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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iPhone Apps
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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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Google news
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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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SEO Tips,
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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,...