Tag Archives: Google
Google Plus Users Grow to 18 Million
Google+ is still in beta and only a small user base has the privilege of giving it a long test drive, but it made a huge splash amongst iPhone users – more on that in a bit. According to one analyst, Google+ user base is just under 18 million. During a Thursday earnings call, Google [...]
Full StoryWill Google+ Strike Out?
First it was Google Buzz, and last August it was Google Wave and now Google+ (Plus). Google the leader in search holds two-thirds of the U.S. market in search and now it is trying once again to compete with the largest social network – Facebook. Will Google strikeout or is three the charm? What makes [...]
Full StoryGoogle Removing AdWords Position Preference
So you like it on top? Get your mind out of the gutter! I am talking about a feature for Adwords called Position Preference. Google has announced they’re retiring the position preference bidding feature in AdWords. Advertisers will no longer be able to select a preference to what position they would like their ad to [...]
Full StoryBounce Rate Not Weighed in Google Algorithm
Many webmasters still look at this metric as a ranking value and they really need to dispel this myth. Bounce rate as defined by Google is the percentage of single-page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page. In fact, bounce rate can be skewed in several ways, [...]
Full StoryWhy Google Could Fall to Facebook
Even the Mighty Casey struck out and Google may be the next to fall from being the most visited site on the internet. Since March 2010, Facebook has gained a ton of ground on the King and is currently less than 10% less in unique visitors daily according to Compete.com. Facebook is currently the second [...]
Full StoryJCPenny Black Dresses and Black Hat SEO
How could a company the size of JCPenny not know about Blackhat SEO Marketing practices? I manage my companies SEO and I know if I see a trend or an influx (spike) in organic traffic, I need to know why and what is causing this trend. How can JCPenny have an incoming link from http://nuclear.engineeringaddict.com/ [...]
Full StoryGoogle PageRank Dead or Alive?
Last year Google kicked off the New Year with a major update to its toolbar and many of us who pay close attention to Pagerank were hoping for the same in 2011. Unfortunately, there wasn’t any Pagerank update and the last time we had a major update was almost 9 months ago (April 3, 2010). [...]
Full StoryNext Google Pagerank Update
A few of my social friends reached out to me this past week and asked me when I think the next Google Pagerank will be. I told them that only Google knows when. Is it possible that Google may wait until New Years Eve like they did last year to update Pagerank? It could very [...]
Full StoryWhat Should Google Do With Pagerank?
At one time, Pagerank was considered the ultimate score card that measured the relevance and importance of a web page, but today, it has lost its flare and many SEO enthusiasts disregard Pagerank value. It has been more than 6 months since the last Pagerank update and Google, on average, updates the Toolbar every 3 [...]
Full StoryGoogle Pagerank RIP
I am beginning to wonder if Google has decided to let this once popular metric (Pagerank) die a slow death. I know many SEO enthusiasts have disregarded the relevance of Pagerank for the last couple of years. Many SEO enthusiasts feel that PR is only good for selling links and flipping websites. It has been [...]
Full StoryGoogle Webmaster Tools Adds New Features to Search Queries
Life is good when Google adds new features to Google Webmaster Tools that are of great value to all webmasters. I noticed that Google’s WMT shows additional data in the Search Queries area. Google Search Queries now shows percentage change for Impressions, Clicks and CTR. It also shows change in average position (Search Engine Results [...]
Full StoryGoogle Pagerank Update Way Past Due
There has been a lot of good things that Google has released in 2010 such as; Caffeine (new web indexing system), Google Android, Google Instant, Street View expansion, etc. With that said, it seems that Google has delayed the Pagerank update because of more important things. Google on average updates the toolbar four times a [...]
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