Infographic: The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors

When used correctly, search engine optimization can get your content ranked higher on search results pages. Used poorly, you might end up masking your content with catchy phrases. Search Engine Land illustrated a handy dandy guide, the ABCs of SEO, if you will. Below, you’ll find the major factors to focus on for search engine … Continue reading Infographic: The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors

The War on Sharing [Infographic]

The war that the record labels is waging to protect its copyrighted music is mistakenly believed to only concern services that explicitly allow you to share music. That’s not so true anymore. The RIAA is broadening its scope. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Its new targets are services such as Box.net, the subject of a … Continue reading The War on Sharing [Infographic]

Bing Adds Facebook Recommendations to Search

Microsoft will begin adding Facebook data to its Bing search results on Tuesday, including the ubiquitous “like,” in another bid to differentiate from arch-rival Google. Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/adage/homepage/~3/4qugQrKxr9E/article.php via my6sense

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Monday, April 25th

As we’ve reported before, our good friends over at Google are starting up a daily puzzle challenge. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. And much to our enjoyment, they’ve decided to share the puzzles with us at GeekDad (hmm… Google a Day? GD? GeekDad?), so … Continue reading A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Monday, April 25th

The New Google Analytics: Events Goals

This is part of our series of posts highlighting the new Google Analytics. The new version of Google Analytics is currently available in beta to a number of Analytics users. We’ll be giving access to even more users soon. Sign up for early access. And follow Google Analytics on Twitter for the latest updates.Real Analytics … Continue reading The New Google Analytics: Events Goals

For Now, Twitter Shares Count More Than 1′s in Google Search Ranking [NetworkEffect]

Here’s a funny thing about Google’s new +1 tool, which lets users vote up search results. At launch, Google is keeping recommendations from its new +1 voting tool out of its ranking algorithm, even though it does consider shares on services like Twitter as a signal in its core search results. Plus-one-ing (or however you … Continue reading For Now, Twitter Shares Count More Than 1′s in Google Search Ranking [NetworkEffect]