How to Increase the Odds of Your Content Going Viral – Whiteboard Friday

Posted by randfish Having content that goes viral can seem like the luck of the draw, but there are a number of steps you can take to improve your odds. In this week's Whiteboard Friday, we will show you a few things you can do to increase your chances of having that well crafted content spread through the internet like a wildfire . . . → Read More: How to Increase the Odds of Your Content Going Viral – Whiteboard Friday

Want Guest Post Links? Find Them Via Twitter [TOOL]

Posted by Ethan Lyon This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. For a long time I’ve been pulling an RSS feed from Twitter for the query: “guest post” OR “guest author” [TOPIC] into my Google Reader. . . . → Read More: Want Guest Post Links? Find Them Via Twitter [TOOL]

What’s new with Sitemaps

Webmaster level: All Sitemaps are a way to tell Google about pages on your site. . . . → Read More: What’s new with Sitemaps

More Options for Google+ Badges

Webmaster Level: All When we launched Google+ pages in November, we also released Google+ badges to promote your Google+ presence right on your site. Starting today in developer preview (and soon available to all your users), we’re adding more options for integrating the Google+ badge into your website. You can configure a badge with a width that fits your site design and choose a version that works better on darker sites . . . → Read More: More Options for Google+ Badges

Why Your Business Needs to Be on Google+ Now

Why Google+? The quality and corresponding engagement around your search engine visibility stands to either noticeably improve or gradually decline. . . . → Read More: Why Your Business Needs to Be on Google+ Now

Google Recalculates Average Search Position Metric

In an attempt to provide more accuracy on where your site ranks for search queries, Google is changing the way it calculates average position in the Google Webmaster Tools Top Search Queries and Google Analytics Search Engine Optimization reports. . . . → Read More: Google Recalculates Average Search Position Metric

Yandex Adds Face Recognition Technology

Russian search giant Yandex has added facial recognition technology to its photo hosting service, Yandex.Fotki. Yandex is leveraging Face.com’s facial recognition technology to create a “smart” photo tagging service that lets users tag other people. . . . → Read More: Yandex Adds Face Recognition Technology

YouTube TrueView Ads Pump Up Search Traffic, Conversions for TRX

Typically, TRX aims to spend $40 on online advertising for each sale it generates from its ads. . . . → Read More: YouTube TrueView Ads Pump Up Search Traffic, Conversions for TRX

How Google+ Could Threaten Google’s Core Search Business

Social is an important part of how online users will consume and spread quality content, but it has to be integrated in a manner that doesn’t degrade core search functionality or sully searcher trust in what is the most utilized search engine. . . . → Read More: How Google+ Could Threaten Google’s Core Search Business

Google+ Drops Age Restriction, Now Accepts All Teenagers

Google today dropped the age requirement from 18 to 13 for teenagers who want to join Google+, bringing Google+ in line with Facebook’s age policy. Bradley Horowitz, Google VP, product management, also announced new features for teen users . . . → Read More: Google+ Drops Age Restriction, Now Accepts All Teenagers

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