Google released “+1” in June as a method for web users to essentially give their seal of approval to individual websites. Sites that accumulate many will have favorable search engine result visibility. As +1 challenges the traditional dynamics of search engine optimization, Kenneth C. Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, discusses the potential manipulation and negative influence this may cause the search industry.

Ever since Groupon filed their S-1 filing with the SEC back in early June, investors and social media experts have been wondering when exactly the official IPO date will be released. Groupon, the “deals and discounts” website, was offered a $6 billion takeover from Google in December 2010, clearly rejecting it because they feel as though they can grow tremendously in the online deals arena.

By now, just about everyone’s heard of social media. After all, even the Pope has a Twitter account. But what about social SEO? With the introduction of Google Plus, social SEO has become an industry buzz word—and for good reason.

High quality web design SEO companies, like WebiMax, assist clients in building a strong and optimized website. Strong optimization built within the beginning framework of the website holds tremendous value and helps our clients surpass their online goals.

Local Search Visibility is a service that has emerged in recent years as Google has made a strong push to introduce (and enhance) local search. This service works well for companies that want to focus in a geographically defined area.

Mount Laurel, NJ, Kenneth C. Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, announced today, that “on July 1, 2011, WebiMax will be moving our U.S. based headquarters to a 24,000 square foot operations center located in Mount Laurel, NJ”. The operations center is set to house up to 300 employees by the end of 2012.

At the beginning of last week, we at WebiMax started seeing another wave of movements in search engine rankings that suggested to us Panda 2.2 update was live. Unannounced at first, Google now confirmed today that this was in fact the case. Although we’ve all known that the update would be arriving shortly, no one knew exactly when it would happen.

If you’re an entrepreneur, CEO, or marketing executive that has been paying attention to the entire buzz behind “Google” and “SEO”, then surely you understand the importance of increasing your online visibility. Consider this: Google holds 85% market share in internet search engines. Paying attention to Google’s PageRank parameters and understanding SEO value can give your company a competitive advantage.

Kenneth C. Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, announced today, that “in congruence with our global expansion initiative, I have appointed David Touri (Sydney, Australia) and Alex Schlup (London, United Kingdom) as Directors of our international offices in Australia and the United Kingdom”.

Announced today on CNBC, Facebook will likely have their much anticipated IPO during the first quarter of 2012. Although a price per share has not been discussed (as that is over a year away) the company is projected to be valued at over $100 billion.

Announced today, Google will be adding “Google Webmaster Tools” data directly to their Analytics platform. This is a big deal for SEO companies as a new section titled “Traffic Sources” and “Search Engine Optimization” with sub-sections displaying data of summary, queries, and landing pages.

Announced today, eBay, Inc. will acquire Magento, a popular (and highly reputable) ecommerce platform. Magento was founded several years ago and has grown from a basic open source platform to an industry leader. eBay is planning to use Magento to create a new open commerce platform, called “X.Commerce”.

Social media creates a second identity for the user; an online identity. Two-part, social media is all about leveraging your online presence whether you’re a business or individual user, however, with that, comes an extreme amount of reputation management that can be easily damaged. The importance, therefore, to properly influence your online visibility must be done with careful attention.

Yesterday, Google rolled out their version of a mobile payment platform called “Google Wallet”. Their plan is to enter the multi-billion dollar mobile payments industry, which PayPal originally started many years ago. Amongst this news, PayPal promptly filed a 28-page lawsuit in the state of California against Google for allegedly stealing their mobile payments secrets.

WebiMax, the #1 rated SEO company in the United States, is pleased to announce that their SEO services have been rated #1 in Australia, where the company recently expanded operations.