Google: Our Algorithms Picked Up On Your Keyword Stuffed Page
Keyword stuffing is as cute as a teddy bear that is losing their stuffing – don’t do it.
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one site owner complaining his site suddenly dropped in the rankings…
Google AdWords To Go Not Provided Also?
As you may have heard already via AJ Ghergich or my post referencing his on Search Engine Land – it seems incredibly likely that the changes coming to not provided via Google is that they will apply the same rule they have for organic referrer data to …
Google Analytics & AdWords Make It Easier To Link Accounts
Google announced they have streamlined the process to link your Google AdWords account to your Google Analytics account.
The new mechanism is launching in the upcoming weeks and will give you the ability to link multiple AdWords accounts all at once…
Google Places Updates Bulk Location Management Dashboard
Just a couple weeks ago, Google updated the bulk import tool for managing your Google Places local listings.
Yesterday…
Google Business Schema Adds Phone Numbers, Hours & Menus
Google announced this morning that they now have added additional schema support for business information. Specifically, they now support customer support related phone numbers, hours of operation and restaurant menus…
Google’s Matt Cutts: You’ve Got A Mild Case Of Penguin
The Google Penguin algorithm has been taunting SEOs for a long time now, but did you know there are different degrees of Penguin?
It is not that you are hit by the Penguin algorithm or not. You can be hit harder or softer depending on your links…
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Matt Cutts: Google Penalizes Seven Link Networks In Japan
Google’s Matt Cutts announced on Twitter at 2:30am this morning that over the past few months, Google has taken action on seven link networks in Japan…
Google Webmaster Tools Link Count Drops
I am seeing some reports from Webmasters that the link report in Google Webmaster Tools is reporting a much smaller fraction of links.
A Google Webmaster Help has one webmaster complaining a drop from 7,000 to 4…
SEOs Calling Out Google’s Matt Cutts As A Hypocrite?
On Friday, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of fighting all evil web spam, posted on Twitter an interview he gave to the usesthis.com blog. It is basically a place where a guy named Daniel interviews nerds about what hardware they use…
Test: Bing’s New Search Results Design
Bing is testing a new search results design – the design makes for a fresher and cleaner feel…
Wired Hacked Over Weekend; Google Blocks Wired.com
Over the weekend, Wired.com was being blocked by Google via Chrome and the search results for malware.
In short…
Google AdWords Call Conversion Tracking By Call Length
Kim Clinkunbroomer reports getting an email from Google about a new way of reporting on call conversions based on the length of a call.
Starting at the end of this month…
Google Retiring PLAs For Shopping Campaign Type & Adds Features
Google announced this week that they are retiring the “regular PLA (product listing ads) campaign” type and will require all advertisers to upgrade to Shopping campaigns by late August 2014…
Google UK Adds In-Depth Articles
In August of last year, Google introduced in-depth articles in the US search results. Since then, Google has upgraded the design and functionality of those articles a couple times…
Google AdSense Video Ads On By Default (VPAID)
A WebmasterWorld thread has several publishers complaining that when they checked their ad serving settings in their AdSense console, the VPAID ads were on by default. That means, your web site may show video ads to your users…
Site Blocked In Google Over Suspected Child Abuse Content
Google and search engines have an obligation to remove child abuse and child pornography from their search results. But what happens when your site is labeled as having such content…
Google Pushing App Indexing As It Adds 24 More Apps
Back in November, Google introduced app indexing, which basically lets a searcher on Android click on a Google search result and end up in an app…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 4, 2014
This week in search, we published our monthly recap of search and webmaster related topics on Google. Bing announced Cortana…
Notice: GoogleBot Failing DNS Verification
Large sites or very detailed server administrators, sometimes go through the process of blocking rogue spiders and bots. To make sure you do not block legit spiders, like GoogleBot…
Bing Cortana: Microsoft’s Answer For Apple Siri & Google Now
Yesterday, Microsoft announced their answer to Apple Siri and Google Now – Cortana.
Cortana is a virtual assistant for your Windows devices…