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Recently, Google released a set of guidelines for mobile SEO, including details on how to optimize for feature phones in addition to smartphones. With the skyrocketing popularity of smartphones, many may think, “Why would anyone need feature phone traffic now that everyone has a smartphone?ââ...

As you might have noticed, Google Places is now Google+ Local. On May 30, more than 80 million listings were switched over to the new local listing format. Now that Google has integrated local listings with Google+, there are a few changes to be aware of for your local SEO: • New look and inte...

In the past few years, you may have noticed that social plugins such as the Facebook like button are becoming all the rage, and with good reason. Studies show that consumers are significantly more likely to check out content shared by their social connections. Following in the footsteps of Facebook,...

Did you know that Google reportedly uses more than 200 factors in its ranking algorithm to determine search engine placement? Although Google hasn't furnished a complete list of these ranking factors (Google closely guards this proprietary information), SEO experts who have studied Google rankin...

Bing has officially joined Google in the personalized search game. As announced on its blog last week, Bing has tweaked its search to display more personal results based on location and past search history. Until last Thursday, U.S. Bing users generally received the same results when conducting sear...