How Does “Geo Targeting” in Google Webmaster Tools Work? (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting question inside SEOchat forums about a new-ish country tags one can notice in search results. That’s a good call to sum-up what we actually know about that setting (as it’s so often misunderstood) The “Geo-Setting” Facts The setting only works if you have a generic top-level domain (here’s the list). If you […]
- 12-12-2012
- Search Engine Optimization
2 Tools to Better Follow-up with Social Media Conversation (Minimal Style)
Social media is more than just a lot of fun. It has literally changed the way we communicate, giving us a new platform with its own set of etiquette, limitations and overall conduct. We can meet people we never would have known, speak to friends and family in an instant from anywhere in the world […]
- 12-10-2012
- Social Media
How (Much) Social Media Signals Effect SEO? (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting and smart thread at SEOchat forums discussing social media signals and their effect on SEO The fact is, we don’t know much about that and there are too many variables to be able to test this properly. What we know for sure: Social media mentions (i.e. links in them) are used for […]
- 12-05-2012
- Social Media
2 Absolutely Awesome FireFox Addons to Site-Search from Status Bar
It’s quite obvious we search a lot. Running a quick site:domain.com search on Google is actually the first thing I do when analyzing any site. I search to spell-check, I search to analyze, I search to get inspired… There are lots of search shortcuts and search operators. There is never too much playing with search […]
- 12-03-2012
- SEO Tools
Is Buying an Expired Domain a Good Idea? (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting thread over at SEOchat forums that brings us back to the “expired domains” question: Is it still a good idea to buy expired domains? I am sure you have heard quite a few success stories about investing into expired domains, however that’s kind of a “hit or miss” tactic: It is hard […]
- 11-28-2012
- Search Engine Optimization
3 Fun Tools to Search Within Your Own Tweets
Of all of the social media sites, I think my favorite has to be Twitter. There are many reasons for this, though the biggest is that it is made for equally for personal and professional use. The features allow you to easily optimize your social media presence, and it is the simplest method I have […]
- 11-26-2012
- Social Media
What Is Klout Score and How to Treat it? (Weekly Q&A)
Last year, Israel based company Smoyz worked on behalf of Kotex to come up with an innovative form of social media marketing. They went to the latest (and fastest growing) social media site on the web – Pinterest – and sought out the most influential female pinners. Namely those who they knew would be most […]
- 11-21-2012
- Social Media
The Guide to Reddit Subreddits
There are a couple of websites that are so intensely connected to the overall image of the Internet today that they come to mind the moment you think of the web. Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube…these are all examples. Highly used, very popular and increasingly relevant to how we interact in even the real world, our […]
- 11-19-2012
- Social Media
HOW TO: Prevent Google from Ranking a Certain Web Page (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting thread over SEOchat forum: What if I don’t want Google to rank my web page for a certain keyword / key phrase? These things usually become the reason of constant misunderstandings, so let’s sum up: Robots.txt WON’T help you get your page unranked. It will stop Google from accessing and re-caching the […]
- 11-14-2012
- Search Engine Optimization
This Week’s Cool SEO Tool: Chartelligence
Chartelligence is a sweet Google Chrome extension that allows to get more insight from your Google Analytics graphs. Basically it overlays your traffic graph with whatever data you will set it to. Here’s the quick video review: Quick Tips: Install the Google Chrome extension and read a short instruction you will be provided with. Now, […]
- 11-12-2012
- SEO Tools
