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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 Saints Fan’s Guide To Schema
Saints season is underway as our boys in black and gold try to bring another Super Bowl win back to the Bayou. Fall season isn’t just a time to enjoy football accompanied by ice cold bevs, a few Lit’l Smokies, and a seven-layer dip, it’s also the best time to …
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What’s Black and White and Impacts 3-5% of Search Queries? Panda 4.1!
In the last two months, Google has been busy improving the Panda. In early August (Aug. 8, 2014, to be exact), there was a lot of chatter from the SEO community seeing the flux in Google Analytics accounts, which was generally accepted as an unconfirmed monthly Panda data refresh. In early …
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Five For Friday: Paging Dr. Google, Panda 4.1 Is On The Loose, And More!
1. Google Gets a Medical Degree -Mashable In what may prove to be the coolest Google project all year, reports have surfaced that the search engine plans to implement a feature to their already lauded Helpouts initiative. The new project will attempt to take health-related symptomatic searches and connect users …
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Five For Friday: Amazon Gets Physical, Tinder Cleans Up, & G+ Asks, Am I Pretty?
1. Google Testing New Local Interface In Web Search Results – Search Engine Roundtable Google is testing a new interface for showing the local web search results. Back in August, we saw that Google was showing the local carousel within the results, but this new interface is simply a list of …
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5 For Friday: Local Search, News, Advice, Measuring Success, and Penguin Refresh
1. Local Businesses: Watch Out! – Search Engine Watch Apple’s newest gadget, the Apple Watch, is likely to have a major impact on local search. The expected increase in hyper-local searches means added pressure will be placed on businesses to ensure they can be found easily online. “Users will be …
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HashTag, You’re It: Tagboard Allows Businesses To Display Hashtags In One Place
Do you use a certain hashtag to promote your business on social media? Do your customers have a popular hashtag they use when posting about your business? If you answered yes, then it’s time to get excited because TagBoard makes it a whole lot easier to keep track of popular …
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5 for Friday: New Apple Gadgets, Net Neutrality, And Twitter Says Buy, Buy, Buy!
1. Apple’s Big Reveal -Mashable This week, it’s impossible to ignore Apple’s big unveilings. While the new iPhone 6 may come with some interesting upgrades, for me, “the big reveal” was all about the Apple Watch. The new gadget is very slick looking and appears to be packed with features. …
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On Social Entrepreneurship and Social Media – Interview with Alexandra Ernst of Project Pangia
A year and a half ago, Project Pangia was born from the mind of Alexandra Ernst. After graduating from Loyola University New Orleans and working with The Walt Disney Company, she set out to create a business of her own. Having a passion for travel, meeting people, and social change, …
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