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33 examples of great meta descriptions for search

Despite the current trend to segment your audience as much as possible it's still easy to overlook the art of meta description writing.

After all Google search still reaches all of your target market and beyond.

Here's a reminder of the important considerations for meta description writing with some examples.

by Tim Aldiss 17 April 2013 12:21pm 12 comments

Brick-and-mortar retailers making big gains in the SERPs: report

Brick-and-mortar retailers may face challenges in competing online, but pure-play online retailers that think they've won the ecommerce game shouldn't count out their old-school competitors.

In fact, in some product categories, brick-and-mortar retailers are starting to beat out pure-play retailers.

by Patricio Robles 17 January 2013 18:21pm 1 comment

The Emanuel Update: Google's algorithm as copyright enforcer

At a conference earlier this year, Hollywood big wig Ari Emanuel suggested that Google could do more to thwart digital piracy by helping to ensure that pirated content doesn't find its way into the world's largest and most popular search engine.

At the time, a Google executive called Emanuel's suggestion "very misinformed" and noted that identifying who owns content is not always an easy task.

But apparently behind the scenes, Google was far more amenable to the concept than it indicated publicly. In a post on Google's Inside Search blog on Friday, Google SVP Amit Singhal announced that the company has launched a new update that may ensure Google's top executives get invites to all of Hollywood's red carpet events.

by Patricio Robles 13 August 2012 15:05pm 6 comments

What has the greater correlation with organic search rankings? Facebook Likes or Google +1s?

According to new data, Google +1s have a stronger correlation to high natural search rankings than Facebook Likes, and play a bigger role in a blended natural search strategy.

Digital agency Stickyeyes has looked at the influence of both Google +1s and Facebook Likes as emerging ranking signals using its Roadmap tool, which analyses over 100m ranking signal metrics each month across a 13 terabyte database.

This study looked at over 7,000 URLs that rank in the top 20 positions across multiple competitive sectors in Google.co.uk and correlated their actual +1 and Like counts versus ranking position.

The results suggest that +1s have the strongest correlation with search rankings...

by Graham Charlton 23 July 2012 10:32am 30 comments

Google tests Google+ sharing in SERPs

Don't look now but Google+ may not be dead on arrival after all.

Quietly, it has attracted some 150m active monthly users and Google's social network scored higher than Facebook in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Business Report.

On the brand side of things, Google continues to push forward in trying to build an attractive ecosystem. The latest example of that: a new set of Page Management APIs are coming soon.

by Patricio Robles 19 July 2012 17:25pm 9 comments

Yahoo teams with Getty Images for image and video search

Is a big part of search's future based on content partnerships?

You might think so looking at the recent deals Bing has struck with Encyclopaedia Britannica and Yelp.

by Patricio Robles 21 June 2012 17:02pm 0 comments

Bing and Encyclopaedia Britannica partner on search results

Earlier this year, Encyclopaedia Britannica announced that it would discontinue producing its annual 32-volume printed edition.

"By concentrating our efforts on our digital properties, we can continuously update our content and further expand the number of topics and the depth with which they are treated without the space constraints of the print set," Encyclopaedia Britannica's president, Jorge Cauz, explained.

by Patricio Robles 08 June 2012 19:23pm 0 comments

Social shares mean high search rankings: stats

Social shares on Facebook and Twitter closely correlate with how a site ranks in Google searches, according to a new study by Searchmetrics.

Facebook activity appears to have the highest impact on rankings, with a Facebook share the most important factor.

Twitter is far behind these values but is still the sixth strongest metric behind Facebook and the number of backlinks.

by David Moth 07 June 2012 13:47pm 9 comments

Search, plus Your World: a sad day for tech, but not for the reason you think

On Tuesday, Google announced Search, plus Your World.

The deep integration of Google+ results into its search results is perhaps the strongest reminder yet of the fact that Google is competing head on with publishers and other companies. Publishers and companies that hope to achieve top rankings in the company's search results.

by Patricio Robles 12 January 2012 12:37pm 11 comments

Google may penalize ads, but what about its ads?

Google's efforts to improve its SERPs are no secret. From Panda to Freshness, Google's strategy can be summed up briefly: filter out the junk, promote quality and relevance.

When it comes to the former, Google may be considering an interesting approach: penalize pages that it believes have too many ads.

by Patricio Robles 10 November 2011 17:57pm 1 comment