SEOs Can’t Decide If SEO Writing Should Die Or Not
In June we ran a poll asking you if you think SEO writing should die.
Now with well over 300 responses and a lot of fun comments…
Poll: Should We Sunset The Nofollow Link Attribute
The nofollow link attribute was originally designed to reduce comment and forum spam by removing the value of links with the nofollow attribute. Originally the major blog platforms adopted them immediately to reduce comment spam…
Google+ Photos Notifications For Use On Google Maps
Last week we reported that public Google+ photos may be used on Google Views for Maps automatically.
One of the questions I thought was how would I know if Google did use my photo or not…
Only 11% Say Negative SEO Never Works In Google
Back in June we asked you guys to fill out a poll asking if you’ve tried negative SEO and if it worked.
We have over 300 responses to our poll and I wanted to share the results with you…
Google Webmaster Tools Notifications For Next Steps On Improving Your Site
Google is sending out a new form of notifications via Google Webmaster Tools, one you may get after you verify a new web site in Google Webmaster Tools for the first time…
Google AdWords Improves Bulk Uploads Features
Google announced on Google+ improvements to their bulk workflow features within the AdWords interface…
Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5775 : Offline Stories
Tonight is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Since I am Jewish and observant…
What Is Matt Cutts Googling?
Do you ever wonder what Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, Googles? What is in the Matt Cutts Google search history box?
Well…
Google: Rich Snippets Not Really For Your Homepage
Webmasters, publishers and SEOs love rich snippets, they give you more visibility in the search results and give something for SEOs to charge their clients for implementing (sorry for the joke, really tired)…
Google’s Matt Cutts Taunts Black Hat SEOs
Yesterday we reported about Google targeting PBNs with massive manual actions. The funny thing, Google’s PR team would not confirm or deny it but Google’s Matt Cutts, who is currently on an extended vacation, took the time out to taunt and mock black h…
Google AdWords Local Inventory Ads Expands To UK, France, Germany, Japan & Australia
Google announced they’ve extended and expanded the AdWords local inventory ads they launched in the US about a year ago to more countries.
The new ads are now available in the UK, France, Germany…
First Day Of Autumn From The Search Industry
Today is the first day of Autumn for many folks and to mark the day both Google and Bing have special things going on…
Google AdWords Merging Mobile Click Call Data
Google quietly announced on Google+ that they are combing/merging two different metrics into one metric on the mobile click front in order to appease the “feedback from hundreds of advertisers…
Report: Google Severely Hits PBNs (Private Blog Networks)
The black hat and gray SEO communities are buzzing about Google’s latest efforts to target PBNs, Private Blog Networks.
Over the past couple days, Google has reportedly went after many PBNs that are being used to manipulate their rankings…
Submit Your Google App Indexing Questions
Google has been trying to heavily promote App Indexing, we covered it here several times, it is basically a way for you to tell Google about content within an app and have it potentially be indexed and rank in Google’s search results…
Google Structured Snippets: Why Bother Clicking On The Results?
Yesterday, Google announced a feature they’ve been testing for a few weeks, Structured Snippets.
Structured Snippets is a form of knowledge graph that incorporates facts into individual result snippets in Web search results. It looks like this:
Google Maps Navigation Expands To 19 New Countries
Google announced on Google+ that their free and very useful smartphone navigation app, Google Maps, has expanded to an additional 19 countries…
DuckDuckGo Blocked In China
DuckDuckGo, the privacy search engine, that was also recently added as a search option on iOS 8, has been blocked by China.
Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, confirmed it on Twitter yesterday when Steven Millward asked him.
Using the block…
Bing Ads Campaign Planner
Bing announced a new feature within Bing Ads named Campaign Planner.
Campaign Planner enables advertisers to see marketplace insights by vertical, product, and keyword…
WebP Formatted Images Are Google Friendly
WebP is a relativly new image format that provides lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. Google is an advocate for it since it helps speed up browsing and such. But do WebP images get indexed and ranked by Google Images…