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Guest Blogging Tools and Advice: Interview with James Agate
The combination of several blog networks recently being deindexed along with anticipation related to the upcoming over-optimization penalty has many businesses looking to diversify their...
How to Track Off-Site Clicks as Goals in Google Analytics
On the Single Grain blog, we’ve talked a lot about the power of Google Analytics in general terms with the following posts: Google Analytics...
Anti-Trafficking Organizations Request Investigation of Google AdWords
In the recent past, Google has been accused of profiting off of serving illegal ads related to online pharmacies, illegal Olympic ticket sales, and recently...
Ninja Link Prospecting – An Afternoon of Epic Geekery
I’m not a programmer. I can hack things together, and I’m great at copy / paste, but creating code from scratch that isn’t massively buggy?...
The Tracking Tool That Monitors Your Guest Blogging Campaign Effectiveness
Trying to keep track of backlinks is one of the most miserable elements of being a guest blogger. Relying on the blog owner not to...
Social Video Marketing: A New Competitive Advantage
What do businesses mean when they say they do “social video”? Is it just about creating an interesting video and distributing it on YouTube and...
Matt Cutts Says Do Not Block Googlebot From Crawling JavaScript and CSS
Matt starts by saying that this video is a short “Public Service Announcement” so I think you should pay close attention to everything he says....
Targeting the Right Search Engine for Your Market
Most businesses and organizations recognize SEO as a vital part of any online marketing strategy. The closer you are to the coveted Number 1 ranking,...
Court Orders Google Autocomplete Changes: Japanese Man Defamed by Algorithm
In a recent cyber-defamation case, a Japanese court ordered Google to suspend autocomplete searches queries related to a specific man’s name. The plaintiff has argued...
Let’s Be Negative: An Efficient Approach to Negatives…
…That Will Save You (lots of) Money and (even more) Time! The topic of negative keywords is one of those things you learn in SEM...
Skimlinks Launches New API Suite to Simplify Content Monetization
Skimlinks, a leading content monetization platform, attracted substantial media last month related to Pinterest’s use of their product. Now, the innovative affiliate company has launched...
The Next Wave Of Google Algorithm Changes
It sounds like Google’s algorithm is going to change again, and while I don’t believe in chasing the algorithm, I do find the impacts on...
Google’s Over SEO Optimization Penalty
If you haven’t already heard, Google’s Matt Cutts and Bing’s Duane Forrester recently did a SXSW session with Danny Sullivan where they addressed questions from...
Algorithm Update: Google Focusing on Semantic Search Technology
According to a recent interview with Amit Singhal, a top executive at Google Search, Google is planning on making drastic algorithmic changes in the near...
Interview with Deven Patel of Cyfe, All-in-One Web Dashboard
With so many new online services popping up every day, it’s becoming harder and harder to monitor all your data scattered across them. The bigger...
Interview with Andy Chu, Director at Bing for Mobile
Next week, SES New York will be taking place (March 19th – 23rd), and in the run-up to the event, I was digging around the...
Yahoo Patent Lawsuit: Unfortunate Pre-IPO Timing for Facebook
With Facebook on the verge of a record-setting technology IPO, Yahoo has filed a patent infringement lawsuit that argues the social network has inappropriately used...
Placement Matters: Placing Online Ads Above the Fold Increases CTR by 36%
Online advertising is one of the fastest growing segments of advertisement. According to emarketer, for the first time in 2012, online advertising will outpace print...
17 More Unconventional Link Building Strategies
There’s nothing I hate more than rehashed, regurgitated content – and unfortunately, the SEO world is full of advice that’s been repeated so often that...
How to Find Converting Keywords (And Put Them to Work)
It takes all kinds of keywords to make up a website, from head terms to the long tail, and different types of keywords accomplish different...
About Content, Inter-Linked Data And SEO
The challenge for every website owner is to keep their websites updated with quality content catering to all search options. SEO 2012 is all about...
Interview with Guest Blogger – Ann Smarty
The SEO sphere always talks about modern ways of building quality links that are pointing back to the website. People use multiple techniques that help...
Facebook Marketing Conference: More Intrusive Ads Are on the Way
On Wednesday, Facebook hosted the first Facebook Marketing Conference at the Museum of Natural History in New York. The primary purpose of the conference was...
9 Things You Might Not Know about DKI
At its core, Dynamic Keyword Insertion (DKI – basics here) is an efficiency tool. As opposed to sitting around all day doing manual keyword stuffing...
Google Plus: Average User Spends Only 3 Minutes Per Month!
During a conference call with Google investors in late January, Google CEO Larry Page announced that Google+ had surpassed 90 million users. Although the growth...
The Academy Awards of Social Media Strategy
On Sunday night many of us were glued to the screen, munching on snacks and gathering with friends for the 84th annual Academy Awards. It...
The Secrets to Creating Endless Guest Blogging Topics
Most people familiar with guest blogging understand its importance as a tactic within a holistic link-building strategy for SEO. Yet few do as much guest...
Matt Cutts Explains How Google Handles Paid Directories [Video]
Have you ever wondered about how Google handles paid directories? Well, Matt Cutts answers the question “Are paid directories held to the same standards as...
How Offering Workshops Can Help You Bring In Clients Over Time
Because I own my own company I know how hard it can be to continually bring in new clients and keep a steady flow of...
An Interview with Jordan Kasteler About His New Social Media Marketing Book
Jordan Kasteler has had quite the career. He was the Senior SEO Analyst at Overstock.com, a co-founder of Search and Social, the SVP of Content...