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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advise.
Ever since Google has allowed Chrome Extensions, a number of interesting SEO tools have been popping up. These are now beginning to rival some of the toolbars and add-ons available for Firefox, so I thought it would be a good time to share my three favourite Chrome SEO plugins.
1. Chrome SEO
Chrome SEO is an extremely powerful extension that puts a huge amount of SEO information right…
Like many webmasters, I use Yahoo! Site Explorer on a regular basis to check the incoming links for our websites. Last week I noticed a sharp increase in the number of indexed links to our site and after checking the Yahoo! search blog, I can confirm Yahoo! have released an update to their search algorithm.
Click here to read the Yahoo! Weather Report blog post.
With the upcoming…
Touted as “its most significant homepage redesign in over a decade”, Microsoft has begun rolling out its new homepage to select users.
Microsoft says the redesign includes more than 30 updates that are based on 70,000 pieces of customer feedback. These new features include:
We’ve not heard a lot of news lately from Yahoo! so when its CEO Carol Bartz speaks it sparks some attention.
When Bartz spoke to AdAge recently she took a swipe at the advertising industry as a whole.
“For an industry that’s based on creativity and inspiring people, I don’t know why it’s so afraid. I don’t think it should be afraid to just try some crazy new…
Can you believe it? Almost ALL consumers now rely on the online world for researching local products or services.
A new report out by BIA/Kelsey and Constat confirms what we’ve know has been building for some time. Local businesses can no longer ignore the online space if they hope to be sustainable.
That usage level is a phenomenal statistic when you consider its real world implications. Many of the people…
Before you dismiss this post as just “something for the geeks” – it might worth understanding what you web developer can do to help your Google exposure.
Google has just announced support for Microdata in their Rich Snippets.
Rich snippets are a great way to make your website listings standout in the search engine results page. Given the volume of listings you’re competing against – any opportunity to…
Last week I explained how to Monitor, Listen & Respond to social media comments as part of my overview of the Media140 conference. This week, we will look at how social media sites can be used as an effective crisis management tool.
The rise of social media sites has given customers a new avenue to talk about your company and in turn a new way for you to…
Just when you thought Google couldn’t possibly find a new avenue for their search engine, along comes Google TV.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is testing a new television programming search service in conjunction with Dish Network.
Details on the project are a little sketchy so far as Google has not officially announced anything. However we do know that the service is currently in a limited…
Many webmasters focus a majority of their time on building new links to their site with a variety of link building methods. While this is certainly an important part of SEO, it’s also beneficial to review your existing links to make sure you’re getting the most out of them.
Here’s a few simple ways to improve the SEO benefit of your existing link partners.
1. Optimize your anchor text
Anchor…
Google has announced they are dumping their SearchWiki feature and replacing it with a new feature called ‘Starred Results’. Starred results are basically a stripped down version of SearchWiki, which will let users bookmark specific search results so that they appear at the top of the page for related searches.
SearchWiki was Google’s first attempt at offering personalized search results by allowing users to re-order organic results, remove…
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