Search Engine Israel http://www.searchengineisrael.com Optimizing For A Global Consciousness Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:50:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Is SEO Dead? http://www.searchengineisrael.com/is-seo-dead http://www.searchengineisrael.com/is-seo-dead#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:50:20 +0000 David http://www.searchengineisrael.com/?p=187 Google Search Not DeadHow many times have we heard that SEO is Dead. There have been many articles written on this and they seem to always surface when Google makes noticeable changes to their algorithm.  Of course none of the algorithmic changes have put SEO’s out of business, not even the dreaded Panda Update. Of course now with Google+, the fear mongering that SEO is finished has started again and this time many people… Read the rest

]]> http://www.searchengineisrael.com/is-seo-dead/feed 0 Google+ Connecting With the Top http://www.searchengineisrael.com/google-connecting-with-the-top http://www.searchengineisrael.com/google-connecting-with-the-top#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:43:35 +0000 David http://www.searchengineisrael.com/?p=183 Originally Published on PiTag Media

Every social platform has both benefits and things about them that are lacking.  With all the “over exposure” Google+ is getting these days I feel its high time that I tackle it.  Google+ has always been compared to Facebook from the get go, but I feel this is a misunderstanding of it as a platform and also an oversight in knowing how and when… Read the rest

]]> http://www.searchengineisrael.com/google-connecting-with-the-top/feed 0 SMXIsrael 2012: Get Fresh http://www.searchengineisrael.com/smxisrael-2012-get-fresh http://www.searchengineisrael.com/smxisrael-2012-get-fresh#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:18:03 +0000 David http://www.searchengineisrael.com/?p=178 I think the biggest takeaway I got yesterday from SMXIsrael was “Freshness” (hat tip Mike King @ipullrank) and its impact on search. I have been playing with the correlation between Facebook and Search recently and ultimately we all understand that search is changing and is taking the social ecosystem as a huge factor in rankings. Yet, its so much more than that.  In reality the more social integration sites… Read the rest

]]> http://www.searchengineisrael.com/smxisrael-2012-get-fresh/feed 0 The Filter Bubble and SEO http://www.searchengineisrael.com/the-filter-bubble-and-seo http://www.searchengineisrael.com/the-filter-bubble-and-seo#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:28:48 +0000 David http://www.searchengineisrael.com/?p=173 Google FiltersThere has been much talk about the “Filter Bubble” since the now famous talk from Eli Pariser at Ted. The question I have is far less idealistic than Eli Pariser’s.  Of course I like to see other opinions when I search, but as a professional in the SEO ecosystem, I am on the look out on how I can use filters influence search result.  Without giving any real… Read the rest

]]> http://www.searchengineisrael.com/the-filter-bubble-and-seo/feed 0 Google Insights and Prophecy http://www.searchengineisrael.com/google-insights-and-prophecy http://www.searchengineisrael.com/google-insights-and-prophecy#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:22:24 +0000 David http://www.searchengineisrael.com/?p=166 Ok so its not exactly prophetic, but if you are a believer like me in the power of Google search trends to reflect the real world, then it sure seems so at times.  No example shows this more than the Google Insights chart involving the candidates for the Republican Nomination. Take a look at the Google Insights graph below:

This chart says it all. It really seems to… Read the rest

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