by Michael Fine | Dec 16, 2014 | Facebook, Google, Google+, LinkedIn, Online marketing, SEO
Hello, anyone there??? We text rather than talk, meet our future Mr. or Mrs. online and the most efficient way to keep up on our family/friends whereabouts is through a news-feed. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. However, society has now decided that we can be...
by Tripp Hamilton | Dec 15, 2014 | Content Marketing, Google, Online marketing, SEO
Reconsideration Request Survey from Google Search Quality Team We had a penalty lifted two weeks ago and received a message from Google requesting the Site Owner to answer 6 questions to “help Google improve how [they] handle reconsideration requests”. Here’s a...
by Tripp Hamilton | Dec 10, 2014 | Google, Link Removal, SEO
How do I Submit a Reconsideration Request? What follows is our step-by-step guide on the proper process by which to upload a reconsideration request to your Google Webmaster Tools account. It may seem like a daunting task at first, however, this is one of the easiest...
by Russ Jones | Dec 20, 2013 | Content Marketing, Google, Online marketing, SEO
Admit it – you and me and most everyone you know outsources some of their “SEO” content. It is the textual content that needs to be on pages to make sure there is enough context to a page otherwise filled with a product picture and a buy now button....
by mtraphagen | Dec 19, 2013 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, SEO
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...
by mtraphagen | Nov 12, 2013 | Content Marketing, Google, Hive Digital, News, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO
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...
by mtraphagen | Nov 6, 2013 | Google, Hive Digital, News, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, YouTube & Video
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...
by mtraphagen | Oct 29, 2013 | Google, Google+, News, Social Media, YouTube & Video
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...
by mtraphagen | Oct 28, 2013 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
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...
by mtraphagen | Oct 24, 2013 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, Presentations, SEO, Social Media, Twitter
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...
by mtraphagen | Oct 9, 2013 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, News, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
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...
by mtraphagen | Oct 9, 2013 | Google, Hive Digital, News, Online marketing, SEO
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...
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