Google’s Online Order Shipment Comes With Search Algorithm Help Request
Thomas Steiner, a PhD Customer Solutions Engineer for Google in Hamburg, Germany placed an order online at Lieferello for some cold beverages and in his order shipment box he found this colorful letter. In a sense, they bribed Thomas with an extra fre…
Matt Cutts Missing Google Search Quality?
Back in July, Matt Cutts shocked the SEO industry by announcing his extended vacation – many thought he’d never come back. He has not come back yet, officially, so it is unclear if he will.
But for one thing, it does seem he misses the search qualit…
Moz: Google Answer Boxes Now Showing Up 60% More Often
If you check out the Mozcast features tool, you may notice that the Answers box tracker shows a huge increase in the Google search results.
This means that according to this tool, Google is now showing answers to queries at the top of the search res…
Google’s New Mobile Display & Video Ads
Google announced their next steps in what they think will improve display ads across desktop and mobile platforms.
In the next few months, Google will begin rolling out “several mobile display ad formats and tools across the Google Display Network…
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Google: There Isn’t A Magical SEO Advantage By Switching To HTTPS
Google’s John Mueller said in a video hangout 22 minutes and 21 seconds in that there is no magical SEO advantage when switching from HTTP to HTTPS.
But didn’t Google tell us that HTTPS is a ranking signal…
Google Panda 4.1 Now Rolling Out; Aims To Help Smaller Web Sites
One of my fears was that Google would announce a big algorithm update while I was offline for Rosh Hashanah and they did just that – although the update was not Google Penguin, it was Google Panda related.
This one…
Bing Search Update Last Week Also?
Everyone is talking about the big Google update, Panda 4.1 but there may have been a Bing search update last week also.
One WebmasterWorld member said he believes there was a Bing update:
Bing…
Google AdWords Ad Customizers
Google announced they are now rolling out a feature to AdWords advertisers named ad customizers.
Ad customizers adapt your text ads to the full context of a search or the webpage someone’s viewing. They can insert a keyword, the time left before a sal…
Yahoo Directory Should Not Be Shut Down; It’s Historical
Yahoo announced that they are closing down the Yahoo Directory. Yahoo was founded on the directory…
On Google’s 16th Birthday, All Of Google’s Birthday Logos
Today is the 16th birthday of Google and for the day…
Google: GoogleBot Doesn’t Lose Sleep Over Broken Links
Google’s John Mueller has an awesome line in a response to a Google Webmaster Help thread question about broken links.
John wrote, “The web changes…
SEOs Can’t Decide If SEO Writing Should Die Or Not
In June we ran a poll asking you if you think SEO writing should die.
Now with well over 300 responses and a lot of fun comments…
Poll: Should We Sunset The Nofollow Link Attribute
The nofollow link attribute was originally designed to reduce comment and forum spam by removing the value of links with the nofollow attribute. Originally the major blog platforms adopted them immediately to reduce comment spam…
Google+ Photos Notifications For Use On Google Maps
Last week we reported that public Google+ photos may be used on Google Views for Maps automatically.
One of the questions I thought was how would I know if Google did use my photo or not…
Only 11% Say Negative SEO Never Works In Google
Back in June we asked you guys to fill out a poll asking if you’ve tried negative SEO and if it worked.
We have over 300 responses to our poll and I wanted to share the results with you…
Google Webmaster Tools Notifications For Next Steps On Improving Your Site
Google is sending out a new form of notifications via Google Webmaster Tools, one you may get after you verify a new web site in Google Webmaster Tools for the first time…
Google AdWords Improves Bulk Uploads Features
Google announced on Google+ improvements to their bulk workflow features within the AdWords interface…
Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5775 : Offline Stories
Tonight is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Since I am Jewish and observant…
What Is Matt Cutts Googling?
Do you ever wonder what Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, Googles? What is in the Matt Cutts Google search history box?
Well…
Google: Rich Snippets Not Really For Your Homepage
Webmasters, publishers and SEOs love rich snippets, they give you more visibility in the search results and give something for SEOs to charge their clients for implementing (sorry for the joke, really tired)…