Marine Biologist; Rachel Louise Carson, Gets A Google Logo
Yet another women who get’s a Google Doodle in 2014 after Google Doodle equality being questioned, this time, we have a Doodle from Google for Rachel Louise Carson.
Rachel Carson was Pennsylvania born marine biologist and author…
Google: Forum Link Drops Can Get You In Trouble
Sometimes you see some of the most obviously painful questions in the forums and you scratch your head…
Why Google+ Doesn’t Have -1s
Yonatan Zunger, the Chief Architect of Google+, posted on Google+ a study of how positive and negative feedback on people’s posts in social networks affects their future behavior…
eBay Slapped By Google: But Was It Algorithmic Or Manual?
As you know, Google released Panda 4.0 last week today and a bunch of sites dropped like rocks, including eBay.
In fact, here is an updated SearchMetrics chart of the drop, it is a 78% loss in search visibility…
Law Firm Sues Their SEO Company For Using Spammy Tactics
Google’s Matt Cutts posted on Twitter a link to Eric Goldman (a guy who knows his legal SEO stuff) story about how a law firm sued their SEO company. Not necessarily for not achieving the rankings they wanted but rather for violating Google’s webmaste…
Rachel Louise Carson Remembered With Google Logo On The Environmentalist’s 107th Birthday
Google is commemorating Rachel Louise Carson on its homepage today with an illustration to mark the environmentalist’s 107th birthday. The Google logo shows Carson in the wild, observing the creatures and environment she dedicated her life to preserving. Born on this date in 1907 in…
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SMX Advanced in Two Weeks – Search Engine Land Summit, Workshops and Networking Passes Still Available
Conference tickets are sold out, but you can still get valuable content, make connections at four networking events, and visit over 40 leading solution providers including Bing, DoubleClick, Google and Yahoo! June 10: Expand Your Horizons or Dive Deep;…
Organic Social Media: Why Marketers Must Join the Conversations
The opportunity to reach your customers on social networks is enormous. What should marketers who are overly dependent on paid media in social do to break their dependence and reach more engaged users? Start by taking the following steps.
5 Fast Facts about the EU’s Privacy Ruling on Google
A European court has ruled that if Google wants to continue operating in Europe, the search giant must respect individuals’ requests to remove data from the search results. Here are five facts you need to know about the “right to be forgotten.”
Is Google’s European Antitrust Settlement In Jeopardy?
Widespread dissatisfaction among public and political figures with the existing antitrust settlement between Google and the European Commission appears to be putting the existing settlement in danger. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the run up to this week’s European Parliament…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 26, 2014
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Google’s Matt Cutts: Panda 4.0 Has A New Architecture With A Softer Side…
Lawyers Sue SEO firm For Violating Google Guidelines
A law firm in Michigan, Seikaly & Stewart, is suing its former SEO provider — but not for a lack of ranking success. Rather the firm is getting sued for allegedly using “spammy” techniques violating Google’s guidelines. That comes via Eric Goldman. The…
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Finally, Google Adds The Memorial Day Ribbon To Home Page
This morning we reported how Google didn’t have a mention of Memorial Day on Google.com.
I’ve been checking throughout the day, because even though Google would not put a Doodle on their home page, they have in the past done a Memorial Day Ribbon…
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No Honor For Memorial Day By Google But Bing, Yahoo & Ask.com Give Respect
Today is Memorial Day in the United State of America, an important day where Americans honor the lives and contributions of those who died while in service for the country…
Did You Notice Google Changes Their Logo?
Did you notice Google changed their logo again…
Google Working On Webmaster Tools Reports For JavaScript Errors
On Friday, Google posted their annual we’re getting better at JavaScript, crawling it, indexing what is behind it, and understanding JavaScript. That itself, did not get me excited, they’ve been messing with it since 2004…
Google’s Head Of Search Gets Card From Church: Google Can’t Solve Every Search…
Amit Singhal is the man at Google who is in charge of Google’s search engine, yes – Matt Cutts has a boss. Just recently he got a letter from the Ananda Church of Self Realization in Palo Alta, California…
Google’s Matt Cutts: Panda 4.0 Has A New Architecture With A Softer Side…
Last Tuesday, when Google pushed out Google Panda 4.0, Matt Cutts implied that gentler for some sites but it does lay the groundwork to future changes in the direction of a softer and gentler Panda algorithm.
Now, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search s…
Bing Maps Makes It Easier To See Map Features & Distinguish Park Trails From Streets
Last Friday, Bing Maps announced new stylistic updates, designed to make its maps easier to read. Among the new style features, Bing has added more color gradient, adjusting the brightness of a land area depending on the zoom level. From the announceme…
10 Takeaways From #LSA14 On The Future Of Local Advertising
Where is the local advertising space headed? How will local marketers succeed in an increasingly fast-changing and competitive marketplace? At the Local Search Association‘s 2014 annual conference (#LSA14) last month in Huntington Beach, California, hundreds of local advertising leaders…
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