Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: September 27, 2013
Here is our weekly video recap, covering two weeks, but this time two changes. First, I am doing this in the conference room with the TV behind me, do you like it…
Google Turns 15 Years Old
Today is Google’s birthday, they are now 15 years old. I am currently offline today, so I am not able to check out the Google Doodle (Google Logo) for the day but I have a strong feeling it will look like the cupcake and images used in the 15K race.
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SEOs: Large Web Sites Rank Better In Google
A few months ago, we ran a poll asking our audience if they believe that the site of a site matters when it comes to ranking in Google. In short, do larger sites rank better than smaller sites…
What Unpaid SEOs Do To Get Paid
Ever wonder what SEO companies are likely to do when they don’t get paid by their clients?
Well, we wondered and decided to ask the question a few months ago. Now with 350 responses in…
Report: Backlink Tools Show 30% To 50% Of Your Links
Remember that study Eric Enge published that said Google+ has no ranking benefit…
Google Incentivizes Google+ Hashtag Spam
Google quietly announced on Google+ via Zaheed Sabur, a software engineer at the company, that you can now search for hashtags on Google.com and see results from Google+.
Coping With Google’s Not Provided
As you know, virtually all of Google’s organic search traffic query data is not provided as of this week. Webmasters, marketers and SEOs are trying to grasp this concept and figure out what to do going forward.
Making do without having this
That Google Manual Penalty May Come Back To Haunt You
It is not new that Google manual actions expire, it should also not be new to you that an expiration of a manual action does not mean the manual action will never return. It likely will…
Why Build Your Own Blog Link Network???
You’d think that after Google has penalized link network after link network that SEOs would stop asking the question of how to build links via a link network – but nope…
Poll: Google’s Softer Panda Update Helped 18% Fully Recover
A few months ago, I ran a poll asking how many recovered after Google ran the softer Panda update in mid-July.
With over 500 responses in, I wanted to share the results.
Question: Did You Recover In Google’s Panda July 2013 Update…
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 25, 2013
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:
SEO Companies Fined For Fake Online Reviews
New York State Attorney Gene…
Google Local Showing Review Removals To Submitter
Google is now showing the individual who submitted a review on Google Local if the submission was removed…
YouTube’s Voice Search Broken On iOS 7
If you upgraded to iOS 7 on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch and you are trying to use the YouTube voice search feature on the YouTube App, you are currently out of luck.
Every time you try to perform a voice search via the app…
SEO Companies Fined For Fake Online Reviews
New York State Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman, announced that 19 companies have agreed to pay out a total of $350…
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 24, 2013
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:
Google Crushes Ghost Rank 2.0…
Google Crushes Ghost Rank 2.0, A Russian Link Network
Ghost Rank 2.0 was hit hard by Google. It seems that at least one of the underground and under the radar networks was severely hurt by Google and many of the sites using them to rank well in Google are now penalized. Google’s Matt Cutts did issue a war…
Google AdWords Conversion Window Customization Between 7 & 90 Days
Google announced you can now customize the conversion window length from a flat 30 day period, now to a period anywhere between 7 and 90 days.
Google said, “We’re also adding the capability to customize your conversion counting window from 7 to 90 day…
Poking Google With Fetch Requests Won’t Lead To A Penalty
You know that annoying kid who is constantly poking you on your back and asking the same annoying request over and over again…
Google: Higher Quality Content Not Necessarily More Useful Content
All this talk about having the best, most authoritative, most professional, most correct and accurate information on your web site – throw it out the window. Okay, maybe I am being a bit sarcastic but stick with me here…