Almost exactly three years since Google introduced authorship markups to their search engine results pages, they’ve made a big change in the process that has come as a bit of a shock to the SEO world. In an attempt to “clean up the visual design” of the SERP’s, Google’s John Mueller announced last week that authorship profile photos and Google+ circle counts would no longer appear in both desktop and mobile search results.
The issue of net neutrality, or an “Open Internet,” is a growing topic of debate that many have likely heard of but might not know much about. When considering the fact that net neutrality might come to an end, it becomes clear that this is an issue every Internet user needs to pay attention to, especially if they’re concerned with Internet marketing.
The term “organic reach” refers to the number of people that can be reached simply by posting content to your business’s Facebook page and having it appear in users’ news feeds. Organic reach is one of the main reasons why marketing on Facebook seems so effective – it’s free, simple and has the potential to net some huge exposure.
Press releases have long been considered a powerful SEO and marketing technique. A well-written and marketed press release can allow a company to announce news related to their business to a wide audience. When accepted by reputable PR syndicates like PR Newswire and PRWeb, a press release can be a source of high-quality backlinks, especially after being picked up by other quality sites.
In a move that has been rumored about for some time, Amazon has finally thrown its hat into the smartphone ring. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the new device today at a Seattle press conference, and the new phone promises some very innovative features.
Tech blogs and news outlets are backpedaling a bit after publishing a frenzy of reports claiming that a “supercomputer” had passed the famous Turing Test last week. The test, adapted from the writings of computer science legend Alan Turing, is generally intended to determine whether or not a computer can exhibit behavior that is indistinguishable from that of a human.
Pinterest, the popular online tool used to discover images and articles related to various interests and creative endeavors, will soon be bringing its well-received “guided search” function to its web version. Guided search was previously only available in the mobile app.
An extensive new post on the Bing Search Quality Insights Blogs gives readers a long list of reasons why Bing’s image search works better than Google’s – at least according to Bing, that is. But is it really better, especially given that so many choose to use Google while ignoring Bing?
