Possible Bing Search October 2015 Update?
Many of us do not really follow Bing search traffic, so when someone posts something at WebmasterWorld, even when it is a single post, I look into it. I checked dozens of profiles and the ones that showed real Bing organic traffic all showed a nice uptick in Bing traffic starting around the weekend, Saturday/Sunday […]
SEO Friendly Shopping Carts? Custom or Purchased?
A High Rankings thread asks members what is a good non-open source, but commercial shopping cart software package that is search engine friendly. Three people in the thread tell the guy to build a custom solution, because that is the best option (of course I agree). One person recommended x-cart and an other recommended SecureNetShop.com […]
Google to Remove HTTPS Secure Indicator in September
The Secure URL label HTTPS will no longer be seen on Google Chrome by September of this year. Google believes that secure websites should be the norm and as such, do not need any more labels. The news was confirmed on May 17 by Google Chrome Security Product Manager Emily Schecter on the company’s official […]
SEM Firm Pays Up After Not Delivering Top Results
I am all for this – if you promise top rankings then you must deliver. A promise is a promise, so make sure to be upfront with your clients and promise only what you can deliver. Chris Sherman posted a thread at SEW forums named SEO Firm Ordered to Refund Fees, Pay Fine, that quotes […]
5 Tips to Help You Optimize Your Website for Voice Search
It took a few years but voice search has finally matured, with Alexa, Siri and other voice-activated helpers now fast becoming the norm instead of a novelty. As a matter of fact, AdWeek reported that about 67 million voice-assisted devices are expected to be in use in the United States by 2019. The sheer volume […]
Google On Expanding The Google Indexing API
Yesterday we reported how Google released the Google Indexing API specifically for job posting URLs but if you look closely at the wording, the API can be expanded well beyond just job posting URLs. I asked John Mueller of Google about the possibility of Google expanding the Indexing API beyond just job posting URLs and […]
Bing Ads Offline Conversion Imports
A couple weeks ago, Bing posted on their Bing Ads blog about a new feature to allow you to import your offline conversion data into Bing Ads. Then Bing pulled the blog post. They reposted it a few days later, which was very weird but has happened with them and other companies before. You can […]
Facebook takes fight against fake news to more countries & ups machine learning efforts around bad actors
The company announced a number of new initiatives to stop the spread of misinformation on the platform. Facebook is continuing its efforts to fight fake news and stop the spread of false information on the platform. Today, the company announced a number of new initiatives to reduce activity by bad actors on the site, from […]
SEOmoz Interview with Dr. Garcia
Came across a nice interview that Rand from SEOchat did today with Dr. Garcia (orion), a moderator on SEW forums and one of the SEO/SEM industry most well known experts on search engine technology and IR (Information Retrevial). He has been someone who came into this industry to help educate us heathens on the particulars […]
SEMPO First Official Membership Meeting
If you do not know about SEMPO, The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization is all about education and awareness to influence increased budgets towards the SEM industry. �SEMPO is a non-profit professional association working to increase awareness and promote the value of Search Engine Marketing worldwide.� If you were wondering, these guys are for real. […]