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Danny Goodwin, the Editor of Search Engine Watch , is leaving Incisive Media. Mr. Goodwin has been at Search Engine Watch since 2007, and is going to work for LinkDex. Mike came on in 2009 and was phenomenal at Search Engine Watch. Search Engine Optimization MORE
I allow the global Facebook community to find me, read my personal profile updates and comment when inspired; but I disable my profile from being indexed by search engines. I am a Facebook oxymoron. MORE
How Companies Are Taking Advantage of Search Engines. With search engines becoming a normal part of everyday life, search engine optimization is being utilized more and more. Search engine optimization, or SEO, can be confusing for some as it is often not explained very well. MORE
From this you can tell for which keywords a site dominates the Google search engine results, and to what extent. But for what it does, SEMRush.com is an excellent resource in regards to finding out the keyword, and domain analytics behind the top Google search engine results. MORE
Today is Thursday, and every Thursday I try to feature one search engine or search engine website. Today, because of the official announcement that Danny Goodwin is leaving Search Engine Watch , I thought I would feature Search Engine Watch. Search Engines MORE
MarketingPodcasts.com is a discovery engine for marketing podcasts. So, I challenged my team (especially our developers at Marketing Press) to figure out how to build a discovery engine on top of WordPress. Are you ready to make marketing education much, much easier? MORE
I often talk to people who claim that they are suffering from poor search engine rankings. Easily, the number 1 issue I see in client websites preventing higher search engine rankings is lack of links. MORE
Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. MORE
I can finally officially declare that all search engine submission services are now scams. If you receive an email from [b]anyone[/b] claiming to offer search engine submission services or a similar submission service–it is spam and also a scam. Search Engine Optimization MORE
This post Engineering at Sprout: Building an Android month picker originally appeared on Sprout Social. Sprout Engineering Team SproutNote: This article was based on Material Components version 1.2.0-beta01 as of June 1, 2020. MORE
At that time, Ask thought the future of search was people who went to search engines to ask a question. The post Throwback Thursday: Ask.com Search Engine appeared first on Bill Hartzer. Throwback Thursday: LookSmart Search Engine Circa 1999 Do you remember LookSmart? MORE
Each Thursday I’m starting a new tradition here on my blog: to feature an old search engine. Today’s Throwback Thursday search engine is iWon.com, circa 2001. Well, that business plan didn’t last long, iWon is not a search engine or “start page” anymore. MORE
Google has always been adamant about the fact that paying for Google AdWords ads will not boost your site’s organic search engine rankings. So, I do believe Google when they say that paying for Google AdWords ads won’t boost your organic search engine rankings. MORE
Search Engines Do you remember LookSmart? Back in 1999, the LookSmart website looked like this: Back in 1999, you could search the web from the site’s home page, or you could click on one of their categories, and then a few more clicks… and then finally get to their content. MORE
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Joanna Lou, a software engineering intern who joined Pixlee as a part of Waterloo University’s co-op program. Another interesting thing about working at a startup is that although your job description says “Fullstack Developer” or “Frontend Engineer”, more often than not you are encouraged to do things outside of your role. Even across North America, the engineering team functioned like clockwork. Engineering MORE
During a recent comment thread on Facebook by my buddy Steve Floyd , the subject of SEOs (Search Engine Optimization pros or “search engine optimizers”) and SEMs (Search Engine Marketers or “Pay Per Click professionals”) came up. MORE
Enter The Age Of Facebook Phone Calls » New Search Engine For Vets If you are a veterinarian or pet doctor, then you now have a new way to market your practice. It’s a search engine for veterinarians powered by Google. About Us What’s a Maverick? MORE
Well, actually I’m not surprised when it comes to Google, but this is the first time I have seen a website disallow the search engines from indexing their website. A website has a robots.txt file directive for the search engines to NOT index their website. Google Search Engines MORE
This is probably the best idea that Bing could come up — a blind search engine test. search engines bing google search engine search resultsBing keeps trying to convince, by one way or another, that its search results are better than Google’s. They’ve tried just about everything they can think of. But they have one more card to play (or maybe not), and they’re playing it pretty heavy right now. MORE
This meant that we would be meeting Pablo, Pixlee’s Director of Engineering, for the first time at the airport. Every Day Matters as a Software Engineering Intern. Then we’d have meetings with the engineering team. Engineering MORE
Social Engineering is the leading vector for attack by nation-states, adversaries, criminals and con-people alike. It uses the element of rapport to illicit information or performance of a task or action MORE
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What’s it like to spend the summer as an intern on Sprout Social’s engineering team? From day one, engineering interns at Sprout are part of the team. Interns are also matched with a mentor, typically a senior engineer, with expertise in their areas of interests. MORE
Everything You Need to Know About Professional Engineering License Renewal. High school students are flocking to college in greater numbers than ever before as they realize the value of investing four years in a college degree in a technical discipline like engineering. MORE
