Twitter wants to measure success differently

 

This is an interesting article on an announcement from Twitter co-founder, Ed Williams on how he is trying to drive through how they measure 'success' on Twitter. Currently this is done on the number of followers, however this metric can be massaged giving a false picture of the true 'success'.

Twitter wants to measure success differently and now wants to base the measurement on the number of people who saw you tweet and re-tweeted it.
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Twitter wants to measure success differently

SEO in the Google Post Panda and Penguin Era

SEO in the Google post Panda and Penguin era has become a real challenge. Keyword rankings are bouncing all over the place, Google is sending out warnings about bad link usage and traffic is getting hit hard in many cases. So where do we go from here? What are the key areas to focus on?

Searchmetrics have produced a report from data analysed in February and March this year (2012) on 'Which factors are relevant for a good ranking in Google search results' -


Social Media, Backlinks and

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Google Penguin Update Has A Lot More To Come

 

According to recent comments from Matt Cutts, the Google Penguin Update has a lot more to come. This article from Chris Crum for WebProNews gives us some insight into what to expect in future months from Google -
Google Penguin Update has a lot more to come

Last year, Google launched the Panda update, and wreaked havoc across the web on sites doing little to contribute to the quality of content appearing throughout Google’s search engine. This year, it’s been the Penguin

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