According to W3, WordPress now powers more than 22% of the web. It was the fastest growing CMS in 2013, and that trend has showed no signs of stopping. We conducted a study of over 48 million sites using the SEO service Lipperhey and found that, of the sites with CMS’s that the SEO tool […]
Archives for 2014
Twitter Testing View Analytics Link From Within Individual Mobile Tweets
Twitter is testing a new feature that allows twitter users to view analytics directly from the tweet. Users will see a “View analytics details” below tweets. It is possible that this feature is only showing up for verified users, as the screenshot that the verge have shows it being on a verified users Twitter account. […]
Bing Ads Testing Double PPC Ads for Same Advertiser, Both at Top & Bottom of Search Results
Many advertisers would love to show more than one ad on a single search result page. However, this been against the rules for both Google AdWords and Bing Ads. Otherwise, there are some advertisers that would love to block out every ad unit position with their own ads for very competitive search queries. If you […]
Twitter Launches Twitter Offers to Select US Retailers With Cash Back Perks
Twitter has launched a new advertising product called Twitter Offers. This is an expanded version of their venture that allowed some advertisers to sell products directly from within a tweet. Twitter offers works like a Twitter card, in that it will display an offer to their followers. Then, the purchaser can purchase the offered directly […]
Bing Ads Testing Green Ad Backgrounds in Top & Bottom Ads in Search Results
Bing is testing a green background in their ads in the Bing search results that appear above and below the organic search listings. This change is not exactly new, however it has not been seen for quite some time, after initially testing it back in October 2013. It also has the grey border on the […]
Update on Google Not Indexing Legitimately Hidden Content on Webpages
Everyone has been talking about the fact that any content that happens to be hidden on a page is not being indexed by Google for ranking purposes. Hiding text for legitimate reasons is nothing new. People use them for FAQ pages so visitors can quickly see the top questions and click to view the ones […]
Google PageRank Will Likely Not Update Again
For several years we’ve been hearing about the death of PageRank from Google. Long before Matt Cutts left on leave he was saying that he doesn’t anticipate PageRank being updated again after the surprise update that happened in 2013. PageRank is long been used as a metric by webmasters, particularly for link building and is […]
Google Sending Out Defamation Removal From Search Notices to Webmasters
Usually when Google removes links from their search index, it is due to a DMCA filing alleging copyright infringement or as a result of a “Right to be Forgotten” request from the EU. But Google is now sending out link removal notices in response to legal complaints for “alleged defamation.” SUBJECT: Notice of defamation removal […]
Google Takes Down Polish Link Network Prolink, Both Publishers & Advertisers Hit Prolink Confirms
Google has taken down yet another Polish link network… this time Prolink.pl was taken down over the weekend. This penalty affects both publishers and advertisers through their link network. Affected webmasters began receiving unnatural link notices through their Google Webmaster Tools account on the weekend. Sebastian Miśniakiewicz from SEO Profi wrote a blog post detailing […]
Implications of Firefox Switching Default Search From Google to Yahoo
When Mozilla Firefox and Yahoo announced that Yahoo would now be the default search engine used by the Firefox browser, it raised some eyebrows. After all, Google is the predominant search engine used throughout most of the world. However, many others have been expecting either Yahoo, Bing, or even Duck Duck Go to swoop […]