Google and Microsoft have made announcements lately that Social Signals are being incorporated into the search algorithm (including this interview with SEO Moz back in December). Which means that whether or not a link has been shared via social networks affects its performance in search. How much do Social Signals matter? Keep in mind […]
Archives for March 2011
SEO News: Weekly Link Roundup – March 24, 2011
We here at Schipul – The Web Marketing Company love to share knowledge, information and news with each other. On any given day, our inboxes are filled with links to great articles, SEO tools, and sometimes just plain awesome randomness. So, we decided on the SEM team to begin sharing some of the articles we’ve […]
Google & Bing Admit to Having Whitelists / Exception Lists
Last week, our SEM team at Schipul – The Web Marketing Company, attended the SMX West conference in San Jose, CA. One of the much anticipated panels included “The Spam Police” featuring Google’s Matt Cutts, Bing’s Sasi Parthasarthy and Blekko’s Rich Skrenta. The panel was moderated by Search Engine Land editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan. One of […]
Top 10 Tweets from SMX 2011
Below are a few of the several Tweets I saved over the course of SMX 2011. These are my top 10 favorite Tweets from SMX West 2011. Any we left out? Leave links in the comments below! #10 – SMX Twitter Announcement by Matt Cutts “Today we’re adding the ability to block sites directly to […]
Optimizing your Google Places Listing
We’re here at #SMX West in beautiful San Jose, CA getting our SEO learn on. The hot topic this week – Local Search. The numbers vary depending who you ask – but around 20% of all searches and 1/3 of all mobile searches have local intent. So you’ve verified your Google Places listing. Now what? […]
First Day – Schipul at SMX West 2011
Today is the first day of the SMX West 2011 conference at San Jose, CA. Both fellow Schipulite, Caitlin Kaluza and I are ready to fill our brains with some great SEO candy. Oh SMX, why are you having so many great sessions? I am only one person and can’t be in different places at […]
SEO Tips for when your New Site Goes Live
You may have noticed that we are thrilled and excited to have just launched our newest iteration of Schipul.com – so we thought it would be a great time to share SEO tips to keep in mind during and after you take a new website live. Some of these may seem obvious, but you want […]