On August 10, 2009 Google announced Caffeine – which would become one of the most important updates in the search engine’s history. The Caffeine Update was so massive that Google provided months of what they called a “Developer Preview”. That is to
2019-03-27
Ah, yes…the webinar. That online seminar that we know so well. The slides. The monotonous speaker. The boring topics. Pretty much sums up my webinars, at least! And yet, webinars continue to thrive. We all know the reasons why. They’re inexpensive.
2019-03-27
Several years ago Google quietly stopped using the Rel=prev/next indexing signal. Google continued to encourage publishers to the indexing signal. Years later Google tweeted an announcement that the indexing signal was no longer in use. The SEO and
2019-03-26
Google Q&A on Duplicate Content " alt=""> In the video above (June 17 2016), Google’s Andrey Lipattsev was adamant: Google DOES NOT have a duplicate content penalty. It’s a good video for a refresher on the subject of duplicated content on your site. He
2019-03-26
What if I told you that backlinks can hurt you just as much as they can help you? Would you cringe a little bit? I think we all would. We all trust backlinks to help our SEO. So we work at generating them from every website we can possibly get our hands
2019-03-26
The last thing you want is to drive organic traffic, pull in leads, and get fired. It’s a story that SEO firms are far too familiar with. Your client was nice, perhaps a little overzealous, but nice. And you know you’re good at your job, so no qualms
2019-03-26
Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series looking back at the history of Google algorithm updates. Enjoy! In 2005 Google launched a series of algorithm updates, which became known as the Jagger Update, named like many others by Brett Tabke of
2019-03-25
Google’s Featured Answers Aim to Distill Truth—But Often Get It Wrong Tech Google’s Featured Answers Aim to Distill Truth—But Often Get It Wrong Going beyond search, the internet giant is promoting a single result over all others, and many are
2019-03-25
Is your online reputation fully optimized? Online reviews are a fundamental part of local search. That’s because 97 percent of consumers read online reviews for businesses, and 85 percent report that they trust online reviews as much as personal
2019-03-24
