The Search Engine Blog http://www.thesearchengineblog.com News and Tips From The Search Marketing World Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:06:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Hosted Domains Are Finally Leaving http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-hosted-domains-are-finally-leaving/2012/02/22/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-hosted-domains-are-finally-leaving/2012/02/22/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:06:53 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=1040 After years of Google defending something Google condemns, they’ve finally decided to drop hosted domains. There is assistance in moving domains to another service. Check out Google support to learn more including the timeline of events. https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2456470&topic=23388

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-places-bug-resurfaces/2012/02/16/feed/ 0 What’s Your Pinterest? New Tool For Business http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/whats-your-pinterest-new-tool-for-business/2012/02/13/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/whats-your-pinterest-new-tool-for-business/2012/02/13/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:30 +0000 admin http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=1029 While I don’t agree that Pinterest will replace anything, it’s been working for some businesses. Yes, another social marketing site for your already busy schedule, but then that’s why people hire us to do it for them. Take the jump to Entrepreneur for their take on growing business sales and Pinterest.

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/whats-your-pinterest-new-tool-for-business/2012/02/13/feed/ 0 On Page SEO Dead? Long Live Relevance! http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/on-page-seo-dead-long-live-relevance/2012/01/29/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/on-page-seo-dead-long-live-relevance/2012/01/29/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:25:07 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=1023 There have been a number of posts lately about a trend we’ve already seen as well. On page changes such as H1 tags, bolding text, rearranging content, etc are having little impact on ranking. One example is this forum post. It illustrates what we’ve been touting for years. Provide quality content, have links from related [...]

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/on-page-seo-dead-long-live-relevance/2012/01/29/feed/ 0 SWI and Returns Policy http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/swi-and-returns-policy/2011/12/29/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/swi-and-returns-policy/2011/12/29/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:22:48 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=1015 Shopping While Intoxicated (SWI) is reported to be on the rise.  If you sell online, now is a good time to review your return policy.

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/swi-and-returns-policy/2011/12/29/feed/ 0 Google Invades Hotel Searches http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-invades-hotel-searches/2011/12/16/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-invades-hotel-searches/2011/12/16/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:23:55 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=1010 Has Google gone overboard? Some people are reporting (http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/4397179.htm) that selected hotel searches show Google’s own hotel comparison system above all paid advertising shoving natural searches way down the page below the fold. Is this too monopolistic? Will it help or hurt hotels and searchers?

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-invades-hotel-searches/2011/12/16/feed/ 0 Less Reporting, Not Filling. Google Providing Less Information http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/less_reporting/2011/10/20/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/less_reporting/2011/10/20/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:35:37 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=1006 Your reports will show less traffic for phrases. If you are tracking which search terms people use in Google when landing on your site’s pages, you’ll start receiving less clicks for those terms. It doesn’t mean that you are receiving less traffic for those terms, it just means that Google isn’t reporting the information any [...]

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/less_reporting/2011/10/20/feed/ 0 Die Buzz, Die. Google Kills Google Buzz and More http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/die-buzz-die-google-kills-google-buzz-and-more/2011/10/17/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/die-buzz-die-google-kills-google-buzz-and-more/2011/10/17/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:13:57 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=1003 It’s Halloween season and time for dead things. It’s a good time for Google to announce pending deaths including Google Buzz. It is redundant now that Google+ is here. Full Google announcement here. The Buzz layer in Google Maps was removed already making many people unhappy souls sure to haunt Google’s hangouts.

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/die-buzz-die-google-kills-google-buzz-and-more/2011/10/17/feed/ 0 Right Now Analytics From Google http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/right-now-analytics-from-google/2011/10/03/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/right-now-analytics-from-google/2011/10/03/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:04:27 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=996 What’s happening on your site right now, this very minute? We’ve been using Piwik to answer this question and finally Google has decided to offer it as announced in this Google Blog post. Better late than never. Will we stop using Piwik? Doubtful as it reports numbers differently than Google Analytics. It’s nice to get [...]

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]]> http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/right-now-analytics-from-google/2011/10/03/feed/ 0 Google+ in Ads and More… http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-in-ads-and-more/2011/09/23/ http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/google-in-ads-and-more/2011/09/23/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:42:14 +0000 Picturesque http://www.thesearchengineblog.com/?p=991 Google announced on their Blogger blog that the +1 button will now appear in Google Ads. Naturally they want to know what kind of ads you like so they can show you more of the same. It’s up to you if you want to click it. You should start seeing ads more related to your [...]

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