Okay, Google has forced my hand to post on their real-time results. Here’s what just happened:

17 minutes ago, I recreated this site (after I got hacked and my server went down). I installed wordpress, changed the blog title and created a post.

I then did a search on Google and noticed that my site was already updated. The title and description were my new title and description.

The craziest part? Google had updated it 14 minutes before I performed my search. Here’s proof:

See where it says “14 minutes ago”?

My question then is did Google simply reindex the site, but not perform any adjustments to the algorithms (my site was still ranking in the same place)? Do they update sites immediately to provide real-time results, but then readjust rankings at a later time?

What say you?

When you think of the phrase search marketing, what comes to mind? Is it SEO? PPC? SMM?

What does search marketing mean?

According to the all-powerful Wikepedia, Search Marketing is is a form of Internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs) through the use of paid placement, contextual advertising, and paid inclusion.

I think we need to set the record straight and help people understand that search marketing is the umbrella term that includes anything related to increasing your visibility in search.

Just my two cents.