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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
1. A New Google Search Result in Beta – Search Engine Land As usual, Google is always testing new search results and the way the results display. Dr. Peter Meyers of Moz recently noticed a change in the Google search interface. The results displayed included restaurant reviews from Reason, New …
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Pinning for SEO: Pinterest Can Boost Your Rankings
Pinning for SEO: Pinterest Can Boost Your Rankings Pinterest is a hot topic right now, and not just for people wanting inspiration for their future wedding. While blogs, websites, and the big-name social sites get all the SEO airtime, Pinterest can get overlooked, even though it has huge potential to …
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Google Places For Business Dashboard Update: News Roundup
Earlier this month, Google started slowly rolling out the new Google Places For Business Dashboard which includes an updated interface, deeper integration with Plus, and a promise of faster updates. The dashboard is now available to all new users in the U.S. To help better understand the new features, we …
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Pinterest Announces Analytics for Business Profiles
Recently, Pinterest launched its Web Analytics, allowing for businesses with verified accounts to track how many users are pinning from their site, the number of impressions from each pin, and incoming site traffic that is being generated directly from Pinterest. Outside of SEO and social media campaigns, many may argue that …
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New Orleans: A Growing Tech City
For those of you who don’t know, before Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf South, New Orleans was on a steady rate of decline. However, the city we love to call home here at Search Influence is in the middle of a major renaissance. News sources across the nation have …
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5 For Friday — Links, Stories & Posts For Your Weekend
1. How does social media affect your SEO? – Search Engine Journal Does Google really pay attention to social signals? As more and more users share content through social networks, Google is taking note to what gets shared and has even trying to capitalize on that by starting Google+. Some …
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Why You Should Start a PPC Campaign Today
PPC Questions & Answers for Small Businesses I get a lot of questions from clients about starting or maintaining a paid search or Pay Per Click (PPC) campaign. While we at SI are undoubtedly convinced of the positive impact a paid search campaign can have on a small business, others …
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Search Influence named in Five Elms Capital’s Flyover 50 Fastest-Growing Companies
Search Influence was named in the first Flyover 50, a list compiled by Five Elms Capital to highlight the 50 fastest-growing companies in the central U.S. Topping the list is Appcore, a company based in Des Moines, which provides cloud computing infrastructure. To be considered for the inaugural Flyover 50, …
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[eBook] Google Plus for Business
Take Seven Steps to Social Media Heaven today! 90 million users can’t be wrong: Google+ is the newest and fastest-growing social network, recently opening its doors to small businesses. The multifaceted integration with search, social discussion and sharing, and the rise of a platform for authority has made Google+ a …
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Google+ Opens For Businesses — Potential And How To Get Your Face In The SERPs
The new kid on the block has opened itself to businesses in two principal ways. Unlike Facebook, which focuses on admin-managed pages, and Twitter, which couldn’t care less if a person, place, or animal is represented in a feed, Google initially maintained its focus on people in its business-level implementation …
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