Bloggers contend with the dreaded comment spam on a daily basis. Comments to your blog can be an incredibly positive occurrence when the comment is legitimate. A comment provides proof that someone read your post and was inspired to take the time to write a response to your creation. A comment can stimulate a conversation [...]
We are just three days away from the New Year and the time has arrived to put the lid on 2011 and get ready for everything new and exciting that could happen next year. This even applies to the online world. However, the internet does not pause for the coming of a New Year. Many [...]
Well, not for good but at least for the rest of 2011 this is the case. The Panda algorithm was introduced early in 2011 with the latest update to Panda appearing to have taken place on November 18. Anyone that owns or maintains a website knows about Panda, an algorithm created by Google to target [...]
Although Google has created algorithms to automatically check websites for relevance and search for content farms, the company realizes adding a human element to the equation is beneficial. Therefore, there are people working for Google that manually check the search results for Google to ensure the ranking algorithm is functioning in the correct manner. The [...]
Silverback Marketing reported yesterday, July 26 that Google is in the process of shutting down Google Labs. It is important to recall in that particular post that the point was made Google seems to add something new to its arsenal each time a tool is taken away. Therefore, it makes sense that today a new [...]
The most recent Panda update was June 21, 2011, so there has been some time for the dust to settle from the latest round of Google changes to its search algorithms. More webmasters are being careful to create content that allows their websites to not be labeled as content farms and consequently suffer negative search [...]
Ever wonder why the search engines seem to contradict themselves when you consider Internet directories? I have and the arguments both for and against are compelling. Matt Cutts (Supreme Allied Commander of Spam at Google) recently released a video over at Youtube explaining Google’s position. Matt Cutts on Internet Directories
The Silverback Marketing Round-up for September 3-September 7, 2012
Last week the Silverback Marketing Round-up focused on social media and the Republican National Convention. This week the political arena moved to Charlotte, North Carolina ...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hanging on to his stock
May 18, 2012 was supposed to be a big day for Facebook. Unfortunately that date is going to be remembered as the day that Facebook ...
Social media sharing – find a balance between sharing too much and not enough and make it interesting!
Social media can be a lot of fun when used properly. When Silverback Marketing talks about using social media in a proper manner we are ...
