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The Effect of Google Instant on Long Tail Search Behaviors
We have been watching some recent Google product changes over the last few months to monitor the effects on site traffic, and in November we see most websites moved along at a positive level with their organic search numbers. Nothing startling. Everything is on track. But for a significant few …
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Top 5 SEO Apps for Your iPhone
With the recent release- and my more recent acquisition- of the new iPhone 4, I decided to do a little digging and compiled a list of the best SEO apps offered by the App store. My goal here is to make your productivity folder as cramped and overflowing as mine. …
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Top 10 for the Weekend- August 13
We’re back with another thrilling installment of our bi-monthly series: Top 10 for the Weekend! Keep reading to find out tips and tricks, as well as what’s new in the world of SEO Great Apps to Customize Your Facebook Fan Page Facebook recently hit a new milestone: 500 million users! …
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The Bing and Yahoo alliance means the end of Yahoo Local, right?
As we reported in an earlier post, there are things to consider now that the Bing and Yahoo alliance is coming so near. Starting sometime in August or September, Yahoo’s organic search results will be fully provided by Bing, which will increase their organic search market share from 11% to …
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Top 10 for the Weekend- July 30
We’re back with this week’s latest thrilling installment of Top 10 for the Weekend! What do we have in store this week? Google Testing New, More Integrated Local Search SERPs Looks like Google is busy experimenting with some new layouts to their main SERPs. Blumenthal’s shares the findings of Linda …
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Should I renew my yellow pages ad?
Last week I was asked by one of my client’s about her yellow pages ad which was up for renewal. Hmmm … my response was half-hearted and I waffled a little. Yes, the yellow pages industry is dying, some would argue it’s dead. But a part of me hesitates at …
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The Many Faces of Google Maps
Google Maps… the Local Business Center… Google Places… so many faces, so many problems. While it brings me great happiness once an issue is resolved, when trying to work them out, it seems like it’s never going to end. In the past, I’ve used a puzzle as an analogy for …
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SEO Optimization Tips for the Yahoo-Bing Merge
While Google has reigned supreme when it comes to optimization, now may be the time to reassess your Bing strategy. As we mentioned in an earlier post, Yahoo anticipates that their organic search results will be fully powered by Microsoft sometime in August or September. However, Yahoo has already begun …
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Facebook Local Search: Facebook Declares War on Google’s Empire
Is Facebook the next evolution of Local Search? We all knew it was a matter of time before Facebook started expanding into web search and they’ve finally done it by unveiling their own Facebook local search option: Open Graph search engine. What is Open Graph, you might ask, here’s what Facebook …
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Top 5 Chrome Plugins for Search Marketing
As a Search Marketing professional I’m always looking for new browser tools to help me with optimization. Over the last few months, I’ve become a huge fan of Google Chrome. It’s fast, light-weight, and has tons of user generated extensions for SEO, PPC, and SMO. Here is a list of the …
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