Did you want to go to SMX Advanced this year but couldn’t make it? Are you wishing you could sit at your screen, watch the presentations, and read each tweet as they happen? Well, you’re not alone. Thankfully, the Vizion Interactive team took some time throughout the day to check the #smx tweet stream for good tidbits when we could. At the end of the day, we compiled what we feel were the best 50 tweets from day 1 of SMX Advanced.
So, without further ado, here we go (in no particular order):
If you do great onsite SEO, can you outrank Yelp? Depends on the category, but for the most part you can. Focus on brand building #11c #smx
— Brake Dangman 🦜y (@blakedenman) June 11, 2014
Hey #SMX – slides are available here: http://t.co/DkxHTT8M86
— Monica Wright (@monicawright) June 11, 2014
A penalty today doesn't mean no penalty tomorrow (and vice versa) #smx
— Dan Patterson (@dan_patterson) June 11, 2014
All three speakers have mentioned how important optimizing your data feed is for shopping campaigns/PLAs. This is the future #smx
— Bryant Garvin (@BryantGarvin) June 11, 2014
If you block Javascript and CSS, Google might not give you the prominence you deserve@mattcutts #smx
— Greg Gifford (@GregGifford) June 12, 2014
I’m liveblogging the Matt Cutts keynote Q&A here from @smx: http://t.co/PNzb5HxCMx #SMX
— Matt McGee (@mattmcgee) June 12, 2014
#smx big take away this evening – keep an eye on Google Webmaster Tools in the next few weeks. Updates coming up.
— Monica Wright (@monicawright) June 12, 2014
person: "what is your link building strategy" @mattcutts: "I write useful things" #smx
— MichelleRobbins (@MichelleRobbins) June 12, 2014
If you have a mobile site, have auto complete. Not having it feels like getting pricked by little pins with every letter you type #smx
— Akvile DeFazio (@AkvileDeFazio) June 12, 2014
Site speed is a ranking factor. If you are very very very slow it can affect your rankings a little bit. #smx
— Dan Patterson (@dan_patterson) June 12, 2014
"the future of search is conversational search" ~ @mattcutts #smx #mobile
— MichelleRobbins (@MichelleRobbins) June 12, 2014
"Google is the new IRS & we are the new tax accountants" 100s of changes means "SEO will never die" @mdsimmonds #SMX pic.twitter.com/mQPH7LDXHN
— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) June 10, 2014
100% of videos on @Disney have http://t.co/9Kcp7nUuGf. It helped google understand their video player #smx
— Mic King (@iPullRank) June 11, 2014
Conversion rates on iOS and Android differ vastly, sometimes upto 50%. #smx
— Daniel Bianchini (@danielbianchini) June 11, 2014
http://t.co/ZxdLrs3SAc is source used by Google for Knowledge Graph – check & test how your data appears #ProTip via @jeffreypreston #SMX
— Brandon Kenig 🇺🇦 (@BrandonKenig) June 11, 2014
RT @GregGifford: Sometimes, loss of traffic is a very good motivator#mdsimmonds #smx
— Sha Menz (@ShahMenz) June 11, 2014
Think about #mobile #SERPs in terms of acquisition channels. via @maileohye #smx #14c
— Michelle Tackabery (@mktackabery) June 11, 2014
Scaling link building often drives down the quality of the links.#smx
— Rick Hardman (@rickhardman) June 11, 2014
@cliquekaila says if link building is your number one method of ranking than you're going to fail. #SMX #SEO
— Austin Faux (@AustinSFaux) June 11, 2014
Asking a new customer to download your app on the first visit is like asking a girl to be your girlfriend on the first date #smx
— Ali Harris (@ali_is_digital) June 11, 2014
Reasons why .gov or .org would link out to you: #smx pic.twitter.com/MaSv8k6zU8
— Gillian Meier (@GillianMeier) June 11, 2014
#smx #13c Desktop is still the primary source of content and desktop title is used. Mobile only URLs will be indexed separately
— Li Ma (@lima8338) June 11, 2014
#mobile help users complete tasks. Break conversions into mobile micro-conversions to accurately track your results. #smx #14c
— Michelle Tackabery (@mktackabery) June 11, 2014
Consumers want to call on a mobile device. Not click. @Digitas @MattMarshall_ @marchex #mobile #trends #smx
— Stephanie Craig (@steffinseattle) June 11, 2014
