Will Google Start Blocking Access to Paid Search Keyword Data?
Everyone has been concerned about the potential of Google moving “(not provided)” to also encompass paid search. Now a new report says AdWords will no stop supplying third parties with paid search query data within the next few weeks.
MapQuest Aims For Reboot With New Content, Partners, UI
A few years ago, while others were investing in their mapping platforms, AOL was coasting with MapQuest. AOL’s sustained neglect of the online mapping pioneer cost the site its leadership in digital maps. Now the company hopes to claw its way back with new content and functionality in what…
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Strong Start: Paid Search Grew 25 Percent In Q1, Mobile Shot Up 135 Percent YoY [Covario]
Covario released its Global Paid Search Spend Analysis for the first quarter of 2014 today. Its client set — made up of enterprise technology, consumer electronics, and retail advertisers –increased paid search spend on mobile devices by 135 percent year-over-year and 35 percent over…
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Study: 78 Percent Of Local-Mobile Searches Result In Offline Purchases
Today comScore, Neustar Localeze and agency 15 Miles released the findings from their latest Local Search Study. Now in its seventh year, the survey of nearly 5,000 US adults was conducted in December 2013. Respondents “were individuals who [had] conducted a local business search in the last…
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The Future of Link Building: 5 Important Messages
Links are still at the core of Google’s search algorithm, which means they are still a top SEO priority. And while link building can supercharge your content marketing efforts, you can still build links even if you don’t have great content.
Google Responds To Misattributed Content Saying They May Show The Canonicalized URL
A few weeks ago we reported on cases where Google was misattributing content for select news publishers. We showed examples of Google showing URLs of large news publishers but those URLs listed were not the source URLs and thus redirecting from Google’s search results to a completely…
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How Much Content Do You Need For B2B SEO Success?
While B2B SEOs understand the value in content marketing initiatives, we sometimes fail to understand the level of content commitment required to demonstrate success. In the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council’s recent study, “The Content Connection to Vendor Selection,”…
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Should SEOs/Webmasters Attack Google’s Matt Cutts?
Kim posted a thread at Cre8asite Forums asking is attacking Matt Cutts appropriate…
Google Says Drop In Crawl Stats For News Sites Is Normal
For news publishers included in Google News, you may have noticed a significant decline in your crawl stats within Google Webmaster Tools starting in March of this year…
Google’s Matt Cutts: Not All Manual Actions Are Ranking Demotions
Google issues lots of different manual actions or penalties on sites for various reasons. But not all those manual actions lead to a ranking demotion in Google.
Google’s Matt Cutts said this on Twitter that “not every manual action gives a ranking de…
Google: Our Algorithms Picked Up On Your Keyword Stuffed Page
Keyword stuffing is as cute as a teddy bear that is losing their stuffing – don’t do it.
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one site owner complaining his site suddenly dropped in the rankings…
Google AdWords To Go Not Provided Also?
As you may have heard already via AJ Ghergich or my post referencing his on Search Engine Land – it seems incredibly likely that the changes coming to not provided via Google is that they will apply the same rule they have for organic referrer data to …
The 4 Most Interesting Features in Google Shopping Campaigns
There is a lot to like about the switch from the current PLA format to the new Google Shopping Campaigns. Here are the four most compelling new features Google is rolling out, and how they will benefit retailers going forward.
The Art of SEO Direction
In SEO, where you’re moving to and when you get there is a matter of perspective, timing, vision, and action. With planning and patience, you will discover that, despite big challenges, what you always thought might be possible, actual could be.
Report: Google To Block Paid Search Keyword Data With Not Provided; Like Organic “Not Provided”
There are reports we are receiving from a few sources, including AJ Ghergich who posted it on his blog, that Google will soon stop passing keyword data to analytics software even for AdWords advertisers. We expected changes to not provided in the near …
SearchCap: Google: News Sites May Have Seen A Decline In GoogleBot Crawling In March
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: News Sites May Have Seen A Decline In GoogleBot Crawling In March Google’s Matt Cutts tweeted that news related sites, such as this one, may have…
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Google: News Sites May Have Seen A Decline In GoogleBot Crawling In March
Google’s Matt Cutts tweeted that news related sites, such as this one, may have noticed a drop in the crawl statistics within Google Webmaster Tools. If you did notice that drop, Matt says you do not need to worry. Google News added if-modified-since support in March, which would be the…
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AdWords Editor Version 10.4 Arrives With Bid Strategies Support
The PPC Twittersphere lit up today with word that Google dropped the latest version of AdWords Editor today. Here’s the lowdown on what’s new in Version 10.4. Bids and Bid Strategies: Much awaited, AdWords Editor now supports flexible bidding strategies. Users can update bid strategies…
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Introducing MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference. Registration Now Open!
Search Engine Land parent company, Third Door Media, Inc. introduces MarTech, a conference for people pioneering the field of technology-powered marketing, will be held in Boston August 19-20, 2014. Secure your spot & save with our lowest alpha rates – Register now!
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A Very Mild Case of Google Penguin?
Not every site is impacted the same way by Penguin, Google’s algorithm that targets spammy link building tactics. On Twitter, Google’s Matt Cutts told one webmaster to continue doing backlink cleanup, as the site has a “very mild case of Penguin.”