Google is usually good at giving signals to webmasters about its intentions. A two week old feature found in Google WebmasterTools gives us an indication of just how important mobile is to Google. The Mobile Usability feature is one of the most important additions to Google’s WebmasterTools (GWT) since the analytic toolbox was first introduced. […]
Lifting the Veil on Those Secret SEO Chats: State of the Industry
I’m watching an interesting SEO debate unfold in a secret SEO chat-space. There are about 80 people involved, many of them well known in the industry. They have an open channel with each other where an ongoing daily conversation has lasted several years. Over the last hour, an intense conversation has covered the relationships between […]
State of the Industry – Real SEOs Solve Problems
The most important is the one we’ve foisted on ourselves. Search engine optimization has an ongoing reputation problem. SEO has always been a controversial practice. There’s an air of manipulation inherent in SEO which is similar to the air of manipulation around other forms of prominence marketing. Though professional SEO is really about clarity, many […]