SearchCap: Google audiobooks, local spam & SEO metrics

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Law firms spamming Google My Business: Don’t trust your money or your life to them!Nov 30, 2017 by Joy Hawkins Many local businesses are guilty of violating Google My Business guidelines…

A Complete Guide to the Google Penguin Algorithm Update by @TaylorDanRW

Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series looking back at the history of Google algorithm updates. Enjoy! In 2012, Google officially launched the “webspam algorithm update,” an algorithm specifically targeting link spam and manipulative link building practices. The webspam algorithm later became known (officially) as the Penguin algorithm update via a tweet…

How the Google Venice Update Changed Local Search & SEO by @TaylorDanRW

Google published a post on the Inside Search Blog back in February 2012 citing 40 key changes they had made to their search algorithms during the last month. Among these 40 updates were projects codenamed Nesehorn (affected flight queries), rich snippets (were expanded worldwide), and another update that changed a major aspect of local search forever:…

2-step methodology for dealing with PPC performance downturns

The most important thing I’ve learned from my 15 years of PPC experience is that sooner or later, account performance will take a downturn. When that day comes, we must be prepared to deal with the consequences of performance not meeting expectations. These consequences could range from stakeholders losing trust in your abilities to receiving…