27 June 2011 / SEO
As of 19th of June, ICANN announced new generic top-level domains (GTLDs) at a news conference in Singapore. The decision allows the number of Internet address to significantly increase from the current 22 to virtually an unlimited number of domains. Internet address names will now be able to end with almost any word in any language. This of...
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24 June 2011 / SEO
The microformat is a web-based approach to semantic mark-up which seeks to re-use existing HTML tags and other attributes to allows software and of course the crawlers to process information intended for end-users. The Microformat is not an official standard, but some web sites have implemented it quite successfully benefiting from the SEs to...
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15 June 2011 / SEO
Introducing Descriptive Terms in Local Search Results As of Monday the 13th, Google Maps search results rolled out in US and UK a new algorithm which now allow a place to appear in the SERPs while being searched with “most frequent terms” like “the best places …”, “a goof cup of coffee in..”, “the worse pub at…” These phrases association will be...
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13 June 2011 / SEO
This post has very few to do with SEO as a discipline, but it's one of those element of truth I've learned in my career as a SEOer. Why today? Because today I’m starting a new job role in London for a different media agency. What’s the SEO point I want to pass today? Let me summarize what happened in the past 2 years. When I relocated in the UK,...
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8 June 2011 / SEO
Last week I took the chance to reveal some interesting figures about the importance to have a mobile presence that have emerged during a Google presentation I have the fortune to join. It is evident that more and more people are utilizing mobile devices to access the web on a daily basis. Seriously, the numbers are impressive, and you can’t miss...
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25 May 2011 / SEO
Yesterday I've been in Google London's offices to attend to one of the many training sessions organised by them. The topic was around the importance of maintaining a Mobile presence and how. Of course the main intent of Google is to explain how the new market tendency can be combined with their up-to-date products (that is the "how" part of their...
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