Webcology takes a deeper look at the ecosystem of the Internet as it affects webmasters and web marketers from the points of view of two well known web marketers, Jim Hedger and Dave Davies. Based on interviews with special high-profile guests or panels, Webcology introduces, explores and explains how the various segments of the web marketing world work.
Gannett on Thursday announced an agreement to acquire search marketing and advertising company WordStream for $130 million in cash and up to an aggregate of
For the first time, Google is letting agencies register accounts on Google My Business. Agencies registered with GMB will also get access to an all-new
Today on Webcology we talk about how Google parent Alphabet Inc. has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2018. The company reported $31.1
Net Neutrality remains alive and legislated in California; Google and Anchor Text; The last available IPv4 address block has gone; Google Generally Prefers One Stronger Page Versus Many
Facebook said Wednesday that as many as 87 million people might have had their data accessed — an increase from the 50 million disclosed in
Jim Hedger and guest host Kristine Schachinger welcome Alicia Wanless-Berk – Digital Propaganda Expert @ La Generalista. La Generalista is an online publication that investigates
Google will start deactivating AdWords accounts next week if they have not spent any money in the past 15 months. This will occur automatically in
According to a report from Reuters, the European Commission has proposed new rules that will require search engines, commerce sites and online platforms to explain
Joost de Valk opens a Diversity Fund. It aims to cover the cost of travel and accommodation for speakers that increase the diversity of speakers at
Backlinko has done an extensive analysis of “voice search ranking factors” and identified 11 variables tied to appearing in Google Home results. The company examined
RIP Jill Sampey; Google: Content Order, Position Placement Matters. Where you place your content on your page can impact your rankings. Daron Babin got a couple cats.
John Mueller from Google said on Twitter that if you are building a new site, then you should most likely go HTTPS from the start.
Today on Webcology Google is sending out new Google Search Console notifications to some webmasters asking them to “provide a manifest and high resolution favicon
Search ad click growth fell, ad spend rose 23% across Google, Bing, Yahoo as Bing and Yahoo saw search ad spend jump 32 percent over prior
Today on Webcology our hosts bring you all the latest in SEO and Google David Harry. Harry is a senior SEO consultant with Verve Developments
Facebook moves to ‘fix’ the News Feed by de-emphasizing commercial content. The company said it’s trying to prevent posts from ‘businesses, brands and media’ from
The new Google Search Console is rolling out over the next few weeks to all webmasters and you will be able to access the new
Today on Webcology we ring in the new year with a whole new set of great breakthroughs. First the surprising thing Google learned about its
Jim Hedger and Dave Davies are joined Jennifer Van Iderstyne, Gretchen Shelby-Dormer Jeremy Knauff and Patrick Stox for a SEO 2017 End of Year Roundtable.
U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom, plus Google isn’t just good for finding cat videos on the internet. The search giant’s machine
Net Neutrality Protests in front of Verizon stores; Feud between Amazon and Google has Google cut YouTube stream to Amazon products.If you’re in Zurich, John Meuller
Today on Webcology our hosts Jim Hedger and Dave Davies go through all of your weekly headlines. Google Expands Phone Call Organic Links In Search
Jim Hedger and Dave Davies motor through a litany of topics from Googles new features to Politics. , Google said they will not be moving
Today on Webcology we go through a massive amount content from the internet world. Google’s focus on local search the past couple of years has
Dave Davies returns from the MERGE Conference 2017 in Orlando and welcomes aboard alongside co-host Jim Hedger:Mary Davies (President of Beanstalk Internet Marketing, Inc.) who
Lurie has recently posted a presentation entitled Burying Hate Speech in the SERPS, where he explains,”Google tries to handle hate sites, but they can’t. Racist,
Today on Webcology we talk about everything need to know up and coming in internet toys. Plus we touch a very cool way a band
Today on Webcology the guys get into a bunch of different topics to keep you in the know. They speak about Google expanding phone call
Today on Webcology the guys talk about the Equifax leak, Google Brain, and changing your HTML to affect your search rankings. Sometimes you see the
Today on Webcology the guys talk about everything from Google to mobile web development. Ever wonder what the number one, most important, search ranking factor
On Today’s episode of Webcology Jim and Dave talk about all the latest and greatest in search engine optimization. Google upgrades flight and hotel search
Jim and Dave speak with Search Engine Optimization SEO Consultant Bill Hartzer. He fills us on a recent announcement of the first Digital Search Summit event,
Jim and Dave welcome the CEO at Spartan Media Jeremy Knauff and Jon Henshaw, the Director of Digital Marketing and Product Evangelist for TapClicks and Raven Tools.
Joel Klettke gave an awesome presentation at Mozcon 2017 covering how to structure and develop content using what your customers tell you. He says the
Artificial Intelligence and The Truth About Mobile-First Indexing as Jim Hedger and Dave Davies welcome back Cindy Krum and Emily Grossman from MobileMoxie. Cindy calls
Back-to-school tips for Bing Shopping CampaignsGoogle confirms testing auto-play videos in the search resultsGoogle adds vacation rentals filter to hotel search resultsGoogle adds new SOS
Google Search Console Sees Changes to Impressions and Position Data as Google made some changes to make searches with lower positions more accurate, which is
New Google search console users who signed up for the service between June 21 and July 10, 2017 might notice that the data associated with those
Today on Webcology Jim is Riding Solo, well sort of. Kristine Schachinger sits in with Jim to talk about Google getting hit with a fine
Today on Webcology the guys are joined by the VP of Industry Insights with Yext, Duane Forrester. They talk about how the Launch of Yext
Today on Webcology the Guys are joined by Mike Dover, a very special guest to the show. Mike Dover is a writer, educator, technologist, and
Google’s algos share useful data with each other; How featured snippets steal significant traffic from the top organic result; If you want to see it
Following his Conversion Conference 2017 presentation (CRO tactics for making money with YouTube videos ads) Dave Davies catches up with Greg Jarboe from SEO-PR. .
Dave Davies speaks with Marty Greif , EVP of SiteTuners on location at Conversion Conference who spoke on a session called Ouch! – Avoiding Common
On todays episode of Webcology Jim and Dave talk about the difference between spammy links and unnatural link. They touch on how it’s not good
Today on Webcology Jim and Dave talk about how Google Chrome will add new ‘Not secure’ warnings later this year. Google assessing the ‘authority’ of
Google takes on Fake News and False information search results with Project Owl to launch a new emphasis on authoritative content to improve search quality.
Jim and Dave discuss social media imaging guidelines, YouTube’s reduced subscriber criteria for their live stream feature, how Google will be launching “Google Hire” a
A survey breaks down what those local SEOs believe are the most important ranking factors for both local packs and localized organic search results. Apparently Burger
Today on Webcology Google’s Mobile first index unlikely to launch before 2018. Gary Illes, Next10conf. Remember, Gary is the person who predicted the coming Penguin
