Keyword: SEO
Google’s minor tweak to search algorithm is a major change
Google adjusts search algorithm “Different searches have different freshness needs,” according to a recent Google statement. As part of Google’s unspoken quest to think like the human brain, they have tweaked their search algorithm a bit to bring recent results to the top of search which they say will affect roughly 35 percent of all searches. The change is designed ...
Dramatic statistics about StumbleUpon link traffic – infographic
The life cycle of a web page on StumbleUpon According to StumbleUpon, they account for half of all social media traffic in America and users stay on sites they’ve Stumbled for longer than the average viewer spends on a site, and the life of a link shared on StumbleUpon appears to have a shelf life that is a lot longer ...
Searchmetrics SEO analytics suite is so scary good
Searchmetrics Suite There are literally hundreds of SEO metrics tools on the market and thousands of SEO experts, but in one fell swoop, Searchmetrics.com interrupts the market with a tool that boils everything down into understandable terms for any user. The Suite compares your site against other websites and gives you in depth and immediate analysis of the visibility of ...
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The average web site load time is a sluggish six seconds – infographic
88 websites visited per day per user After studying 1 billion web pages globally, New Relic has determined that it takes an average of six seconds for a web page to load and success of a site is relative to its speed. Over a one week span, they studied actual page loads on sites, testing various browsers, operating systems and ...
Should Realtors care about the Google +1 button? Is SEO now dead?
Google muscling in on Facebook “like” button? Recently, Google launched their “+1 button” as explained in the video above which has bloggers buzzing. In case you haven’t heard, +1 gives your “public stamp of approval” on Google search results which are then publicly viewable. The project is still in the Google Labs section and if you want to participate, simply ...
Google’s impact on search engine optimization – infographic
A Google history When writers discuss the history of Google, we hear over and over about personnel changes, acquisitions and partnerships and less about the nerdier bits about their impact on how the internet and its users and content producers operate. Take a look at the infographic below and let us know in comments what you learned or what your ...
You wondered why you should blog as a Realtor, Google is answering
I had an interesting conversation recently about crowd sourcing. This particular Realtor stated that he did not crowdsource anything. In fact, it seemed foolish to him to even ask questions of followers on Twitter for recommendations. I quickly asked if he used Google. Obviously the answer was yes, and my answer was that he did in fact crowd source if ...
2010 in review based on global Google searches
Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, the “Google Zeitgeist reveals what Google is calling the “spirit of 2010.” The Zeitgeist offers an interactive map, outlines the fastest growing searches and a video compilation of this year’s biggest events across the globe. It was a good year for celebrities, and technologies, occupying ...
Look- it’s a blog! No, it’s a website! Pondering the differences
Originally published 01/02/08: I’ve been in the midst of a total overhaul of my various websites. We’ve finished our discovery process, and are moving more into design and functionality. The question of the day: where does the blog end and the website begin? There’s many a time when I’m writing a blog post where I think how I really want ...
Deep links: why you should care… deeply (I’m on a horse!)
Okay, so the subject is a bit of a red herring, but read on! What is a deep link anyway? Deep linking is when, rather than linking to a home page, a link is pointed “deep” to an internal story or section of the site. For example, rather than pointing a link to http://agentgenius.com/, I would create a link to ...
Advanced SEO? Or just plain logic? 5 things you can do today.
I am not an SEO genius… …but, between the articles here and my own experiences, I’ve figured out a few things that work for me. My RErockstar.com blog isn’t the highest ranked site, but it garners enough traffic that I consider it to be a successful real estate blog. AgentGenius has plenty of great writers (ever read Jack Leblond’s SEO ...
Google caffeine update – is it time to freak out?
If you haven’t heard all the buzz, Google recently launched an update to its systems dubbed “Caffeine” (testing started in 2009). The big question though is what the heck was it and do you need to worry about your website losing its rankings? Situation Normal Google updated it’s algorithms 350 to 400 times in 2009. Surprised? They actually make changes ...
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