Google Logo For Leonhard Euler On U.S. Tax Day
Today, April 15, 2013 is a very memorable day for most Americans – being Tax Day. It is also the birthday of Leonhard Euler, a Swiss born mathematician who is known as probably the most influential and important mathematician of the 18th century…
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Bing Does Pinterest Integration Right: Pins Image Source
Honestly, I was worried when I saw the announced that Microsoft added the Pinterest Pin It button to Bing Image search results.
AppGratis Banned By Apple For Being A Black Hat App Store Ranking Network
Did you hear the news that AppGratis was pulled from the Apple App Store? AppGratis defines itself as a company that “offers the opportunity to reach new exciting audiences in more than 30+ countries. Every year we deliver more than 100,000,000 non-inc…
Do You Fear Google Disavow Link Threats?
It is no surprise to many that more and more SEOs are using the Google link disavow tool. The issue that comes up as time goes on is that there are some using it as a threat to remove or change the links or anchor text pointing to their site.
I am su…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 15, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Will Label Organic Results Leading To Google Properties
As you may have heard via the Wall Street Journal or New York Times or Search Engine Land – Google has settled with the European Union after a 2-3 year probe.
The settlement will require Google to:
(1) Clearly label Google’s own results in the organi…
Bing Testing 5 Results Per Search Page?
It appears that some searchers may be seeing a limited number of organic search results when searching Microsoft Bing.
A WebmasterWorld thread has one searcher claiming his searches on Bing are only returning 5 results at a time. Another said he on…
Google’s Official How To Use Google Glass Guide Live
More and more details are coming out about Google Glass. I spotted that Google has publicly posted the help documentation on how users should use Google Glass.
You can find the how to use Google Glass documentation at google.com/glass/help…
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Google Sub-Sitelinks Are Here
Google is now showing what they call “sub-sitelinks” for some searchers in the search results. Sitelinks are the links you find under a search result that show links to popular pages within the site…
My Google Reconsideration Request For Removing Paid Links
On Friday I announced that I nofollowed my paid links after several years of being a stubborn blogger. I promised more details on the reconsideration request and the traffic results from Google…
9 Netiquette Reminders For Today’s Link Builders
For many years, email was one of just a few ways you could share a URL with another person. And, people were far less accepting of link request spam than they are today. So, for today’s column, let’s talk about the ancient concept of net etiquette and link building. In many ways, it’s come full…
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Bing Updates Windows 8 Apps Enhancing News, Finance, Weather, Sports, Maps & Travel
Microsoft announced they have made major updates to the Bing Apps for Windows 8 across most of their apps including News, Finance, Weather, Sports, Maps and Travel. The video below walks you through the changes but here are some highlights of the core …
Link Networks: Don’t Build Your SEO Strategy on a House of Cards
One of the most popular (and dangerous) to build a bunch of links quickly is by using a link network. Here’s how you can better understand what a network is, how to identify networked sites, and whether those easy links are too good to be true.
Live @ SMX Advanced: Think You Know Good Content? Fuggedaboutit. Here’s What Really Counts
Ever since Google “pandalized” the rankings of many sites, the mantra of many publishers and search marketers has been “content, content, content.” Wise words: The now ongoing Panda updates are designed to reward websites that offer valuable information and penalize sites…
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Unruly Launches Real-Time Analytics Dashboard for Social Video
Unruly Analytics is a real-time gauge for brands and agencies who want to know how well they’re doing in social video. Users can find out exactly how many shares, views, and comments they’re generating during a time period at the touch of a button.
March Madness = Search and AdWords Madness?
Another year of busted brackets, bets runs rampant, and anxious fans glued to NCAA college basketball action is in the books. So how did searches for each team and for the event as a whole change for the duration of the March Madness season?
Click Fraud is a Small Problem in Search These Days
Click fraud still occurs in paid search, and at some level always will. However, the engines do a solid job at monitoring the problem. The issue for search marketers is to ensure the metrics don’t go out of whack from a normal level of variance.
YouTube Creator Playbook Adds 5 Tailored Playbook Guides
YouTube recently added five tailored Playbook Guides – for education, media companies, music, nonprofits, and sports – to be used in conjunction with Version 3 of the Creator Playbook, which is the main resource for site-wide best practices.
Google’s Eric Schmidt Calls For Civilian Drone Regulation
Yes, THAT Eric Schmidt is worried about privacy: “How would you feel if your neighbor went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their backyard. It just flies over your house all day. How would you feel about it?”