SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 8, 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:
- Can There Really Be 85 Types Of Unnatural Links?
I apologize upfront for the title bait. If it worked, good. What’s ironic is I think if every link builder got together in the same room we actually could come up with 85 different types of unnatural links. That is assuming we could all agree on a definition for the term in the first place. […]
- 8 Steps To Maximize Success In Global Site Migrations
With the change from winter to spring, we are seeing a lot of companies bringing their international sites out of hibernation and refreshing them with new looks as well as new content. I am seeing this even more new sites evolving in Asia and Latin America where companies are trying to capture significant opportunities in […]
- Google Webmaster Tools Cleans Up With Dashboards, New Navigation & More
Google announced on the Webmaster Central blog that they have cleaned up Google Webmaster Tools. The three changes include: (1) Updated Dashboard (2) New Left Hand Navigation (3) Home Compact View Here is a picture of the revised dashboard: The new navigation was changed to be more representative of the content and tools within the […]
- Time To Reap What You’ve Sown From Keyword Seeds
If you’ve been following the series on Keyword Seeds and Keyword Research over the last couple of months, I’ve been writing about how to perform really good keyword research through a series of tactics that I call the “Keyword Seed Method”. Don’t bother to go look that up in Google, as I think I’m the […]
- SMX London Keynote: Google’s Amit Singhal On The Future Of Search & Online Marketing
More than any other time in its existence, Google has been changing up the game for marketers. With co-founder Larry Page taking the reins as CEO, Google has instituted major algorithm shifts, killed products and changed the rules for search marketers. These changes have caused pain for some, but have also created siginficant opportunities for […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- For Social Success, Post To Twitter & Facebook In Early Afternoons, Tumblr In Evenings
- Google+ Invades Gmail: New Google+ Notifications Hit The Inbox
- Facebook, Washington Settle Suits With Alleged ‘Likejacker’
- MySpace Settles FTC Charges Related To Sharing User Data With Advertisers
- Facebook Launches New Webinar Series Geared Towards SMBs
- Most Mobile Time Spent In Apps: Google Has Top Reach, Facebook Has Highest Engagement
- Bridging The Digital Divide – From Consumer Data To Consumer Engagement
- Chrome Extension ‘Do Share’ Allows For Google+ Post Scheduling
- Nevada Approves Google Auto-Driving Cars, Issues “AU” Plates With Infinity Symbol
- Report: Use of Facebook Social Reader App Is Plummeting
- Oracle vs Google Split Decision: Jury Finds Copyright Infringement But Deadlocks On “Fair Use”
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- A better Google+ notification experience in email, Official Gmail Blog
Business Issues
- Fortune 500 2012: Fortune 1000 Companies 1-100, FORTUNE
- Twitter Stands Up For One Of Its Users, aclu.org
- Yahoo chief comes under pressure over academic qualifications claim, The Guardian
- Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down, AllThingsD
- Yahoo! Board of Directors Forms Special Committee to Review CEO Academic Credentials, Yahoo
Local, Maps & Mobile
- “We Currently Do Not Support This Location” Bug Should Be Fixed But The Message Will Persist for Some, Mike Blumenthal
- Bing New Bird’s Eye Imagery & Streetside Coverage on Bing Maps!, Bing Maps Blog
- Google Places Offers Unavailable Outside the US, NGS
Link Building
Paid Search & Contextual
- AdWords API v201109_1 – new AdWords features available more quickly in dot release and beta program, Google Ads Developer Blog
Searching
- Bing Viva la Human Revolution, Bing Search Blog
- Does Google try to return results based on signals other than popularity?, YouTube
- NYC Real Estate Startup RealDirect Adds Map Search And Compatibility Rankings, TechCrunch
SEM Industry
- SEOmoz To Build Search Spam Detection Algorithms, Search Engine Roundtable
SEO & SEM
- Are You Setting Up WordPress For SEO Success?, SEOmoz
- Google, Big Data & What it Means for SEO, Search Engine Watch
- How Google Might Disassociate Webspam from Content, SEO By The Sea
- How To Avoid The SEO Trap, Search Engine People
- International SEO- How to get it right: Interview with Bas van den Beld – Podcast Episode #166, Site Visibility
- Is your HTTP compressed?, internetmarketingninjas.com
- New Technology Launch from Majestic SEO, Majestic SEO Blog
- Whiteboard+ on Google’s Penguin Update, SEOmoz
- Why SEO is Best in Recession, Search Engine Journal
- Why Your Google Penguin Analysis Misses the Mark, SEO Theory
- Yes, Negative SEO Techniques do Work on Google, SEO Book
Social Media
- LinkedIn for Business: Optimizing Your Company Profile – Part 2, BruceClay.com
- How to Maintain Social Shares After a Site Migration, Search Engine Watch
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