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...
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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...
Google AdSense: Responsive Design for Ad Units
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Everyone is asking? What took so long?! Google has finally announced a beta of a new ad unit designed for responsive designed web pages.
In the past, Google said you can modify your ad code to make it work for responsive design web pages, but now,...
Access Your Gmail: More Easy Conversation & Massages with Tabs in Gmail A/C
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Wow Great I was surfing online my Gmail Account few days
ago. And I found there a new updates in my Gmail account. When I was checking
my colleagues email. He had sent me an email for my information. Actually he
uses the Microsoft Outlook for the...
Ignore That Last Google Webmaster Tools Notification: Googlebot CAN Access Your Site
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In the past twenty-four hours, it seems as if Google sent out a message to thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of site owners, that there is a problem with their site.
Typically, you never ever want to ignore a webmaster tools notification but...
Google is celebrating the first Indian passenger Train Journey
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Google is on Tuesday celebrating the 160th anniversary of the first passenger train journey in India with a doodle on its homepage.Do you know: When our first Indian Passenger Train Ran?On April 16, 1853, the first commercial passenger train chugged...
Visit Your Blogger and Make Your Blogging Experience Better with Edit HTML Page
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Today early morning I was in so happy mood. I don't know why?
May be there was some special in my mind. After completing my routine work I
visited my blogger account and stared the blogging like same days.
Do you know what I did observe there...
Export Up TO 5000 Rows in Google Analytics Dashboard
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I’m not sure when this happened – but today at least now you can export up to 5000 rows in Google Analytics dashboard.This is a welcome change, though there have been other ways of doing this in the past (I’ve included this below)How To display and...
Top Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog
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Gaining exposure for your blog is critical to building a following and revenue. After creating compelling copy, titles, descriptions and link strategies, it’s time to list your blog in one or more directories.
There are many paths to building links,...
SEO : Search Engine Optimization from 2012-2013: 7 Key Factors That Will Take The Lead
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This time of year is suitable for retrospection. We’re able to take a good look at how things played out in 2012, and get an idea of the trends and patterns that are most likely to dominate the coming year.2012 was rough for SEO experts due to radical...
Facebook Redesigns Continue With Timeline: Community Managers Be Ready
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Yesterday Facebook posted another major announcement to its blog.
The long tested redesign of Timeline is beginning to roll out. The
new look of Timeline will give users a place for all the things they
care about.
As you can see, the...
Big, Beautiful Photos Of The New Samsung Galaxy S4
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No, that isn’t the Galaxy S3 you’re looking at. That is Samsung’s upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S4, pictured in the wild and detailed for all to see. As revealed in the pictures from the Chinese site that managed to secure the device, the phone will...
Everything You Need To Know About The Samsung Galaxy S4
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Samsung is going to announce its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, next week.
This is a really big moment for Samsung. It has successfully transitioned from being some boring phone maker to one of the premier brands in the world. The...
Google Glass Will Be Able To ID Someone In A Crowd, Based Only On That Person's Clothes
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A new technology designed specifically for Google Glass could identify you solely based on your fashion sense.
InSight, which is partly funded by Google, recently unveiled an app for analyzing the clothes and accessories people wear to later identify...
These Computer-Generated Women Look Real
RoartyOver at 3D graphics blog CGTrader, they've rounded up an eclectic collection of computer-generated images of women for International Women's Day.
Some are humorous and cartoony, but some are borderline photorealistic.
We've gathered some...
Google Maps Might Be Banned In Germany Over A Patent Dispute
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The German courts are on the point of banning Google Maps over a patent dispute with Microsoft.
A judge in Munich has told Google and its subsidiary Motorola Mobility that he is inclined to hold them responsible for infringing a key mapping patent,...
Social Media is an Important Part of Your Marketing Mix, but Not the Only One.
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Social media marketing is not a replacement for other marketing
tactics and we highly recommend that you continue to do what has worked
for you in the past.
Traditional marketing activities that still work for you, like
advertising in a...
Traditional vs. Social Media Marketing
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Traditional Marketing 101
Most everyone thinks of marketing as the business of promoting and selling products or services.
Marketers commonly refer to a “funnel” to describe the way they attract new prospects and convert them into customers.
What...
Social Media & Email Marketing Go Great Together
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A report from Monetate, an e-commerce software firm, has found that email marketing is still driving more overall sales than social media efforts.
But there’s no need to start grappling your forehead and deleting Facebook Pages left and right. It’s...
Google Once Again Claims 67% Search Market Share
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It’s hardly headline news that Google is by far the most popular
search engine for users in the U.S. and most of the world. But what is
headline worthy: for two of the past three months, Google has owned 67
percent of the U.S. search market.
Google...
A Hallway Page: What Roll Participate in SEO
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A Hallway Page is used to index to a group of pages that you would like the search engine spiders to find. Once a search engine spider indexes the hallway page, it should also follow all the links on that hallway page and in turn index those pages as...
Microsoft's new apps add search tools to Excel, Word
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Microsoft last week announced the availability of five new Bing apps for its Office 2013 and Office 365 products. The apps' January 31 arrival came on the heels of the refreshed Office products themselves, which were released on January 29 as both...
Twitter Search Lets You Once Again Find Old Tweets
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In a post today, Twitter says that some older tweets are now going to
be available. How far back? That’s not said; but, it seems like tweets
that are particularly popular or notable will be available. From
Twitter’s post:
As we roll this out over...
Seven Quick Tips For Using Social Media In Your Small Business
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Today, I’m going to share real briefly
with you the idea of giving you seven quick tips for using social media
for your small business. As entrepreneurs, as solopreneurs, as
home-based business professionals, as Internet marketers, whatever it
is,...