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Back in October we posted this idea and got great feedback from folks. Today we're posting a quick review video on the topic. It's 3 minutes from your day that we hope will help get you pointed on the right path to becoming a true authority and reaping the benefits. http://www.bing.com/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9671421 Source: Bing Webmaster Blog

http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/choosing-urls.jpg On my list of top 5 problems I encounter when doing client work, the number one problem is poor URL structure. In this post I’ll go over the basics, how to get it right, what are the most common problems, and how to fix them. URL Canonicalization While this may sound like a big fancy term, what it basically means is that your content needs to have one URL and only one URL to be most effective. For example, a website could have identical content on each of these URLs, yet search engines would consider them as different pages: example.com/page www.example.com/page example.com/page/ www.example.com/page/…

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Earlier this week, folks using their Bing Webmaster Tools would have noticed a new tool slipped into the mix. On the "Crawl" tab, you can now find a link to the Markup Validation Tool. This tool is a great way to understand if the added code is actually going to be readable, as intended. While the markup code being inaccurate will not cause your page to render any differently in most cases, having the syntax incorrect can affect our ability to use the data as you intend. Now you can easily check URLs for valid markup code from inside your webmaster tools account. http://www.bing.com/community/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-Webl…

http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/google-spyw.jpg In a recent statement Larry Page said if you don’t get SPYW then maybe you shouldn’t work at Google. To understand why he thinks this is such a good idea–and why the rest of the world thinks it isn’t–we need to revisit the concept of filter bubbles and why they are such a bad idea. Last year Eli Pariser released the book the Filter Bubble (see my review of the the Filter Bubble). As part of the promotion, he was asked to speak at TED. While I wasn’t there, I understand from people who were in attendance that it made several Googlers in the audience … lets go with “uncomfortable” … When your friends aren’t Go…

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/blogging-repeat-customers.jpg When you run a corporate blog sometimes it’s difficult to come up with interesting topics on a regular basis. In the past I’ve spoken about a few options like creating a series, how to posts and evergreen content. In this article I’d like to tackle another option, blogging to your existing customers, and turning them into return/repeat customers. If you are selling products or services, chances are you good you probably have 10 – 20 questions your customers ask about how to use products, correctly, better or more effectively. Typically most companies create an FAQ where they answer all of these qu…

Whether you've decided to move your website to a new domain or you're moving content within a current website, it's important to know how to protect the trust value your current content has with the engines. Over time, links get built, content ages and acquires trust. You don't want to walk away from that if you can help it. Why start over when most of that value can be transferred to the content's new location? The solution to your problem is the 301 redirect. This redirect is referred to as the "permanent" redirect. Its cousin, the 302 redirect, is the "temporary" redirect. Basically the 301 tells us to please follow the link to find the new home for the content.…

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It's conference season again, and we're looking forward to see folks at the shows again this year! If you're planning to attend either the SMX West event, or the SES NY event, here are discount codes for each event. SMX West : SMX10Bing will snag you a 10% discount SES NY : 20Bing will snag you 20% off If you want to hear what we have to say, we encourage you to join us at the following sessions. http://www.bing.com/community/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-93-90/0272.smxwest.jpg SMX West - booth #406 Feb. 28 - 9AM - 10:15AM Getting Personal, Part 1: How Google & Bing Personalize With Social Connectio…

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http://www.wolf-howl.com/wp-content/uploads/social-media-profiles.jpg Whenever you are involved in an ORM (Online Reputation Management) campaign, your goal is to displace negative results in the search engines with positive results. In a previous post we looked at creating microsites. In this post, we are going to look at leveraging social media profiles. As with every search result in Google, the top results are generally made up of the most trusted and authoritative results, so it makes the most sense for us to talk about the most trusted authoritative social media sites at the moment: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google plus. Facebook Facebook is by far one …

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As you go about working on your websites, optimizing things and managing your social media programs, its easy to lose track of information, or overlook something. In this post well take a look at some things you want to avoid doing. It may also be worth taking a look through your site and your programs to make sure youre not doing any of these things moving forward. Cloaking Cloaking is the process where you determine who the visitor is coming to your website, then show content depending on who that visitor is. Typically, the system detects a search engine crawler, and swaps more search-friendly content in place for them. Human visitors would then see a different co…