It’s that time of the week already and we’ve got a great Fast Five selection for you. Enjoy!
Hummingbird’s Unsung Impact on Local Search by David Mihm
If you’re targeting local markets in your search strategy you might want to check out this post by David, as according to his initial research, Google’s Hummingbird update has had an impact on local search results.
Panic Stations! A Case Study on How to Handle an Important Page Disappearing from Google by Steve Morgan
I know I say this a lot, but this is a great post to bookmark. Like Steve, many of us have never personally experienced this phenomena – but if it does ever happen, we’ll want easy access to all the helpful info in this post – including the great resource links.
4 Post-Penguin Link Building Tactics Every Company Should Be Doing by Jayson DeMers
Google has ensured Webmasters treat link building as a qualitative process rather than quantitative. Here Jayson describes four types of Backlinks which are highly beneficial, following the various algorithm changes and Google updates over the past few years.
Google Promises More Accurate Results with New Google Trends Topic Reports by Matt Southern
This week Google announced a new addition to Google Trends which will provide more accurate topic reports. Predictive text now appears when users begin typing a search term, which helps further clarify the request/results.
And finally…
Building Brand Identity – Five Reasons Your Blog Needs a Ghostwriter by Enzo F Cesario
Are you finding it hard to maximise the benefit of your company blog? Enzo puts forward some great reasons why a Ghostwriter might be the answer to your fresh content woes.
Happy reading!
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