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October 17, 2011 1 Comment
As I’ve discussed in prior posts, social media has a direct effect on search engine rankings. Rankings have long been affected by authority. In the past, authority is often measured by inbound links to a website. The more quality links a site has, the more that site is considered an authoritative site. Higher authority sites [...]
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September 25, 2011 1 Comment
Over the next few weeks, I will be writing about “Social Signals in Search”. The fact is, what you do in Facebook, Twitter and Google+ directly affects search. How your site is found, indexed, and displayed is connected to social. I will dive into some of these specific areas moving forward. For now, I am [...]
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July 22, 2010 8 Comments
“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with bullshit.“ I have heard that phrase above many times over the years, but it has never seemed more true to me than now. This social media post has been brewing with me for a while, so bare me with me as I get out my [...]
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October 21, 2009 1 Comment
Google and Microsoft announced today they are working with Twitter to improve the user experience. Both search companies plan to integrate “real-time” tweets into their search results. Microsoft’s announcement is found on their search blog: “…today at Web 2.0 we announced that working with those clever birds over at Twitter, we now have access to [...]
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