“Not Provided” Keywords Expand to Google Webmaster Tools
Now, under the cloak of “privacy regulations,” GWT shows only the search traffic for people that weren’t logged into any Google account.
They Fooled Us All: Why Google May No Longer Announce Major Algorithm Updates
Google’s investment in artificial intelligence does more than just create better search results; it allows Google’s engineers to make constant algorithm changes right under our noses. Columnist Nate Dame explains.
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Google Loses Safari Web Tracking Court of Appeal Case
U.K. consumers can now take the Web giant to court.
Are You #Winning at Google Shopping Campaigns?
If you’re down for a little spring cleaning this season, something you could be optimizing right now are your Google Shopping Campaigns.
SearchCap: Google News Mobile Algorithm, Mobile Queries Up, Product Ratings In AdWords
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Report: Mobile Search Queries 29 Percent Of Total But Growth Modest
Search query percentages don’t line up with overall usage trends.
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Google’s Mobile Algorithm Puts Customers First [#SESMiami]
Google will begin prioritizing mobile-friendly sites because that’s what users have grown to expect, said developer programs tech lead Maile Ohye in her SES Miami keynote speech.
Google Expands Product Rating Stars In Google Shopping Ads To UK, France, Germany
Star ratings for specific products appear in product listing ads.
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Ad Blocking: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
How does the emergence of ad-blocking browser plugins and applications affect search marketers?
WSJ Report Suggests Intervention In FTC’s Google Investigation By White House
Article asserts Google lobbying affected agency’s decision in antitrust case.
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5 PPC Testing Myths & Mistakes: How To Avoid Them!
Columnist Mona Elesseily has run a lot of landing page tests over the course of her career — and seen a lot of these mistakes repeated over and over again.
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First-Party Data And Search
What is first-party data, and how can you use this data to enhance your search campaigns? In part two of his multi-part series exploring the data landscape, columnist Alistair Dent tackles these questions.
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Now Google Maps For Android Has My Maps
Google quietly announced on Google+ and in the Google Maps Help forum that the new version of Google Maps for Android now supports bringing over your custom My Maps into your app…
Product Ratings For Google Product Listing Ads Expands To UK, France & Germany
Google announced this morning that they’ve expanded showing product ratings on Google AdWords Product Listing Ads outside of the US and into the UK…
Google AdSense Ads Turn Gray & Muted
Google AdSense publishers started complaining yesterday that many of their colorful ad units on their web sites went from bright colors to a muted and toned down gray look…
Google Updated Canonical Documentation To Show HTTPS URLs
We know Google has an incredibly light weight ranking signal around going HTTPS with your site. Google has been pushing sites to go HTTPS as a matter of principle and “security…
Google News Unaffected By Mobile-Friendly Ranking Algorithm – For Now
A week or so ago, we asked if Google News will also be impacted by the mobile-friendly algorithm.
The answer is what I expected, that no, not yet.
Stacie Chan, who I have been pestering on this question for over a week…
Google News Prefers HTTPS URLs & Will Show Those First
Before you start reading this, the title is not to imply that Google News will rank HTTPS content better – they may or may not. This title means that Google News will display the HTTPS
Google News Ranking Won’t Be Impacted By The New Mobile-Friendly Algorithm
Google News ranking algorithm won’t factor in if a publisher is mobile-friendly or not, at least not yet.
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Google Testing Removing Line Separator Between Search Ads & Organic Search Results
Google is testing removing the divider between the ads and free listings in the search results. Will it lead to more searcher confusion?
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