There has been quite a bit of concern and controversy surrounding the industry Code of Ethics (COE) that SEMPO wants to see implemented. There has definitely been a lot of questions, so I approached both Tony Wright, the VP of Communication and Public Relation for SEMPO, who led the original SEMPO meeting about the plans […]
Penguin 3.0 Affects Less than 1% of Queries, Will Rollout for Weeks
Google has publicly posted the first comments about the Penguin update. Pierre Far shared the following on Google+: On Friday last week, we started rolling out a Penguin refresh affecting fewer than 1% of queries in US English search results. This refresh helps sites that have already cleaned up the webspam signals discovered in the […]
Penguin 3.0 Finally Updates – Google Hits Homepages, Affiliates & 301 Redirect Spam
After waiting more than a year, the Penguin 3.0 update has finally rolled out. Google has emailed me to confirm that Penguin did roll out on Friday, at the same time forums and Twitter began to light up about a possible Penguin update rolling out, but said they might not release any further details or […]
Facebook Organic Impressions Down 50% But Paid Impressions Up Only 5%
It has been obvious to marketers that Facebook has been repeatedly reducing organic impressions of Page posts for months, but now we have the stats behind it and it shows Facebook has reduced organic impressions have been reduced by 50% over the past year. Adobe Digital Index released their Global Digital Advertising Report for Q3 […]
Twitpic Shutting Down Once Again
A month after Twitpic first announced it was closing due to a trademark issue, then announcing it had been acquired, Twitpic has once again announced that they will be shutting down. Twitpic, the first service for Twitter users that made it easy to upload photos for tweets, announced it was shutting down at the beginning […]
WordPress SEO Plugins Used by 49% Sites, But Best Performing is Surprising
WordPress is an incredibly popular CMS system. And according to Lipperhey, WordPress powers over 22% of the entire web. In a sample of 21 million sites in the US, WordPress is the CMS used behind 68% of the websites that were running on a known CMS. Joomla was the second most popular CMS with 18% […]
Google AdWords CTR Up 18% From Last Year; Financial Industry Up 39%
Anyone who advertises with Google knows that it seems that CPC is up in many markets. But did you know that ad CTR rates are also up? Adobe Digital Index released their Global Digital Advertising Report for Q3 2014 and found that CTR is up by 18% YoY. They also discovered that CTR growth is […]
Differences Between XML Sitemaps and RSS/Atom Feeds & Why You Should Use Both
The Google Webmaster Central Blog has posted tips to help webmasters navigate the differences between XML sitemaps and RSS/Atom feeds, as well as when to use either – or both. It is important for webmasters to submit sitemaps, particularly for sites that are very large or updated very frequently. But while many webmasters submit either […]
Why Facebook Edging Out YouTube for Video Views Isn’t That Impressive
For the first time, Facebook edges out YouTube for video views according to the August comScore data just released. While on the surface, Facebook having more video views than YouTube sounds very impressive, the reality is a lot less so. The numbers take into account videos viewed on Facebook that autoplayed, something users have been […]
Bing Ads Testing Expanded Consumer Ratings Annotations
Bing Ads is testing a new expanded review ad format, officially called Consumer Ratings Annotations. Normally, with the reviews extension we see the number of reviews, how many stars the company has, and a link to the reviews on Bing. Now, there is also an additional review line added to the ad, showing further detail […]