Bing: How We Pick Your Title Tag
Microsoft Bing published a blog post on how they decide on what title tags to publish in their search results.
We covered this in detail most recently via a Google Matt Cutts video on how Google selects a title tag. So let’s go over it with Bing…
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Google Removes Authorship Images From Search Results
Yesterday, I broke the news at Search Engine Land that Google has decided to drop the images and circle counts from the authorship snippets in the Google search results.
Google’s John Mueller posted…
Did Google Update On June 24th? Very Little SEO Chatter
On June 24th, all the tools tracking Google’s search fluctuations began lighting up. MozCast, SearchMetrics, SERPS.com all went nuts. Algoroo seemed calm, which is interesting…
Google App Indexing Easier Now & New Webmaster Tools Reports
Yesterday, at Google I/O, Google announced that their app indexing solution is now available to everyone without requiring approval…
Google AdWords Bids May Be Influenced By Your Remarketing Campaigns Now
Google announced on Google+ that Google may now use your remarketing lists as a quality factor for your AdWords ads, which may impact your AdWords Ad bids and CPCs…
Google Glass Gets More Powerful Hardware & More Apps
A big day for Google Glass, right before Google I/O. Google announced that all new shipped Google Glass devices are being updated to improve with 2GB of RAM. This should make the…
Google My Business Mobile App For iOS & Android
Google has announced on Google+ the release of the Google My Business mobile app for iOS and Android.
The mobile app lets you manage your Google Business information, profile, social shares, analytics, even user access and more via the app…
Google Revamps The AdWords Auction Insights Video After Years
Yesterday, Google announced they’ve updated their AdWords auction explanatory video after almost five years. Both videos, the original and the new one, are by Hal Varian…
Google Drops Search Queries From Google My Business
So Google launched this new fancy Google My Business the other day and even new fancy apps to go along with it but they dropped a key feature from the analytics – Google no longer shows top search queries that lead the user to your business listing in …
Google Analytics Goals Supports The New Google AdWords Conversion Settings
Google announced last night on Google+ that Google Analytics now supports three new goals…
Google Is Offering Domain Registration Now But They’ve Been A Registrar For 10 Years
Yesterday, Google announced on Google+ that they are testing out selling domain name registration services to third-parties. Right now, you need to be invited to participate, like with Gmail originally, and when you are…
Google Glass Now Available In The UK For $200 Extra
Google announced yesterday on Google+ that UK residents can now purchase Google Glass for 1,000£ (british pounds), which comes out to be about $1,700 US dollars. That means, Google Glass in the UK costs $200 more than it would in the US…
Google Responds To Impact Of Blocking CSS & JSS & Panda 4.0
Yesterday we covered some SEO theories around blocking JavaScript & CSS triggering Panda 4.0 issues. I didn’t honestly believe there was a relation, based on the example provided and very few other sites reporting the same effects but now we have a response from a Googler…
Google Analytics In-Page Analytics Chrome Extension
Google has released a new Chrome extension for in-page analytics. Daniel Waisberg of Google announced it on his blog and it is simply a quick way to see the in-page analytics of your web pages with the click of a button…
CNBC: This 17 Year Old Web Site Devastated By Google’s Panda Update
CNBC published a story on a 17 year old web site that was nailed in the latest Panda update, Panda 4.0. The story is named Google’s secretive updates leave small sites scrambling…
Google Panda 4.0 Hit Sites Blocking CSS & JavaScript
Joost published a blog post showing how some of the sites he hit by Google Panda 4.0 and in one case, unblocking the CSS & JavaScript resulted in the site returning to its normal rankings.
Joost wrote…
Some Signs Of A Possible Google Update This Weekend
Many of the tracking tools show signs of a possible Google update on Saturday, June 21st, the first day of summer. But truth is, there is very little chatter in the discussion forums.
I’ve seen one thread at BlackHatWorld about maybe SAPE links getting…
Are You Worried About Negative SEO? Here Is How To Take Action.
Not only have webmasters claimed negative SEO works, they are saying it is much easier to implement these days than in the past.
Now, if you are worried about negative SEO, which apparently many of you are. I want you to be able to do something about…
Google Adds Rounded Borders To AdSense Ads Arrows
Google this weekend pushed out a new design for the arrows, also known as nessie, in their AdSense ads.
The AdSense ads arrows now have rounded borders.
On Saturday, publishers at WebmasterWorld began to notice and they like them…
Video: Matt Cutts Interview At SMX Advanced On Payday Loan, Reconsideration Requests & Metafilter
Here is the video from last week’s SMX Advanced last week with Matt Cutts and Danny Sullivan…