SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 27, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- What’s In Your 2013 SEO Playbook?
I’ve thought about writing my 2013 SEO game plan since I hit the submit button for last year’s version. The problem is, since when my review of 2012 came out last month, I’ve read numerous SEO in 2013 articles, and many of them are quite good or complete. I have to give special kudos to […]
- How To Build A Better B2B SEO Strategy In 2013
It’s the last week of 2012. If you’re reading this column, you are forsaking at least a bit of much needed rest for some serious B2B SEO planning in 2013. For me, the few days ahead are about research, preparation, and getting milestones in place for client initiatives (and probably finishing one or two or […]
- Yahoo Testing A New Home Page Design
Yahoo appears to be testing a new home page design. Techno-Net captured it on a video and posted that video on YouTube for all to see. Here are the changes I noticed in this new design test: Cleaner User Interface Search Bar Sticks At The Top Left Menu Bar Is Static Remove Story Blocks In […]
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Search News From Around The Web:
Business Issues
- Yahoo’s Mayer Hoping What Happens With Big Advertisers at CES Doesn’t Stay in Vegas, AllThingsD
- Apple CEO Tim Cook’s 2012 salary drops 99% without stock awards, appleinsider.com
- Apple reportedly moving Mac mini production to US with Foxconn, 9to5mac.com
- Hulu’s Employee Owners Are Just Employees Again, Which Means Some May Be Ex-Employees Soon, AllThingsD
- Is Google Concerned About Amazon Eating Their Lunch?, SEO Book
Local Search & Maps
- 75,000 Windows Phone apps published this year, 54 apps per phone downloaded, WMPoweruser
- App Focus: Best Apps of 2012 – Android Apps on Google Play, Google
Link Building
- Get Over Yourself – Matt Cutts Did Not Just Kill Another SEO Kitten, Search Engine Journal
Paid Search
- Budgeting, Importing & Tracking – Your Questions Answered, Bing Business Blog
SEM Industry
- 2012 Search Marketing Year in Review, BruceClay.com
- 2012: The Year The World Fell Out Of Love With Google, State of Search
- Which Data Matters Most to Marketers? Take the Survey!, SEOmoz
- Who Is Clueless When Google Updates Are Not Confirmed, Search Engine Roundtable
SEO & SEM
- 2 Ideas of Using Hashtags for On-Page Optimization, Shimon Sandler
- Can You Block Your Robots.txt From Showing In Google’s Search Results?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Fellow SEO Providers, We Can’t Help Every SEO Prospect!, Search Engine Journal
- Four Ways to Use Google+ to Increase Search Results, Search Engine People
- SEO traffic predictions – how to calculate keyword value, VerticalLeap
- Think Your SEO Can Beat the Algorithms? Beat This…, Search Engine Guide
Video, Music & Image Search
- Google Image Search Negative Keyword Feature Not Working, Search Engine Roundtable
Other Items
- All Google Easter Eggs from 2012, State of Search
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