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Why the #1 Position in Google and Other Search Engines Sucks? 1. Searcher’s Intent does not match Your Commercial Goals
2. Increased Sales, Support, and Operation Cost
3. Low ROI and Competitive Disturbance
4. Decreased Reputation at Increased Level fro leaving a lead on the table
5. There is no advantage for being the First Shop in a mall
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PostRank was undoubtedly the best tool for see the social engagement of feed item in a RSS Feed and evaluate the popularity of a link. The problem is no other tool has grew up to be close to PostRank (Previously "AideRSS"). That is why PostRank has become one of the most used plugin for Google Reader to isolate important stuffs from the noise. That's why couple of years ago, Google bought them and started to research on their ability to integrate it in their various tools. The major tool that Google thought was not Google Reader, rather it was Google Analytics. Google has integrated PostRank in their Social Metrics Tracking at http://analytics.blogspot.com/2012/03/capturing-value-of-social-media-using.html ; Google has recently sent this email: """"""""""" It is bittersweet news that we remind our users that PostRank will be sunset on May 1, 2012. The sweet part is that Google Analytics now allows you to conduct much of the same measurement and analytics that you’ve enjoyed through PostRank. We invite you to access the new Social reports within Google Analytics. If you don't already have a Google Analytics account it's free and easy to sign up. Learn more about the new Social reports in our blog post. As of May 1st, PostRank.com, PostRank Analytics, Top Posts widgets, and Google Reader plugin, will be taken offline. Regards,
The PostRank team """"""""""""" This means that you will not see PostRank as Google Reader plugin any more :-( This means that there will not be any tool in the world that can effectively identify best post from a RSS Feed. Though, I have a question still live in quora about it at http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-Alternatives-for-PostRank-to-Find-the-Importance-of-a-Post-in-a-RSS-Feed ; But, this also calls for a new product development. RIP, PostRank.
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You have seen most popular sites list by Alexa, now see the most popular site list by Google.
One year ago, Google launched its “Panda Update” designed to filter low quality or “thin” content from its top search results. Nice infographic about Google Panda Update after a year. Major victims were contents farms along with About.com, Yahoo, and Demand Media. Primarily targeted for English queries, but Panda also went global. And also thought the web that quality content is always the king.
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Google has made a further 20 changes to its global and country-specific algorithm changes which can affect your website's ranking.
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Group Interview on SEO Tips for 2012 with
- Rand Fishkin (CEO, SEOmoz)
- Dr. Peter J. Meyers (President of User Effect)
- Will Critchlow (Founder, distilled)
- Danny Dover (SEO Consultant and Author, DannyDover.com)
- Bas van den Beld (Speaker, blogger and owner State of Search)
- Ann Smarty (Owner at MyBlogGuest)
- Jeremy Schoemaker (Shoemoney)
- Aaron Wall (Founder, SEObook)
- Neil Patel (Co-founder Crazy Egg and blogging at Quick Sprout)
- Justin Briggs (SEO Manager at Big Fish Games and blogger)
- Tom Critchlow (VP of Operations NYC, distilled)
- Gianluca Fiorelli (SEO Consultant, ItaliaSEO and blogger)
- Stephan Spencer (Author, SEO and Internet marketer, Stephan Spencer)
- Marcus Tandler (Partner at Tandler.Doerje.Partner and blogger)
- Dennis Goedegebuure (VP Internet Marketing at Geeknet and blogger)
- Scott Polk (VP of Internet Marketing, ObsidianEdge Marketing)
- Trond Lyngbø (SEO Strategist, Metronet and writer at Search Engine Land)
Russ Jones (CTO, Virante)
Blog post at Houston Search Engine Marketing and Optimization Services : If you want to strengthen your personal or business brand's visibility, then one of the top things you will want is to have strong social me[..]...
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Google Webmaster Tools reports are now included as part of Google Analytics. You may recall four months ago, Google Analytics launched a pilot program be...
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Search engines are increasingly factoring social signals into their ranking algorithms for “regular” search results. Who you are socially, your authority, the authority of those who talk about you (or your company) all play a role. This session looks at how social signals from Twitter and Facebook are currently being used with search.
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Since the launch of Google's +1 feature, search engine optimizers (SEOs), business owners, and spammers have all circled around the +1. Services have la...
