Google: New TLDs Have No Inherent Search Ranking Advantage
Back in 2012, Google’s Matt Cutts said clearly that new TLDs do not rank better than any other TLD. He was killing a myth being spread by some domain name sellers.
Bing No Longer Powers Facebook Web Search Results
Reuters reported over the weekend that Facebook has dropped their Microsoft Bing partnership to power the web search results within Facebook search.
Facebook has stopped including results from Microsoft Bing search engine on its social networking sit…
Spanish Newspapers Want Government To Force Google To Keep News Open In Spain
A new effort by the Spanish Newspaper Publishers Association (AEDE) to prevent Google from shutting down its News site in Spain is an amazing example of industry chutzpah or hubris. The action shows so much chutzpah in fact that it enters the realm of …
Is SEO Still Worth It in 2015?
Let’s cut to the chase: Of course SEO is still worth it. If you have been having trouble determining what to spend, here are some calculations to help you develop a budget.
Google News Archive Returns Via Search Tools
You can once again search the Google News archive, dating back to 2003.
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2014, The Year Google Display Network Grew Up: Will SEMs Embrace It?
This was a huge year for AdWords changes. There has been ample attention given to many of the flashier new feature releases in 2014. There have also been many small changes that barely got a mention; many of those smaller, under-hyped updates were related to Google Display Network (GDN) targeting….
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Best Rates for Search Engine Land’s SMX West End Friday – Register Now!
Attend Search Engine Land’s SMX West conference in San Jose, CA March 3-5. Register before rates increase end of day Friday. Build your own program (and maximize your investment) by selecting from any of the 60 tactic-rich sessions including: Penguin Penalty Prevention: Link Acquisition…
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What Is Viewability and Should We Apply It to Link Acquisition?
Should SEOs concern themselves with viewability, and how should we apply it to link-building techniques?
Facebook Drops Bing From Facebook Search Results
Facebook has broken up with Bing, quietly dropping results from the Microsoft search engine as part of this week’s Facebook search update. The change, reported late today by Reuters, was confirmed by a Facebook spokesperson in an email to Search Engine Land. “We’re not currently showing web…
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SearchCap: Making Your Website Evergreen, Bing Upgrades Safe Search & No More Credit Cards For Adwords Customers
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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Google to Leave Russia
On the heels of the announcement that Google News will cease operation in Spain, the search giant will also be pulling out of Russia, as a result of a restrictive new law.
Amazon App Pulled From Google Play Search Listings
Earlier this year, Amazon replaced its Android app with a new version that contained a hidden app store. Eliminating a competitor from within its own app store, Google removed Amazon’s app.
Google Search Holiday Decorations Are Big This Year
Every year, Google dresses up the search results for the holiday season. Queries such as [hanukkah], [kwanzaa], [christmas] and related queries return decorations at the top of the search results related to the holiday.
This year…
Google AdWords Stops Accepting Credit Card Payments From Large Customers
I was always jealous of the big agencies that manage huge ad spend with Google AdWords. They always boasted how they put millions of dollars of ad spend on their credit card and then billed it back to their customers, leaving them with huge points to …
Google iPhone App’s New Design & Features
Google announced a redesigned iOS app for their Google App is now live in the Apple App Store.
The new app flows with the new Material Design look Google is switching many of their product interfaces to…
Get Indexed Netherlands Slapped By Google?
There is a lot of speculation that Google has penalized another network, link network/private blog network. This time the speculation is around Get Indexed…
Google Shopping Campaigns Add Impression Share By Device
This is a pretty small update, but Google announced on Google+ that they added a new tab to show those who run shopping campaigns the impression share by device on the Campaign and Ad Group level…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 12, 2014
This week in search, we continue on about the Penguin changes in Google. There were several tweaks…
Search In Pics: The Google Flood, Drunk Penguin & Storm Preparation
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google Flood: Source: Google+ Source: Google+ Google Storm Preparations:…
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How To Make Every Single Page On Your Website Evergreen
Web pages may not be meant to last forever, but I think that most web pages can do a lot better. Many pages and articles published today lack evergreen qualities, which means that in a few months or years, they will be old and useless. They will join the billions of other pages littering the…
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