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Facebook News Feed - Proximity as a Factor?
Hi Dave I am willing to bet it's extremely likely, especially if Facebook takes notice that you are (or were) at the same event in the same location or if that event is trending amongst your peers. Also, if your connection posts about it or something closely related, the post will more than likely make it to your news feed because you care about that topic in Facebook's eyes. Keep in mind, if you engage with these people more during or since the event, you're more likely to see their posts. Here's more information from Facebook. I would take a look at Buffer's Inside the Facebook News Feed. It's continuously updated, has a great comments section, and is filled with a lot of factors and potential factors in their algorithms. Also, Single Grain has a great resource. Hope this helps! Have a good day!
Social Media | | PatrickDelehanty0 -
Links from Directory Websites with NoFollow Tag
First, it's crucial to know that 99% of directory websites out there at best will not help you and at worst will hurt you. The directory is good only if the answer to all three of these questions is yes: **1. Would I want this link if Google did not exist? **In other words, do a lot of real people visit this website? Would a link send you valuable referral traffic of people who are interested in your website's topic -- or, are you trying only to get a link to boost your search rankings. 2. Is this directory curated by a human who is an expert in the field and who does not accept each and every submission? In other words, would Google view the site's owner as an authority on the topic? For example, a list of recommended Seattle restaurants compiled by a local newspaper food critic is much better than a generic list of each and every restaurant in Seattle on some random website. 3. If this link is being paid for, does it not pass PageRank (i.e., is it a no-follow link that adheres to Google's guidelines as such)? Paying for any link to try to manipulate rankings could get you hit by Penguin. For this reason, Google is not a big fan of directories. And that's why more and more of them are adding no-follow tags -- they don't want to get hit by Google themselves. Yes, no-follow tags do not pass "link juice."
Link Building | | SamuelScott0 -
Missing Inbound Linking Domains
No-follows are typically reserved for spaces that are prone to spam - blogs, comment sections, etc. It is rare to have a company no-follow a link in the way you are suggesting. In the end, this method wouldn't be doing them any favors either. You can use SEOQuake or SEO Spyglass (Powersuite) to determine if a link is follow or no-follow. If you have had these links for some time, one possible alternative is that the pages you had links on have been removed as part of a website overhaul on the part of those dealer groups. If they are not showing up, there are 2 possible solutions: Either the new software hasn't crawled them (or analytics hasn't picked them up yet), or the page the links were on have been moved. Another approach could be to get in touch with the folks who you are missing links from and explaining the situation to them. Since they linked to you before, I don't see why they wouldn't again, as long as you are honest and open about it
Link Building | | Toddfoster0 -
Has Google changed how it displays metatitles for business listings?
If you want google to pick up the meta title you want you need to tweak your on-page optimization, as per my previous answer. If you check both homepages, toyota and honda, with some keyword densitiy analyzer tools you will see differences, make changes till you convince google to accept your meta title. One difference in those pages is pretty obvious once you scan it with a keyword density analyzer.
Keyword Research | | max.favilli0 -
Campaigns on Homepage
Same here - I contacted support and they said "This is a known issue, and we are working on revamping that page entirely - you should see something new there pretty soon! :)".
Technical Support | | DougRoberts0