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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:46 PM
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Views: 1,411
Posted By Stivin Greer
Bing gaining market share?

Bing recently announced significant growth. Odds are they are taking business from Google rather than Yahoo (Yahoo doesn't have much to give). One has to wonder if the product placement going on in...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:45 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 905
Posted By Stivin Greer
WHOIS data is a ranking factor

It is getting to the point of absurd how every little thing impacts the Google search results now. Google has announced that have registration information public will give you a small boost.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:45 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,162
Posted By Stivin Greer
Don't hide data with a CSS display

Yet another example of a bad practice that Google has recently identified. Play it straight with your structured data.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:45 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,270
Posted By Stivin Greer
Don't use structured data that would be considered misleading

Google will hit you with a penalty if you do. Every advantage you can get while sticking to Google's guidelines is important.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:44 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 848
Posted By Stivin Greer
How can you test to see if markup is used correctly?

One simple and cheap test is to use Google's structured data testing tool. Also do a cursory review and make sure the basics look good like business address of hours of operation.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:44 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,143
Posted By Stivin Greer
Make sure markup is formatted correctly

Is your Structured Data Markup compatible with Schema.org? It better be, or you are going to suffer the consequences in the search results.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:43 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,002
Posted By Stivin Greer
Avoid advertising links if you can

The rule of thumb is to avoid these links if possible. However, if you aren't in the position to do so, then the next best thing is to make sure the links are not located close to the navigation...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:43 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,260
Posted By Stivin Greer
Auto fill on website forms

Believe it or not, Google considers the ease of filling out forms on your site a ranking factor. Make sure autofill is enabled.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:43 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 890
Posted By Stivin Greer
Reduce pop ups on your site

If you have pop ups on the your site that can't be closed easily and quickly, Google will hit you with a penalty in the search results.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:42 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 856
Posted By Stivin Greer
Usability of site

Google is really pushing this. Webmasters need to have great usability and avoid any hard to use features on the site. It impacts ranking.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:42 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 965
Posted By Stivin Greer
Linking Structure

Make sure your internal linking structure matches the canonical version of the site that you prefer, otherwise you are going to run into problems.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:41 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 942
Posted By Stivin Greer
Canonical issues can be a site killer

It bears repeating for webmasters, you have to use canonical tags correctly or your site will suffer the consequences.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:41 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 970
Posted By Stivin Greer
Cached Content

The most important pages of your site need to be crawled constantly. If that is not the case, you might be victim to malware or your content needs to be updated.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:41 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 850
Posted By Stivin Greer
Content getting indexed numerous times?

If you aren't careful, tracking URLs and variables can cause this to happen. Considering scanning your site to make sure (lots of tools available for this).
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:40 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,166
Posted By Stivin Greer
Best kind of structured data

If you are going for the most bang for your buck, than JSON-LD should be the focus of your attention since Google has announced that it will be the standard soon.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:40 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 858
Posted By Stivin Greer
Red Alert: Panda will be real time

If you are going to do a site audit, keep in mind that Google announced both Penguin and Panda re going real time.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:39 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 730
Posted By Stivin Greer
Avoid iframes like the plague

Yes, it's nice to have like buttons on your site, but you need to do a serious cost benefit analysis and consider that iframes will significantly lower your rankings. Facebook likes or above the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:39 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 888
Posted By Stivin Greer
Local Search just got a lot harder

Mastering local SEO is definitely a moving target. Google has made a lot of changes recently including removal of Google+ and decreasing the number showing up in search results. Probably not going...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:38 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 960
Posted By Stivin Greer
Date on business listings

New evidence suggests that 45% of consumers are more likely than not to purchase from a company with a complete listing online.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:38 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 975
Posted By Stivin Greer
Can you stop worrying about Panda?

Short answer is no. Google continues to push new updates focusing on mobile, and this will only continue in the near future.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:37 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 924
Posted By Stivin Greer
Google's next ranking factor

Google has announced to much chagrin that it will be making structured data a ranking factor.Another item to add to your laundry list SEOs!
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:37 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 986
Posted By Stivin Greer
Yahoo twitter integration: a little too late?

If you haven't already noticed, Yahoo has been integrating tweets to certain search results. As usual, they are merely following other trailblazers instead of innovating. So sad considering how...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:37 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,040
Posted By Stivin Greer
Wordpress users and XML sitemaps, what to watch for

You need to make sure you are not generating sitemaps for content that you don't want to show up (read up on no indexing if you don't know what I'm talking about).
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:34 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 996
Posted By Stivin Greer
Google rolls out live blog scheme

A new improvement to Google mobile search results, you can now use structured data markup to show live blogging.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 01-09-2016, 03:34 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 852
Posted By Stivin Greer
The death of Google+ reviews

Yes, Google has been warning of this for awhile now and they have finally removed all reviews from Google+. I feel that most users are split on the issue.
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