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Google Search link spam update rolling out now

A new spam algorithm is rolling out over the next two weeks aimed at fighting link spam more broadly. Google is rolling out the link spam update today and throughout the next two weeks. This link spam update targets spammy links “more broadly” and “across multiple languages,” Duy...
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Pinterest powers up creators during stressful times

How the visual discovery platform is rethinking stories and influencers “The content on our platform is about you and what you want in your life,” explained Colleen Stauffer, Global Director of Creator Marketing for Pinterest. “We really tried to harness planning that became way...
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19 technical SEO facts for beginners

Want to dip your toes into technical SEO? Columnist John Lincoln shares some fun tidbits for those just starting out. Technical SEO is an awesome field. There are so many little nuances to it that make it exciting, and its practitioners are required to have excellent...
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SEM ad copy tips that you may find scary

Trying new things can sometimes be frightening for paid search marketers, but columnist Brett Middleton argues that leaving your comfort zone is the key to differentiating your brand and obtaining qualified traffic. Writing ad copy for your AdWords campaign typically is a process...
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Amazon Hiring a ‘Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead’

Amazon is getting in on cryptocurrency, posting a job opening for a “Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead.” Cryptocurrency has been gaining mainstream support, with companies across a range of industries accepting it as payment. Its increased acceptance makes it somewhat...
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Clubhouse Leaves Beta and Is Open to Everyone

Clubhouse, the popular audio-only social media platform, announced it is out of beta and no longer invitation-only. Clubhouse has gained popularity as a platform for audio chatrooms and conversation, but has been invite-only for the last year. The company used those 12 months to...
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The 2013 Bing Infographic In Text Format: Bing Indexes A Lot Of Social Content

Bing posted their 2013 highlights on the Bing Search Blog, summarizing some key statistics they wanted to share with everyone. They did it as an infographic, I wonder what Google would think about that? Here is the infographic stats in bullet format followed by the infographic....
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Twitter Finally Begins Adding Search Relevancy Features

The Twitter Blog has a short blog post mentioning that they have added technology “to show higher quality results for trend queries by returning tweets that are more useful.” Clearly, this is Twitter’s first step in improving Twitter Search by adding relevancy and search quality...
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The final recrawl analysis: A powerful and important last step after implementing large-scale SEO changes

You’ve crawled your client’s site, identified the SEO issues and fixed those issues in staging. Great job! But columnist Glenn Gabe shares why recrawling the site is critical once your SEO changes have been pushed live. When helping companies deal with performance...
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Know your SEM? Prove it. Enter the SMX Biggest Search Geek Contest

See if you have what it takes to outsmart your peers! The Biggest Search Geek Contest, sponsored by Marin Software, is where the world’s brightest search marketers compete to outsmart fellow search geeks from across the globe. The contestant who answers the most questions...