Google Palestine: Is Google Taking Sides?
Google says it's merely following the lead of the United Nations and other organizations. The Palestinian National Authority is praising Google's decision, while Israel states Google's move is causing...
View ArticleYouTube Celebrates 8th Birthday With 100 Hours of Video Every Minute
YouTube has been serving its clips of animals, planking, people falling over and monkeys in sheepskin coats for eight years. The video streaming website launched eight years ago with a single video....
View ArticleGoogle Penguin 2013: How to Evolve Link Building into Real SEO
SEO used to be about tuning a website for optimal consumption by spiders. Today’s SEO is about earning recognition, social spread, and backlinks. Here are practical activities that need to be done...
View ArticlePorn Comes to Google Glass, is Quickly Banned
Google moved swiftly to get rid of the first pornographic app created for Google Glass. This was followed by a quick tweak to its Glass Platform Developer Polices to ensure that no more porn makes its...
View ArticleGoogle’s Project Loon: It's Balloon-Powered Internet Access
Google plans to give Internet access to the entire world by sending network-enabled balloons into the stratosphere. Dubbed Project Loon, the new Google venture aims to liberate those 5 billion or so...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Warren "Ted" Ulle (Tedster of WebmasterWorld)
The search marketing industry lost one of its brilliant minds last week when Warren "Ted" Ulle, but better known throughout the industry by his nickname "tedster", passed away. Ted was a long time...
View ArticleBackend Website Development: How to Prioritize Your Efforts
New feature requests that seem simple to others can add layers of complexity to your team's workload. Before hitting the "easy button", first make sure you're prioritizing based on the goals of the...
View ArticleGoogle Accounts for Nearly 25% of All U.S. Internet Traffic
Google has set a new Internet record. Twenty-five percent of all Internet traffic in the U.S. on average involves Google, according to a new study by Deepfield. This is up from 6 percent in 2010 when a...
View ArticleThe 10 Days of Google Panda
Solve today's algorithmic challenges, and future-proof against Panda-monium! Here's a 10-day guide of Panda checks, tips and warnings that will assist in identifying and mitigating the risks (and...
View ArticleHow to Ensure a Positive Online Reputation For Your Executive and Company Brand
If you're a marketing director, CMO, or responsible for branding, public relations, or online marketing, you must be aware of what people say about your company and key executives. Here's how to...
View Article5 B2B SEO Recommendations for the Dog Days of Summer
Late summer is the ideal time to tighten SEO strategy and put in motion steps for the fall and winter. Here are five recommendations to help B2B SEO professionals get through the dog days of summer and...
View ArticleMatt Cutts: Google Penguin 2.0 Coming in 'Next Few Weeks'
There has been much speculation this week about some kind of major Google update. Google Penguin 2.0 was not the blame. But you can expect the next Penguin update in the next few weeks, Google's...
View ArticleMulti-Channel Analytics: An Interview With SES San Francisco Speaker Andrew...
At SES San Francisco, Andrew Edwards will be talking about all things convergence analytics – trends, technologies, and challenges. Here, Edwards offers an introduction to convergence analytics and why...
View Article'Grand Theft Auto V' Videos Stealing the Most Buzz Among Gamers [Study]
A new report looks at some key battles in video games, smartphones, tablets, and web browsers in the run-up to the holiday season, identifying which brands' commercials are attracting the most...
View ArticleGoogle Still Taking a Beating Over Max Mosley S&M Party Search Results
The former Formula One president wants Google to create a special algorithm to detect and delete certain content – specifically, of him participating in an S&M party. Google says doing so would...
View ArticleYour SEO Rainy Day Fund
Google penalties are a legitimate concern for anyone who runs a website. When your traffic vanishes, it won't return overnight, and recovering will take both time and money. Here's why and how you...
View ArticleGaining Publicity With Social Talk Shows: Google+ Hangouts and Twitter Chats
Move over Carson Daly and "The Today Show". Meet the new social media talk shows: Google+ Hangouts and TwitterChats. Brands of all sizes can now gain influence and publicity channeled through today's...
View Article5 Ways the Internet Celebrated '(Not Provided)'
Our Google keywords may be gone, but our sense of humor is still here. Though the news was frustrating, our industry still found ways to provide a laugh – even in these trying times. Here are some of...
View ArticleAfter '(Not Provided)'& Hummingbird, Where is Google Taking Us Next?
Google unleashed a one-two punch of moving entirely to secure search and rolling out a brand new algorithm known as Hummingbird. Here's why heading forward you need to start building your content with...
View ArticleOrganic Search Noticeably Absent From Google Analytics 2013 Summit
Organic search traffic data is extremely important to businesses to assess website performance and make informed, data-driven decisions. But 14 new products illustrate how Google is increasingly making...
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