This morning I received an email from one of our clients, and it had a very common question: “Where should I start with entries for theblog?” I thought I would take this opportunity to start from the beginning of small business blogging and highlight where you should spend your energies as a small business blogger. …
Google’s official twitter feed recently announced the Panda 3.8 update, Google’s most recent modification to Search. Panda 3.8 makes no changes to Google’s search algorithm; the update is a “data refresh,” in which Google reruns all of the data is has collected from crawling and indexing sites through its current algorithm. Data refreshes typically affect …
Most businesses tweet on the wrong days too often, they don’t use enough hashtags and follow other practices that usually lead to retweets according to a new report looking at how business marketers use Twitter from Buddy Media. The social media marketing company took a look at 320 Twitter accounts from some of the world’s …
There are many ways to incorporate your self-hosted WordPress blog within Facebook using rss feed readers such as rss graffiti or networked blogs. However, Facebook recently released their own WordPress plugin called Facebook for WordPress. WordPress is a popular content management system powering approximately 16+% of websites worldwide and Facebook wants to be able to …
The first half of 2012 has seen many internet powerhouses either merge together or team up with one another to boost their market reach and influence. Facebook bought out Instagram in order to release its new product Facebook Camera. Just last month Google teamed up with Zagat to help improve the rating system used on …
Apple will be severing its ties to Google maps and will soon launch its own map app for the iPhone and iPad on its iOS 6 update. This update will be coming to users in the fall and will be Apple’s first mobile operating system without the preloaded Google Maps app. Initial reports show that …
Google confirmed on its Twitter feed that it released a new Panda update this past Friday (6/8/12). Similar to other updates this year, not that many searches were affected; they mention that less than 1 percent of search queries will be impacted in any manner. The night of May 25th Google came out with its …
As expected, Google has released their monthly blog of improvements to their search. This month’s search quality highlights describes 39 changes for the month of May. After reading through the list here are the ones that are most important to SEO. Better application of inorganic backlinks signals – This update ensures that Google is using …
There are a lot of online options now for people who want to talk about their experience – good or bad – with your business. While the best thing you can do about the bad ones is to respond professionally and honestly to the feedback, there are also ways for you to leverage and encourage …
Many of us are familiar with social bookmarking sites and what they entail, but some may not be aware of the best ones to join or which ones are most important to contribute to. For a company who is trying to tackle all areas of SEO, social bookmarking is one of the many avenues that …
In early April, 2012, Facebook purchased the photo sharing app Instagram for a whopping $1 Billion. Many wondered if this was a move to eliminate Instagram from the Twitter-sphere, but it wasn’t. No one was quite sure why Facebook made the purchase and why for so much. However, with Facebook’s May 24th announcement of Facebook …
Creating content for social media is an important part of the SEO process. Improving your search ranking depends on consistently adding your company’s content to the web, and social media platforms offer a great place to put both your freshest content and links back to your site. The trouble is that a social media strategy …
I want to stop talking about Pinterest, but I guess I can’t. The exceedingly popular social site keeps getting more and more attention and as a result is generating more and more studies about its use and effectiveness. Do you want to get the most exposure for your product or service from Pinterest users? Well, …
The latest way to optimize your Google places page is to create a Google Offer. Google recently began offering a free Google Offers promotion for businesses. If you have your Google Places page claimed you can now create an ad with Google Offers. The advertisement will display on Google Maps for Android and other Google …
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Microsoft has just released So.cl, a site that combines social networking with searches and allows its users to form connections with others as well as share everything from news to video clips. Sound familiar? Yes, it does, but So.cl aims to differ from the already existing social networking sites rather than attempt to replace them. …
