Google On Can You Redirect A Penalty To Another Site
Can you redirect a penalty to a new or different domain name? Let’s say site A has a bad link penalty, either manual action or algorithmic issue. And you or a competitor decide to use a 301 redirect from site A to a site without a penalty (i.e. site B)…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 27, 2014
This week in search, we cover two unconfirmed Google updates, one from the weekend and the other from Tuesday. Google decided to drop author images from the search results…
Google “Right To Be Forgotten” Removal Examples Now Live
As you may remember, Google was ordered by the EU court to comply with requests to remove content about individuals. So they acted quick, set up a form and now, only a few weeks later, started processing those removal requests…
Google’s Panda Algorithm Forces PR Newswire To Remove Press Release Spam
As you may remember, Google Panda 4.0 had a major negative impact on many press release sites including the largest one, PR Newswire. In response, PR Newswire issued a press release about them cracking down on “spammers” by removing and “taking action”…
New Google AdWords Distance Reporting & Location Bidding Controls
Google quietly announced on Google+ a new report and bidding option based on distance of the searcher to your location.
The new report shows you impressions, clicks…
Google Sandbox Version Two?
The Google Sandbox was a term coined back in 2004 when SEOs and webmaster began noticing their new sites were not ranking as quickly as they use to. In short, your new site got put into a sandbox, where you waited…
Bing Knowledge Widget & Webmaster Tools
Microsoft announced on the Bing blog that they have integrated the Bing Knowledge Widgets directly into Bing Webmaster Tools. In addition…
Bing: How We Pick Your Title Tag
Microsoft Bing published a blog post on how they decide on what title tags to publish in their search results.
We covered this in detail most recently via a Google Matt Cutts video on how Google selects a title tag. So let’s go over it with Bing…
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Google Removes Authorship Images From Search Results
Yesterday, I broke the news at Search Engine Land that Google has decided to drop the images and circle counts from the authorship snippets in the Google search results.
Google’s John Mueller posted…
Did Google Update On June 24th? Very Little SEO Chatter
On June 24th, all the tools tracking Google’s search fluctuations began lighting up. MozCast, SearchMetrics, SERPS.com all went nuts. Algoroo seemed calm, which is interesting…
Google App Indexing Easier Now & New Webmaster Tools Reports
Yesterday, at Google I/O, Google announced that their app indexing solution is now available to everyone without requiring approval…
Google AdWords Bids May Be Influenced By Your Remarketing Campaigns Now
Google announced on Google+ that Google may now use your remarketing lists as a quality factor for your AdWords ads, which may impact your AdWords Ad bids and CPCs…
Google Glass Gets More Powerful Hardware & More Apps
A big day for Google Glass, right before Google I/O. Google announced that all new shipped Google Glass devices are being updated to improve with 2GB of RAM. This should make the…
Google My Business Mobile App For iOS & Android
Google has announced on Google+ the release of the Google My Business mobile app for iOS and Android.
The mobile app lets you manage your Google Business information, profile, social shares, analytics, even user access and more via the app…
Google Revamps The AdWords Auction Insights Video After Years
Yesterday, Google announced they’ve updated their AdWords auction explanatory video after almost five years. Both videos, the original and the new one, are by Hal Varian…
Google Drops Search Queries From Google My Business
So Google launched this new fancy Google My Business the other day and even new fancy apps to go along with it but they dropped a key feature from the analytics – Google no longer shows top search queries that lead the user to your business listing in …
Google Analytics Goals Supports The New Google AdWords Conversion Settings
Google announced last night on Google+ that Google Analytics now supports three new goals…
Google Is Offering Domain Registration Now But They’ve Been A Registrar For 10 Years
Yesterday, Google announced on Google+ that they are testing out selling domain name registration services to third-parties. Right now, you need to be invited to participate, like with Gmail originally, and when you are…
Google Glass Now Available In The UK For $200 Extra
Google announced yesterday on Google+ that UK residents can now purchase Google Glass for 1,000£ (british pounds), which comes out to be about $1,700 US dollars. That means, Google Glass in the UK costs $200 more than it would in the US…
Google Responds To Impact Of Blocking CSS & JSS & Panda 4.0
Yesterday we covered some SEO theories around blocking JavaScript & CSS triggering Panda 4.0 issues. I didn’t honestly believe there was a relation, based on the example provided and very few other sites reporting the same effects but now we have a response from a Googler…