Given the measurement, SERP, and PLA challenges, what can an e-commerce site do to maintain or even grow their organic search traffic? Three things:
1. Adjust for Tracking Issues
To quote Tony Stark, "It’s an imperfect world, but it’s the only...
Designers Spring Into Action to Fix Apple Earbud Flaw
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Apple’s industrial design team seems nearly infallible, and its few false starts—such as the hockeypuck mouse, G4 Cube, and Apple Hi-Fi—all
stand out like dings on an otherwise flawless glass and aluminum
surface. Their stock headphones don’t fall...
How do artists get paid from iTunes?
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With iTunes, Apple implemented its own revenue-sharing model: Apple would get 30 percent upfront, which is actually a smaller cut than the 42 percent that went to retail stores and distributors under the compact disc model. Meanwhile, the songwriter...
Ubuntu Edge: Crowdfunding a Super-Smartphone
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Alexey Miller, the chief executive officer of Russian natural gas
exporter Gazprom, seemed to be having a megalomaniacal moment when he
took over the company's website on July 16 and demanded a tablet
computer that could mimic all of the functions...
Backlinks and reconsideration requests
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When talking to site owners on Google Webmaster Forums we come across
questions on reconsideration requests and how to handle backlink-related
issues. Here are some common questions, along with our recommendations.
When should I file a reconsideration...
Google's Matt Cutts On Using ccTLDs
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Matt Cutts, Google's head of search spam, in another video answer, responds to the question about using ccTLDs (country code top level domain names). The question was "Should I use ccTLDs for sites not targeted to those countries?"
The answer...
Why do reconsideration requests fail?
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Here are the most common reasons for a site to fail a reconsideration request:
Not properly identifying which links need to be removed.
It is really hard to identify what is a natural link and what is not.
Remove too many links and you’ll...