Website Security, Facebook Business and Search and a Spanish Lack of Inquisiton
Security pops ups as a common theme in discussions this week on a few different levels. Talk of website security has been on the front burner since Google wrote about HTTPS as a ranking factor. Other issues of security, choice and prosperity have emerged this week as interesting topics for debate and discussion. Google Proposes […]
6 Best Google Docs Apps for Writing Productivity and Collaboration
Google Docs has been one of the most powerful editing and collaboration tools for years. And it’s free! The built-in ability to create documents, invite editor and collaborate in real time is awesome. The rest can be achieved through helpful addons that are available all over the web. Sadly, there are not nearly as many […]
Content as a Ranking Factor (Bing) & Never-Ending Penguin: This Week in Search
It’s been a snowy week for the Ninjas in upstate New York, but the conversation’s been heating up on our forums. According to Google: Penguin 3.0 is continuing One of the most engaging threads on the board, with over 50 comments there is little in the Search World more interesting that what Google is doing […]
7 Best Flipboard Magazines For Online Marketers
Have you discovered the majesty that is Flipboard, yet? I am unabashedly obsessed with this content curation tool, and I have been spending way too much time playing around with it. For those who have not yet fallen in love, this is an advanced RSS feed that creates “magazines” of your chosen content. So you […]
How Does Google Handle Legitimate Hidden Content? #SEOQA
Starting with WebmasterWorld and SEroundtable posts here and here, there has been a lot of talk about how Google handles hidden content and if hidden content is weighted differently. Hidden Content is Indexed… As far as I have seen since the discussion died down, Google does index this content. Personally, I think it would be […]
How To Find Trending and Inspirational Visual Content
Before we begin, we should probably get one thing out of the way: any image that you are seeing on the social web, which is generating a lot of comments, shares or views, is technically trending on the social web. Since social media is so expansive and popular, content may “trend” a lot easier than […]
Digital Dojo: What Do George Takei, Liam Neeson, And Henry Ford Have In Common?
You learn something new every single day. For example, if you were to watch every single of episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones in succession, it would take you 30 hours. Also, French explorer Napoleon wasn’t actually a midget, and dogs sweat through their foot pads. It’s all pretty cool if you think about it. […]
How To Put A Linked Call-To-Action Within Your Youtube Video
YouTube is one of the most powerful content marketing platforms. All we have to do is look at a few stats to understand the power of YouTube: Over 6 billions hours of video are watched by 1 billion unique visitors every month. YouTube provides access to 61 countries across the globe. Subscriptions happen in the […]
10 Blogging Podcasts To Subscribe To
You have been trying for months to give your blog a new edge. You are trying every trick, creating good content, exploiting your social media profiles, connecting with other bloggers, writing regularly, establishing newsletters and pushing for email subscriptions, and the list goes on and on. Welcome to the world of blogging as it stands […]
Why Become a Social Media Network Early Adopter?
This autumn has introduced us to the new social media platforms – Ello and Tsu – both predicted to be Facebook killers (which we are all understandably skeptical about). But the dubious potential to kill Facebook isn’t really why both startups spur my interest: They both bring something new to the table, something that can […]