Google recommends that website owners start to provide special XML code snippets to assist it in sorting and categorizing their website data. This is called structured data and is usually done in a format known as microdata. This new format is not hard to understand nor is it hard to…
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Google States They Do Not Use Facebook or Twitter for Ranking
Matt Cutts, the lead Spam Engineer at Google revealed just this last week that Google is not using Facebook or Twitter posts or profiles for index ranking. This is very big news and a change in what Google has stated about how social impacts their algorithm. You can watch the…
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Not Provided Keyword Data in Analytics Work Arounds
In Google Analytics almost all organic search activity is being returned with a “not provided” tag masking the actual keywords used to find your content. If you are not advertising in Google AdWords, you may be totally in the dark as to what keywords visitors are using to find your…
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More on Google and Duplicate Content
I felt that this video clarification from Google lead spam engineer Matt Cutts was a worthy review. Make sure to read my comments underneath the video. You can view this video at YouTube at http://youtu.be/mQZY7EmjbMA. The key take away on this video is that Google is grouping duplicate content by…
