Although The SEM Post has been publishing for only the second half of this year, here are the top ten news stories we had over the past six months at The SEM Post. 10 – The Role of Reputation in the Google Quality Ratings Guidelines by Jennifer Slegg When we released the latest Google quality […]
Archives for December 29, 2014
How to Migrate to HTTPS from the Google Chrome Team
The Google Chrome Team has released a “work in progress” guide to transitioning a website to HTTPS. For those of you who didn’t immediately transition to HTTPS when Google first announced that it would be used as a ranking signal (which they later announced would not be visible), you probably want to add it to […]
Yahoo Directory Officially Closes a Few Days Early, Transitions to Yahoo Small Business
The Yahoo directory has officially closed its doors, a few days earlier than expected. Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land was the first to notice the closure of the long running directory this past weekend. The Yahoo directory used to be an essential part of SEO many, many years ago. But as SEO practices evolved, […]
Facebook Launching New Featured Videos to All Facebook Pages
Facebook is testing an amazing featured video spot that would appear at the top of a Facebook Page’s video tab. It features a huge video, along with text on the right-hand side when a user selects the video tab. And best of all, it is already planned to roll out to all Facebook Pages. Facebook […]
Pinterest Launching Promoted Pins to All Advertisers January 1st
Pinterest new promoted pins have been doing so well that they will be rolling out promoted pins to everyone on January 1. Pinterest began testing promoted pins, where pins would appear in users pin stream when they were following similar pins, in May of last year where it was only been tested by a limited […]