A lot of companies have various Google+ pages but use only one of them. One reason for this are the previous overlaps between Google+ and Google Places. These have been eliminated with the introduction of Google My Business. The good thing is, you can delete unnecessary Google+ pages. However, this …
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How Do the New Top Level Domains Affect Your SEO Ranking?
New generic Top Level Domains (TLDs) such as “.finance”, “.help” or “.eat” have been introduced this year. The graphic below shows the current market share of each new generic TLD. So far it has been unclear how these new TLDs influence SEO rankings. According to Google the new TLDs are …
The Top 5 Results in Google Get Almost 70% of All Clicks
The latest study about click-through-rates in the organic Google results once more underlines the importance of a top ranking position in Google search. Only if your website is among the top five results it has a good chance to get clicked. On average the first five results on the Google …
Latest Google Algorithm Update: What You Need to Know About Panda 4.1
A Google employee has announced an important SEO update last week: Google is rolling out an improved Panda algorithm. Unofficially the update is called Panda 4.1. According to the Google announcement additional signals have been discovered to help identify bad quality content. Small and medium-sized websites providing high quality content …
Google Does Not Provide Source for Basic Factual Data
In Google search more and more search queries are answered directly by Google. Google mentions the source, but displays the information directly. A click on the link is therefore not necessary anymore. The query below is asking for the age of Simonetta Sommaruga. The answer is shown directly by Google. …
SEO Ranking Factors for 2014 for Germany and the U.S.
Two months ago we reported on the shortened study on SEO Ranking Factors for 2014 by Searchmetrics. Searchmetrics has released the final study on the Ranking Factors for Germany and the U.S. a couple of days ago. The Ranking Factors for Google Germany: Ranking Factors for Google U.S.: Comparison of the …
New Google Function For SEO: Search Box Integration
Google has announced an important SEO enhancement: The search box within search results has been improved. The search box is now more prominent as it is placed above the sitelinks. In addition, it supports the autocomplete functionality and forwards users directly to the website’s internal search pages. With the search …
Video SEO: How to Get Your Videos Found on YouTube
YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world after Google. Therefore it is an ideal channel to share video content. But how do you make sure that the users find your video? Similar to SEO for search engines, the YouTube search is based on an algorithm and therefore …
HTTPS is an SEO Ranking Factor
Google hardly provides any information about the SEO ranking factors. However, last week Google officially announced that they are starting to use HTTPS as a ranking signal. As a result, using HTTPS does have an impact on the ranking positions in the search engine results pages. According to Google this …
SEO Case Study: CSS Versicherung
The results of search engine optimization (SEO) are usually visible only after several months. So it is great when we can present our clients with positive results after a few short months. Recently we were able to report such positive results to CSS Versicherung after five months of SEO work. …
SEO Ranking Factors for 2014
The main goal of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is getting your website to rank in the top few search engine results. However, the algorithm and the ranking factors that decide the order of those results is kept secret by search engines like Google, Bing, etc. That is why Searchmetrics came …
Content SEO Check
Content marketing is one of the most important parts of the digital strategies we recommend to clients: creating quality content that engages and informs website users. In order to attract and hold the interest of users, content should use the keywords that users search for. So how can you tell …