Search Engines See Dramatic Drop in Their Own Visitors Since Dec 2013

In a fascinating report published this week by Sharaholic, visitor traffic to the major 5 search engines - Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Ask and AOL has dropped more than 30% since December of 2013.  The report provides valuable insight for all of us, not only into the behaviors associated with the...

Referrals Are Usually an Attorney’s Best Source of New Business

The first question I’ve consistently asked the thousands of attorneys I’ve met over the past 10 years is “What is your best source of new business?” Twice, I’ve heard something other than “referrals”. Even in this day and age, referrals remain a primary source of new business. The conclusion that...

Google’s Recent Panda 4.0 Update (May ’14) Tightens the Value of Content

Google has recently released "Panda 4.0", a major update to the algorithm that continues to refine how Google values content, and how information should be positioned for the future.  While many Panda releases have been relatively minor "refreshes" that affect a small sample of search results, Panda 4.0 appears to...