In Simple Words: How Facebook EdgeRank Works
Posted on 15. May, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
Over the various updates Facebook has moved from a simple communication tool to something much larger, allowing users to have more control over their accounts. This includes their friends feed, which only shows a certain number of posts from friends that you can specify. All of this is worked out using EdgeRank, a site-specific algorithm [...]
Best Google Jokes
Posted on 07. May, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
I make a lot of jokes about Bing, I have to admit it. The gist is that it is a wannabe search engine that will never make it as the number one choice. Unfair? Probably, but I would argue that 1) I don’t care, and 2) It is still the truth. Besides, it is not [...]
Social Media and Society: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Posted on 01. May, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
Social media sites have taken over our lives. It’s hard to even imagine that 10 years ago there was no Facebook or Twitter! 15 years ago people were actually waiting to hear from each other because even email wasn’t that common. How did social media actually influenced our life and the society in general? In [...]
SEO Terminology: Link Anchor Text Versus Linking to Name Anchor
Posted on 23. Apr, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
The two terms sound incredibly similar, which gives the mistaken impression that they must be the same. I see many people getting confused when you are talking about name anchors… “Is this what we need to build links for?”… Ugh, no. The two are used for different functions entirely, and they have different tags used [...]
Google’s “Firsts”
Posted on 17. Apr, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
Oh, Google…it has grown up so fast. It seems like only yesterday it was a tiny project launched by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It went from a single search engine to the largest internet conglomerate in the world, dominating the web entirely. They have their hand in social media and networking, shopping, travel, academia…really, [...]
What NOT to Use Google Search For
Posted on 10. Apr, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
Google Search is one of the most used tools on the internet. If you expand it to all of Google’s services, it is definitely the primary powerhouse of the web, They seem to have their hand in almost everything, and what they don’t yet control they are probably trying to find a way to. It [...]
5 Funniest Pinterest Parodies
Posted on 03. Apr, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
Pinterest is quickly becoming one of the most popular social media sites ever made. It is unique in its design and was the first true hit for the social photo format. Imitators have come and gone, and many others exist with less success. Even the demographic is shifting from being almost entirely women to including [...]
Where Google+ Failed and Where It Succeeded
Posted on 28. Mar, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
For years Google was trying to break into the social media scene. They spent time, energy and funds into launching their own versions, which always managed to crash and burn almost as soon as they were released. Most of us have witnessed these failures first hand, and if you want a refresher course just check [...]
Does Your Website Have Video? If Not, You Could Be Missing Out
Posted on 23. Mar, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
Many people wouldn’t think there is a link between SEO and videos on your website. In fact, the two are very much related. Especially with the popularity of YouTube, video is more important than ever in getting your message across. Search engine crawlers see multimedia elements on a webpage as more diverse, as opposed to [...]
The Number of Google Results Found: What It Really Means
Posted on 20. Mar, 2013 by admin in SEOchat
You know the scenario well: you do a search on any engine, and in seconds you are given your results. You stay on the first couple of pages, probably within the first few websites offered. Because there is no way you are going to go filtering through the millions (or even billions) of websites that [...]
