2012
comScore January 2012 Search Engine Rankings
Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. Think of this more as the “market share” for the search engine industry.
2011
Google Search Quality Still Lacking After Google Farmer Upda
As you are probably aware, Google has been in the media spotlight lately about the Google search quality. I took a look at a recent topical search result and compares the Google search results with the Bing search results. Google s search results are filled with a duplicated PR Newswire press release. Bing, on the other hand, shows unique content w
2010
Will Your Facebook Store Help with Search Engine Optimization
Ask an Expert is an occasional feature where we ask ecommerce experts questions from online merchants. For this installment, we address a question about the search engine implications from selling on Facebook. The question comes from Brian M. Almashie, vice president of ecommerce for Shopwildplanet.com, a retailer for Wild Planet toys.
Do Product Videos Help with Search Engine Optimization?
Having videos of your products will help your ecommerce sales. Visitors to your site will watch the videos, and it will presumably help their buying decisions. But what about the search engines? How will posting a product video on your website help with search engine optimization?
SEO Tip: How to Remove a Page from Google
This search engine optimization tip has to do with removing a page or a specific URL from the Google search engine. Their interface has changed recently, so you may want to read about how to remove a web page from Google using Google Webmaster Tools.
Search Engine Optimization Tip: Who Owns Your Domain?
For this search engine optimization tip, let us talk about the Whois and the data that it contains.
Local Search Engine Marketing Event Being Held in Dallas
Google cautiously states that twenty percent of all searches have a local intent. And Google goes on to say that they only display a map in about eight percent of the search results. The monthly DFWSEM Meeting about Local Search, is being held on Wednesday, May 19th at 6:30 pm at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas.
Search Engine Optimization: Adding Content to your Web Site
For this search engine optimization tip, lets talk more about content and adding content to your web site.
Search Engine Optimization Tip: Add a Breadcrumb Trail
A breadcrumb trail, put simply, is a set of links on your page that lets users get back to where they came from or go to pages that are higher in the architecture of your site. For more information about what exactly breadcrumb trail navigation is, take a look here or here. Let us look at an example.
Search Engine Optimization in 2010: What You Need to Know
If you are confused already about search engine optimization, here are my expert thoughts about search engine optimization in 2010, based on my experience.
Search Engine Optimization: Why a Blog is Important
When talking to business owners about marketing their businesses on the internet, I often get asked about why I always recommend that their online marketing strategy, their search engine optimization efforts, include a blog.
2009
Search Engine Optimization Tip 33: Discover Links
When searching for links to a web site, it is important to go to Yahoo and search there. Google, on purpose, does not show you all the links that they know about to a web site.
Online Reputation Management Seminar to be Held in Dallas
On May 13, 2009 at the Renaissance Hotel In Richardson Texas, the Dallas Fort Worth Search Marketing Association will be hosting a panel discussion about “Reputation Management – tools, tips and techniques for monitoring, protecting and defending brand reputations onlineâ€.
What Does the Swine Flu Have to Do with SEO?
Interesting blog post about what the swine flu has to do with search engine optimization and search engines, and the way we search
Intersection of Search and Social Media
Live blog about the Intersection of Search and Social Media.
2008
Search Engine Optimization Tip 20: Check Whois on Domain
Search engine optimization tip 20 is about checking the whois on your domain name. Do you own your domain?
Search Engine Optimization Tip 19: Move JavaScript to Extern
This is search engine optimization tip number nineteen. this search engine optimization tip is short: it is about what I would call code bloat. You do not want to have fat web pages that are full of code. For SEO purposes, we want thin web pages: pages that are light on code.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 18: Linking within Sentences
For search engine optimization tip number eighteen, let us talk about linking. Links in a sentence count more.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 17: Review Your Links
For search engine optimization tip number seventeen, let us talk about the links to your site and the overall reputation that you have already built up.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 17: Review Your Links
For search engine optimization tip number seventeen, let us talk about the current links to your site and the overall reputation that you have already built up.
5 With Bill Hartzer, Search Engine Optimization Expert
Interview with Bill Hartzer, Search Engine Optimization Expert, about SEO and domain names.
DALLASNEWS EXTRA Blog | The Dallas Morning News
Find out about activities and information offered by the Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association
Google second search box raises issues
When I heard about Google ss offering of a second search box in major retail sites that allow users to search within the domain itself, I immediately thought it was another way for Google to display ads, earn even more revenue and kick the competition to the sidelines. I was right - but not all are too happy about it.
3 Questions You Must Ask Yourself About Your PPC
No matter if your campaigns spend $500 or $500,000 a month these three questions could save you from wasting your money and almost immediately increase the return of your investment in paid search marketing.
The Oracle at Yahoo: Using Yahoo News to Search the Future
Imagine exploring millions and millions of news pages and other documents to find information about events that are scheduled to happen in the future, to help predict the future.
