Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 12, 2013
This week’s search video recap is sponsored by EliteFlyers.com and you can win a free t-shirt by watching this video. I rushed through this 9 minute video because I pick up Glass today. Google may be updating their algorithm and results right now…
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Find Results “Not Yet Visited” In Google
In 2009, Google launched a feature that let you filter your search results by web pages you have not yet visited. That feature went offline…
The Googlers Taking Google Latitude Online Speak Up
I’ve probably talked enough about Google Latitude shutting down, especially since I rarely used it. But the truth is, it seems like location services in Google+ is going to be a really big thing…
Google May Be Updating Search Algorithm
Here I am again, coming to you to tell you that I am seeing higher than normal chatter in the forums about a possible Google search algorithm update..
What SEOs Are Focusing On With Enge’s Interview With Google’s Matt Cutts
Whenever you hear a Googler talk about SEO or the ranking algorithm, SEOs tear apart each word. Now, when Matt Cutts talks, it is a billion times worse.
Eric Enge interview Matt Cutts…
Do Link Tools Help Find Your Really Toxic Links?
I’ve been playing around with various link tools for the past few weeks, some much longer than a few weeks…
Google’s Matt Cutts On What If My Site Goes Down? Are My Rankings Doomed?
The topic of how Google handles downtime and how that may impact your rankings in Google’s search results is nothing new. In short, short periods of downtime, even a day…
Google’s FAQs On Latitude Shutdown & User Complaints
As we mentioned yesterday, Google is shutting down latitude – a product I personally didn’t use outside of just experimenting with it, but apparently has a loyal user base…
Google Maps App Bringing Back Offline Maps Button ASAP
Yesterday we reported that part of the Google Maps App “upgrade” a few features went away. One such feature was easy access to offline maps…
Do Citations Without Links Benefit Your Rankings?
A High Rankings Forum thread has a site owner thrilled about receiving a mention in the Wall Street Journal but that mention or citation was not done as a hyperlink in the web page.
This is fairly common when you get mentions or citations from larger …
Google Maps App Drops Latitude & My Maps Plus Makes Offline Maps Harder
Google announced a new version of apps for iOS and Android (version 7.0) that cleans up some features…
Google: You Weren’t Hit By Penguin, Those Are Normal Fluctuations
A webmaster noticed his rankings and traffic from Google sharpely declined after the Penguin 2.0 release and decided to ask about it in the Google Webmaster Help forums.
The webmaster said they noticed a “sudden drop in rankings for branded” right aft…
Is Guest Blogging Getting Out Of Control?
Yesterday I wrote a story at Search Engine Land named Google: Guest Blogging For Links? You Better Nofollow Those Links. As you can imagine, it caught people’s attention – as it should. The title is not as extreme as Marie’s Yes, high quality guest pos…
What Is Your Focus When Ranking In Google?
WebmasterWorld moderator, goodROI, posted a thread at WebmasterWorld asking SEOs and webmasters to share “what method(s) do you use to formulate your SEO strategy?”
In short…
Do Larger Or Smaller Web Sites Rank Better In Google?
A WebmasterWorld thread is having renewed discussion around an old debate on does the size of a web site matter in Google.
There is no doubt, the more pages you have on your web site, the more chances you have to rank for more keyword phrases…
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Google Manual Penalty Notification But Google Says No Manual Penalty…
A webmaster posted in the WebmasterWorld forums that he received a manual spam notification for “unnatural links” from Google on June 27th. He cleaned things up and quickly submitted a reconsideration request…
Facebook Rolls Expands Graph Search
Facebook announced yesterday they have expanded Graph Search to all U.S. users and it will be rolling out to more and more of these users over the next few days.
Graph Search launched on January 15th of this year and made a big splash…
Google Testing Genie Animated AdSense Ads Again
A WebmasterWorld thread has new reports of Google testing those animated AdSense ads again.
The animation looks like a genie-like animation…
Google UFO Logo: 66th Anniversary Of Roswell UFO Incident
Google is celebrating the 66th year anniversary of the Roswell UFO incident, which took place in the U.S. in 1947 after an object of some kind crashed on a ranch near Roswell…
Poll: Did You Recover From Google Penguin 2.0?
It has been almost 7 weeks since the Penguin 2.0 update was released by Google. We know over 50% of our readers said they were hit by this Penguin 2.0 update.
We also know…