Google AdWords Enables Multiple Currencies For Conversion Tracking
Many web sites that sell products or services these days sell them in multiple currencies and now Google AdWords will let you track those conversion values in the currency you sell them in.
Google quietly announced on Google+ that now you can add curr…
Google’s Matt Cutts Ice Bucket Challenge & Challenges His Spam Team
Virtually everyone I know is doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and more importantly, donating to ALS.
Yesterday, Google’s Matt Cutts did his and then challenges members of the search quality team. He challenged Brian White…
Bing Image Widget Tool
Bing has added a new tool to create an “image widget” out of the Bing Image search results.
Bing says that the “Bing Image Widget enhances your web site with the power of Bing Image Search and provides your users with beautiful…
How Google Treats HTTP 418 – I’m A Teapot
Google’s John Mueller was having fun this morning when he posted on Google+ “Time for HTTP 418. Every site should have one.”
The HTTP 418 server status code was an April Fools Joke back in 1998…
Google Maps Reviews Overlay Popup Going Away
Nicolai Helling posted on Google+ that Google is about to drop the reviews lightbox overlay you see when you click on the reviews link within the Google search results. Instead…
Google AdSense Earnings Drop With HTTPS Migrations
So I was all excited migrating over this site to SSL and my corporate site but despite very little ranking changes, both negative or positive thus far, AdSense earnings seem to have taken a hit somewhat…
Google’s Blink HTML Trick Works On Query Refinements
In February, Google released a easter egg named blink HTML that made some of the words in the search results blink on the screen.
But as Enrico Altavilla noticed and posted on Google+, it also works on query refinements…
Google AdSense Ad Label Being Tested
One AdSense publisher claims seeing a Google AdSense ad with the “ad” label replacing the favicon spot in the AdSense ad format.
He posted about it in WebmasterWorld saying:
Anyone else seeing this new test on text ads…
Google App Promotion Ads
Google announced you can now globally promote your apps within the Google Search, the Google Display Network and YouTube ad networks.
Google previewed this back in April where you were able to promote apps to users who install apps…
Google AdWords Paintball & Other Dangerous Weapons Ban
In less than a month, Google will be banning the advertisement of airsoft guns, paintball guns, bb guns and gun scopes, ammunition, ammunition clips or belts in September.
Google posted a preview of the change to their policy…
Google Penalizes Link Networks In Europe & Germany Over Weekend
Yesterday morning, @gfiorelli1 notified me of that Google has “launched a massive amount of links manual penalization emails” specifically in Spain…
Twitter Outranks Me After HTTPS Migration
Exactly a week ago I migrated this site to HTTPS and truth is, it is almost impossible to check rankings and traffic for a site like this when making these changes…
Google Testing Dropping Local Carousel
Pete Meyers spotted another Google test and posted it on the Moz Google+ page…
Google AdWords Website Call Conversions
Yesterday, Google announced a new feature to allow advertisers to track conversions via phone directly with call in phone numbers that forward to your main office or business.
Google’s Head Of Search 10 Biggest Search Milestones With 890 Changes In Past Year
Matt Cutts has a boss, it is Amit Singhal – he is in charge of all of search and he posted on Google+ looking back at the past 14 years of him working there, including the IPO which was 10 years ago today…
Google AdWords To Enable Conversion Selection For Bid Automations
Google announced on Google+ that they are adding a new feature to Google AdWords that will enable you to choose which specific conversions to include in bid automation…
Bing Malware Notifications Correct?
Recently, Bing updated their safety page to bolster the features and make for a better…
Google AdWords New Bulk Update Interface
Google quietly announced a new tool to bulk update your ads within the AdWords interface.
The new tool lets you quickly update your settings across campaigns within your accounts, specifically location changes, language changes, campaign end dates…
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Google Now Alternative Flights When Your Flight Ain’t Working Out
The new Google app on Android now gives you flight alternatives when your flight is delayed or cancelled, powered of course by Google Now.
Google announced this on Google+ saying:
Google Now already gives you a heads up about cancelled or delayed fli…
Google: Don’t Worry About Duplicate Content With Mobile Sites
Mobile sites are incredibly important these days but some SEOs and webmasters are concerned that it will cause duplicate content issues.
Going responsive or the same URL, for the most part, removes the duplicate content worries completely…