Google’s Matt Cutts: Web Spam Benefits From Using Rel=”Author”
A new video by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, talks about how potentially using rel=”author” structured data can help Google’s web spam team improve search quality. Matt Cutts explains that moving from the anonymous web to a web with identity helps Google…
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Google enters the “native ads” marketplace
Native ads are not a new concept – however they are a hugely topical subject within the online marketplace at the moment. For the layman, they include what many people call advertorials/edi-vertorials – and are something that have been utilised both on and offline by advertisers and publishers for years. In fact – up until […]
Microsoft Search Ad Revenue Estimates Get Major Downgrade; Google Retains 74% U.S. Market Share [Report]
eMarketer has issued a major revision to its predictions for Microsoft’s U.S. search ad revenue. The latest estimates peg Microsoft net search ad revenue at $660 million last year and $890 million this year, down substantially from the previous estimates of $1.41 billion last year and $1.84…
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Further Confirmation of Disavow Tool Debunks Myth
With the Google disavow tool clearly still an area that many website owners would rather avoid, it has become apparent to me that there are loads of people out there that are fearful towards what making use of the tool would spark on from a Google pers…
Looking at the landscape. Did Penguin 2 live up to hype
The following was a post I wrote for the IGB magazine to co-incide with the IGamingSupershow Amsterdam event. There have been a lot of column inches written about Google’s latest version of the search link algorithm called Penguin – both pre and post the launch of Version 2.0 late last week. For many including myself, […]
Your 2013 SEO dream team
To do great SEO you need a dream team consistent of different people with different skills. What`s your ideal SEO team in 2013?
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Your 2013 SEO dream team
Google’s Cutts On SEO Industry Misconceptions: Updates, Revenue Goals & Link Building Obsession
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts released another video today named What are some misconceptions in the SEO industry? In short, Matt outlined three topics in this five minute video. (1) SEOs confuse algorithm updates with data refreshes. (2) Panda & Penguin algorithms are not…
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“Text Link Ads” Was Latest Hit By Google’s Actions Against Link Sellers
On May 15th we reported that Google targeted yet another link selling network that resulted in several thousand penalties. Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, has revealed which link network was the target via Twitter last week. The target was one of the oldest and arguably the most…
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Google Tests Larger Video Thumbnails In Tablet Search Results
Google Operating System blog has screen shots of Google showing larger thumbnail images for videos that come up in the search results. The larger video thumbnails show up for the first video result on tablet devices. I personally tried to replicate thi…
Google Business Photos Expands To Europe & Asia
Google announced they have expanded their business photos program into Europe and Asia. Google Business Photos is a way for you to share the inside of your stores on Google Maps. There are groups of trusted photographers that take the photos for syndic…
Google Search Rolling Out Nutrition Information On More Than 1,000 Foods
Building on their Knowledge Graph technology, Google search is rolling out nutrition information on more than 1,000 fruits, vegetables, meats and meals. Users will be able to search on everything from simple one-word terms like apple or carrot to more …
Google Adds Structured Data Markup Helper Tool
Google announced today a new, fun and useful tool to help webmasters markup their webpages with schema structured data. Structured data markup can help a webpage enhance its search listings by adding rich snippets to the search results page. Google ann…
Video: Google’s Matt Cutts On Advertorials & Webmaster Guidelines
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a new video today on YouTube clarifying Google’s stance on Advertorials and “native advertising.” Advertorials are editorial-like content that is published because an advertiser has paid the publication to publish the story or…
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Google Glass Diary, Part 4: Local Search & Navigation
Remember that first Google Glass video? It was published a little more than a year ago and gave the world its first glimpse at what Google had in mind for Glass. Even though Google described it as “an early concept video,” you can clearly see that local search and navigation was a key…
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Google Voice Search Coming To iOS, Chrome For Android Gets An Update
Google released a couple of new UI features with the latest Chrome update for Android yesterday and announced that voice search will be coming to Chrome for iOS “soon”. Android Updates With the Android update, the long search URL box is gone and search queries in Chrome display in the…
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Report: Google To Bid For Waze — To Shut It Down?
According to a just-published Bloomberg report Google is preparing a bid for Waze. Earlier this month rumors indicating Facebook was in late-stage acquisition talks with Waze for roughly $1 billion appeared online. Other parties (Apple, Microsoft) may …
Penguin 2.0 Losers: Porn Sites, Game Sites, & Big Brands Like Dish.com & The Salvation Army
Google’s fourth Penguin update — what the company is calling Penguin 2.0 — hit last night, and less than 24 hours later we’re already getting a first chance to look at what sites might be considered “losers” in terms of search visibility. In a nutshell, the list…
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“My Photos” — Google Now Lets Find Your Google+ Photos Within Search
Google now lets you search your private photos and the photos your friends on Google+ share with you. All you need to do is search on Google for keywords such as [my photos] or [my photos sunset] to bring up matching photos. You can even search for your friend’s photos such as [danny’s photos…
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Still Seeing Post-Penguin Web Spam In Google Results? Let Google Know.
Google’s next generation Penguin update is now live and webmasters and SEOs are carefully assessing how this update has impacted their web sites. Google is assessing things as well, how this has impacted the search results, search quality and searcher satisfaction. Google’s head of…
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Google Penguin 2.0 Has Landed – War on Spam Continues
The much anticipated Google Penguin update has finally become a reality following confirmation that the latest generation of the algorithm update has been rolled out throughout their search engine results pages and it seems to be causing a stir. Last n…