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The war for dominance among the search engines is heating up. Despite the aggressive and tiring efforts from all companies, it still seems that the all out war between Google and Bing continues while all other major search engines are hardly even getting a look in.
The latest search market share data for the month of November has been made public and it surely is …
The rank checker tool of Raven Internet Marketing Tools has been a phenomenal resource for SEO professionals and business owners. The recent announcement from the company that it is taking off the Ranking Tool to comply with Google’s Terms of Service comes as a disappointing surprise for many associated with the industry.
Although there are viewpoints and perspectives in favor and against such a move …
Ever since Apple replaced Google Maps in its iOS devices for their own Apple Maps across iPhone’s and iPad’s there has been quite a backlash from consumer. Sadly, the Apple maps were far from perfect. From offering wrong labeling of locations, restaurants, guiding people through wrong turns to leading a group of Aussies all the way to a desert infested with snakes, Apple has had …
Cyber Monday shopping is well and truly over, so how did the online retailers fair?
It’s good news for retailers with more people than ever going online on Monday 26th November to purchase Christmas gifts at heavily discounted prices.
Here’s a rundown of the official stats:
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Google has just released a new video that is a how-to guide on verifying ownership of as website’s Google Webmaster Tools account using a HTML Meta tag.
As most of you may already know, Google Analytics can only be accessed by the Webmaster or the site owner. To ensure privacy & security and the fact that only a site’s owner gains access to such resources, …
Google has had a busy year, but just before it ends the search giant has announced that Google AdSense Text Ads now get a makeover. The latest developments have been officially announced and demos have also been released as to how the text ads would look from now on.
The changes relate to the sizing and fonts of the ad, the spacing of contents and …
In 2012, Google focused heavily on AdWords, which resulted in many changes to the advertising platform. Anyone using AdWords to advertise their business needs to know them if they want on top of the game.
So here are the top 8 changes:
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Good news for webmasters – Bing has finally published its first set of guidelines for webmasters using their services. These guidelines are expected to offer webmasters general guidance related to SEO practices specifically for the Bing search engine.
The newly introduced Bing Webmaster Guidelines are expected to cover subjects like social media and links and additional coverage on search engine optimization and other technical website …
Early last week, a security breach was discovered in Google Webmaster Tools that allowed those who once had access to certain sites to be able to access them again, and dozens of site owners were reporting changes to their sites that they had not made.
This breach had allowed former users of these sites, such as previous employees, IT staff, and others to access some …
How would you feel if your search was predicted before you even typed the information in? Would you feel comfortable if you went on Google, and the search engine brought up what you were looking for before you even typed it in?
According to Technology Review, Google is working on a brand new mobile search tool that aims to pre-guess what you’re likely to be …