Google Images Bug Shows Russian Car Crash For All Queries?
It seems there is a wide spread bug or hack with Google Image search impacting a lot of users across the world.
When they search for anything within Google Image Search…
Google Teapot Easter Egg Uses Mobile Gyroscope
The other day, we reported on how Google handles the server 418 status code, which stands for I’m a teapot.
Well, Google has their own page for it at google.com/teapot and it not only returns a proper 418 status code but if you:
(1) Click on the teap…
Google Shows Traffic By Transportation Modes In One Card
Google announced on Google+ that now you get all four transportation modes (car, transit…
Google AdWords Design Update: Kennedy Phase Two
Google shared on Google+ that they have updated the design for the AdWords reporting interface ever so slightly.
I believe Google internally called this update…
Google: SSL Errors Do Not Currently Impact HTTPS Ranking Boost
As you know, Google is giving a tiny ranking boost to HTTPS URLs.
But I was under the impression the HTTPS URLs must be really secure and that broken/invalid SSL certificates and content mismatch errors would invalidate the ranking boost. I was wrong!
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Althea Gibson As Tennis Player A Google Doodle
On the Google home page today in the United States is a special Google logo, aka Google Doodle, for the 87th birthday of Althea Gibson. She is known by many as one of the greatest tennis players ever but more importantly…
Google Search Now Understands More Than One Language At A Time
Google announced it can now understand more than one language spoken in the same speaking session. Google said, “with the Google Search app on Android…
How I Deal With SEO Outsourcing Calls
If you are anything like me, you get several sales pitches a day, including one or two requests from companies to outsource your SEO or web development to them. My company on average gets three phone calls a day with SEO and web development outsourcin…
Amazon Working On Google AdSense Competitor?
Amazon is reportedly working on their own ad network to compete with Google and Microsoft Bing’s ad business.
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Amazon.com Inc. is gearing up to more directly challenge Google Inc…
Beware Of Google Matt Cutts Impersonators
Truth is, this is nothing new, people have been impersonating Matt Cutts since the GoogleGuy days. I’ve seen many comments here from “Matt Cutts” that were indeed not from Matt Cutts, I’ve seen people claim Matt emailed them when he did not…
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 22, 2014
This week in search, I cover Matt Cutts doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and I then do it live (I slowed that part down to make it more dramatic) in the introduction of the video and nominal Googleâs John Mueller & Search Engine Landâs Matt McGee and Greg Sterling. Googleâs Amit Singhal posted
Google AdWords Enables Multiple Currencies For Conversion Tracking
Many web sites that sell products or services these days sell them in multiple currencies and now Google AdWords will let you track those conversion values in the currency you sell them in.
Google quietly announced on Google+ that now you can add curr…
Google’s Matt Cutts Ice Bucket Challenge & Challenges His Spam Team
Virtually everyone I know is doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and more importantly, donating to ALS.
Yesterday, Google’s Matt Cutts did his and then challenges members of the search quality team. He challenged Brian White…
Bing Image Widget Tool
Bing has added a new tool to create an “image widget” out of the Bing Image search results.
Bing says that the “Bing Image Widget enhances your web site with the power of Bing Image Search and provides your users with beautiful…
How Google Treats HTTP 418 – I’m A Teapot
Google’s John Mueller was having fun this morning when he posted on Google+ “Time for HTTP 418. Every site should have one.”
The HTTP 418 server status code was an April Fools Joke back in 1998…
Google Maps Reviews Overlay Popup Going Away
Nicolai Helling posted on Google+ that Google is about to drop the reviews lightbox overlay you see when you click on the reviews link within the Google search results. Instead…
Google AdSense Earnings Drop With HTTPS Migrations
So I was all excited migrating over this site to SSL and my corporate site but despite very little ranking changes, both negative or positive thus far, AdSense earnings seem to have taken a hit somewhat…
Google’s Blink HTML Trick Works On Query Refinements
In February, Google released a easter egg named blink HTML that made some of the words in the search results blink on the screen.
But as Enrico Altavilla noticed and posted on Google+, it also works on query refinements…
Google AdSense Ad Label Being Tested
One AdSense publisher claims seeing a Google AdSense ad with the “ad” label replacing the favicon spot in the AdSense ad format.
He posted about it in WebmasterWorld saying:
Anyone else seeing this new test on text ads…
Google App Promotion Ads
Google announced you can now globally promote your apps within the Google Search, the Google Display Network and YouTube ad networks.
Google previewed this back in April where you were able to promote apps to users who install apps…