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Here's The Evidence That Google's Search Results Are Horribly Biased

Here's The Evidence That Google's Search Results Are Horribly Biased | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Yelp and a coalition of like-minded travel and shopping websites have created an elegant demonstration of the way they say Google biases search results in favor of Google's pages.


It's a Chrome browser extension that Yelp says strips Google+ pages from Google's search results, forcing the search engine to display only the "organic" results Yelp says Google would serve if it wasn't biased in favor of Google's own sites and links.


The device lets you compare Google's results with and without interference from Google+, the anti-Google coalition says. (We have a couple of screengrabs below demonstrating the difference.)...

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Yelp leads a campaign to show what Google search results look like when Google's thumb is removed from the scale. Valuable reading for social marketing pros.

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Tips For Developing a SEO Content Marketing Strategy

Tips For Developing a SEO Content Marketing Strategy | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
Tips for developing a SEO content marketing strategy for your business blog. You need great content and a plan to get that coveted top spot. The coveted #1 position in Google is sought by everyone with a business site. How are you going to beat out everyone jockeying for that number 1 spot? You can make it to the top with a strategic SEO content marketing plan. Do you know what that means? Not certain your strategy is working? I’m sharing my 5 five tips to developing a SEO content marketing strategy that will send your business blog to the top. ...
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Why PR Pros Will Now Dominate SEO | Cisionblog

Why PR Pros Will Now Dominate SEO | Cisionblog | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

CMO of DigitalRelevance Kevin Bailey talks about the importance of earned media links and content.Today’s digitally savvy PR professionals are adding organic search to their repertoire. This makes good sense because organic rankings are just another form of earned media—just acquired in a new way. For over a decade it’s been well known that search engine rankings are influenced mainly by two things: what a brand says about itself on its own website and what others say about it off of its site. The latter is often called off-site SEO and it’s the most heavily-weighted component of Google’s algorithm....

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Why SEO is another important tool in the PR social media toolbox.

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17+ Must-Read Tips and Tutorials for Improving Your SEO SKills

17+ Must-Read Tips and Tutorials for Improving Your SEO SKills | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

This is a round-up of some of the best guides and How To's for understanding the world of SEO and building an SEO-friendly website that Google will love now and into the future. The foundational element of a successful real estate website (or really, any small business website) is information-rich content that ranks well in search engines.

 

To create such content and develop a website that’s SEO-friendly and gets properly indexed in search results you’ll need to: - Understand how to perform proper keyword research. - Understand on-page SEO factors so that you can properly optimize your content pages. - Understand how to claim your Google authorship so that your authorship information displays in search results for the content that you create.…and much more.

 

But don’t worry, this doesn’t have to be difficult. I’ve rallied some of the best content around the web to give you a solid introduction to understanding search engine optimization. Some of these are guides that’ll give you a good introduction into the world of SEO and others are practical How To that’ll walk you through the process of implementing and building an SEO-friendly website that Google will love now and into the future....

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Excellent SEO tips, tactics and resources for all levels.

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