Yahoo Answers Has SEO Localization Issues With Google
I always find it interesting to share SEO questions submitted by huge brands and online properties…
Google Disavow Links Communication Confusion
Over a year ago, Google launched their disavow link tool and webmasters and SEOs have been all over it since. But every now and then…
A New Streamlined Version Of The Bing Search API
Bing announced they have “streamlined” the MSDN API Search.
This means it will be faster and more efficient for developers to build software around the API.
The API docs are over here and the specific changes include these examples:
Find the .Net ve…
Google Maps In Store Views Ads
+Jeroen den Ridder sent me pictures of what appears to be ads within Google Maps Business Photos – you know, the instore views…
Veterans Day From The Search Industry: Google & Bing
Veterans Day is today in the United States, in the United Kingdom, it is Remembrance Day. You can see very special logos from Google, Bing, Ask, AOL, and others for the special day.
Unfortunately…
Google News Cheat: Refreshing Article Titles
In 2009, Google News began reindexing and refreshing stories after they were initially indexed, to make sure to pick up on story corrections. This was a good thing.
But recently…
Google AdSense CTR Dropping
There are dozens of threads at both Google AdSense Help and WebmasterWorld.
Google: Domain Not Forever Attached To AdWords Ads Group
There is an interesting question and answer in the Google AdWords Help forums about how tied are ad groups to the domain names in those ad groups…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 8, 2013
This week at the Search Engine Roundtable I summarize the past month of changes at Google. There may have been a small update earlier this week. Google has a new manual action penalty for âimage mismatch.â Google local knowledge graph spam may be out of hand…
Google Glass XE11 Features & Bugs
Honestly, the more I use Glass the more I love it – it is something I use when I am not at my desk and it simply rocks.
That being said, Google announced on Google+ the next software push, i.e. XE11…
Poll: Does Google’s Disavow Tool Work?
A BlackHat Forum thread asks SEOs and Webmasters if the Google Disavow Tool works for you or not…
Glassware Page Now On My Google Glass Site
As reported by Glass Almanac, Google has added the Glassware page to the MyGlass portal.
Google’s Matt Cutts: Show Me The Spam Or…
A Hacker News thread cites a story I wrote at Search Engine Land named Long-Time SEO Jill Whalen Moves On, Praises Google For Rewarding Content More which I also wrote over here…
Shopify: Our Customer Images Aren’t Showing In Google Image Search
Shopify’s Craig Miller, the Vice President of Marketing, posted in the Google Webmaster Help forums complaining that 70…
SEO: No Option But To Buy Links; Google’s Cutts: That’s A Bad Strategy
Over at Hacker News there are some complaints about the Google SEO Starter Guide (PDF). So Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts jumped in to try to understand what is wrong…
Facebook Pushes New Like & Share Blue Buttons
Facebook announced they are pushing out a new style for their Like & Share buttons across the web. I noticed it on this site a few days ago, they are blue and they really stood out from the original look…
Google Inkblot Test Doodle: Hermann Rorschach 129th Birthday
On November 8, 2013, on Google’s home pages, is a special logo for the 129th birthday of Hermann Rorschach. Hermann Rorschach is most well known for developing the inkblot test…
November 2013 Google Webmaster Report
There are some murmurs of a possible Google update early this month, but nothing that substantial.
That being said…
Google AdSense Automates Your Ad A/B Testing
Google announced a new feature within Google AdSense that helps streamline the practice of testing various ad units through A/B experimenting.
Google said “weâre releasing a new AdSense experiments feature for your ad unit settings…
Pegman Returns To Google Maps & Google Makes A Big Deal Of It
One of the most annoying things about the new Google Maps is that it is missing basic and fundamental features that makes the old Google Maps essential. One such feature is the Pegman, that lets you easily zoom into Street View imagery…