Weekly Marketing Skinny • April 5, 2014

Posted on the 05 April 2014 by Ana Hoffman @AnaTrafficCafe

Don’t have the time to read all the marketing news, blog posts, announcements, and other content related to SEO/social media/online marketing published each week?

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I sift through trillions (well, hundreds) of online publications to stay on top of marketing news that might affect your online business.

SEO

Matt Cutts Video: How does Google separate popularity from authority?

A very interesting video from Matt Cutts:

I also recommend you take a look at the comments on this share by +Mark Traphagen to get more insight into what Matt Cutts might be saying:

Matt Cutts on How Google Determines Topical Authority of Sites

Matt Cutts Video: How does Google evaluate algorithmic changes?

Econsultancy Nofollows All Contributor & Guest Posts

Google On IE8 Drops SSL & Passes Full Referrer

New Title Tag Guidelines & Preview Tool

By the way, you should share this post right now before you forget – much appreciated!

Social Media

YouTube, Google+, & LinkedIn drive most engaged traffic

Understanding Google+ Profile & Page View Counts

+Mark Traphagen analyzes the new G+ Profile and Page View Counts:

Best time to post on Google+

Facebook tests a new ‘Save’ feature for your favorite posts

A Breakup Letter to Facebook from Eat24

And Facebook’s reaction to Eat24 departure:

Facebook Exec Snarkily Confirms Brands’ Big Fear: Their Content Isn’t Important Reply to Eat24′s defection

Twitter Emojis For All!

Turkish court rules to unblock YouTube after lifting Twitter ban

WordPress

Google Moves Universal Analytics Out Of Beta – what you MUST know about it

Do images help to increase website traffic? Definitely.

This is a great post to bookmark as a reference on everything blog post image related:

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Marketing This & That

Microsoft officially reveals Cortana

WhatsApp hits record 64 billion messages in one day

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