I know. I know. Seasoned search engine optimization (SEO) professionals might yawn and roll their eyes when the subject of meta-tag optimization comes up, as they might think, "Meta-tag optimization is SO 1990s." Personally, I think meta-tag content gets a bad rap because, in the past, many SEO professionals and website owners exploited meta-tags to [...]

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Last week, tickets sold out for ourSMX Advanced showhappening in Seattle on June 3 & 4. Nada tickets other than for ourDeveloper Day andexpo passes. But I have exactly one chance for someone seeking a full access pass to still go. You can take part in theGive It Up session on the last day. Greg [...]

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There’s a ton of search-related news and intrigue coming out of the Dow Jones “All Things D” conference in Southern California. Let’s start with the ridiculous remark from IAC’s chief Barry Diller that “Google is irrelevant to us.” That’s only true if Diller doesn’t care about search revenue. Google is essentially the source of that [...]

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Today, if you visit Google, you may notice a special logo commemorating the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest. As most of you know, Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth. Today, 55 years earlier, on May 29, 1953 at 11:30 a.m. local time Edmund Hillary from New Zealander and Sherpa Tenzing [...]

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Search Engine Land ran a reader survey recently to help our advertisers know who comes to the site. Now I have a different one that I’d really encourage everyone to take. This is designed so that we know what readers like in terms of content and how we can improve things going forward. It’s fast [...]

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