Black hat SEO campaigns are notorious for mishandling search engines. There is a growing concern that these types of campaigns are leading web searchers to malicious sites with the intent to promote fake antivirus applications. A recent study by the…
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Google’s Got A Need For Speed
Magnus Nilsson
March 8th, 2010
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedSpeed will likely soon not only matter to users expecting real-time information, but to webmasters and SEOs alike that wish to rank well in the search results. In November last year, Google guru Matt Cutts revealed that page loading time…
1 Comment »Beginner’s Luck: Recent Highlights In Search Marketing Tactics
Frances Mary Krug
March 5th, 2010
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedNot everything that’s posted online as advice for those new to online marketing is good. Some of it is excellent, most of it is average, some is mediocre, and some is downright awful. There’s been a lot of posting the…
1 Comment »Five Proven Guidelines For Optimizing Affiliate Websites
Patrick Hare
March 4th, 2010
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedThere’s a rumor in the affiliate marketing world that search engines “hate” affiliate websites. This viewpoint is somewhat accurate, since search engines such as Google have been designed to spot spammy, repetitive content or web pages that don’t provide a…
No Comments »New SEO Study Highlights Fortune 500 Failures
Chris Stiner
March 3rd, 2010
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedAccording to a recent study by the SEO technology firm Conductor, Fortune 500 companies are falling well below the mark when it comes to organic search visibility. With the help of the internet competitive research firm SpyFu, a list of…
No Comments »Optimize Your Website In Preparation For The iPad
Magnus Nilsson
February 14th, 2010
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedWith the imminent release of the Apple iPad, the publishing industry is about to take yet another giant leap into the digital space. So how can you prepare your site to take advantage of the hype, and also create a…
2 Comments »Take Advantage of Universal Search
Chris Stiner
January 11th, 2010
Tags : ArticlesTwo years ago Google introduced Universal Search, and the impact it has had on search engine results pages (SERPs) has been felt ever since. Universal Search displays product, video, image, local, paid, blog, news, book — and of course natural…
2 Comments »Will 2010 Be Search Engine Mayhem?
Frances Mary Krug
January 1st, 2010
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedOK, “mayhem” might be a bit strong. After all, I get a little bit of excitement growing deep inside when I think about what might be coming up for search (and the search engine results page) in 2010. Serious excitement,…
4 Comments »Top Ten Search Marketing Standard Posts From 2009
Frances Mary Krug
December 25th, 2009
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedOver the past year, we’ve posted items on a lot of different topics here at Search Marketing Standard. The following are what, in my estimation, are the top 10 posts of the year featured on our site.
10. Are Too Many…
1 Comment »Blogging For SEO
Chris Stiner
December 21st, 2009
Tags : Articles, UncategorizedWhen it comes to off-page SEO tactics, blogging may be one of the most under-utilized — yet best-performing — ways to move up the organic ranks with search engines. Let’s take a look at why blogs work for SEO and…
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