Google Local Listings Drops After Being Marked As Closed?
The folks at the Local Search Forums are chatting about a pattern they’ve been seeing for the past several months around closed local listings.
When a business is marked as closed on Google Maps…
Some SEOs Switching Back To HTTP After Seeing No Rank Changes In Google
As you may remember, Google made HTTPS a small ranking signal and many SEOs and webmasters flocked to switch their sites to be fully HTTPS. Heck…
Some SEOs Switching Back To HTTP After Seeing No Rank Changes In Google
As you may remember, Google made HTTPS a small ranking signal and many SEOs and webmasters flocked to switch their sites to be fully HTTPS. Heck…
Google: Solving Your Google Penguin Problems With More Unnatural Links Won’t Work
A couple weeks ago, I reported that Google’s John Mueller explained that theoretically you do not need to disavow to get out of Penguin, you can try to build links out of Penguin. But the truth is, he said it is an algorithm and he was just explaining…
Google: Solving Your Google Penguin Problems With More Unnatural Links Won’t Work
A couple weeks ago, I reported that Google’s John Mueller explained that theoretically you do not need to disavow to get out of Penguin, you can try to build links out of Penguin. But the truth is, he said it is an algorithm and he was just explaining…
Bing Search News Card That Expands
Bing is testing a new expandable news search card box. When you search for news related topics, Bing may or may not show you this new card.
It shows a box filled with news stories, with the option to expand the box…
Google Webmaster Tools Noticies For App Deep Linking With Mismatched Content
The purpose behind app indexing and deep links is to enable someone who searches on their smartphone to be able to click from the search results directly into the relevant content within an app they have on their phone…
Google On 404/410 Status Codes; We Ignore Everything Else On The Page
Everyone recommends that you set up custom 404/410 pages, so that if someone lands on the page…
Google: Move From IP To Domain As A Normal Site Move
It is uncommon, but some sites actually work and run off their IP address, instead of a domain name. DNS, the domain name system, was created to give people an easy way to find a web site, but a domain name…
Bing Mocks Me With Wrong Headshot On Penguin Background
Most of you know I am an Apple fan, which has historically put Bing, operated by Microsoft, at a disadvantage with me. But for Bing to come back to me and change my headshot on my knowledge panel for a search on my name in their search engine – well…..
Google’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Logo
Like every year, Google and Bing have a special logo or theme up in America to celebrate the life and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Yahoo Search Testing Google Search User Interface
Ruben Gomez spotted a user interface test by Yahoo Search which looks almost identical to the Google search interface.
Here is a screen shot of the test interface captured by Ruben:
You can click on these to enlarge…
Google City Experts Now Known As Local Guides
Google’s Aygul Zagidullina announced on Google+ that they have rebranded, renamed, the Google City Experts as Google Local Guides…
Google Sending Mass Scale Warnings To Non-Mobile Friendly Web Sites
Google is sending mass scale notifications via email and Webmaster Tools warning sites that are not mobile-friendly that it will cause issues for them if they want to rank well for smartphone users.
This is the first time Google is sending these notif…
Google Maps Reviews Has A 4,000 Character Limit
Did you know that there is a max character limit of 4,000 characters when leaving a review on a business or organization within the Google Maps local pages…
Google AdWords Shared Library No Longer Will Work To Share Ads Across Ad Groups
Google quietly announced on Google+ that they are going to disable the ability to share ads across multiple ad groups or campaigns using the Shared library starting on February 11, 2015…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 16, 2015
This week in search I cover that technically, even without disavowing links, you can be released from the Google Penguin grips…
Google: Google AdSense Ad Hijacking Hack Resolved
Earlier this week, we reported on many Google AdSense publishers claiming some Google AdSense ads were auto-redirecting users from their their site to a spammy site…
Google Glass Says Farewell To Explorers; Will Version 2.0 Come?
Google announced on Google+ that they are no longer will be selling the version of Google Glass they have been selling. They are shutting down the Google Glass Explorer program and removing Glass from the Google(x) division…
Google Knowledge Graph Events Gets Ticket Links, Comedian Events & Venue Events
Google announced that they’ve upgraded the events based knowledge graph to show official ticket links, comedian events…