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The Marketing Main Event: Search vs. Social Media

For Internet advertisers, the main event face-off for 2012 is the on-going battle between social media and search for the attention of advertisers. On the one hand, search has a much longer, more complete history than social media...

Bing Adds People and Places to Snapshot

Bing's Snapshot, which displays information such as maps, movie times and restaurant menus directly within search result pages, now includes two new categories – people and landmarks. Snapshot is the middle column between...

Blogging Basics – Fighting Writer's Block and Learning SEO

Almost everyone who starts out blogging is told to write about something they love – it's common advice because it's sensible advice. But even if you are hugely passionate about a subject there are going to be days when...

Building a Customer Vending Machine

By Lewis Bassett, Bassett Providentia Ltd In the first article of this series, I explained how you could use Google AdWords to build a customer or lead vending machine and buy new customers and leads whenever you need them. I showed...

How to Build a Vending Machine for Customers or Leads (Part 2)

By Lewis Bassett, Bassett Providentia Ltd In the previous article , I explained how you could use Google AdWords to build a customer or lead vending machine. It will give you the ability to buy new customers or leads – however...

Identifying Bad Links (And What You Should Do About It Right Now)

Every good SEO wants to get the highest-quality links possible, as they serve as affirmations of the quality of their site’s content and, thus, help them be recognized by search engines and ultimately moved up the SERPs. But...

Your SEO Makes What?

As the World Wide Web continues to grow so does the demand for professionals with SEO skills and experience. In fact, a recent study from SEO platform Conductor reveals that there is a 112 percent year-over-year increase in LinkedIn...

Invalid URLs and Google Rankings

It would certainly seem logical for invalid URLs (broken links, etc.) to negatively impact a site’s broader Google rankings, but according to a recent Google Webmaster Help thread (http://goo.gl/BbtMB), that’s not exactly...

Startup Brings China Ad Programs to "U"

From availability issues and slow load times, to non-indexed websites and stark social media differences, there are plenty of hurdles standing in the way of most U.S. businesses looking to make a splash in China. This is where Glogou...

Crafting an SEO-Friendly Facebook Page

Facebook is gradually becoming the standard, go-to destination for consumers that are interested in learning about a brand. In fact, according to an infographic from the marketing research company Lab42, 50 percent of consumers say...

The Extent of Keyword Not Provided & Some Practical Solutions

Google dropped a virtual bomb on search engine optimization professionals (all Web businesses really) when it announced in October 2011 that it would begin encrypting search queries. The result was that visits from organic listings...

Avoid a Knowledge Graph-tastrophe

The search experience at Google has changed dramatically over the past few years. While the factors used today by the search engine to determine placement on its results pages aim to deliver an enriched user experience, it has made...

Tumblr Tumbles into Top U.S. Sites

Tumblr isn’t just for teens anymore. In fact, Tumblr recently announced in a blog post that an audience of 168 million people has pushed the social network into the ninth spot of Quantcast ’s top ten U.S. Websites. The...

How to Build a Vending Machine for Customers or Leads (Part 1)

By Lewis Bassett, Bassett Providentia Ltd Imagine if you had a machine that allowed you to buy customers or leads. You put some money in, wait and then a new signup or sale appears in your inbox a few days later. That would be a huge...

Google Will Rank Shorter Content...If It's Good

Do you find yourself spending a lot of time trying to pad out your Web pages with more words just so they will be ranked by Google or other search engines? Well, you might be glad to know you can stop that practice. A common misconception...

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