This month marks the 6th birthday of YouTube. In order to celebrate, YouTube has released some interesting statistics. Currently, 48 hours of video are being uploaded to YouTube every minute, with 3 billion views per day. This is up from 24 hours of video per minute, and 2 billion views per day only one year … Continued
After ninety days, it appears as if Google as lifted the penalty placed against J.C. Penney for purchasing links that violated Google’s guidelines. On May 10th, J.C. Penney was ranking in the top 10 for 24 keywords, and that number has since grown to 899 keywords. JCP has removed all of the links referenced in … Continued
Based on recent data from Facebook, including “Like” buttons and other social plugins on your website will likely have a significant effect on visitor traffic and conversions. On average, media sites have seen a 300% increase in referral traffic after integrating Facebook into their site. Websites such as The Huffington Post, ABC News, and Washington … Continued
Google unveiled a new comparison site for credit cards, mortgages, CDs, checking and savings accounts as they position themselves in the financial lead generation sector. The company aims to compete with services like LendingTree and LowerMyBills, but is Google’s comparison site an unfair intrusion into the lead generation industry? Starting today, if you search for … Continued
The latest Adwords ad change continues to blur the line between PPC and organic results by imitating a popular search engine optimization strategy. Many sites use separator bars to distinguish between sets of keywords in their title tags, like the example below featuring the title of our home page: “Austin Web Design and Internet Marketing … Continued
Anyone with an email account knows the frustration of having their inbox flooded with spam emails, and has likely seen messages including pharmaceutical offers, work-at-home scams, and financial offers from Nigerian royalty. In 2009, spam levels reached a record high, with 94% of all emails being considered spam. Today, spam is slightly more under control, … Continued
Google recently announced new details about their +1 button. Here are some of the highlights: – Full implementation is just weeks away. Soon the button will begin popping up on your favorite sites and can be easily implemented on your own as well – To generate a +1 button for your site, they will have … Continued
The U.S. Justice Department is currently investigating details of Google’s advertising system and how they have treated several unnamed advertisers. Few details are available about the investigation; however, European regulators have recently complained that Google rigs the advertising system to drive up prices and manipulates search results to favor its own services and undermine competition. … Continued
Over the last few months, the New York Times has been publishing articles about the dark side of search engine optimization exposing companies that have used “dirty” tactics to improve their rankings. Last Friday, the newspaper published its latest story about paid links in the flower industry but unlike previous pieces, the response from both … Continued
Google recently released more information on low quality content and the 2-month old Panda update now has become the focal point of many online discussions related to SEO and content creation. According to the post, Panda is just one of 500 updates that the search engine plans to roll out this year. Since it’s release, … Continued