Tag Archives for seo
It’s Officially Unofficial: Google’s Panda Algorithm Update
Though not formally announced, many of us in the SEO industry agree that Google has started to roll out its 25th update to Panda. Google Panda was first introduced in 2011 to improve the quality of sites that rise to the top of natural search results pages – a huge benefit to marketers vying to ...
Google Launches Disavow Tool to Battle Link Loopholes
We have reached an apex in Google’s battle against link spam. This week, Google launched the much anticipated disavow tool, allowing webmasters to take action against “unnatural” incoming links. The announcement should interest marketers who have engaged in link development or have attracted undesirable links over the past decade. Matt Cutts, Head of Google Webspam, provides ...
Apple iOS 6 Release Ups Safari Encrypted Searches by 7 Percent
The most recent Apple iOS 6 update is another source for Google “unknown” natural search terms for those reaching web sites from Google through Safari. In fact, Safari’s share of encrypted searches as jumped from less than 1 percent to nearly 8 percent following the update. Last July, our report on Measuring the Impact of ...
5 Google Webmaster Tools that Marketers Can Put to Work Today
Google Webmaster Tools is an ever-evolving resource that helps marketers to better understand the health of their websites – straight from the horse’s mouth. Yet, as Google continually updates the features to this tool, it can be challenging for webmasters to keep up. Webmaster Tools currently provides a wealth of website data – search query ...
[REPORT] Measuring the Impact of Google Secure Search
360i has released a new report that measures the impact of Google Secure Search following Google’s announcement last fall that it would make secure search the default setting for all logged-in users. With secure search, a person’s search terms cannot be tracked by the third-party technologies that marketers have come to rely on to determine ...