Google Folds Blog Search Into News
Google users who want to search for content from blogs must now filter their queries in Google News instead of using the separate Blog Search page.
Bing Ads Introduces Bulk Editing In Web UI, Now Review Up To 1 Million Keywords
Bing Ads has been building out its capabilities in the Web UI this year so that account managers aren’t as beholden to the Bing Ads Editor as they have been to manage campaigns. Today, Bing Ads announced bulk editing features and the ability to review accounts with as many as 1 million…
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Google Extends Nearby In-Store Product Listing Ads to Desktops
Google is reportedly allowing retailers to promote in-store products across all devices, regardless of whether the products are available online as well.
HTTPS Doesn’t Boost Rankings [Study]
Shortly after Google began recognizing HTTPS as a ranking signal, Searchmetrics says it has found there is no difference between HTTP and HTTPS.
What SEOs Need To Know About China’s Golden Shield Project
Interested in reaching China’s growing middle-class population? Unlike elsewhere, the search engines aren’t the main arbiters of what people see — you’ll also need to master the Great Firewall, aka the Golden Shield.
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GoogleRecon Day Two: Here Are Resources For Reconsideration Requests
Google is offering very very basic tips on reconsideration requests this week, calling it the week of GoogleRecon. Yesterday’s tip was pretty basic also, if you get slapped with a manual action…
Google’s Site Command Not A Great Estimate
Google’s site command, i.e. site:www.domain.com, is known by savvy webmasters and SEOs as not a great measurement of the total pages Google has indexed of your site…
Automating The Google Knowledge Graph With Google’s Knowledge Vault
The New Scientist reports that Google is building a version of the knowledge graph that expands its knowledge through algorithms at mass scale – Google calls it the Knowledge Vault…
September 2014 Google Webmaster Report
Truth is, the month of August was not as crazy as previous months, especially the month of July. We did however have some significant things happen this month…
How Google Pigeon Impacted Local Queries, and What You Can Do
Since Google’s local algorithm update, “Pigeon,” took effect in July, local businesses have been scrambling to adjust.
SearchCap: Google HTTPS Study, Consolidated AdWords Billing & Google Quick Answer Failure
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Quick Answer Fail: NSFW Advice On “How To Eat Sushi” Google continues to expand the number of quick answers it offers in its results, as well…
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Google Quick Answer Fail: NSFW Advice On “How To Eat Sushi”
Google continues to expand the number of quick answers it offers in its results, as well as the size of those answers themselves. But since Google takes these answers from other sites without any human review, that can lead to goofs. The latest: some a…
Google Dorking: Feds Warn Against Malicious Cyber Actors
Three federal agencies have issued a warning that malicious cyber actors can use advanced search techniques to discover sensitive information on websites.
Facebook Testing Mobile Search Feature With Keywords
The tool will allow users to search for keywords in posts they are “in the audience for” on Facebook, the social network says.
Demystifying The Knowledge Graph
Columnist Barbara Starr explains the power of the newly extended Knowledge Graph and how to leverage semantic technology for better search visibility.
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Google Gives Older Browsers a Retro Look
If you’re going to act like it’s 2011, Google will treat you like it’s 2011.
Google Gives Older Browsers a Retro Look
If you’re going to act like it’s 2011, Google will treat you like it’s 2011.
Google Says There’s No Bug, Older Versions Of Its Search Page Showing Up On Purpose
After more than 200 comments on a Google Search Help Forum thread last week, reporting a glitch that caused an older version of Google’s search page to display in certain browsers, a Google employee claimed there was no glitch at all. According to Googler Nealem, the page was working just…
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Report: HTTPS URLs Have No Discernible Ranking Benefit In Google Currently
In August 2014, Google announced that they would give a small ranking boost to HTTPS with the new HTTPS ranking factor. Now that it is a few weeks later, many are wondering how much of an impact does HTTPS URLs actually have on rankings. The answer acc…