How to Find an SEO You Can Trust: Weekly Forum Update
Hello again! Since I last wrote an update, Spring has arrived! Hopefully a lot of you are enjoying some slightly warmer weather between bouts of wrestling with Google. We’ve got a lot of great news threads from WebmasterWorld and Cre8asiteforums this week, as well as our title thread from SEO Chat! I think it’s pretty […]
- 03-24-2017
- SEM Industry
Meet Fred: Weekly Forum Update
The name on every webmaster’s lips this week was “Fred.” Or maybe it was on the tips of their fingers, since we’re talking about forum posts. Or both I guess. Well, at any rate, Fred has been making the rounds and our communities have been busy trying to figure out what, exactly, it is. But […]
- 03-17-2017
- SEM Industry
Google Killers and Chasing Phantoms: Weekly Forum Update
Sounds like the opening to a pulp detective novel, eh? Well, that’s what living in the SEO world feels like sometimes! Rumors are swirling everywhere about Google’s recent “Fred” update. Since there are so few concrete details, though, we’ve brought a group of more technical, deeper discussions this week. WebmasterWorld has been extremely busy, and […]
- 03-10-2017
- SEM Industry
The End of DMOZ: Weekly Forum Update
Welcome back to another update from our amazing communities! If you took a break from the news this week then, phew, you missed a lot! But don’t worry, we can get you caught up. DMOZ, a household name among SEOs, will be shutting down on March 14. Google has been busy as well – they […]
- 03-03-2017
- SEM Industry
Search and Social: Scariest Moments of 2016
Happy Halloween! Has our industry scared you this year? have you lost sleep over some traffic dips or frightening rumor? Here are a few of the scariest moments in search and social industry for the year of 2016: January Another “Phantom” 2016 Core Algorithm Update Was Not Panda Everyone was waiting for either panda or […]
- 10-31-2016
- SEM Industry
Google Employees Who Actually Reply to Help Website Owners
Google has had a long history working with webmasters and while we don’t always agree with what they say (for various reasons), our community certainly appreciates this cooperation. Here are most active Google employees who work a lot to talk back to us: Spread the word about this infographic: John Mueller Where to find: Twitter […]
- 12-21-2015
- SEM Industry
Domain Authority (DA)? Toxic Links? Never Trust the Numbers! #JimAndAnn
Google PageRank bar has been worthless for years and there are a few other companies that are indexing the web to give us the valuable information on backlinks (thank you so much!). They are also trying to come up with their own scores of each link they index. The biggest players are Moz, Majestic and […]
- 08-11-2015
- SEM Industry
WebmasterWorld: Announcing New Improved Responsive Design
WebmasterWorld.com, the International forum for news and discussion for professional webmasters, SEOs, and web publishers, has announced a new and exciting responsive design for today’s webmasters to learn and to discuss news and technical issues, whether they are at the desktop, or using a smartphone on-the-go. Jim Boykin, WebmasterWorld’s site owner said, “We’re excited to […]
- 05-26-2015
- SEM Industry
Emoji Icons (Smileys) in Search and Social Media
Love them or hate them, funky emoji icons (or smileys) confidently make it into our life: They are everywhere nowadays. What should we, as search and social marketers, know about them? 1. Emoji Icons Show up in Google SERPs Yes, as weird of the decision as it may seem, the search giant does really like […]
- 05-04-2015
- SEM Industry
On-page Optimization ideas, Refreshes Remain Manual, The EU Builds its Case and More!
This week’s forum thread round-up is in! Check out what the search and social community has been discussing this week: My First Web Site Was… Do you remember your first website? Inspired by seeing the work of former student, our forum founder reflects on how it all started. Everyone begins somewhere, makes mistakes and learns […]
- 04-11-2015
- SEM Industry
