In late February, Google rolled out the Panda update targeting low quality content. Now, a month and a half later, they have implemented the algorithm change throughout all English language Google domains (.co.uk,.com.au, etc…) with additional changes in how they analyze long tail search and utilize user feedback. The original Panda update was met with … Continued
It’s no secret that copied content plagues the web. In a video posted earlier this week, Matt Cutts discusses some of the difficulties in crediting content to the original author and ways that webmasters can protect the value of their content. Cutts starts out using a hypothetical scenario: – Site A publishes content – Site … Continued
The most common methodology for user experience optimization is simplifying the conversion process to make it as easy as possible for someone to interact with your site. This often involves shortening steps, simplifying pages and cleaning up clunky designs. However, Twitter discovered that inserting additional steps into the sign up process actually improved user sign … Continued
Here are questions we received for our monthly marketing Q&A session. This month we received a lot of questions about Google penalties, creating good content, SEO and other relevant topics. If you have any questions you would like for us to answer, leave them in the comments below or click here to email us a … Continued
One common question among Google Analytics users is why the program shows 0 visits for some keywords. After all if it recorded that someone reached the site through search and recorded the keyword they used, then why doesn’t that count as a visit? I wondered the same thing when I first started using GA and … Continued
Google announced the introduction of a new +1 feature that has functionality similar to Facebook’s popular Like button and is now available to the public albeit on an opt-in basis. The button had been rumored since December and its formal introduction was expected sometime this year. If you would like to start using the +1 … Continued
A recent study by Performix shed new light on the way consumers interact with mobile search on their smartphones. Many people would expect most mobile searches to take place away from the home, but study findings showed the opposite was true. The study consisted of a February survey of over 500 respondents, each accessing the … Continued
Yesterday the web was buzzing over a screenshot showing a second search box in Facebook’s top navigation.
Web design and development is a constantly growing industry with ongoing innovation, evolution, and customization and this progression is evident in HTML5.
Eventbrite recently released data from a six month study of ticket sales showing the average value of a Facebook Like vs an individual tweet and interesting data about users who share pre-purchase vs post purchase for an event.