Search, Social, and… politics?

If you thought that the drama would simmer down with the election now behind us, you would be wrong. Well, at least in the search world. A recent article from The Washington Examiner reports that some of the big wigs from Google and Facebook are hoping for a seat on...

Google hits lowest usage on record in UK and China

Google has not only dropped to some of their lowest, if not the lowest, marketshare usage in China, but in the UK also. This is according to Experian. While this is pretty notable, it is by no means the downfall of Google. Especially when you consider that their drop...

Google adds disavow link feature

The addition of Google’s new disavow tool is a welcome tool. This new feature allows you to have an extra tool to protect your website from “negative SEO.” Previously, if a competitor was to go out and submit a bunch of low quality links to your...

Avoid excessively displaying ads above the fold

In another recent change of Google’s algorithm, they have released an update that is intended to penalize sites that have excessive ads, particularly above the fold. What does “above the fold” mean? This area is the space on a website that you can...

Exact match domain algorithm change

Google announced a recent algorithm change that is intented to give less value to domain names that are used strictly for keyword gains vs. actual branding. This “levels the playing field” for a lot of users of SEO. For clients that have keyword specific...

Google removing +1 reports in Webmaster Tools

Google is quite something. Just as they excitedly announce that they have integrated their Google +1 button counts as a signal of data in Webmaster Tools, they are now removing it. Don’t fear though. They’re actually just consolidating the data into...
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