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Search engine algorithms rely on an enormous variety of signals that help them establish the most relevant results for a search, but if you look closely, many of these tie into one crucial factor: the user experience. At first glance, judging a site's relevance based on the user experience may seem arbitrary. After all, if a user is searching for pet supplies, and your site is well-optimized for the topic of pet supplies, user experience shouldn't matter as much, right? Not

It’s not often that Google gives us advance notice of a major algorithm update, so their announcement in February sent a pretty clear signal that its mobile-friendly update was one to prepare for.  While the update only affects searches from mobile devices, statistics reveal that more and more people are using mobile devices to research and finalize their buying decisions, so updating your site to be user-friendly on mobile devices should be on your agenda regardless of the update. What

Having a mobile friendly site is more important than ever, and this week Google's making that clear. Over the last week, Google has begun a mass email campaign aimed to alert webmasters if their sites have mobile-usability issues. What Does Mobile-Usibility Mean for Your SEO? If your site isn't mobile-friendly, Google wants you to know. Google starts off their email message by telling webmasters to “fix mobile usability issues found on [your website here],” explains that mobile-usability impacts a searchers mobile user-experience, and, most importantly: that the search engine will

If you've ever had the burning desire to express your search query in the form of an emoji, you're in luck. Bing has announced their algorithm will now officially be supporting the use of emoji characters as search terms in all English search queries. As most iphone users should be familiar with, emoji are are tiny images used to express common ideas, objects, and emotions. While emoji have been features on mobile keyboards for the past few years, they haven't