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SEO by the Sea

SEO by the Sea
Does Google’s newly granted patent co-invented by Navneet Panda describe Google’s Panda Update? Many of the patent filings that I’ve written about from Google address Web Spam issues, and how the search engine may take steps or follow approaches to keep its search results from being manipulated. An early example of Google tackling such issues is their patent filed in 2003 titled Methods and systems for identifying manipulated articles. But many of the patents I’ve written about involve ways that Google is trying to improve the quality of search results that searchers see. Continue reading One of the most impactful updates at Google was the Panda Update, released into the world in February of 2011, and affecting almost “12%” of all search results.

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Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO Fitbit has discontinued their Fitbit One step trackers, which seems like a good opportunity to step back and reflect on wearing one for the last decade or so. I’ve enjoyed using Fitbit trackers, but the One devices seemed like they broke down too often. I’m pretty proud that I ended up earning all the activity-related Fitbit badges though: In 2013, I ran a 50 mile race and I took 110,472 steps that day. I think I did some extra steps late that night just in case Fitbit ever increased their top step badge from 100K to 105K or 110K steps.

The Full Value of Mobile We need a little more info to calculate ROI. To calculate your ROI we need you to upload a Google Click Type Report for your mobile campaign. We'll walk you through the process step-by-step. SEO Blog Wrastlin With The News The current presidential cabinet includes a WWE co-founder & this passes for modern political discourse: #FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017 CNN promised vengeance. Search Engine Guide: Search Engine Marketing and Social Media Marketing Advice

The Full Value of Mobile Webinar The Full Value of Mobile With mobile, we are no longer seeing consumers taking linear shopping paths that begin and end on the same device: while many users start their journey on mobile and complete purchases on the phone, many also start on mobile and end up buying in-store or on different devices. As a marketer, it is crucial that you start measuring and assigning value to all mobile conversions so you fully understand how mobile impacts your business. WordPress Tips & Techniques Category: WordPress This extended category features quality articles about developing clean, smart and fast websites with WordPress. The articles are intermediate level, with an emphasis on practical, hands-on discussions related to WordPress. Curated by Daniel Pataki. .

20 Really Useful Cheatsheets for Web Designers Whether you’re a Tokyo, San Francisco, or website design Toronto firm , it’s about time that web designers put away the old textbooks and endless technical manuals and used a better, more simple method of keeping track of information related to web design – some kind of reference that allows them to find what data they need quickly, without going through endless resources that wastes time and energy. I am not the only person to think so, which is why an enormous number of cheatsheets have been created by people who are eager to provide such lists for other designers to reference quickly. The problem is that there are so many, and a lot of them are not as complete or useful as they could be. That is why I went through hundreds to come up with a core list of 20 of the best, within five categories: usability, accessibility, CSS, typography and color. Usability

10 Heuristics for User Interface Design: Article by Jakob Nielsen Download a free poster of Jakob’s 10 Usability Heuristics at the bottom of this article. #1: Visibility of system status The design should always keep users informed about what is going on, through appropriate feedback within a reasonable amount of time. When users know the current system status, they learn the outcome of their prior interactions and determine next steps. Predictable interactions create trust in the product as well as the brand. #2: Match between system and the real world

Cheat Sheets for Web Development Cheat sheets are great ways to organize frequently used information and keep it handy. I used cheat sheets for learning and memorizing during my crams at school, and use them now for reference. Cheat sheet for Web Development Web development usually involves a large number of languages each with its own syntax, keywords, special sauce and magic tricks.

Website Testing - Did you miss anything while Testing? ‹ Testing Tricks A lot has been written and discussed about Website Testing till date. But still, website testing is probably one of the most commonly confused topic among testers! Need evidence? SocialBro Adds A Free Plan For Twitter Analytics & Management Twitter management platform SocialBro is now free — if you have fewer than 5,000 Twitter contacts. The London-based startup, fresh off its newly minted status as a Twitter Certified Partner, is offering the “Free Cloud” plan to introduce startups and small businesses to its dashboard. The plan is available to users with a Twitter community of 5,000 or below.

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