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A Keen Mind in Sheep’s Clothing

Zuckerberg moves almost as fast as you can say “hoodie.”  While we were feasting our eyes on the media’s fascination regarding Mark’s choice in clothing, Facebook donned itself in two more acquisitions.  I say ‘more,’ in reference to …

‘Relevancy is King’ Says Google VP at SMX London

In his opening keynote at SMX London, Amit Singhal, VP and Google+ Fellow, who rewrote the original Google algorithm upon his hire in 2000, said today that “Relevancy is King”. He added that Google looks at a combination of three signals (links,…

Facebook Update: Higher Target IPO Price Resulting in Stakeholder Liquidation

On Tuesday, the world’s largest social network raised the target IPO price range to $34 to $38. If Facebook shares sell at the upper limit ($38), the social network will raise about $12.8 billion and its market value will be approximately $104 b…

Why Did GM Drop Facebook Advertising?

I am sure you heard yesterday that GM stopped investing in ad space on Facebook. New research on Facebook advertising performance from WordStream may offer a few clues as to why General Motors discontinued advertising on the massive social network….

Why Did GM Drop Facebook Advertising?

I am sure you heard yesterday that GM stopped investing in ad space on Facebook. New research on Facebook advertising performance from WordStream may offer a few clues as to why General Motors discontinued advertising on the massive social network….

5 Local Resources to Boost Your Local Rankings

Local search engine optimization (SEO) is a specialized form of SEO focused on optimizing businesses and their websites for optimal visibility in local search engines.
Local search takes into consideration not only the keyword the searcher entered,…

Most Popular SEJ Articles for April 2012

April was a big traffic month for us and that means we had some fantastic and informative articles you should read. Below are the top 10 articles based on traffic numbers. Happy reading!
1). 24 Eye-Popping SEO Statistics 
by Eric Siu  | @ericosiu…

Advertising on SEJ Made Easy with BuyAds.com & iSocket

Interested in advertising your company or SEO tool on Search Engine Journal?
Thanks to our new partner BuyAds.com, you can now avoid contacting me altogether ;)
We now offer direct advertising on SEJ via BuyAds.com’s self-service ad platform, whi…

Visualizing Link Data With Screaming Frog and Excel Part 1

When Google+ rolled out penguin there was a tizzy online. Site owners freaked out, SEOs began running tests and searches to figure out what exactly happened. One of the characteristics that seemed to be popping up was over use of exact match anchor …

Google-Backed Offshore Power Project Moving Forward

A Google+-backed project, the Atlantic Wind Connection, cleared the first of many regulatory hurdles yesterday. The U.S. Department of the Interior said that no competitors have an “overlapping competitive interest” and cleared Atlantic Grid Hol…