Tolstoy’s 186th Birthday Honored With Interactive Google Doodle
The doodle includes an eight-scene slideshow with images of Tolstoy himself, as well as scenes from his works “War and Peace,” “Anna Karenina,” and “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.”
Google Brings PLAs To Third-Party Sites Like Walmart.com
Today, Google announced it is extending its popular product listing ads (PLAs) to retail and e-commerce sites across the Google Search Network. The ads are served via a new Google product called AdSense for Shopping, which offers retail and ecommerce s…
Bing Temporarily Removes New Image Widget
After Getty Images filed a lawsuit citing “massive infringement,” Bing has temporarily removed the new tool it said would make it easier to display images and slideshows on websites.
The 2 Types Of Rich Media Your SEO Plan Can’t Ignore
No one would embark upon an SEO plan without optimizing their text for SEO. In this multimedia age, you can’t ignore images and video either.
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Google Panda Update On September 5th
On Friday, I saw dozens of threads in the Google Webmaster Help forums with people complaining about major traffic loses. But the automated tracking tools from Moz, SearchMetrics, Algoroo, SERPS.com and others didn’t really show any signs…
Google: Responsive Design Is Not A Ranking Signal Boost
We know Google demotes non mobile friendly web sites in smartphone search results. But for some reason, there is a debate if Google gives a ranking boost to responsive design sites over other mobile formatted sites that deploy Google’s best practices….
Bad Link-Building You Should Be Doing
In a lot of cases, links from methods that many would consider bad are not just part of a natural profile but can actually drive traffic and PageRank.
The Confusion Over Google’s Algorithm Updates & Refreshes
I personally spend a lot of time within the SEO space investigating claims of Google algorithm updates, it is a fascinating topic because there are so many variables involved and a lot of secrecy on Google’s end around their search algorithms. Often, Google will not confirm updates or…
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Google Logo For Leo Tolstoy’s 186th Birthday
Today on Google’s home pages worldwide is a special Google logo for Leo Tolstoy, a novelist most well known for his works named War and Peace, Anna Karenina, A Confession, The Kingdom of God Is Within You and Resurrection…
Google On Mobile Redirection: Now Use 301s, Not 302s
Back in June, Google updated their site moving documentation drastically but webmasters questioned why Google specifically recommended using 302 redirects to communicate separate smartphone URLs from desktop URLs. Well that has changed…
Twitter With Buy Buttons Within Tweets
Twitter announced they are getting into the e-commerce space with buy buttons in tweets.
Today we are beginning to test a new way for you to discover and buy products on Twitter. For a small percentage of U.S…
Google: Even After Algorithm Update, Your Rankings Changes May Not Be Immediately Visible
In response to our story on Google confirming a Penguin refresh is needed to recover from Penguin, Google’s John Mueller added more context to his answer in the Google Webmaster Help thread.
In short, he made a few important points…
Verify Analytics Accuracy With Google Webmaster Tools Top Pages
Especially when beginning an SEO engagement, it’s helpful to ensure tracking is as accurate as possible. Having the ability to compare analytics to external sources can give us something to point to when tracking doesn’t seem right.
Leo Tolstoy Google Logo Brings To Life The Author’s Classic Novels
Today’s Google logo is a an homage to Leo Tolstoy to mark the Russian author’s 186th birthday. The animated logo brings to life scenes from Tolstoy’s classic novels War and Peace, Anna Karenina and The Death of Ivan Ilyich, along with stills of Tolstoy at his writing desk and…
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Google’s Current EU-Antitrust Settlement Appears Dead
Without immediate, new concessions from Google it appears that the company will not be able to finalize an antitrust settlement with the European Commission before antitrust chief Joaquin Almunía leaves office in November. It’s almost certain that a stronger Google critic will succeed him…
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SearchCap: SEO Industry Survey, New AdWords Policy & Report On SEO Ranking Factors
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Industry Survey: 37% Of SEOs Saw Less Than $30,000 In Revenue Turnover Since Last Year According to an industry sur…
Why (& How) Your Non-Search Marketing Colleagues Should Attend SMX East
Hey Search Engine Land readers — you get search. You know how important it is. That’s why you’re here. That’s why many of you also come out to our SMX conferences that we organize, to keep up with search. But we also know you deal with folks who don’t live, breathe or…
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More Local SEOs Earning Less Than $30,000 [Study]
The BrightLocal Local SEO Industry Survey included nearly 1,800 SEOs and found more than a third of local SEOs have turnover of less than $30,000 and the average local SEO handles nine clients.
SearchMetrics Released SEO Ranking Factors For 2014: Content Now Really King?
SearchMetrics announced their 2014 SEO ranking factors study is now ready for download. Every year, SearchMetrics releases the study but this is the largest study they’ve done, with almost 100 pages and by adding dozens of new factors like time of site, bounce rate, fresh links and others….
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Google Launches Improved Sitelinks Search Box
Google announced a new way for users to search for site-specific content with an updated sitelinks search box and gave tips to developers for Schema markup to implement the feature well.