Bas van den Beld
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I am the owner of Stateofsearch.com, a website on which myself and some other bloggers try to look at the next step in search. I am also the owner of NetTraject, a Dutch company that advises on international search matters and provides training in search engine marketing and project management. I am also founder of Searchcowboys.
I am a regular speaker on different marketing and search events. Finally I am the host of several podcasts, including a weekly show on a WebmasterRadio.FM.
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Bas van den Beld posted a blog entry Aug 10, 2011
Matt Cutts: there is no limit to direct 301 redirects, there is on chains
Google has done many webmasterhelpvideos, some of which were published also here on State of Search. They now decided to extend these videos more into tutorials. Which simply means thy are longer and go a little bit more in depth . In this video Matt Cutts answers a question of himself: Is there a... more »
Bas van den Beld posted a blog entry Aug 10, 2011
Statistics on Internet Porn: Still A Major Industry
Even though Experian Hitwise told us Social Media is the fastest growing industry on the web, and that it has outgrown porn, it doesn’t mean that porn is gone. Far from. 12% of websites on the web are still Porn sites. The infographic from Onlinemba below shows just how “big” this... more »
Bas van den Beld posted a blog entry Aug 9, 2011
How to Share on Google+ from any website
This is a guest post from Alex Moss. He is a Partner at Pleer, Head of SEO at Banc Media and develops WordPress plugins. He found a way to share to Google+ from an external site, similar to the tweet button, and wanted to share it with SoS readers… The Problem Since Google+ launched, I [...]... more »
Bas van den Beld posted a blog entry Aug 9, 2011
Facebook “Posted About” Feature Potential Page Traffic Booster
When I first saw it I was a bit surprised. At first I thought I had set up some kind of alert. But I didn’t. Then I thought it must have been something which was there before, but I just hadn’t noticed it. It wasn’t, it is brand new. Facebook has released a new feature [...]... more »
Bas van den Beld posted a blog entry Aug 8, 2011
The Keywords On Which Google Makes Its Fortune
Google’s business model used to be only Adwords. And it still is their main source of income. They make a fortune out of the keywords we type into Google. A very smart business model. But which keywords are the ones making Google the most money? This infographic from Wordstream shows us where... more »
Bas van den Beld posted a blog entry Aug 8, 2011
Google Makes Surprising Book Deal with French Publisher Hachette
To be really honest, I kind of figured that the Google Book project to digitize the books world wide would die a slow death after Google saw a settlement on the topic declined in the US last year. But now all of a sudden its back. With a deal in a country where Google had [...] more »
