Optimizing a website for local search is important for a few reasons. First, the number of smart phone and tablet users is on the rise meaning that a larger percentage of searches are being performed “on the goâ€. Mobile web searchers are often looking for local information and local establishments. Second, search is becoming more...Read More
Tweet SEO has certainly had its share of ups and downs this past year. Both Google and Bing have rolled out a lot of new features and algorithm updates that have the potential to impact the way SEO is handled from here on out. Here are 4 of some of the biggest changes to SEO...Read More
Computerworld – As Google works to make its Google+ social network a major competitor to market leader Facebook, the battle between the two could reach a critical point in 2012, analysts say. Facebook, the world’s largest social network, and Google, the world’s largest Internet company, are increasingly going head-to-head in a battle to be the...Read More
Google and its Android partners had a lot to cheer about this Christmas. In a tweet touting the holiday numbers, Google’s Android honcho Andy Rubin said 3.7 million Android devices were activated the weekend of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. As Rubin explained in a Google+ post last week, activations refer strictly to the number...Read More
Google has dished out its Happy Holiday Google Doodle and fanboys from all around the world are saying that this could be after all, one the best designed Doodles they have come across so far. The new edition of the Doodle features an interactive Google logo outlined by Christmas lights and colourful gift boxes laid...Read More
During consultations for search engine optimization services, the topic of blogs and other types of social media inevitably arises. I observe plenty of enthusiasm about blog content and fresh search results. I listen attentively to client ideas and concerns. Then I ask a simple question. “What is your SEO archiving plan?†Do you know what...Read More
The Christmas holiday isn’t the only thing Mozilla employees have to be cheerful about these days. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is paying the software maker $300 million a year over the next three year to feature its search engine in its Firefox Web browser, AllThingsDigital learned Dec. 22. If true, Mozilla will take in nearly three times...Read More
For a taste of sci-fi cool, the new system offers Android Beam, a handy way to let smartphones talk to each other simply by touching the devices. This feature will work only with Android phones that contain a special “near-field communication,’’ or NFC, chip, which sends out a tiny radio signal. Samsung and a few...Read More
Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN’s San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and...Read More
The end of the year is always a time for reflection on all of the work and effort of the previous 12 months. There has been a lot of talk in 2011 about the end of SEO as we know it. But the reality is that there will always be a need for strategy when...Read More
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