Authorship Now On Google Image Search. Confused?
Last night, I covered at Search Engine Land that Google launched authorship within Google Image Search.
Pierre Far from Google tipped us off at SMX about it and it is true, they launched it and no one knew about it – including me. Yea, even me…
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Estimated Cross-Device Conversions On Google AdWords
The problem every admits – people search on one device and may very well likely end up converting on a different device. Be it they are searching for a new pair of shoes while on the bus ride home from work and then end up purchasing it when they get …
Google Video Tutorial On Implementation Of Multipile Languages Variations
Internationalizing a site is confusing, let alone the translation details but how do you communicate the language and country-level differentiation details to Google…
Your Site Changes Direction, Does Google Follow?
There is an interesting conversion going on at WebmasterWorld of a webmaster who wants to change the vertical his site is in but is failing to convince Google the site has changed directions.
His site is 16 years old and was established as the authori…
Why Aren’t My Questions Being Answered This Week In The Google Forums?
This week, the people who answer most of the questions in the various Google forums, are at Google for a special event called the Top Contributor Summit…
iGoogle’s 30 Day Warning Before Closure
Over a year ago, Google announced they are closing iGoogle 16 months later on November 1, 2013. Well, November 1st is about 30 days away and to remind iGoogle users…
Here Come The White Google Navigation Bar Complaints…
In September we predicted Google would launch a new white navigation bar and they indeed announced they would a week or so later. Very few have seen it since…
Google AdSense Publishers Blaming Government Shutdown For Earnings Drop
A WebmasterWorld thread has Google AdSense publishers complaining about a decline in AdSense income starting yesterday. Some are blaming the decline in the government shutdown happening right now in the United States…
Google’s Matt Cutts: Bing It On Challenge Was Obviously Flawed
A little over a year ago, Microsoft launched this campaign named the Bing It On Challenge, which was basically a blind-search taste test pinning Bing against Google…
Google’s John Mueller: “We Don’t Use Authorship For Ranking”
Yes, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts did say rel=author can help search quality but he did also say Google is currently not using it.
John Mueller…
When Government Shuts Down Yosemite National Park Google 123rd Birthday
Today is the 123rd birthday or anniversary of the legendary park in the United States, Yosemite National Park. It is also the first day the park is being closed because of the 2013 Government Shutdown in place today.
Google, on Google.com…
Copy & Paste Now In Google AdWords Interface
Google quietly announced on Google+ a new feature to copy and paste within the Google AdWords interface.
Google said, “we’re making it faster and easier to restructure your campaigns and build out new ones with the ability to copy and paste in the Ad…
Filters Added To Google Knowledge Graph
Another addition to what was announced and launched this Sunday are filters on some knowledge graph results.
Here is an example:
As you can see, Google added a filter option, which shows various filter options. I used it to show a list of abstract …
Search Facebook Posts & Status Updates
Last night, Facebook announced you can now search posts and status updates directly in Facebook with their Graph Search.
Now this is what Facebook users have been asking for.
Some things you can search for include:
Matt Cutts: Google Trends Less Useful For Spammers
What I did not mention and forgot about was the features Google Trends had prior that were removed quietly over time. Some of the “explore” features dropped out.
Why were they removed?
Reporting Delay In Google Webmaster Tools Search Queries
The forums are getting restless over a Google Webmaster Tools reporting delay, specifically with the search queries report…
Old Google Image Search Interface Returns To Mobile Version?
Google Image Search on iOS 7 seems to have reverted back to the legacy interface.
Instead of showing a full screen preview of the image…
Google’s Card Interface Now Live
After months and months of testing, Google has finally went live with their new mobile interface. It first went live this Sunday.
Here is what the new mobile interface looks on tablets and smartphones…
Google’s New Knowledge Graph Carousel For Musicians
Search Google for an artist name plus the word songs. For example, search for [neil young songs] and you should see a new knowledge graph carousel with the songs from the artist at the top…
Hummingbird: Google Rewrites Search Algorithm
On Thursday, Google had a press event to announce new changes they have been working on in search, as well discuss the progression over the 15 years of their existence.
Part of that was to announce that they have rewrote their search algorithm for the …