Blekko Dazzles Search Results Design But Does That Improve Relevancy?
Blekko announced a major redesign yesterday – from their logo color schemes (dark red to light blue) to pretty much everything you see…
Bulk Upload Your Ads & Ad Groups To Google AdWords
Google announced on the AdWords blog that they now support bulk uploads for ads and ad groups.
This will allow advertisers to download this data…
How Do You Uncover Your Spammy Links?
A WebmasterWorld thread has a webmaster who seems to have been hit by the Penguin 2.0 update. He is now asking how he should go about discovering which of his links are spammy.
He asked in the thread:
The only thing I can think of is that I may hav…
Google AdSense Updates Ad Review Center
Google announced even more improvements to the ad review center which launched back in 2007 and has been getting continued improvements over the years…
Google’s Cutts: Nofollow Links In Advertorials Or Else!
Yesterday, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts posted a video on Google’s stance on using advertorials in a way to manipulate Google’s search results.
As you can imagine, if you use advertorials …
The Google Glass Tefillin Stand: Geeky Religious Marketing
A reader who is actually an ex-Googler and orthodox Jew, forwarded me an email he received from the Chabad of Stanford that was titled “Google Glass Tefillin Stand.”
Slow Motion Option Added To YouTube Editor
One of the biggest complaints I get about my search videos is that I talk way too fast. I get that complaint in general about the way I talk, but when you have thousands of views on each video, I know I should slow down…
Google AdWords Weekly Reports No Longer Just On Mondays
Google quietly announced on Google+ a change on how weekly scheduled AdWords reports can be emailed to you.
Prior, when you scheduled your reports to be emailed to you on a weekly cycle, it would only arrive on Monday. Now…
Google Shares Insight Into Content Removal: 404s Confirmation & More
A Google Webmaster Help thread has some interesting details from Google’s John Mueller about content removal from Google’s index and/or search results.
Some of these points you already know but every SEO and webmaster should understand these. Heck……
Poll: Were You Affected By Google Penguin 2.0?
It has been just under a week since Google Penguin 2.0 (#4) was released and I wanted to gauge in an anonymous poll how SEOs and webmasters were impacted.
With Penguin 1.0, 64% claimed they were hurt by that update. There were very few recoveries si…
Google: Use The Disavow Tool Like A Machete & Not Fine-Toothed Comb
Earlier this month, Google’s head of search spam, responded to a comment on his blog explaining that when most SEOs and Webmasters use the disavow tool, they use it wrong.
Matt Cutts said you should not use it like a “fine-toothed comb” but rather use …
Google Apps iOS Users Stop Getting Push Email Via Exchange: A Bug?
There are hundreds of complaints in the Gmail Help forums from iOS users who use Google Apps or Gmail with the Exchange setup that are saying they are no longer getting email to them being pushed.
I am one of those people, so I can confirm this is ind…
Google AdWords Tests Off Pink Color
Techno-Net informed me via Twitter that Google is testing yet another background color for the AdWords top ad spots.
This is not the first time they tried a purple or pink’ish color. In July 2010 they tested a pale purple color as a background image….
Bing News Gets Carousel, Related People & Older Results
Bing announced they have updated Bing News to add a news carousel for specific types of searches. They also added related individuals on the right hand side. Finally, when the search is not news related or doesn’t have fresh news stories…
Memorial Day: Google’s Ribbon vs. Bing’s Home Page
Today is Memorial Day in the United States of America, a very important day to show your American patriotism and thank our soliders for protecting the country.
To celebrate the day, some of the search engines place logos…
Google Penguin 2.0 Goes Deep – But What Does That Mean?
As you know, Penguin 2.0 #4 is live and webmasters and SEOs are buzzing about that. The thing is, some misconceptions about Penguin 2.0 are driving me absolutely crazy.
Matt Cutts, in his video about this update, talks about how Penguin 2…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 24, 2013
Very busy week with Google releasing the major next generation Penguin update, Penguin 2.0. Bing also may have made a search update a few…
Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Spends One Hour Trying To Contact A Hacked Site
Gary Illyes, a former webmaster and SEO, converted Webmaster Trends Analyst working at Google Switzerland…
AdSense Publishers Like The New Google Publisher Toolbar
Google announced they have made a major update to the Google Publisher Toolbar for Chrome. The toolbar works as a Chrome extension and lets you view your DoubleClick for Publishers…
Bing Search Update On May 22nd?
Over the past few days I spotted two webmasters asking about a Bing Search update. With all the domain clustering and penguin chatter dominating the SEO space…