How Google Can Screw Publishers Less With Google Answers: A Solution
I think I have a good solution for the anger between publishers and Google over Google Answers. Offer action links within the search results answer box that publishers can select and manage within Google Webmaster Tools.
Google News Adds “Suggested For You” Section
Google News has added a new section that gives you personalized news based on your search and Google+ related follows, I believe…
Google Now Officially Showing Mobile Friendly Labels; Want Them?
Since 2012, Google has been testing mobile-friendly labels in the search results. Most recently, Google ramped up those tests by testing mobile icons, not mobile friendly icons and text based mobile friendly labels…
Yahoo Search Black Friday Countdown Widget
When you ask a search engine [when is Black Friday], most search engines will give you the day and date, i.e. Friday, November 28.
But with one interesting query on Yahoo Search…
Google: Your Site Didn’t Recover From Penguin Maybe Because…
So Google’s Penguin 3.0 roll out came and went (well, we are not 100% confident it is done rolling out). In any event…
Google: We’re Experimenting With Mobile-Friendly Ranking Factors
A single line added to Google’s announcement about their mobile-friendly labels rolling out to mobile searchers said that Google is experimenting with using mobile-friendly criteria in their ranking algorithms…
Google: Roll A Dice & Flip A Coin
Google has at least two new easter eggs available in the web search results, these easter eggs are about trying your chances.
(1) [roll a dice] or other variations around that will return a Google Answer that rolls a single dice for you…
Social Profile Links Added To The Google Knowledge Panel
Now when you search for certain celebrities or well-known personalities, Google may show links and icons to their social profiles within the Google Knowledge graph panel.
For example, if you search for [Barack Obama] you get to his Twitter, Facebook…..
New Google AdWords Graphs For Demographic Reporting
Kim Clinkunbroomer posted on Google+ that Google has added new charts and graphs within the Google AdWords Display Network Demographics section.
The new charts use the donut chart format to display gender…
Google Mobile Search Asking For Users To Rate Search Results
Google has been asking searchers randomly to rate the web search results for as long as I can remember. But I’ve never seen anyone report or notice Google asking mobile searchers to rate the search results…
Google Structured Data Testing Tool Button Gone
There is a small but important bug with the Google Structured Data Testing Tool where if you try to use it, there is no button to click to see the structured data.
Here is a screen shot of what it looks like:
Notice…
Google AdWords Courtesy Credit For Default Settings
There is an interesting story in a Cre8asite Forum thread about an AdWords customer who was able to get a rare “courtesy credit” from Google.
To make a long story short, the 10 year old AdWords had some maintenance done to it by the advertiser…
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Google AdSense Aggressively Testing Arrow Designs
The publishers are WebmasterWorld are noticing Google AdSense testing lots of flavors of AdSense ad arrows.
Personally, I was able to see square boxed in arrows, rounded edged boxed in arrows…
Google Not Crawling “Click To Expand” Content Now?
A few months ago, Google acknowledged that render your full page as a normal user would and this is something webmasters picked up on…
iOS App Install Analytics Via Google Analytics
Google announced you can now get iOS install sources via Google Analytics when you have AdMob installed on your app.
Now you can tell what lead people to download your app. Was it a banner ad? Organic search? Paid search ads…
Google In The News Box Showing Sponsored Posts
Google’s In The News box which launched over a month ago has been shown to have some weird content found within it but sponsored post and content is something I have not seen reported yet.
Chipper Nicodemus noticed one yesterday and shared a picture o…
Google Drops Carousel Interface For Local Results
After months and months of testing dating back to August, Google has finally and officially dropped the black carousel user interface for local listings…
Google Answers Now With “Show Me How” Links
Google Answers is pretty controversial amongst webmasters but Google has said time and time again, why they source certain places and it does not substitute the web page itself. In any event…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 14, 2014
I share some crazy but good news about my personal life, so if you care, you can listen at the beginning. Then I get into business talking about how Matt Cutts is enjoying his time off and ask if he will ever return to Google. Penguin 3.0 is still r…
Google News Publishers Now Need To Submit Editors Pick Feed Via Publisher Center
Stacie from the Google News team posted in the Google News Help forum that Google News publishers now have a new way to submit their Google News Editors Pick feed to the Google News team. They can now submit it via the Google News Publisher Center……