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Internet Marketing Blog Posts by Search Influence 
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Game On! Google’s Knowledge Graph Now Shows Video Games
As of a couple days ago, Google’s Knowledge Graph now includes information about video games! For those of you unfamiliar with the Knowledge Graph, it’s the box that appears on the right side of search results usually for searches like famous people, books, movies, and businesses. It includes pertinent, concise …
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Avoid Detours: Claim and Edit Your Apple Maps Listing with Maps Connect!
In the past, the only way you could edit Apple Maps listing was through user feedback on the mobile app. Recently, with our company’s big move from Uptown to the CBD New Orleans, the best way to go about getting our address updated in Apple Maps at that time was …
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The Beheading of Google Authorship
So unless you’ve been living under a rock, you already know, or at least have an idea, of what happened to Google Authorship. Back in June, we saw the ominous sign that Google removed Authorship circle count and photos from search results. Between its low implementation rates and high error of …
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5 For Friday – War Of The Week’s 5 Kings: Apple, BTC, Google, Pinterest, & IG
1. It’s Gold, It’s Gold Baby: The New iPad Air, That Is – Business Insider Apple is releasing a gold version of the iPad Air with the new launch. With the iPhone 6 being launched next week, the next Apple event in line will be in October. According to MacRumors, …
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Google Instant Verification Passes The Sentence & Swings The Sword
On July 31st, Google rolled out an instant verification option for local businesses that have already verified their websites with Google Webmaster Tools. There is, however, very specific cases. As the Google support page linked above states, it’s important to note “that some business categories may not be eligible for …
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Survive Your Serving of Google’s Pigeon Pie
Late last week, influencer Erika Karas wrote an informative blog about Google’s algorithm update, Pigeon. The new Pigeon update might make it more difficult for individual businesses to rank among sites that Google deems more useful and relevant to local searchers’ results. Most local directories received a boost in rankings …
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Mobile, Mobile, Mobile: Why You Should Be Optimizing In The App Store
Who are we kidding? Mobile is already here and it is here to stay. With the shift from desktop to mobile for everything you can imagine, and the continued growth of app creation, it has become extremely important for creators to optimize their apps for in-app store rankings. App Store …
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Google Changes The Way Authorship Shows In Search Results
Last Wednesday, June 25, John Muller, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google, made a pretty big announcement on his Google plus page. In the ongoing effort for a better and more consistent mobile experience, Google has decided to remove authorship circle count and profile photos from search results. Muller said, “Our …
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Getting Hands On With The New Google My Business
Today, Google launched Google My Business. This new, more intuitive Google Places serves as a one stop shop for small businesses to do the normal Google Places work like updating business info, adding photos, connecting with customers through Google Plus posting, and staying on top of reviews. They also launched an …
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In The Game Of Maps, You Either Get There, Or You’re Using Apple Maps
When you think of Apple Maps, you probably think of the disaster that was the iOS 6 Apple Maps update. Apple Maps is infamous for directional errors like having turn-by-turn directions that instruct users to drive across an airport runway to get to an airport. We’ve also experienced client business …
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