Posts Tagged ‘SMX’
Ranking Factors That Matter
Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz talked with us about ranking factors, but took a different approach than Laura Lippay of Yahoo. Experts are quick to offer advice on how to get your site to rank well, but does their advice match the data? What the data shows is what really matters.
Latest Drama with Canonical Tags and Duplicate Content
We first told you about the canonical tag back in February as the three major search players announced their joint effort. The industry responded favorably since the tag would give users more control as well as reduce duplicate content. Now, nearly four months after the announcement, there seems to be a problem.
Diagnosing What’s Wrong with Your Website
When you diagnose a problem with your website, first make sure you actually have a real problem. The most obvious indication of a problem is a traffic drop. But before you start making modifications and wasting a lot of precious time, look at your analytics to confirm that you have a real problem.
The Secret to Outranking Your Competitors
Title tags, inlinks, meta tags, and keywords are all important elements of search engine optimization. But in order to really stand out and outrank your competitors, you have to do more.
Tips For Getting a Good Quality Score From the Start
At SMX Advanced in Seattle, Washington, WebPronews had a discussion with Matt Van Wagner of FindmeFaster about pay-per-click campaigns, some strategies, and ad copy.
WebProNews Welcomes You to SMX Advanced 2009
WebProNews is happy to announce that we are attending and covering SMX Advanced. The show is taking place June 2-3 in Seattle, Washington and will focus on advanced search marketing trends, techniques, and tips.
NYT and GateHouse Media Settle Despite Concerns
The New York Times Co. was forced to change its linking practices after it reached a settlement agreement with GateHouse Media. This is another case that raises legal issues in relation to what most consider to be a typical Web-linking practice. This case and the issues it brings up regarding fair use disturbs legal scholars Clarke Walton and Sarah Bird.
Adapting to the Growing Mobile Sector
While there was not a specific session dedicated to mobile at SMX West, it still proved to be a hot topic. As Cindy Krum points out in this video, mobile was discussed in many sessions at the show. Mobile is being integrated into many areas such as analytics and online and offline business. In particular with online and offline business, mobile helps to bridge the gap between the two.
KY Still Pushing Online Gambling Case
The case that struck us here at WebProNews right at home is far from being over. Being from Las Vegas and operating a website affiliated with poker, Attorney Clarke Walton is also greatly interested in the case involving the order to seize a number of gambling domain names. He and Attorney Sarah Bird express their concerns regarding the case as seen in this segment of our legal video series.
comScore Reports on Search Growth
According to comScore year over year data, the U.S. has a strong search market. (It’s great to read a sentence that has the words “market” and “strong” in it, huh?) In this video, Jenni Tafoya of comScore gives us a positive report based upon their data. To be exact, comScore found that total U.S. searches to be at 18.7 billion, which is up 38 percent year-over-year.
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