Wednesday, April 30, 2014

32 Ways to Trip a Google Spam Filter

Ever wonder how or why your website lost its once favorable rankings in Google? If you want to stay on the good side of Matt Cutts and Google and potentially activate a Google spam filter, never implement any of the these 32 tactics.

Battle-Hardened Journalist Reveals What Makes Press Releases Stand Out

If you're looking for a content promotion and white hat link building technique that can be done at scale, you need to consider public relations. Geoff Hill, an award-winning journalist, explains the essentials of an outstanding press release.

Dive Into Google AdWords New Mobile App Promotion Capabilities

Advertisers have been limited to utilizing a sitelink to promote their app. But new some new AdWords features will provide additional promotional capabilities that surpass a small sitelink. Here's a deeper look into what's coming soon.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Why Google Changes Your Titles in Search Results

How does Google determine what they will use for the title of your page in search results? Is it influenced by schema? Is this influenced by certain headings (H1s or H2s)? Why won't Google just show your title tag? Google's Matt Cutts explains.

Google's Matt Cutts: Small Sites Can Beat Large Sites in Search Results

If you run a smaller website, it can be frustrating to know your site has better content, but you aren't getting as much traffic as a well-known brand. So what can you do to improve your rankings and beat large sites in the search results?

360i Agency Says New Technology Reverse Engineers AdWords Quality Score

Digital marketing agency 360i announced a new technology platform for pay-per-click advertisers that aims to reverse engineer the Google AdWords quality score and make recommendations on how to improve performance.

12 Critical Metrics to Help You Build a Data-Informed Content Strategy

There are nearly limitless ways to use data. So, how do you go about it? This post will walk you through search, social, and other valuable types of data, then how to pull it all together to use the best bits to inform you content strategy.

Your SEO Competition Isn't Who You Think It Is

Without knowing who your online competition really is, any competitive analysis will be misguided. You'll be looking at the wrong competitors. The solution: be thorough about discovering your true online competition before diving into SEO tactics.