Google Webmaster Tools Drops Author Stats
In December 2011, Google launched author stats, a way to see how your content, across sites, based on your Google Authorship profile, fared. That is now gone…
The Google John Venn / Venn Diagram Doodle
On John Venn’s 180th birthday, Google has created an interactive Doodle to remember him and one of his most influential contributions to the world, the Venn Diagram.
The Doodle let’s you take two items and overlay them…
Long Tail Search Traffic: A Slow Google Death?
EGOL, a long time SEO and webmaster, posted in the Cre8asite Forums thread saying long tail traffic from Google “ain’t what it use to be.”
He said back in the day he would write an article and get more than twice the traffic he does now from a simila…
MetaFilter’s 20 Month Google Algorithmic Penalty Revoked?
Around November 17, 2012, MetaFilter got nailed by a Google update that back then Google denied.
As we explained in March, Google was working on a way to fix the algorithm that hit them back in November 2012…
Google Webmaster Academy News Coming Soon
Google noted on their Google+ page that they are going to announce some “big news” around their Google Webmaster Academy.
The Google Webmaster Academy is a place you can go to learn the basics around making great web sites that world well with Google’…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 1, 2014
This week at the Search Engine Roundtable we question why hasnât Google updated the Penguin algorithm after ten months of waiting…
Google Quick Answers For Jewish Food Blessings (Brachas)
Before an observant Jewish individual eats or drinks something, they say a blessing, also known as a bracha. Depending on what you are about to consume…
Google Package Tracking Now Has An Opt Out
Google and most search engines let you search for a package with ease but should Google show those packages in your Google now based on past search history or based on your Google Wallet orders or Gmail confirmation emails…
Automatic Google My Business Listing Verification Via Google Webmaster Tools
Google’s Jade Wang announced in a Google Business Help thread that your Google My Business listings, formerly known as Google Place Listing or Google Local Business listing…
Was There A Google Update Yesterday?
Over the past few days, I’ve seen some but not a ton of chatter about a possible update at WebmasterWorld.
The chatter began around June 30th at a high enough level for me to keep an eye on it and it continued through July 31st…
Google Pigeon Update: Local Results Updated Again
It seems like Google has updated the local search results since the latest Google Pigeon update that was pushed out originally on on July 24th…
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 31, 2014
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Mainstream SEOS Now Talking About Google Sandbox 2…
Bing Takes Malware More Seriously With Bing Site Safety Reporting
Bing announced they are launching a new malware and safety tool within the search results to better warn and communicate to both searchers and webmasters about safety issues with the listings…
Mainstream SEOs Now Talking About Google Sandbox 2.0
About a month ago, I saw some early discussions within the more blackhat SEO communities about a Google Sandbox 2.0, where Google began targeting possibly churn and burn sites from ranking well. That conversation is now creeping into the mainstream SE…
Bing Ads: New Interface & Features Announced
Bing announced they are launching a new easier to use interface for Bing Ads, as well as releasing new features.
The changes include:
Auto-tagging. Bing Ads handles tagging automatically for you, providing more accurate reporting…
Google Analytics Setting For Bot Filtering
Google announced on Google+ that you can now easily filter out traffic from bots and spiders from showing up and being tracked in your analytics…
Google Search Tool To Filter Private Content
Kenichi Suzuki, one of my favorite SEOs from Japan, posted a screen shot on Google+ of a search tool filter to filter results by private content shared with me…
Tisk, Tisk, Tisk: AdRoll Generated Tons Of Invalid Traffic
Last Thursday, we reported on unusual huge spike of traffic that were marked as direct traffic sources in analytics. I initially blamed Microsoft, because they are a fun target to blame (no seriously), over Internet Explorer 7 having a bug but that was…
Google: Where Are The Search Results?
Since early this year, Google began showing really long form answers, or as Google calls them, “Quick Answers…
Google AdWords Product Listing Ads Gets Product Ratings
Google announced they are now adding product ratings, one to five stars, on their product listing ads in the Google search results.