by mtraphagen | Jun 1, 2012 | Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
After nearly a year of extensive testing, I have absolutely no doubts about the power of a Google+ profile or page to influence Google search results. But I do sometimes have doubts about the quality of results that, well, result. I was fortunate enough to get invited...
by mtraphagen | May 30, 2012 | Google, Google+, Online marketing, SEO, Social Media
Starting today, Google+ users are seeing a new tab in the left sidebar: Local. Clicking Google+ Local takes the user to a special search page, with the user’s default location already filled in. Enter a search query and you get a screen of Google Places results...
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 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 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 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 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...
by mtraphagen | Apr 17, 2012 | Google, Google+, SEO
Starting last December Google Webmaster Tools included a “labs” prototype feature that displayed rudimentary analytics for any indexed results on the web that were connected to your Google verified authorship (content tied to you Google+ profile using any...
by mtraphagen | Apr 16, 2012 | Analytics, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, 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 Writing for the Web The average web reader spends just 3 seconds on a page before he or she decides whether...
by mtraphagen | Apr 5, 2012 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Online marketing, Presentations, Social Media
Watch this recording of a live Google+ Hangout On Air chat featuring Virante Director of Social Media Marketing Mark Traphagen and social SEO expert AJ Kohn. The Hangout was hosted by Tim Moore of CrushIQ. AJ and Mark discuss what Google is doing with what has come to...
by mtraphagen | Apr 2, 2012 | Authorship & Author Rank, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, Presentations, SEO, Social Media
This Wednesday at 2:pm EST / 11:00am PST, Who CARES? will conduct a Live Google+ Hangout On Air with +AJ Kohn of +Blind Five Year Old, and +Mark Traphagen of +Virante Search Marketing. We will talk about Google AuthorRank, and what this means for your business and to...
by mtraphagen | Apr 2, 2012 | Analytics, Content Marketing, Google, Google+, 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 Rand Fishkin’s Top 10 Tips for Content Marketing The head of SEOMoz says content marketing provides...
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