Websites Fail Page Speed Test: 4 Things You Need to Know [Study]
Internet marketing company Portent recently tested 500 e-commerce sites using YSlow to gather basic performance data and found 50 percent of the websites audited had an average load time of more than...
View Article26 Free (or Free-to-Try) Content Curation Tools
Content isn't always practical or cost effective to produce on a regular basis. That's where curating content can come in handy. Here's a list of 26 tools you can use to find, aggregate, and share your...
View ArticleMicrosoft Kills Sponsored Post Program After Attracting Matt Cutts' Attention
When your social media campaign attracts the attention of Google's chief spam fighter Matt Cutts, it usually isn't a good sign. That's what happened after a company sought sponsored posts from bloggers...
View ArticleHow Responsive Design Increases the Results of Your Online Marketing
You must consider responsive design for your business and clients. It will make your website visitors (and clients) happy, and help you reach the full potential of results from your online marketing....
View ArticleNavigating Secure Search: From Keywords to Content [BrightEdge Share 14]
In a session at BrightEdge’s Share 14 event, brands discussed how they've shifted their approach in a keyword "(not provided)" world.
View ArticleGoogle Gives Older Browsers a Retro Look
If you're going to act like it's 2011, Google will treat you like it's 2011.
View ArticleAndroid’s New Feature Paves Way for Apps Replacing Web
Google's new App Trial technology may prove to make mobile Web browsing, and mobile search, obsolete.
View ArticlePageRank Dead? – What Will Replace the "Green Standard?"
Just about every backlink reporting service has developed a metric to compete with PageRank. Here are four resources that may be good alternatives.
View ArticleYour Guide to 301 Redirects for SEO
In general nothing bad will happen whether visitors type in www or leave it off. But there are things you should handle with care, lest your SEO campaign suffer.
View ArticleAre We Reaching the End of the Keyword Era?
This time, the humble keyword may actually be going by the wayside. And because of that, search marketing practitioners are going to need to develop a new set of skills to adapt.
View ArticleGoogle's Yellow Ads Label Now Showing on Desktop Searches
Google is continuing to run tests on making their Google AdWords ads in search results clearly look like ads. The bright yellow "Ads" label, which many people have seen on mobile search results, is now...
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