Links are very important when it comes to search engine optimization. In the case above, note that “search engine” is near the actual link to Google.com. Links will be given more weight by the search engines, especially Google , when they are surrounded by optimized text. MORE
I have a friend who currently has a job opening for a Search Engine Marketing / Search Engine Optimization / Social Media job in the Dallas, Texas area. The post In-House Search Engine Marketing and Social Media Job Opening in Dallas appeared first on Bill Hartzer. MORE
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). And links are a critical part of rising in the search engine rankings. MORE
There’s a new search engine out there that apparently has ditched the legacy.COM,NET and.ORG TLDs (Top Level Domains) and only show New gTLDs in its search results. Newgle is a new search engine using Google Custom Search that takes the legacy TLDs out of the search results. MORE
Search engines are going away. John notes that though he has done all he “can to get found on the search engines—SEO, PPC, blogging and social media,” his website generates a trickle of leads for digital marketing services. Websites are dead. MORE
According to this unsolicited commercial email (spam), getting more Facebook Likes will increase your search engine rankings. Googles software engineer, Matt Cutts, has confirmed reports that Google uses social signals, such as links from Facebook and Twitter, as a ranking factor. MORE
I am still amazed that search engine optimization firms like RankPay are still relying on what I would call shady marketing techniques like sending UCE Spam (UCE stands for Unsolicited Commercial Email), trying to get more search engine optimization business. MORE
It wasn’t that difficult to get your web page ranked in most of the search engines, as long as you had a good title tag, meta tags, and the right content on the page. One of the search engines that drove a lot of traffic back then was Altavista. Search Engines MORE
You do NOT have to pay for search engine submission services. There are still companies out there that are selling scamming others with a search engine submission service. But, in fact, if you look at it closely, it’s only a search engine submission service for $75 per year. Our services provide submission and search engine ranking for domain owners. The search engines crawl the web, trying to find all sorts of URLs that they can find. MORE
Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I try to remember report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. MORE
She has a knack for taking complicated data ideas and translating them in a way that her audience can understand, whether that is another engineer or a less tech-savvy person, such as myself. Name: Shweta Kapur Department: Engineering Started at Sprout: February 2017. MORE
Ryan Wall, an Executive Search Recruiter at The BOSS Group in the Dallas, Texas area forwarded this open position for a Search Engine Optimization Director that they have: Search Engine Optimization Director. We are seeking an energetic, professional, and dedicated leader to become our Search Engine Optimization Director. – Establish SEO (Search Engine Optimization) services and service guidelines that fit tightly into our plans and roadmap. MORE
Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. MORE
Whenever information is needed, it seems that the first outlets most people turn to are search engines. As such, search engines are constantly evolving to keep up with the latest user demands. The following are the top image based search engines that are currently dominating the market. MORE
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? MORE
With this in mind, I think it’s important to look at some statistics to better understand why search engine optimization is so important. Here are some numbers to contemplate in this regard: 90% of the adult population in the United States uses a search engine to find information online. About 80% of all searches come from the organic search engines and not the paid search listings. The following is a guest post from Matt Davidson, an extremely talented search marketer. MORE
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. However, I’m tired of seeing “studies” showing that “search engines” are a source of information for consumers. Search engines are a conduit – a step along the path – not a source. MORE
Due to Google’s recent official announcement that an https site is a search engine ranking factor, I’ve decided to move my site, BillHartzer.com, to https from http. But let’s talk about search engine rankings. Google Search Engine Optimization Search Engines MORE
Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I try to remember report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. MORE
US Patent US8515941 B1 granted Aug 20, 2013, is titled “System for unique automated website generation, hosting, and search engine optimization” And their websites still rank well in Google despite Google Panda 4.0. Google Search Engine Optimization Search Engines MORE
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This meant that we would be meeting Pablo, Pixlee’s Director of Engineering, for the first time at the airport. Every Day Matters as a Software Engineering Intern. Then we’d have meetings with the engineering team. Engineering
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I can finally officially declare that all search engine submission services are now scams. If you receive an email from [b]anyone[/b] claiming to offer search engine submission services or a similar submission service–it is spam and also a scam. Search Engine Optimization
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This post Engineering at Sprout: Building an Android month picker originally appeared on Sprout Social. Sprout Engineering Team SproutNote: This article was based on Material Components version 1.2.0-beta01 as of June 1, 2020.
