by pbuckley | May 25, 2012 | Google, SEO
For the past few days I have been on a mission of mercy down at the epicenter of the fallout from latest Google update. The Penguin tsunami has left site owners dazed, confused, frustrated and grasping for answers. The main problem with many of the victims is that...
by mtraphagen | May 24, 2012 | Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
Following up on a delicious rant on Google+ about sloppy use of correlation studies in the SEO & Internet marketing worlds by my friend Corey Creed, Ronnie Bincer shared a “funny-because-it’s-all-too-true” PHD comic: The comic shows how (in the...
by mtraphagen | May 22, 2012 | Facebook, Social Media
The Facebook Pages app is the official Facebook Page manager app for iPhone (iOS). It allows administrators of Facebook brand pages to manage their Pages from their smart phone. Until the introduction of this app administering Facebook Pages from an iPhone was...
by mtraphagen | May 21, 2012 | Analytics, Apps, Content Marketing, Facebook, Google, Google+, Hive Digital, News, Online marketing, Paid Search, SEO, Social Media
A weekly roundup of the most interesting and useful posts and articles on search / inbound marketing from the past week. Social Media & Content Marketing Google+ Live Hangouts on Air Now Available to All – Tech pundits disagree sharply on whether or not...
by pbuckley | May 21, 2012 | Social Media, Twitter
You’ve seen those Twitter accounts that just tweet out inspirational messages right? Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together -Vincent Van Gogh — Wendy Fisherman (@WendyFisherman) May 21, 2012 Obstinacy in...
by mtraphagen | May 18, 2012 | Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
Two days ago Google announced the roll out of it’s new Knowledge Graph search results. (See ” The Google Knowledge Graph”) Knowledge Graph is Google’s method of learning the connections between various data point on the Internet, no longer just...
by mtraphagen | May 16, 2012 | Google, News
We’re in the early phases of moving from being an information engine to becoming a knowledge engine. – Johanna Wright, Google Product Management Director Google is stepping up its knowledge graph and semantic search program, a feature which will begin...
by pbuckley | May 15, 2012 | Google, SEO
If your site was hit by Google’s dreaded Penguin update, there is hope, but it’s going to take a little bit of work to get back to your previous rankings. The first step is to look at your backlink profile to find those spammy links you built that Google...
by mtraphagen | May 15, 2012 | Apps, Content Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
Two of my favorite Twitter tools have just been combined. This may be the best thing since someone eating a chocolate bar crashed into someone scooping out of a Jiff jar and bang! Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! Twylah does way more than I can describe here, but...
by mtraphagen | May 7, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, Social Media
One of Google+’s premier features, Hangouts (live video chat for up to 9 participants) got a major upgrade a few months ago with the introduction of Hangout On Air (HOA). HOA’s can be broadcast to any number of live viewers, and are automatically recorded...
by mzaffina | May 1, 2012 | Content Marketing, SEO, Social Media
Everyone in the SEO world says it: “content is king.” This has been the golden rule for those “in the know” in SEO for years now, but only in the past year or so has it started to get wider play. So will the job of Social Media Copywriter become a lucrative...
by mtraphagen | Apr 27, 2012 | Social Media
There’s always plenty of lively discussion in the social media world about Klout. Some think it’s great; some think it’s the devil incarnate. If you’re tired of the Klout Wars, how about a really useful influence metric? If there’s one...
by mtraphagen | Apr 24, 2012 | Content Marketing, SEO
Already know what Zemanta is? Skip ahead to news about the new Enhanced Linking plugin. If you haven’t already heard, Zemanta is one of the most powerful WordPress plugins available both for enhancing your content and increasing its SEO value. The basic Zemanta...
by mtraphagen | Apr 18, 2012 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Facebook, Google, Google+, Presentations, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
My slides (with added annotations) from a presentation I did for the Duke University Webcomm Group. I cover the growing influence of social media on search engine results, why search engines are seeking “social signal,” and end with a focus on test...
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