Page Speed is the new PageRank for mobile optimization, great for UX & conversions. People give up quick on mobile. via @Suzzicks #smx #14c
— Kurt Krejny (@KurtKrejny) June 11, 2014
Responsive design can be code heavy and add slow down page load times.#smx
— Scott Ensign (@scottensign) June 11, 2014
The mega list of 25+ social ideas #smx session is up! http://t.co/Czoj6rAP4u @marktraphagen @SEOPollyAnna @Matt_Siltala @iPullRank
— Monica Wright (@monicawright) June 11, 2014
If more than 50% of your backlinks have a DA less than 30, it's a red flag #smx #14a
— Brake Dangman 🦜y (@blakedenman) June 11, 2014
Call listening can give data about what is happening on the call: what features do your customers ask about? Are they new customers? #smx
— Marchex (@Marchex) June 11, 2014
mobile sites are all about speed and usability. #smx
— Samantha Goettel (@SamGSama) June 11, 2014
When evaluating your backlinks you need a hybrid of both automated and manual options. #SMX #14A
— Chipper Nicodemus (@chipnicodemus) June 11, 2014
Smartphone share of Organic Searches is 23% increasing 50% year over year, time to consider smart effective Mobile #SEO strategies #smx
— Valtech Canada (@ValtechCA) June 11, 2014
Google's 25 principles of mobile site design http://t.co/Od7Mo14fum #smx @maileohye
— Christen Luciano (@SmBiz_Marketer) June 11, 2014
If you have bad links, don't submit a proactive disavow, but do proactive cleanup@robdwoods #smx
— Greg Gifford (@GregGifford) June 11, 2014
Pitchbox is a great tool to automate bad link removal @BlueMagnetSA #SMX
— Gillian Meier (@GillianMeier) June 11, 2014
1 thing I've learned about #SEO's – many automate too much – often gets them into trouble. If contacting a human, don't automate #IMO – #smx
— Rick Hardman (@rickhardman) June 11, 2014
Manual & algorithmic penalties get cleaned up the same way, you just don't get the same feedback from Google #smx
— ymarketing (@ymarketing) June 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/siwen_zhang/status/476870638196359168/photo/1
Social shares can be gamed just as much as links. Social helps by getting your content in front of a wider audience. #smx
— Daniel Bianchini (@danielbianchini) June 11, 2014
Hmmm. "Cleanup links but don't disavow and draw attention to the fact you have bad back links". @robdwoods #smx
— Jennifer Slegg (@jenstar) June 11, 2014
Good read! RT @marktraphagen: Get my #smx presentation on author authority in search and social http://t.co/zOgt8Iy04b
— Casey Markee (@MediaWyse) June 11, 2014
feed optimization should be easy if your content & SEO teams are optimizing the content & potential data you can pull into feeds #SMX
— Frankie De Soto (@franklogic) June 11, 2014
A #mobileseo realization today, all about technical seo for highest mobile rankings, lots of google documentation floating around #smx
— Jon Rappaport (@jrappdigi) June 12, 2014
one more algorithm coming our way! Spammy Query here we come 😉 #smx thank you @mattcutts
— Rachel Morgan (@rmorgan434) June 12, 2014
RT @AlanBleiweiss: YES! "@w2scott: Schema not a "ranking" factor, it's a "clarity" factor. #SMX from @mblumenthal”
— Frankie De Soto (@franklogic) June 12, 2014
Matt says metafilter is a "typical high quality site" tho w an outdated design – it was affected by an algo update #smx #smxYA
— Rae Dolan (@sugarrae) June 12, 2014
Matt says re appeals process (multiple reconsid requests) they elevated it to get a little more touch (reponse) #smx #smxYA
— Rae Dolan (@sugarrae) June 12, 2014
Google is building an open text area into reconsideration requests so techs can provide helpful info on rejections@mattcutts #smx
— Greg Gifford (@GregGifford) June 12, 2014
RT @iPullRank: Here's my #smx deck on Social/SEO Research tactics http://t.co/qyv3hdPnGJ
— Frankie De Soto (@franklogic) June 12, 2014
#google trying to make fetch happen. Unblock your #css and #java and see how your content looks to #google. #smx via @mattcutts
— Michelle Tackabery (@mktackabery) June 12, 2014
Have any tidbits you saw that weren’t mentioned here? Feel free to mention them in the comments below.
