Google News: Where Did The Charleston Newspapers Go?
A Google News Help thread has complaints from those who enjoy to read the various Charleston Newspapers that Google News is no longer indexing or showing them in the Google News results.
The first report came on April 30th but complaints still are bei…
Google: Authorship Still Not Used For Rankings
Back in October, Google’s John Mueller told us directly and clearly that authorship is not used for rankings. That has not changed, as John Mueller said it again in a Google Webmaster Help thread yesterday…
Google PageSpeed Insights Adds More Mobile Usability Recommendations
Google announced they have upgraded the PageSpeed Insights Tool to add more mobile usability recommendations…
Elevation Profiles Added To Google Maps Biking Directions
The other day, Google Maps added quick facts to maps in the Google Maps search results box, and I assume, as part of that, came these new biking directions elevation profiles.
Now if you do a bike route in Google Maps…
Google AdWords Dynamic Search Ads Supported Within Bid Simulator
Google quietly announced on Google+ that the bid simulator tool now supports Google’s dynamic search ads.
Dynamic Search Ads automatically show your ad based on the content of your website…
Google: Why You Get Link Removal Threats
There is an interesting conversation going on at Hacker News on the topic of Google sending webmasters manual actions over links…
Don’t Waste Your Day With The Google Rubik’s Cube Interactive Logo
Don’t do it, don’t go to the Google home page and get tempted to play with the Rubik’s Cube. Yes, it is the 40th anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube today but it is not an excuse to waste hours and hours of your day trying to solve it…
Google Algorithm & Ranking Shifts On Fire This Month
Despite Google saying nothing is going on, we’ve been seeing signs of major changes and reports of major changes in the Google search results and rankings.
Again, over the weekend, I’ve been getting private emails with tons of public chatter in the Web…
Google Maps Pokémon Winners Win Anything?
Remember April Fools this year where Google had a Google Maps Pokémon challenge and you had to catch and find all the pokemon, 151, to win…
Google AdSense Magazine Ads
Google announced a new ad format for Google AdSense display ad units named magazine ads.
So instead of the display ad looking like a banner ad with animation or various popping colors, magazine ads are very minimalistic…
Google: If Content Isn’t Changed, Manual Actions Won’t Be Removed
An interesting Google Webmaster Help thread has a webmaster who has a manual action, he said he removed the content, and even left the page blank but the manual action won’t go away.
Google’s John Mueller explained why in an interesting way…
Google Updates Google Places Adds Manager Access & Social Features
Google’s Jade Wang announced on Google+ and Google Business Help forums that they have upgraded the Google Places bulk users to add social features and multi-admin functionality.
(1) Social Features: Each location in upgraded and verified accounts wil…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 16, 2014
This week in search, Google says that there is no update going on even though a lot of things have been going on. Google is now forced to remove…
Yahoo Switches To SSL & hsrd.yahoo.com Referers Increase
A few months ago, many publishers and webmasters began noticing a huge spike in referrers from hsrd.yahoo.com.
Scanning through the Yahoo Answers and Microsoft Answers threads…
Bizarre Video: How Much Wood Can A Matt Cutts Cut
If you are bored and want to get your head out of the SEO space just for about 49 seconds, watch the latest video by Matt Cutts, where he answers the question:
How much wood could a Matt Cutts cut if a Matt Cutts could cut wood…
Transit Directions Come To Google Maps UK
Google Maps announced they now support transit directions in the UK on Google Maps.
Google added over 17…
TripIt, Foursquare & OpenTable Come To Google Glass
Google has announced on Google+ that they’ve added some new Glassware to Google Glass, namely TripIt, Foursquare and OpenTable.
I personally have been using a third-party Foursquare app for a while and love it…
Google Maps Location Based Quick Facts: Knowledge Graph In Maps
Google announced on Google+ that they have added a new section to the maps result for a location search named “Quick Facts.”
This section looks very knowledge graph like and has some very quick information around the location you are searching for…
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Google Glass: Buy Now
Google announced last night on Google+ that any US resident can now buy Google Glass as long as they have them in inventory.
To do so, just go to this URL and buy your Google Glass.
Google wrote:
Last week we told you we’d be trying out new ways to …
Does Google’s Matt Cutts Age Matter?
This is a funny topic that honestly the SEO insider community has been talking about every now and then – how old is Google’s Matt Cutts.
It is almost impossible to find a source online that shows his date of birth…