February 2012

Facebook Removes Custom Default Landing Tab Feature and Replaces it with Timeline

by Nate Devore featured
Facebook Removes Custom Default Landing Tab Feature and Replaces it with Timeline

Facebook is finally rolling out the new changes to Facebook fan pages bringing over the timeline layout released earlier for personal pages. Among the many changes, the most notable change is the removal of custom landing tabs or “fan gates” where marketers could offer something in return for a “like” before landing on the wall. This method ...

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Infographic: Google Panda a year in review

by Nate Devore featured
Infographic: Google Panda a year in review

2011 was the year of Googles algorithm change that shook the foundation of SEO for good. Yup, Google Panda. Like it or hate it, it’s here for good. But let’s look at how panda evolved over the course of 2011. Google has confirmed Panda 3.3 and is making sure quality content trumps all. ...

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Google Panda 3.3 Update Changes Local Search Rankings and How Google Evaluates Links

by Nate Devore featured
Google Panda 3.3 Update Changes Local Search Rankings and How Google Evaluates Links

Search marketers might want to pay close attention to some of the changes announced by Google in Panda 3.3. Google hasn’t completely released all of the details surrounding the new changes to link evaluation, but instead we are left scratching our heads with the announcement that Google is getting rid of a link ...

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Did Google change their user account menu?

by Nate Devore Nate's Google +
Did Google change their user account menu?

Did anyone notice that Google changed the location and feel of the Google account menu when logged in? You can now post directly to Google + from any tab inside of your Google Account. If you are in Gmail, Google Docs or even on Search you can post directly to your ...

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The Best Google Plus Bookmarklet

by Nate Devore Nate's Google +
The Best Google Plus Bookmarklet

2012 is the year of the bookmarklet. Scoop.it, Storify, WordPress and others all have their own. If you don't know what a bookmarklet is, it's a piece of JavaScript code that you can drag onto your browser's bookmark bar. Most times it's a shortcut of having to go to the application ...

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The Future of Content Curation and Aggregation

by Nate Devore Blogging
The Future of Content Curation and Aggregation

Content curation has become a nice buzzword in the last year or so. Two guys who know a lot about the future of media and where it might be heading discuss the future of content creation and how newspapers will become extinct in the coming decades around the world. Rob Dawson and Gerd ...

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Leveraging The Right Mindset for Success

by Nate Devore Nate's Google +
Leveraging The Right Mindset for Success

This podcast really spoke to me. It's an interview with Carol Dweck, a professor at Stanford University. She talks about staying in a growth mindset. What makes some people successful (maybe people you wouldn't have thought would become successful)? And what prevents those people who you thought would become successful from ...

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