Saturday, 29 August 2015

Making Your Support Content More SEO Friendly

Does your website have a support section, community forums, Q&A content, or similar? If so, columnist Tom Demers has tips for using this often valuable content to get more search visibility. The post Making Your Support Content More SEO Friendly appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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GIFstory: The origins of 3 weird GIFs revealed

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Another week, another set of GIF mysteries to solve. Taking requests from the TNW Slack channel as well as things around the ‘net, I’ve uncovered the details behind three GIFs you’ve probably seen on social media throughout the years. Every GIF has a story behind it, and I’m hot on the case! Read more about the GIFs and view their source videos below: Angry Panda The Angry Panda is pissed you’re ignoring him. Can’t you just give him the attention he needs? He’s the disgruntled subject of a series of award-winning 2010 commercials by Egypt’s Arab Dairy, who reacts negatively when people simply don’t want…

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Pros & Cons of Responsive Landing Pages For SEM

Columnist Abraham Nord explores the benefits and disadvantages of one of the more common technical configurations for mobile sites: responsive design. The post Pros & Cons of Responsive Landing Pages For SEM appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Instagram is losing its identity by introducing new photo formats

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When Instagram first started out, it was promoting the retro feel of instant photos that Polaroid had successfully made famous in times gone by. Limiting the format to a square was Instagram’s way of paying homage to the original size of instant pictures and using its filters you could give your images a unique, vintage feel. It wasn’t something that had been done properly before and Instagram just happened to get it spot on at the right time. As with anything that’s popular, the app was duplicated in various forms by thousands of developers and social networks, but none of…

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Twitter is heavily male and white, but it has a plan to change all of that

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Twitter has released its diversity numbers, and the company is unsurprisingly skewed toward white males. Overall, Twitter is 66 percent male, and 59 percent white. In tech, the number of males skyrockets to 87 percent, but the percentage of white dips slightly to 56 percent. In non-tech, Twitter is split evenly along gender lines, but still 62 percent white. Leadership — like tech — is mostly white dudes; 78 percent male, 72 percent white. Like we saw from Pinterest, Twitter is laying out a roadmap for diversity. By the end of 2016, the company wants its number of females to…

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Social Profile SEO: Optimizing For Rankings & Search Visibility

Social media marketing is important in and of itself, but columnist Tony Edward reminds us that it can help with search engine optimization (SEO) and online reputation management as well. The post Social Profile SEO: Optimizing For Rankings & Search Visibility appeared first on Search Engine...

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Huawei Watch listing may have just leaked that Android Wear is coming to iOS

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Back in March, Huawei announced it was strengthening its wearables game with a stunning looking smartwatch. After months of waiting, the round-faced Android Wear device is finally available for pre-order on Amazon, but the pre-order page may have just revealed a special surprise. The Verge spotted a line on the watch’s feature list saying the device is “compatible with most devices with an iOS 8.2 or Android 4.3 or later operating system.” In other words, Android Wear may soon be compatible with your iPhone. It’s possible that this is just a mistake in the listing, but it’s hard to imagine a…

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