We often monitor Google Trends for interest sentient with regard to a number of different searches and sources. Upon revisiting data from our popular SEO vs PPC vs Social Media post we noticed that search interest in SEO was at a 4 year high.
Take a Closer Look: View the Google Trends Graph
Here are your top 20 most visited websites, as reported by Quantcast, for both standard and mobile web browsers in the United States over the past 30 days.
There has been a handful of notable changes over the past three years in the top 20 websites. However, the following are no longer part of the elite. Maybe one day they’ll make their way back.
The days of testing site speed and mobile friendliness with two different tools have recently come to an end. Because of their importance as search engine ranking signals, Google has consolidated both tools into a new tool in addition to making overall effectiveness improvements.
After the scan completes, you can elect to receive a report from Google that contains expanded information about how to improve your website speed and mobile optimization.
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The Google Trends graph below compares organic search interest over time for “SEO”, “PPC” and “Social Media Marketing” search terms.
According to Google, the graph numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the given region and time. A value of 100 is the peak popularity for the term. A value of 50 means that the term is half as popular.
We have a few theories, neatly placed in bullets below.
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