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As the web becomes more and more inundated with blogs, videos, tweets, status updates, news, articles, and countless other forms of content, “information overload” is something we all seem to suffer. It is becoming more difficult to weed through all the “stuff” out there and pluck out the best, most share-worthy tidbits of information, especially if your topic is niche. Let’s face it, Google definitely has its shortcomings when it comes to content curation and the more it tries to cater to all audiences, the less useful it becomes.
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Several Internet service providers (ISPs) are intentionally hijacking search queries to gain affiliate dollars, according to Reese Richman LLP, a New York...
Search has changed over the years, from results page redesigns to algorithm tweaks. But for digital marketers search remains their most important focus, at least measured by spending, and is a critical tool to drive traffic to marketer websites. Research from SEO services firm Slingshot SEO gives marketers new benchmarks for the click value of high-ranking keywords. Slingshot SEO found that clickthrough rates dropped from 18.2% in first position to 10.05% in second position to 7.22% in third position, and continued to diminish thereafter. Overall, just over half of search users click on an organic result on the first page, and more than half of those choose the first or second link.
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Google Penguin Recovery Tips by Barry Schwartz and My 2 Cents. Barry Schwartz has mentioned some tips collected from various experts for few days after the Google Penguin update. This blog further elaborates his tips. Barry's compiled tips are: - De-optimize the web site
- Increase quality links to pages
- Make sure link anchor text is more natural
- Remove links from blogrolls
- Scale back the internal link anchor text
- Exact match domains hurt
- Practice negative SEO
- Move content to a new domain
- Build a smaller site with very few pages
- Write better content
- Add more social elements, i.e. Google+ Sharing
- Site audit to determine problem areas
- Think more long term with my site, stop taking short cuts More by others: - Link Pruning
- Create Microsites or Micro-Authorities
- Guest Blogging
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My quick piece on recent updates of Google Algorithm and SEO after the Duplicate Content Filter Update. Heads are: - Personalized Search - Local Search Algorithm Merges with Global Algorithm - The Jagger Update - Brand or Authority Update for Longtail Searches - Realtime Search and Faster Indexing - Google Instant Search and Preview - Social Signals - Panda Update - Schema.org - Search Plus your World - Venice Update - Recent Link Evaluation Changes - The Future is Social Signals
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SEO PowerSuite brings automated Robots.txt building feature through Website Auditor.
40 New February 2007 Update by Google: There have been some tweaks, local search update, safesearch update, news deserves freshness update, and a lot more. There was also a Panda Update (people calling it Google Panda 3.3) and most important "Link Evaluation" update, of which Google did not give further clarification :-( Here is what Google is saying: We often use characteristics of links to help us figure out the topic of a linked page. We have changed the way in which we evaluate links; in particular, we are turning off a method of link analysis that we used for several years. We often rearchitect or turn off parts of our scoring in order to keep our system maintainable, clean and understandable. When Search Engine Land communicated with Google, they informed that it is all they have to say to public.
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The past year saw many new developments in online marketing, including evolving organic and paid search landscapes, convergence of social media and searc...
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Google Analytics is about to get a whole lot more visual, thanks to the launch of a new feature, Flow Visualizations.
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Do spelling and grammar matter when evaluating content and site quality? Blind Five Year Old, SF, CA Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: htt...
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The future of the algorithm
Everyone has a social profile, only few people have the ability to make regular links on blogs or other websites. The data set of social is much bigger than links. Google algorithm has to shift to social signals. And it’s hard to break the social graph with money.
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Google has introduced two new link elements to show Google the schematic relationships of documents that span multiple pages and better identify duplicat...
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A long time ago at a search marketing conference far, far away... Well, actually, a few weeks ago at the SES San Francisco Conference, folks attended the "Black Hat, White Hat" event. Upon entering, SEOs had to choose between a black or white cowboy hat, and, interestingly, many were conflicted. For some it was just a fashion thing, but for others choosing a color seemed to present a real conflict. Since a definitive line between black hat and white hat doesn't really exist, many SEOs are left with somewhat of an identity challenge. Fear not, young padawans, a solution for you I may have... Welcome to SEO Wars!
Geocoding Images is one of the strategic ways to start up your local search optimization (Local SEO) game is through beefing up the local signal through images.
Via Nyagoslav Jekov
By now you've probably heard about Google+, the latest social networking craze and most recent effort by Google to take on Facebook and Twitter. But did you know that it could affect how your business's website gets found on Google's search engine?
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