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So I just wanted to keep everyone in the loop quick and talk about two top news items today that I thought were worth throwing a quick post up about.
First Google just announced the new analytics–Google Insights. You can read more about the announcement and check out the new tool but here is what I think quick and then I will give you Andy Beal’s post about the topic.
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Take a listen to my SEO Weekly News Tuesday Podcast above. Here are a couple of the news items that I talked about:
Google Walks Away From Digg Deal
Google was in the due diligence stage of the deal, where they peer deep into Digg’s technology and financial statements. Most term sheets are non binding, so anything that gives the buyer pause can be used as an excuse to walk away …
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Here is what was talked about in my Tuesday SEO News podcast #2:
Robots.txt Overview, Generator, & Analyzer
We recently compiled a 6 page robots.txt primer and added a robots.txt generator and robots.txt analyzer to our suite of free SEO tools.
I wanted to get on bended knee, as I slipped the ringbox into my hand, but I didn’t want her to leave my side as I asked her to marry me… She said yes! I love you, Kimberly ♥. Thank you for making me the happiest man in the world …
Last Call For SMX Local & Mobile in San Francisco
For the last couple months, we’ve been telling you why you should come to SMX Local & Mobile. That you’ll learn the online marketing tactics influencing $500 billion in offline sales. That local and mobile search are opportunities for …
Google Has Over 75% Of US Search Ad Market
New figures out on search advertising spend from Efficient Frontier show Google continues to dominate the market, stats that will no doubt complicate the company’s goal to gain approval of its deal with Yahoo on search ads. …
No, The Toolbar Does Not Lead Google To Index My Content
Matt Cutts of Google has posted another one of his debunking theories post, this time on the Google Toolbar aiding Google in indexing content. Matt said, “if Ken Simpson is implying that the Google Toolbar led to these urls being …
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I had the opportunity to interview my Mom for my second Monday interview podcast and was able to ask her a couple question about SEO and Social Media. Find out what the normal everyday person knows about SEO and Social Media.
Here is the transcript of the interview below if you would rather read:
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Just wanted to give a big shout out to Chris Hooley’s “SEO Superlatives Winners for 2008″ survey. I truly enjoyed voting and the results. Here are a couple of my favorite winners:
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Reading a very recent post at Davidmihm.com about Local Search and Ranking Factors David talks about a new survey and study that was launched about local search and “Participants were asked to rate the importance of 47 criteria with respect to their influence on rankings in the Google and Yahoo Local “Universal” search algorithms”
David says the following about his study:
“It is my hope that this study will help small business owners confused by Local Search, or those strapped for time, to prioritize their marketing efforts.”
The results and discussion are worth taking a look at with regards to his Local Search Survey!
Below I found a couple articles that I found very informative on the Local Search subject:
For businesses that are truly local in focus, targetting local search ranking factors is a very effective SEO strategy if for no other reason that it enables you to weed out your global competitors and focus more on ranking tops for …
Yahoo Offers Local Search Tips
Anytime a search engine rep. hands out SEO/SEM advice, I think it’s generally worth listening to. I did my best to get some local SEO advice from Yahoo’s Brian Gil when I interviewed him a couple months ago. Be sure to read that if you …
Everyone needs to remember that the “SMX Local & Mobile 2008” in San Francisco, July 24-25 and my good friend Jordan Kasteler will be speaking so you can’t miss it!
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