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How Much Google News Traffic Do Publishers Get? Here’s Data on 80 News Sites.

Adam Sherk

Google News has been in the news itself lately, from European efforts to impose taxes to questions about its value and even suggestions for giving it a full redesign. But just how much traffic is it currently driving to publishers? News Sites Ranked by Google News Traffic. Jan-Nov 2014) Percentage of. total search visits.

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Search Engine Optimization THEN Blogging THEN Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Nonetheless, as I was identifying their needs; talking about where they are now; and what they’re goals and challenges are, one of the partners was skeptical about search engine optimization (SEO). He actually said to me, “No one searches at Google for a recruiting firm.” But, so are many of our prospects.).

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Search Engines Are A Conduit, Not A Source

Dave Fleet

Let’s get this out of the way: Search engines are a key part of communications nowadays. Search engines usually drive a significant proportion – if not the majority – of traffic to companies’ websites. Search engines are a conduit – a step along the path – not a source.

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Link Building Tactics for Publishers

Adam Sherk

When it comes to link building publishers have a significant advantage because editorial content, be it hard news or evergreen content, lends itself naturally to linking and sharing. So what link building tactics are most effective for publishers? For publishers with multiple titles cross-network promotion is an excellent tactic.

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TopSEOs.com Banned In Google

Bill Hartzer

TopSEOs.com, a site that listed the “top SEO firms” in a list (for a fee) has been banned in Google. They were banned in Google. No official word from Google yet why the site was banned. The post TopSEOs.com Banned In Google appeared first on Bill Hartzer. Penalized or Banned in Google?

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10 Things That Expose Good Sites to Google Panda

Adam Sherk

Google Panda was designed to go after sites with a high volume of thin or low-quality content (among other things) in an effort to improve the overall strength of the search results. We work with a lot of major publishers and nearly all of them have had at least a few titles get hit by Panda in recent years.

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Blog Tip – Write For Your Readers, Not The Search Engines

SocMed Sean

Before we ever dive into the technology behind their blog, I like to explore their content and their attitude toward the search engines. The problem is, what if the search engine spiders like your content, but your readers don’t? The problem is, what if the search engine spiders like your content, but your readers don’t?