Penguin Penalty Checker: Introducing Penguin Analysis
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...
View ArticleGoogle Plus Page Verification Is Now Harder to Get, But Still Possible
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...
View ArticleHow to Be Social Without Stepping on Legal Landmines – Glen Gilmore
Presentation on Social Media Law by Glen Gilmore (@GlenGilmore) at ConvergeSouth 2013, Greensboro, North Carolina, 11 October 2013 Glen Gilmore is a social media strategist who has provided customized...
View ArticleHey Pubcon: Here’s All My Google Authorship Content!
I’m hearing from a lot of my spies at Pubcon 2013 in Las Vegas that I’ve been getting shoutouts from a number of speakers, recommending they read this blog to get the best content about Google...
View ArticleMatt Cutts at Pubcon 2013: Authorship, Authority and the Future of Search
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...
View ArticleGoogle Author Rank: On? Not Yet? Why I Don’t Care
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...
View ArticleGoogle Plus Update Event: 18 Major Upgrades to Google+
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...
View ArticleNegative SEO and Link Removals: Interview with Virante’s Jacob Bohall
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...
View ArticleGoogle Penguin Hunting: An Interview with Russ Jones, CTO of Virante
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...
View ArticleAuthorshipocalypse! The Great Google Authorship Purge Has Begun
December 2013: Authorship in Search Results Gets Restricted UPDATE: While composing this post, Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Land reported that Google confirms that Authorship results in search are...
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