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It wasn’t that difficult to get your web page ranked in most of the search engines, as long as you had a good title tag, meta tags, and the right content on the page. One of the search engines that drove a lot of traffic back then was Altavista. Search Engines
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There’s a new search engine out there that apparently has ditched the legacy.COM,NET and.ORG TLDs (Top Level Domains) and only show New gTLDs in its search results. Newgle is a new search engine using Google Custom Search that takes the legacy TLDs out of the search results.
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I often talk to people who claim that they are suffering from poor search engine rankings. Easily, the number 1 issue I see in client websites preventing higher search engine rankings is lack of links.
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With this in mind, I think it’s important to look at some statistics to better understand why search engine optimization is so important. Here are some numbers to contemplate in this regard: 90% of the adult population in the United States uses a search engine to find information online. About 80% of all searches come from the organic search engines and not the paid search listings. The following is a guest post from Matt Davidson, an extremely talented search marketer.
Bill Hartzer
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Today is Thursday, and every Thursday I try to feature one search engine or search engine website. Today, because of the official announcement that Danny Goodwin is leaving Search Engine Watch , I thought I would feature Search Engine Watch. Search Engines
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This is probably the best idea that Bing could come up — a blind search engine test. search engines bing google search engine search resultsBing keeps trying to convince, by one way or another, that its search results are better than Google’s. They’ve tried just about everything they can think of. But they have one more card to play (or maybe not), and they’re playing it pretty heavy right now.
Bill Hartzer
JULY 3, 2014
Each Thursday I’m starting a new tradition here on my blog: to feature an old search engine. Today’s Throwback Thursday search engine is iWon.com, circa 2001. Well, that business plan didn’t last long, iWon is not a search engine or “start page” anymore.
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Google has always been adamant about the fact that paying for Google AdWords ads will not boost your site’s organic search engine rankings. So, I do believe Google when they say that paying for Google AdWords ads won’t boost your organic search engine rankings.
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From this you can tell for which keywords a site dominates the Google search engine results, and to what extent. But for what it does, SEMRush.com is an excellent resource in regards to finding out the keyword, and domain analytics behind the top Google search engine results.
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Search Engines Do you remember LookSmart? Back in 1999, the LookSmart website looked like this: Back in 1999, you could search the web from the site’s home page, or you could click on one of their categories, and then a few more clicks… and then finally get to their content.
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Bill Hartzer
JUNE 4, 2014
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JULY 31, 2014
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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. However, I’m tired of seeing “studies” showing that “search engines” are a source of information for consumers. Search engines are a conduit – a step along the path – not a source.
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Well, actually I’m not surprised when it comes to Google, but this is the first time I have seen a website disallow the search engines from indexing their website. A website has a robots.txt file directive for the search engines to NOT index their website. Google Search Engines
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Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing.
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I allow the global Facebook community to find me, read my personal profile updates and comment when inspired; but I disable my profile from being indexed by search engines. I am a Facebook oxymoron.
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Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I try to remember report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing.
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Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing.
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You do NOT have to pay for search engine submission services. There are still companies out there that are selling scamming others with a search engine submission service. But, in fact, if you look at it closely, it’s only a search engine submission service for $75 per year. Our services provide submission and search engine ranking for domain owners. The search engines crawl the web, trying to find all sorts of URLs that they can find.
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Links are very important when it comes to search engine optimization. In the case above, note that “search engine” is near the actual link to Google.com. Links will be given more weight by the search engines, especially Google , when they are surrounded by optimized text.
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Ryan Wall, an Executive Search Recruiter at The BOSS Group in the Dallas, Texas area forwarded this open position for a Search Engine Optimization Director that they have: Search Engine Optimization Director. We are seeking an energetic, professional, and dedicated leader to become our Search Engine Optimization Director. – Establish SEO (Search Engine Optimization) services and service guidelines that fit tightly into our plans and roadmap.
Bill Hartzer
JANUARY 15, 2013
Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I try to remember report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing.
Bill Hartzer
MARCH 25, 2015
I have a friend who currently has a job opening for a Search Engine Marketing / Search Engine Optimization / Social Media job in the Dallas, Texas area. The post In-House Search Engine Marketing and Social Media Job Opening in Dallas appeared first on Bill Hartzer.
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