According to a post on Google Adwords site yesterday, Google recently changed its metro targeting areas to Nielsen DMA (Designated Market Areas) regions. “Now your online campaigns and reporting will more precisely…
Category: Search/SEO
UK Study: Paid Search (PPC) Accounts For Only 6% of Total Clicks
According to research from GroupM UK carried out with Nielsen which was published by econsultancy.com, “paid search only accounts for 6% of total clicks from search engines versus natural search at 94% of clicks”. “The research,…
Google Granted Patent To Modify SEO Results Based On “Spamming Techniques”
According to a post in seobythesea.com, Google was granted a patent last week, which describes several ways how search results might be reordered based upon “rank-modifying spamming techniques,” may involve techniques such…
Google Makes 86 Algorithm Changes In June/July Including Better Detection of Adult Material
According to a blog post, Google has made 86 changes to its Algorithm in June and July. We placed in black the one we think are the most important. Here they are:…
Apple Store Changes Search Algorithm in the App Store
According to TechCrunch.com Apple has changed the search algorithm in the App Store, which is now weighting app names and keywords less heavily in its search results “Previously, if you were searching…
MediaPost: Advertisers To Spend 15% More On Paid Search This Year With Mobile Driving Growth
According to Media Post, citing an “Advertising Expenditure Forecast for June 2012 by Publicis Groupe company ZenithOptimedia, advertisers will spend about 15% more in 2012 on paid-search marketing, up 15% in 2013,…
Searchmetrics Study on SEO: Keyword Domains Attract Top Results & Social Media & Backlinks Are Important
Searchmetrics just released a study today on SEO coming to the conclusion that Keyword Domain names still attract top results and that Social Media and Backlinks are very important in SEO results….