Google: Show Me Zip Codes For & Map Them For Me
Google is now showing you zip code listings for locations you enter into Google. So you can ask Google to show you the zip codes for [orlando, florida zip codes]…
Google’s Matt Cutts Was A Passenger In A Self Driving Car
Alright, so my Photoshop skills aren’t the best but the fact is, Matt Cutts, Google’s on-leave spam boss, did indeed travel as a passenger in a Google self driving car.
Not the one in the picture here, but the ones that were installed on real cars…
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Google Revamps Webmaster Tools Robots.txt Tester Tool
Google announced that they’ve updated the Robots.txt tester tool within Google Webmaster Tools. The tool adds three things; highlights, testing and revision history.
Twitter Really Wants You To Use Twitter Ads
John Doherty shared a picture on Twitter of an ad from Twitter within his iOS Twitter app. The ad is asking him to use Twitter Ads. Here is a screen shot:
I guess Twitter is eager to get more advertisers using their ad system…
Google’s John Mueller On If There Is A New Sandbox
Over the past few weeks, we’ve covered the topic of a possible Sandbox 2.0 Google algorithm targeting churn and burn web sites.
I decided to bring it up in a Google Hangout with Google’s John Mueller a couple days ago and you can see his response to my…
Google’s Black Top Navigation Bar Making A Return?
Google is constantly testing things from new algorithms that we cannot directly see, to the user interface that we do directly see. In a recent Google test, Google is showing the old top navigation bar, in black…
Google Disables Discussion Search
Yesterday, Google has completely removed the ability to use their discussion search filter.
Earlier this year…
Google: Manual Actions Updated Twice Daily But Emails Sent Once Daily
In a Google hangout yesterday with Google’s John Mueller, John explained that Google updates their data for manual actions within Google Webmaster Tools twice a day on average and then only sends out emails once a day on average with notices.
Google+ Drops Name Restrictions
Google announced last night on Google+ that they have removed their naming restrictions, preventing you from using nicknames and pseudonyms.
So if you wanted to use the name “rustybrick” because you didn’t want to use your real name, for privacy reas…
Google Search Adds Knowledge Graph Box With Translate Box Instantly
Spotted via @WilliamHarvey, Google has added a new knowledge graph/OneBox feature where if you begin to type “Translate” into the Google search box, through Google Instant.
As you begin typing…
Google Search For iPhone Still Shows Emoji Characters
Over two years ago, I reported how emoji characters worked in the Google mobile search results and that I suspected that Google would disable them shortly after.
Well, they may have for some…
Google Wants You To Link Your Google My Business & AdWords Accounts
Google announced they want you to link your new Google My Business account, formerly Google Places, with your Google AdWords account.
This is the new and “upgraded location extensions” that should offer you a “a better way to display your business loc…
Bing Still Working On Right To Be Forgotten Removal Process
As you know, the EU has mandated the search engines to remove content that might be harmful to people on a case by case basis. Google launched a form for this removal and began removing this content. They even started an advisory council to help them w…
Tweet Analytics: Wow Twitter Analytics
I am pretty active on Twitter, so being able to see my statistics/analytics with stuff I share on Twitter can be interesting.
Twitter announced the availability of Organic Tweet Analytics. You can access it at analytics.twitter.com…
Google Notice: This Site Uses Flash, May Not Work On Your Device
Google announced that if you conduct a Google search on your iOS or Android device and a site that comes up is built in Flash technology…
Ingress Finally On iOS Devices
As expected, Google has brought Ingress, Google’s near-real time augmented reality where you have to fractions trying to secure or take portals. Or something like that.
The game is now available for iOS users…
Google Shopping Ads With Price Grouping
Google is testing a new Google shopping ad layout, where they group the ads by pricing. For example, they may show ads of products for prices above a certain price and then below a certain price…
Google On Right To Be Forgotten: We Want To Hear From You.
Google has an advisory council specifically designed around the Right To Be Forgotten topic…
Google For Webmasters: It’s Only Going To Get Worse, Not Better
The SEO space is very negative these days, not many smiles unless you work at large brands. A WebmasterWorld thread has a common topic come up, the topic of us being corkscrews and how the answers will dominate and weed out the source of the content, …
Google Webmaster Tools International Targeting Now Available
In June, Google began privately beta testing a new feature, which we uncovered as a Webmaster Tools href lang debug tool…