“I see the world of SEO continuing to be focused and even reliant on links in a lot of ways, but not reliant on the tactics we’ve used to acquire them in the past. So I think that link earning is going to replace link-building.” – Rand Fishkin, Moz No one’s arguing that links are...Read More
I am not a big fan of the EU’s “right to be forgotten,†but it has one silver lining.  I was noodling around with Google’s ever-more-baroque implementation of the principle this weekend, and I discovered that it offers a quick and cheap way to discover just how famous Google thinks you are. To understand how...Read More
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As an SEO professional, you understand the value of your work. You also understand that not all of your clients or prospects (or C-level execs if you’re working in house) fully appreciate what is required to really make SEO work. This can be due in part to the fact that proving return on investment for...Read More
Google announced some of the specs behind its secret project to develop drone-delivery services on Thursday. Project Wing, as we all know now, has been two years in the making and recently was tested in Australia, delivering candy and other sundry items to farmers in Queensland. To be sure, it is an exciting announcement: it...Read More
Developing a great WordPress site that yields results is one thing, but mix in inter-team dynamics and multiple departments and that’s when things can get complicated. As the business of Marketing Press grows, we find ourself in this very position. WordPress development for multi-department organizations is a balance of give and take, plus sometimes there...Read More
Google announced on its Webmaster Central Blog on August 6, 2014 that HTTPS was now being used as a ranking signal. In the blog post, Google stated that the reasons behind this move was over security and that they have begun to “see more and more webmasters adopting HTTPS.†However, the post does also state...Read More
Google’s advanced-research lab said it is developing a system of drones to deliver goods with its Project Wing prototype. Photo: Google The latest endeavor to emerge from Google Inc. GOOGL -0.34% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $578.35 -1.97 -0.34% Aug. 29, 2014 10:13 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 135,427 P/E Ratio 29.49 Market Cap...Read More
WordPress now powers so many websites, it’s no surprise that it’s a favorite target for hackers. To keep its users safe, Automattic – the company behind both WordPress.com and the open-source WordPress project — today announced that it has acquired BruteProtect, a security and management tool for WordPress. The BruteProtect plug-in is currently used on...Read More
Most companies based in the United States focus on SEO on one or more of three levels: global, regional and local. At each level geographically specific keywords can be added to a company’s focus in order to optimize a website for terms that are more relevant to one’s business. A dentist in Chicago, for example,...Read More
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