This month I have observed and read the following related to Google and the SEO industry:
Suspected Google Brand Update mid-January
Google’s Matt Cutts talks about the basics of SEO
February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Google Engineer Matt Cutts was interviewed by USA Today and summarises the basics of what you need to do in order to get found and ranked in the search results. This includes:
- Thinking about what your target market might be searching for
- Researching what niche phrases your target market might be searching for
Google Mobile Search Ads double in 2011
February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As we might expect the use of mobile phones and smart phones is increasing rapidly and one area where this trend is most evident is in mobile search ads (the Adwords Ads that appear when using Google Search on a mobile phone. In 2011 the use of mobile search ads doubled over that of 2010, and this year they are expected to more than double. Mobile search in general has increased 5-fold over the last two years alone.
Facebook to show the public your embarrassing photos, maybe
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Facebook will be rolling out its new Timeline function to all of its users over the next few weeks, meaning that old, embarrassing or unwanted photos that you may have forgotten about could be bought to light for the world to see. This appears to be a real concern.
Stats for December’s Web usage in Australia
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In December of 2011, Australians:
- spent 25 billion minutes on the web
- One quarter of that time was spent logged into Facebook
- Online retailers saw a 61% increase in web traffic over that for October
Also in 2011 there was a 71% increase in mobile Internet browsing in Australia.
Google’s what do you love
June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Do you love Google? Well they want to know what you love:
http://www.google.com/whatdoyoulove/
Enter your topic and you are presented with a bounty of Google services designed to help you. It’s like a portal to all the Google tools that you can use including measurement of the interest in that topic, videos and photos, news and discussion. It’s all designed to promote the sharing of information and tell us that Google is putting more and more emphasis on the social aspects of the Internet.
New research gives insight into Google Organic Click Through Rate
June 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The good guys at Optify (http://www.optify.net/guides/organic-click-through-rate-curve) recently released a whitepaper which I
recommend you download and read. It details the results of their research into the Click Through Rate (CTR) from Google search results to websites. Here are the key findings:
Google +1 button will influence your Google Rankings
June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Google has introduced it’s new +1 feature for websites. This is Google’s answer to the Facebook “Like” button and simply allows people to recommend or place a “vote” for a website or other web content by simply clicking on the +1 button within the Google search results, or on a web page. Votes are accrued and counted for the web content in question, and this is displayed allowing web users to determine quickly what is popular and what is not.
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