Exactly a week ago, Google started rolling out the mobile-friendly algorithm. After one week we can already see some impacts of Mobilegeddon. Winners and Losers Even though the algorithm update is not fully rolled out yet, Searchmetrics published a first evaluation of the winners and losers on Friday. This data is …
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Amazon SEO in 9 Steps
With almost 25 million visitors per month, Amazon is the biggest online shop in Germany (as of October 2014). Thus Amazon is an important sales channel for many online retailers. Like in Google Search, it is crucial to appear among the first positions in Amazon to get clicks and achieve …
Bing to Launch Mobile-Friendly Algorithm
Following Google’s lead, Bing announced the launch of a mobile-friendly algorithm. The Google mobile algorithm started rolling out on April 21st 2015. Bing did not communicate a date for their algorithm update yet, but said that it will be introduced in the upcoming months. Bing points out that the relevance of a …
SEO Tutorial: Bing Webmaster Tools
Bing Webmaster Tools offers several useful reports and features to analyze and optimize the visibility of your website in Bing – analogous to the Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) in Google. We will show you how to set up Bing Webmaster Tools for your website and provide an …
SEO Check: Step by Step Guide
Have you ever done an SEO check of your website? If you have not, we urge you to read on. With a step by step guide, we will show you how to analyze your website for SEO and solve its problems. Important SEO Tools For the SEO check you will need …
Google Knowledge Graph Update for Events and Social Media Profiles
Google launched two Knowledge Graph updates: Extended information about events and integration of external social media profiles like Facebook and Twitter. To use these possibilities, structured data is needed. At the same time Google published several updates for the use of structured data. Events In the Knowledge Graph Now the following additional event …
Search Engine Optimization for Yandex
If Russia is your target market, you need to get found on Yandex. Yandex is the most popular Russian Internet property, covering 85.6% of Russia’s Internet audience. Google’s audience coverage in Russia is 71% (as of March 2015). In these countries Yandex is also very popular and thus an important …
SEO Tutorial: Google Webmaster Tools
With Google Webmaster Tools Google offers lots of useful features for website owners for free. When used properly, it is a powerful tool for SEO. We have gathered 9 features you really should be using for your website. To gain access to Google Webmaster Tools, you need to add your website …
The Mobile SEO Ranking Factors 2015 after Mobilegeddon
Mobile search has changed since the Google mobile update, which was launched on April 21, 2015 and is known under the name Mobilegeddon. We will outline the relevance of mobile search today, the impact of Mobilegeddon on mobile search results and the differences between the ranking factors for mobile compared …
How to Use Google Trends for SEO
The free Google Trends tool is a very useful and often underrated instrument for search engine optimization. In this article we will show how you can use Google Trends. 1. Keyword Research When starting with search engine optimization, you should first of all do a thorough keyword analysis. The Google …
Google My Business Tutorial: Managing Multiple Business Locations
For companies with a physical office or store it is a must to be present on Google My Business. We already explained how to create a Google My Business account. If your business has ten or more locations, you should create a business account and use the bulk location management functionality. …
How to Use the New .swiss Domain
A new generic top level-domain (gTLD) will be launched in the fall of 2015: .swiss. The Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) will administer this TLD that can be bought from organizations in Switzerland. Why is there a new TLD .swiss? In 2012, the ICANN created new gTLDs. The Swiss Confederation requested …