Get A Text Link From Apache.org For $5k Per Year, Google Did For $100k Per Year
A Google Webmaster Help thread has someone pointing out that Apache, world’s most used web server software, has a thank you page where they have do-follow links for sale…
Google AdWords Editor v11.6 Adds Universal App Campaigns & More
Google announced the latest version of the AdWords Editor, version 11.6. The big updates here include device bid adjustments, two Gmail ad templates, universal app campaigns, scheduled downloads…
Google AdSense New Ad Unit Design Launches With Modern Look
Google announced on Google+ that they’ve launched a new ad unit design for their AdSense text and link unit ads. They said the new look is modern and “introduces a minimalist design that brings the focus back on the text content…
Google AdWords Changes Display URL Unicode Characters Support
Google AdWords announced quietly on Google+ that they are now changing the way how they handle displaying unicode characters in the display URLs. Google said display URLs in Unicode characters will show as Unicode characters regardless of the user’s G…
Google Displays More Images In Mobile Web Results
A few weeks ago we reported that Google was showing many shopping images in the mobile web results. I personally was able to see them, but it is not just shopping…
Google Advanced Verification For Locksmiths & Plumbers To Reduce Map Spam
One of the more spammy areas in Google is the Google Maps results for locksmiths. Google told the top contributors…
Google Maps Tests Blue Pins & Gray Map Icon
Google is testing showing blue map pins and gray map icons in the search listings.
Sergey posted on Twitter a screen shot of a Google Maps result set that shows a blue pin instead of the red pin…
Listen To How Google Home Quotes Features Snippets
Google announced their slew of hardware yesterday and while it is cool and all, the one that excites me the most is Google Home. The truth is…
Google Update Chatter Suggests Penguin Movement Or Algorithm Changes
Monday I scheduled a post about webmasters noticing Penguin recoveries after not seeing much of an impact shortly after the Penguin 4.0 launch.
But now I am seeing an uptick in chatter as of this morning, October 5th…
Google: Keep Using Disavow File Even Though Penguin Devalues Links
So Google has been confusing us a bit, with good intention, on the disavow file and its use after Penguin 4.0. Initially, Google implied disavow files help with Penguin still – but that does not seem to be true…
Google Analytics Actively Working On Spam Issue
Since 2015, we have been reporting about referrer spam issues within Google Analytics. It got a little better but I think for the most part…
78% Of SEOs Want An Interstitials Testing Tool From Google
A month ago we posted a poll asking you if you think Google should build us a testing tool to see if our interstitial ads on mobile will fail and lead to a penalty. As you know on January 10, 2017…
Google Not Concerned With Negative SEO With New Penguin 4.0
One of the rumblings going on since Google announced Penguin 4.0 was that it might be easier to do negative SEO and/or try more link spam because Penguin now devalues web spam and doesn’t demote it…
Daily Search Forum Recap: October 3, 2016
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:
SEOs Noticing Google Penguin 4…
SEOs Noticing Google Penguin 4.0 Recoveries Now
Wednesday Google started pushing out Penguin recoveries that should be rolled out by around now. We know the initial Penguin 4.0 launch showed…
Google: Directories Often Not The Right Way To Build Links
On Friday, Google’s John Mueller and Gary Illyes both made stern comments about directory links. Gary’s was the most telling…
Only 12% Said They Saw Ranking Improvements After Google Penguin 4.0
As you know, Google began rolling out Penguin 4.0 on September 23rd – we’ve been writing about Penguin a lot recently so catch up here. But on the Tuesday after, we reported that there was minimal impact seen by anyone in the SEO community…
Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5777
Tonight is Rosh Hashanah…
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2016
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:
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Penguin 4…
Google’s I’m Feeling Lucky Button Stops Working
Forums such as Google Web Search Help and Reddit spotted that the I’m Feeling Lucky button on the Google search home page is not working as it did.
In short, you are suppose to type in a query…