Small Business SEO

5 Ways to be Productive During Holiday Down Time

amped — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:38:01 +0000

SEOs are an intrinsically disorganized bunch. By our very nature we’re constantly taking in information from a thousand different places at once. It’s what makes us good at our job, but it also means that we’re very easily distracted by, oh wait s…

Happy Holidays from Google (And from us too!)

amped — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:35:16 +0000

Google’s holiday Doodle has finally arrived after being spotted around the world over the last two days. The early timing of the festive logo in Australia, was unusual and unexplained, but there seems to have been be two versions it – one static a…

Facebook Tops Most Searched and Most Visited Site Lists for 2011

amped — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:30:50 +0000

Facebook was the top searched term in the U.S. for the third year running with a 3.1 percent share of all searches, according to Experian Hitwise. Two other variations of the term, Facebook login and Facebook.com, also made the top five. YouTube a…

Facebook Sponsored Stories Coming to the News Feed

amped — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:12:20 +0000

Facebook is preparing to roll out Sponsored Stories in the news feed. The ads will roll out gradually beginning in January, allowing brands to reach users whose friends have interacted with their pages – for instance with a like, a comment, or ano…

Creating Win-Win Link Building Scenarios

amped — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:27:55 +0000

Like many in the SEO community, the closing of Yahoo Site Explorer was a difficult pill to swallow. YSE was one of the most powerful tools in helping search experts to deconstruct the most important factors of an increasingly complex algorithm.

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Unruly’s Viral Spiral Charts Explosion of Most Shared Video Ads

amped — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:56:04 +0000

Those wild and crazy folks at Unruly are at it again. A week ago, they announced the top 20 Global Social Video Ads Chart of 2011 in partnership with Mashable. And now Unruly has unveiled Viral Spiral, an infographic that shows the most shared vid…

Google Launches "Schemer" Project & Activity Finder

amped — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:53:00 +0000

Google has launched a content-sharing tool that’s all about finding new things to do in the real world. This project lets users create, share, find, discuss, and track progress on “schemes” for goals, activities, and adventures.

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Google Panda: How Can Affiliate Sites Cope?

amped — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:22:14 +0000

Google’s Panda update is the hot topic in the affiliate world and with good reason. affiliate sites, in general, are more susceptible to the effects of Panda, which have caused some sites to lose anywhere from 20 to 95 percent of their organic tra…

Yahoo Hits $610 Million Jackpot in Lottery Scam Case

amped — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:02:17 +0000

Yahoo has claimed victory in a $610 million lawsuit against a group of individuals it accused of operating a massive spam and fraud campaign.

A U.S. district court in New York issued a ruling in favor of the company, ordering the defendants to p…

Google-Mozilla Firefox Search Deal Expires, Partnership Status Uncertain

amped — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:57:39 +0000

Mozilla’s search partnership with Google expired at the end of November, but neither company has indicated a renewal. The Firefox search deal with Google historically accounted for more than 80 percent of Mozilla’s revenue.

Google and Mozilla De…