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Google Search Interface
September 2, 2016

SEO Ranking Upheaval

While there's no official word yet - SEO nerds around the world are chattering about two large algo updates happening right now.  And I've fielded…

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google laptop desk
August 29, 2016

Google Review Penalty in the Works?

[caption id="attachment_2511" align="alignright" width="192"] Mike Blumenthal[/caption] Last week, we posted about the upcoming SEO penalty for obnoxious chat interstitials - this week, its a change…

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August 23, 2016

Google SEO Penalty for Chat Pop-ups Coming?

I've long ranted against many of the implementations of chat conversions - especially on mobile devices - in which the chat is so aggressive that…

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Mobile Friendly Test
August 16, 2016

4 Google AdWords Tips You Should Implement Right Now

Mockingbird is one of the newest members in the Google’s Partner Acceleration Program (humble bragging found here). With this exciting new partnership comes exclusive training…

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August 8, 2016

SEO Traffic Generates 1 call per 30 visitors

This is a review of a Benchmarking study I conducted for the American Bar Association quantifies the question: How much business does SEO generate? This has…

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google partners logo
August 4, 2016

Announcing our Relationship with Google

[caption id="attachment_2419" align="alignright" width="300"] Mockingbird Nerds at Google getting advanced Adwords training.[/caption] We have a variety of partnerships, friendships and other assorted business relationships. I’ve…

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July 27, 2016

Google Maps Update

Estimated Read Time: 2 minutes Recently, Google released an update to Google Maps on Android, IOS and desktop machines. The de-cluttering aims to help users discover…

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June 30, 2016

Latest Fallacy: Technical SEO is Dead

Update: Excuse the language that follows, but when alleged experts post dangerously inaccurate recommendations with consequences that can decimate a small business, it gets my hackles…

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June 29, 2016

Why Ranking #1 Doesn’t Matter

Ok, let’s start with the obvious. Rankings definitely matter. If rankings didn't matter, I wouldn't have a job. What may be less obvious, is that…

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