December 2013: Authorship in Search Results Gets Restricted UPDATE 21 January 2013: I have now published results of my study detailing who lost Google Authorship and why. UPDATE: While composing this post, Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Land reported that Google confirms that Authorship results in search are being intentionally reduced. It appears that the Matt [Continue reading]
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Google Penguin Hunting: An Interview with Russ Jones, CTO of Virante
November 12, 2013 by mtraphagen
At Pubcon this October, John Rampton of Search Engine Journal interviewed Russ Jones, CTO of Virante, about how to Penguin-proof a website. The Google Penguin algorithm update, which has now had several updates and refreshings, primarily goes after sites that have suspicious-looking backlink profiles. The update looks for telltale patterns that may indicate a site [Continue reading]
Negative SEO and Link Removals: Interview with Virante’s Jacob Bohall
November 6, 2013 by mtraphagen
By Mark Traphagen At Pubcon in Las Vegas last month, Search Engine Journal conducted a video interview with Jacob Bohall, Vice President for Marketing for Virante Inc, on the topics of negative seo and link removals for Penguin penalty recovery. Here’s the video of that interview. Below the video is a summary of the key [Continue reading]
Google Plus Update Event: 18 Major Upgrades to Google+
October 29, 2013 by mtraphagen
My live tweets from today’s Google Plus Update live event. Google’s Vic Gundotra announced 18 major upgrades to Google+, centerend around Hangouts, photos, and videos. (Go to bottom of page for a Pinterest pinnable image of these tweets!) Hungry for more details on these updates? The Social Media Hat has a very thorough summary with [Continue reading]
Google Author Rank: On? Not Yet? Why I Don’t Care
October 28, 2013 by mtraphagen
Google Author Rank: The Sasquatch of SEO When it comes to the topic of Google Author Rank and whether it is a reality today, the True Believers are only slightly less fanatical than people convinced that the following are real: Sasquatch (Big Foot) UFO abductions The Kardashians OK, one of those may actually be real, [Continue reading]
Matt Cutts at Pubcon 2013: Authorship, Authority and the Future of Search
October 24, 2013 by mtraphagen
After reading several live blog notes (here and even better here) on the keynote address by Google’s Matt Cutts at Pubcon 2013 yesterday, I was seeing intriguing hints that he had spoken about some topics near and dear to me. But since these were live notes, some of the details were a bit fuzzy. I really [Continue reading]
Hey Pubcon: Here’s All My Google Authorship Content!
October 23, 2013 by mtraphagen
I’m hearing from a lot of my spies at Pubcon 2013 in Las Vegas that I’ve been getting shoutouts from a number of speakers, recommending they read this blog to get the best content about Google Authorship and Google+. Thanks! Let me help you get straight to what you’re looking for: My Google Authorship and [Continue reading]
How to Be Social Without Stepping on Legal Landmines – Glen Gilmore
October 11, 2013 by mtraphagen
Presentation on Social Media Law by Glen Gilmore (@GlenGilmore) at ConvergeSouth 2013, Greensboro, North Carolina, 11 October 2013 Glen Gilmore is a social media strategist who has provided customized social media marketing training to members of the Fortune 500, teaches Digital Marketing, Crisis Communications, and Social Media Law at Rutgers University. And in case that [Continue reading]
Google Plus Page Verification Is Now Harder to Get, But Still Possible
October 9, 2013 by mtraphagen
Recently I posted on Google+ that we had discovered that the Google Plus Page Verification application page is now closed. In other words, they are no longer allowing Google+ Pages to apply for verification. Here’s how the page where you used to apply for Page verification looks now: As you can see, they no longer [Continue reading]
Penguin Penalty Checker: Introducing Penguin Analysis
October 9, 2013 by mtraphagen
New Penguin Penalty Checker Site Assess Your Google Penalty Risk Penguin Analysis is a new site that can help you assess how at risk your site might be for a Google Penguin penalty. It’s the latest innovation from our awesome link removal experts at Remove’em (the leading tool to automate much of the process of [Continue reading]
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