Social 

What Is Social Media Marketing?

What Is Social Media Marketing? Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining traffic or attention through social media sites. Social media itself is a catch-all term for sites that may provide radically different social actions. For instance, Twitter is a social site designed to let people share short messages or “updates” with others. Facebook, in contrast is a full-blown social networking site that allows for sharing updates, photos, joining events and a variety of other activities. How Are Search & Social Media Marketing Related? Why would a search…

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SEO 

60% Of SEOs Say They Hurt A Web Site In Google With Spammy Links

A few months ago, I asked you all to take a poll around if you have ever hurt a web site using spammy links to downgrade their rankings in Google search. The good news is that 66% of those who responded said they never tried to do so. But of those that did try, 59% said they were able to hurt a web site with spammy links and 41% said there were unsuccessful. We had 375 responses and 248 responded that they never tried doing this. But the other 127…

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SEO 

SEO: Does Google Treat Content With Quotes Or Brackets Differently?

So let’s say you are a big fan of writing content with quotes or brackets but all of a sudden you learn about this thing called SEO [search engine optimization] and you become paranoid that your “SEO” won’t be “optimal” if you use brackets a lot of quotes or brackets. Why? Because maybe, just maybe, Google will think that “SEO” means something different than [SEO] or (SEO)? The question came up on Twitter and Pete Meyers from Moz answered it and John Mueller responded to his answer with a thumbs…

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Increase your chances of success in your online business

You will be able to  reach a global viewers through the internet. There are actually a number of ways of making money through the internet but a person entering this field would be quite  confused about how to choose the correct path. In such situation, net marketing expert helps the person in taking right decision or it can be said that the guru guides a person in the right direction. You can easily find a guru who has expertise in a particular web marketing field like social networking and search…

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SEO 

SEO strategies and keyword rankings: mobile versus desktop

As if we didn’t already have enough to think about in any given SEO campaign, it is now imperative to separate and refine your approaches to mobile and desktop search. While mobile has become hugely significant over the last couple of years, this shouldn’t be to the neglect of desktop. Although SEO for mobile and desktop follow the same basic principles and best practices, there are nuances and discrepancies that need to be factored in to your overall strategy. Part of this is the keyword rankings: you won’t ever know…

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SEO 

How much is too much? Faceted navigation and SEO

On e-commerce sites, faceted navigation plays a critical role in allowing consumers to find the products they want quickly. Major sites normally offer a variety of filters (show a subset of products), sort orders (show products in different orders) and pagination (break long lists of products into multiple pages). From a search engine optimization (SEO) perspective, creating more pages that break out different aspects of products users might search on is generally a good thing. Offering more pages enables you to compete more effectively for the long-tail of search for…

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