Google AdSense Let’s Publishers Modify Ad Code For Responsive Design & Other More
One of the largest wants/needs of Google AdSense publishers is to be able to make their AdSense ads work with responsive design web sites.
Although Google won’t do it for you automatically…
Guest Blogging vs. Guest Posting – Imagine A World Without Links
For months, debate has raged about the merits of guest posting, the relationship between content and links, backlinks, publishers and signature links, guest posting, and comments. It’s time to shed a little clarity on the subject in a simple format.
5 Content Lessons & SEO Opportunities From Bloomingdale’s
Bloomingdale’s is a leader in fashion in the brick and mortar world. But how does a store with history back to the 1800s adapt to the new online world? Let’s look at a few tactics Bloomingdale’s uses in content marketing and a few SEO opportunities.
Report: Google To Bid For Waze — To Shut It Down?
According to a just-published Bloomberg report Google is preparing a bid for Waze. Earlier this month rumors indicating Facebook was in late-stage acquisition talks with Waze for roughly $1 billion appeared online. Other parties (Apple, Microsoft) may …
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 23, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Penguin 4, With Penguin 2.0 Generation Spam-Fighting, Is Now Live The fourth release of Google’s spam-fighting “Penguin Update” is now live….
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Google Talks Back: Conversational Search Available on New Version of Chrome
Google conversational search rolled out on the new version of Chrome this week. While the “OK Google” search prompt we heard about at the I/O event is not yet available, Google is attempting to have relevant conversations with users.
Penguin 2.0 Losers: Porn Sites, Game Sites, & Big Brands Like Dish.com & The Salvation Army
Google’s fourth Penguin update — what the company is calling Penguin 2.0 — hit last night, and less than 24 hours later we’re already getting a first chance to look at what sites might be considered “losers” in terms of search visibility. In a nutshell, the list…
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“My Photos” — Google Now Lets Find Your Google+ Photos Within Search
Google now lets you search your private photos and the photos your friends on Google+ share with you. All you need to do is search on Google for keywords such as [my photos] or [my photos sunset] to bring up matching photos. You can even search for your friend’s photos such as [danny’s photos…
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Yahoo Testing New Search Results Page
I’m not sure anyone would notice in all of the Google Penguin news and discussion, but Yahoo appears to be testing a new search results page. I’m able to see the new interface when logged in and using Firefox, but I still see the old/current interface when using Safari and logged in to…
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Sharpen your marketing skill set by attending one of six post-conference workshops at SMX Advanced, June 13th in Seattle. Choose from SEO, international search, social media community management, AdWords, local search or in-house SEO. Secure your spot – register now!
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Google’s Top Charts Offer Engaging Visuals for Popular Searches Over Time
Google has added a new visual feature in Google Trends that allows users to explore trending people, places, and things over time, back to 2004. Interactive charts are sharable, allowing users to highlights data that’s interesting to them.
SES Toronto Early Bird Rate Expires Tonight
The Early Bird rate for SES Toronto 2013, which kicks off June 12 and runs through June 14, ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. ET. If you haven’t registered yet for SES Toronto, today is your last chance to register at the lowest rate and save $300!
Bing News Adds Visual Carousel & Searches Years Back (Not Just Two Weeks)
Bing announced they have added a new visual way to consume news on Bing News. Now, for searches on notable people, Bing will return an image carousel at the top. Plus, you will also see on the right-hand side of the page related people to the person yo…
Google Penguin 2.0 Spam Report Form Now Available
It’s been less than 24 hours since Google Penguin 2.0 went live, but there are already several reports of big changes. There are also many reports that, despite Penguin, Google is still ranking spam sites. You can now report this directly to Google.
Video Ad Views Reach Another All-Time High: 13.2 Billion in April
The comScore Video Metrix service has just released data that shows 181.9 million Americans watched 38.8 billion online content videos in April 2013, while the number of video ad views reached an all-time high of 13.2 billion.
Still Seeing Post-Penguin Web Spam In Google Results? Let Google Know.
Google’s next generation Penguin update is now live and webmasters and SEOs are carefully assessing how this update has impacted their web sites. Google is assessing things as well, how this has impacted the search results, search quality and searcher satisfaction. Google’s head of…
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Google Doodle Salutes North West Mounted Police on 140 Years
While Google in the U.S. is celebrating today with one of its Doodle 4 Google competition winners, Canadian Google users are instead seeing a Google Doodle celebrating the 140th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Google Knowledge Graph Nudity Removed Quickly
A Google Web Search Help thread had a solo post from a user upset to see a nude topless image show up in the knowledge graph box for a search for [kierston wareing]…
Google Site Command Temporary Issue Due To Domain Clustering
As I reported yesterday at Search Engine Land, the site command may be a bit buggy for you right now and may not be resolved for about a week.
In short…
Google Pushed Out The Major Penguin Update (v2.0 #4)
As I reported last night at Search Engine Land, Penguin 2.0 / 4 is now live – this is the next generation Penguin update. As Google’s Matt Cutts added, this impacts 2.3% of English queries and also impacts other languages but the percentage depends on …