Below is what happened in search today, as reported from various sources across the web.
From Various Search Sources:
- Search, Content & Customer Experience – Moving Prospects From Awareness To Action
Sep 8, 2015 by Jim YuTo reach your SEO goals, your landing pages must map to search terms tied to the appropriate stage in the customer journey. Columnist Jim Yu explains how to achieve this.
- The Opportunity Prospector: Link Development’s Most Undervalued Role
Sep 8, 2015 by Garrett FrenchEnterprise organizations that want to get serious about link building may be well served by a dedicated team for link acquisition. Columnist Garrett French outlines the five roles that comprise this team and focuses today on the opportunity prospector.
- Re-Examining The Top 10 Paid Search Best Practices, Part 1
Sep 7, 2015 by Josh DrellerIs following the conventional wisdom on search advertising actually wise? Contributor Josh Dreller asks tough questions about five of the biggies.
- Final Agenda For MarTech Europe Is Up. Register Now!
Sep 7, 2015 by Search Engine LandEnhance your business results with technology-powered marketing. Attend MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference. Marketing technology experts from Europe’s leading companies will share successes and learnings. They’ll discuss implementing marketing solutions and re-engineering their organizations to optimize the investment. Keep reading for what to expect at MarTech or check out the complete agenda. Then reserve your spot at low “beta” rates.
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Facebook Is Testing Tweaks In The Design For Brand Pages
- EBay Celebrates 20th Anniversary With “20 Days Of Deals” Promotion & Major Update To Mobile Apps
- YouTube Reportedly Prepping For Independent Viewability Measurement
- A New Definition For Marketing: Lessons From MyFitnessPal
- 4 Reasons Brands Should Sell Directly To Consumers Online
- 4 Characteristics Of A Contextually-Aware Email Marketing System
- Engagement Vs. Monetization: How Small Media Companies Can Walk The Fine Line
- Final Agenda For MarTech Europe Is Up. Register Now!
- Factual Announces Deals With Apple And Facebook For Improved Location Data
- Bing Pushes Microsoft’s Edge Browser When People Search For “Chrome” Or “Firefox”
- Heineken USA Buys Facebook & Twitter Users A Beer In A Bid To Expand its Customer Base
Search News From Around The Web:
Industry
- Facebook’s Messenger And The Challenge To Google’s Search Dominance, TechCrunch
- Reflecting on a decade of SEO at Yahoo, Aidan Beanland | LinkedIn
Local & Maps
- Finding imagery updates with the Google Earth plugin, Google Earth Blog
- Google Local Results Include Holiday Hours Alert
- The Anatomy of a Local Search Result in Google
- Three Qualities That Drove the Success of Our NFC Interactive, Renegade Search
- Video: How Does News Impact Local Rankings?, Local University
- Watch Out: Yelp for Gear Launches on the Samsung Gear S2, Yelp Official Blog
Link Building
- PR is replacing link building – this is why
- Content, Shares, and Links: Insights from Analyzing 1 Million Articles
- How to Build Keyword Rich Links With Guest Articles When All the Odds Are Against You
Searching
- Through the Google lens: Search Trends August 28–September 3
- Google’s new voice transcription censors swearing
- ‘Who Runs Hollywood’ Produces Anti-Semitic Result in Google Search
- Google Testing Infinite Scroll Web Results
- How to browse a virtual bookshelf
SEO
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider – Version 5.0
- 7 Common SEO Myths Debunked
- Blog SEO: Add categories to your blog!
- Google Says Pages & Posts Are The Same, There is No Difference
- Just Another Pothole in an SEO Client Relationship
- Moz’s Ranking Factors 2015: Do’s and Don’ts
- Panda 4.2 Analysis and Findings 7 Weeks Into The Extended Rollout
- SEO: Metadata Can Optimize Search Results
- September 2015 Google Webmaster Report: Panda, App Interstitials, 3 Pack & More
- Three Incorrect SEO Generalizations that Could Damage Your Business, Econsultancy
- Top 5 Google SEO Performance Indicators
- What Makes a Good SEO Consultant? 38 Questions & 12 Things to Look For
SEM / Paid Search
- A Guide to Yandex.Direct for Google AdWords Experts
- Google Tests New Shopping Ad Interface
- How To Write A PPC Job Description In Today’s World
Search Marketing
- Reach more customers online: Add GTINs to your Google Shopping data feed
- SEO and PPC work best together, not in isolation. Find out why!
