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According to Experian Hitwise, it is the third most popular social network in the US in terms of total visits (21.5m visits in one week in January 2012, 30 fold increase vs. July 2011). Pinterest is primarily considered part of an overall social media strategy, but whilst doing some SEO planning for a Client the other day I realised how well it could also fit within the SEO framework. This blog gives my approach to using Pinterest to identify potential domains for link building and find relevant bloggers/influencers to build relationships with. 5 Powerful Wordpress Plugins To Increase Sharing Of Your Articles. Is your business keeping up with the ever evolving blogging industry?
And most importantly, are you taking any steps to make it dead easy for your readers to share your articles? All recent research I found points towards the fact that blogging is gaining importance month over month. In 2011 alone, 14 million new blogs were added to the blogosphere. Why employees should use Social media at work. I have seen several cases recently debating that social media should or should not be used in the workplace and each debate raises interesting points for and against.
I have my own opinion on this, which I obviously believe to be right for us because of the industry we operate in. This will not be right for every company in every industry, but I think can be decided on by factoring in two things. IndustryJob Role. SEO / How to use Google more effectively to find what you're after. How to apologise on Twitter. This morning Jimmy Carr said sorry for avoiding some of his tax bill.
This is a text book apology done over Twitter. Nice and simple. Gives the facts. Takes responsibility. What Makes a Brand in the Eyes of a Search Engine? A recent Econsultancy post about search engine ranking factors in the UK suggested that “Top brands have a ranking advantage”.
Although we have been aware that bigger brands have often dominated the SERPs in many industries, it’s becoming clear that they really do have the ability to perform well in rankings for generic keywords (not just brand terms) above others in the same industry whose brands may not be as established. The Econsultancy post suggests that standard on-page ranking factors such as keywords within headings, content and titles don’t have as much of an influence if you’re an established brand. In other words, if you are a big brand, Google won’t take into account the standard rankings factors that the rest of us have to play to! The implications: I can understand the logic behind this concept to some extent.
The cult of TED. 20 June 2012Last updated at 20:20 ET By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine Once a select forum of the great and good, the Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) conference now has millions of avid online fans.
How did an elite ideas-sharing gathering go mainstream? Falling animals, misbehaving toddlers and footage of Justin Bieber may populate the bulk of any YouTube most-viewed list. But amid the viral clips and pop music promos is a series of videos that seems to go against all received wisdom about what online audiences like to consume. Their tone is sunnily optimistic, go-getting, Californian, with titles like Information Is Food, Crowdsource Your Health and Inventing Is the Easy Part.
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A report from Epiphany and Searchmetrics found that TripAdvisor dominates organic search rankings, but other travel sites are achieving high visibility in SERPs by targeting niche keywords and building high quality backlinks. 37 Reasons Your Online Marketing Strategy is Failing. Without even realising it, some businesses are plotting their own online downfall.
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Page administrators will no doubt appreciate the ability to assign specific roles to other admins. There are five different categories now available on Facebook. In descending order of the most permissions, they are Manager, Content Creator, Moderator, Advertiser and Insight Analyst. The Manager has the most permissions, including sending messages, creating posts, ads and viewing insights. The Manager is the only admin who can access admin roles.
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A Guide To Making Shareable Content For Google+ In the first of a four part series (every Thursday) through a series of expert guest bloggers we hope to unravel and help you understand Google+. Here’s part 1: Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve no doubt heard of Google Plus. Pinerly. The Increasing Complexity of the Organic SEO Task List for 2012 & 2013. Search Engine News - SEO Optimization Strategies from Planet Ocean · SearchEngineNews.com. Updates · SearchEngineNews.com. Quick service is key for digital fashion brands. 12 Ways to Improve Quality Score in AdWords. One of most effective ways to increase the performance of an AdWords account is to improve the quality score of the keywords on which you are bidding.
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