The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “The Future of Google Fiber: Why the Search Giant Is Betting on Broadband”. Seth Fiegerman says, “A little less than two years ago, Google laid out plans to roll out a new lightning-fast Internet network that would make buffering and load times a thing of the past. That dreamlike service had only been available in three cities to date: Kansas City, Austin and Provo, Utah. On Wednesday, Google announced that it had “invited” 34 cities across nine metropolitan areas to work with it in order to determine whether and how to... [...]
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The latest article on Business Insider is titled “AOL And Google Just Put More Money Into This Mobile Video Advertising Startup”. Aaron Taube says, “The in-app mobile video advertising startup Vungle announced Thursday that it received $17 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Thomvest Ventures, with participation from existing investors Crosslink Capital, Google Ventures, AOL Ventures, SoftTech VC, and Webb Investment Network. If you’re not familiar with Vungle, the company gives app developers tools for creating mobile video ads to run in other people’s... [...]
The latest MOZ blog post is titled “Google Analytics Checklist for New Projects”. Geoff Kenyon says, “Whether you’re setting Google Analytics up on a site for the first time or checking a client’s existing implementation, there are quite a few standards to remember. This post offers a simple checklist for doing the job right“. Google Analytics Checklist for New Projects MOZ Blog [...]
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “A Visual History of Google Algorithm Changes”. Erik Devaney says, “In the beginning, Google’s search engine really wasn’t all that good. This was back in the late 90s/early 00s, when search engines were little more than keyword-matching and link-counting machines. Ranking high in search results could be accomplished by essentially using a simple, two-step procedure: Step 1: Stuff your keyword phrase into your page/website as many times as possible. Step 2: Get as many gosh-darn inbound links as you possibly could. For... [...]
The latest article on ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Grow In-Store Visits From Smartphones For Better Traffic From Google Mobile”. Bryson Meunier says, “We know 2013 was the year that Google finally started to improve the smartphone search experience, warning webmasters and marketers about things that make a site less usable for smartphone users — like Flash, faulty redirects, slow loading pages and so on. I know sites can be difficult for mobile searchers to use, regardless of whether they’re dedicated mobile sites, dynamic serving, or responsive web design – so... [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “What kind of user experience ranking signals does Google take notice of?”. Chris Lake says, “There has been a lot of talk lately about responsive web design, and a number of questions have arisen about how Google perceives sites that go down this route. Matt Cutts said responsive design “won’t harm rankings”. Given that Matt isn’t in the habit of telling everyone how to win at SEO, I think this is as close to an endorsement as we’re going to get. ‘Responsive’ is pretty much used as a byword for ‘mobile... [...]
The latest article on ‘Website Magazine’ is titled “Google Modifies Page Layout Algorithm”. Pete Prestipino says, “Does design play a role in how well your website performs on the search results? It most certainly does and it’s time to start paying attention or your traffic might suffer. Google’s Matt Cutts has announced that the search engine pushed out a “refresh” of the Google Page Layout algorithm around February 6. Cutts did not indicate the degree that the change may have impacted search results, but in the opinion of quite a few SEOs, it seems to... [...]
The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Google’s Secret Weapon Against Amazon: Blistering Fast Networks”. Matt Assay says, “It’s easy to assume the public cloud war is over and Amazon has won. Gartner highlights Amazon Web Services offers five times the utilized compute capacity of the other 14 cloud providers in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Combined. However impressive this lead may seem, Gartner’s analysis didn’t include the Google Cloud, which hadn’t yet publicly launched. Google is different from Amazon’s other cloud competitors. And... [...]
The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “10 Ways To Grow Your Business With Google+”. Ron Johnson says, “Google Plus is a social media site that lets users share photos, listen to music together, play games and meet up in chat. But it’s also becoming a useful tool for business owners to establish a presence with an ever-growing crowd of active social networking users. Google+ is now one of the best ways to connect and engage with customers, promote products and services and even hold business meetings. Google+ seems to be rolling out new features every week.... [...]
The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “18 useful custom Google Analytics reports, segments and dashboards for SEO”. Graham Charlton says, “The customisable features in Google Analytics are great for extracting maximum value from your data. Here I’ve gathered together a selection of custom reports, dashboards and advanced segments to help you measure SEOefforts more effectively. Some you’ll need to create yourself, following the instructions, while the rest you can just click and download and save lots of time and effort. Just click the download... [...]