4 SEO Tips to Recover After Getting Hit by Panda Update

The panda may be a cute and cuddly animal. However, if you look at it from the perspective of Search Engine Optimization, it may not be as cute anymore. For SEO experts, Panda is an update that is designed to target spam content in websites.  For about two years already that the Panda update is here and targeting websites, many owners of websites have seen how their revenues have changed and dropped drastically. Had they taken the necessary steps to ensure the quality of the content of their websites, they could have saved themselves from getting hit by the update.  Meanwhile, those who haven’t been hit yet cannot be too...

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Google+ Now the 2nd Largest Social Network Globally

It has not been long ago when Google+ was introduced. However, its growth rate has been seen to be immense and so it has now been considered as the 2nd largest social network. Of course, Facebook stays at no. 1 with 693 million users.  With about 343 million users, or 25 percent of all internet users in the world, Google+ now has surpassed Twitter according to a recent study conducted by Global Web Index.  It is said that a growth of 27 percent was seen on the site over December. This is all the more reason for SEO experts to include such Google+ in their search engine optimization service. Users here pertain to those active...

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Google Tests Different User Interface Designs on Search Results

Google, after launching the algorithm updates namely the Penguin and the Panda updates and rolling out several versions every so often, still continues to conduct activities that aim to improve user experience. And now, it has been found to have tested having bigger URLS, moving the cache link drop down, and indicating the product quantities in search results.  The bigger URLs are evident when you search for topics as these are seen under the search snippet. If you have done a search recently, you will see that the URLs of the search results are way bigger than they used to be. From the old size of 13px, it is now up to 16px. Depending...

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Google Improves Image Search with Streamlined Features

Google, being the giant and leader in online search, has just updated its image search with streamlined features, allowing people to make searches easier and see larger images more conveniently. They officially announced this update on their twitter account. Old Google Image Search In the old way, you enter a keyword and then the images appear in small thumbnails altogether. To see a bigger view, you would have to click on the image and then it increases slightly its size. And then it produces a larger version of the image when you click on the thumbnail. New Google Image Search With the new streamlined image search, you have to simply...

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Getting to Know Facebook Graph Search

Facebook has once again come up with another exciting update to the social networking platform. That is the Facebook Graph Search.  The Facebook Graph Search is a feature that allows the users to search for items like restaurants, shops, hotels, and others which are being used or chosen by their friends on the site. It is not like web search since web search uses keywords that will bring in the best results for the search. The Facebook Graph Search, on the other hand, allows you to combine phrases in order that you will arrive at places, people, and activities that are being shared on Facebook. This is how it works. Foremost,...

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