Google’s “Page Layout” Algorithm Analysis, Examples and Effect

01/28/2012
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Last week, Google rolled out a new search algorithm called “Page Layout” that is designated to demote (penalize) websites with too much ads above-the-fold. The announcement left the webmaster community a little (a lot?) confused about the exact definitions of “too much ads”…

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Nielsen’s Top Web Brands and Online Video Destinations For December 2011

01/28/2012
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After comScore has released lately its top web brands and online video rankings reports for December 2011, another research company, Nielsen, has published its own reports. The reports of both companies have shown correlated findings among almost all segments, which can indicate on…

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Twitter: Right-To-Left Languages Translation and Country-Based Censorship

01/27/2012
Twitter World

Twitter is one of the most popular social networking sites on the web. However, most of its audience comes from English-speaking regions of the world. In an effort to expand more globally, Twitter had two announcement this week related to its clear intention…

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Consumers Shifting Towards Smartphones and Access The Mobile Web Daily (Research)

01/27/2012
Mobile Smartphone Ownership

Yesterday i discussed about how mobile advertising is surging where only predicted to increase incredibly over the next five years and how Google is going to earn tremendously from it. Well, couple of days ago Google released a research that might explain why…

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Webmaster Tools: New Search Queries Calculation and Upgraded Sitemaps Section

01/27/2012
Google Webmaster Tools

Creating great quality content? Sure. SEO? Naturally. Social media marketing strategy? Becomes a necessity. But all of these things worth almost nothing if you aren’t presenting your site properly to search engines and don’t understand how to analyze correctly their data so you…

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Mobile Advertising Predictions 2012: 80% Rise While Google Earns Nearly $6 Billion

01/26/2012
Mobile Ad On iPhone

The mobile industry is growing in a much faster rate than almost anybody has expected. Consequently, mobile ad spending projections, that already jumped to the roof before, are now also increasing accordingly. The major beneficiaries from this great increase are the leading mobile…

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Alternative Search Engines DuckDuckGo and Blekko Are On The Rise

01/26/2012
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In days where the traditional search engines integrating features that upsets many around or try rebranding themselves without really improving anything, maybe it is the time to look for some alternatives… Apparently, this is what just might going on recently after search engines…

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Google Panda Update January 2012 – Just a Minor Attack

01/26/2012
Panda Attack

After long waiting (at least for some) and a blessed break (for many others), the Google Panda update has returned, for the first time in 2012. Apparently, there was a minor Panda update in the last week or two, so minor that only…

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Google+ Now Allowing Nicknames and Established Pseudonyms

01/25/2012
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When Google+ was just launched in June last year, it didn’t had a clear names policy and many have created a Google+ account by using nickname, pseudonym or their business name. Shortly after, Google activated a mass deletion of these accounts stating the…

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Tumblr: More Than 120 Million Monthly Visitors, Plans To Expand Internationally

01/25/2012
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Nowadays, people are looking for more creative ways of social networking as they seek to expand furthermore beyond the traditional social networks (Facebook, Google+). We can see it with the constant fast growing of Pinterest and now, also with another unique social networking…

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