2017
2017 brought a whole new set of changes in the way businesses market their products and services, marketers try to improve their ranking with search engine optimization (SEO), the way people surf the web and a lot more. But there are also trends that proved effective for 2016 strategies and …
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