Google City Experts
Google has quietly launched a new local program called Google City Experts. They announced it on their Google Local New York Google+ page.
In short, it gives those who are active Google Maps reviewers, i.e…
Google Glass Invite A Friend: Tough Decisions
As you may have heard, Google began giving Gmail-like invites to Google Glass users. In short, when Gmail launched, Google let those with Gmail accounts to invite others to get Gmail (it was a limited beta as well)…
Owner Responses To Google Maps Reviews Buggy
A Google Business Help thread has complaints from some business owners who are trying to leave responses to some negative reviews on their business profile.
Google began allowing owner responses in 2010 and since then…
Google’s Matt Cutts On Using ccTLDs
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, in another video answer, responds to the question about using ccTLDs (country code top level domain names). The question was “Should
“No Data Available” In Google’s Links To Your Site Bug
It seems there are many webmasters complaining that the “Links To Your Site” section within Google Webmaster Tools is showing the error message…
One Year Shelf Life For The Google+ Local App
About a year ago, Google introduced the Google+ Local App claiming this app was the most reliable way for iOS users to rate & review on iPhones/iPads/iPod tou…
Your Google AdWords Quality Score Will Be Changing Soon
I am surprised I have not seen more reaction from the SEM community around the upcoming changes to the AdWords Quality Score reporting…
After Google Penalizes Your Site, Those Who Stole Your Content Will Rank Above You
One complaint I see a lot from webmasters and publishers is that someone stole their content and is outranking them for their own content. The Scraper and Panda algorithms don’t help.
I cannot tell you how many times I hear this complaint and it sad…
Google: Links In Press Releases Are Unnatural Links & Should Be Nofollowed
Yesterday we reported about the link schemes Google update and later on I had the opportunity to ask Google’s John Mueller specific questions about this update and what it means.
My main concern was how specific the example was given on this one…
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Google AdSense Favicons Resulting In Higher CTR For Now
Last week, Google confirmed the new AdSense favicons would go live and over the weekend they did.
In fact, many publishers are noticing the new favicons showing up in all the various text ad formats they have on their site…
Changing Anchor Text May Raise A Red Flag
A WebmasterWorld thread has a webmaster asking if changing the anchor text he has been using for links to his site to something “more natural” would lead to a confirmation that he has been up to some bad link building…
Using Google’s Similar & Related Search Features For SEO
A WebmasterWorld thread has webmasters and SEOs discussing the SEO research benefit by using Google’s similar or related search functions…
Was There A Weekend Google Update?
I am a bit torn, I’ve seen some chatter over the weekend at both WebmasterWorld and Google Webmaster Help but not enough to see strong signs of a definite update…
Google Updates Link Schemes Examples With Mentions Of Guest Posting, Advertorials & Press Releases
On Friday, I wrote at Search Engine Land Google Warns Against Large-Scale Guest Posting, Advertorials & “Optimized Anchor Text” In Press Releases…
Google’s Matt Cutts: You Can Hide Content Only When…
In one of Google’s Matt Cutts recent videos, Matt answered the questions of it is okay to use those expandable web techniques to expand and collapse content. It is okay to use those techniques or is it considered hidden text and against Google’s Webmas…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 26, 2013
This week’s search video recap is sponsored by EliteFlyers.com and you can win a free t-shirt and maybe more by watching this video…
Bing Enhances Search Suggestions As You Type
Bing announced they have greatly expanded their autosuggest engine to include a lot more types of queries, such as brands, movies, albums, places, software, sport teams…
Google Discontinues AdSense On Google Sites August 30th
Google has quietly posted a notice that they are “sunsetting AdSense” for Google Sites. It appears that after August 30, 2013, the AdSense ads on Google Sites will no longer be able to be edited or added to. You can delete them…
Google AdSense Adds Time Zone Preference For Reporting
Google announced you can now change the time zone of your AdSense reporting to your local time zone. Much like how Google added that for AdWords about six years ago…
Google Keyword Planner Tool Bug
As you know, Google’s keyword planner tool is going to overtake the keyword research tool and advertisers are getting accustomed to the new tool.