Poll: Were You Affected By Google Penguin 2.0?
It has been just under a week since Google Penguin 2.0 (#4) was released and I wanted to gauge in an anonymous poll how SEOs and webmasters were impacted.
With Penguin 1.0, 64% claimed they were hurt by that update. There were very few recoveries si…
Google: Use The Disavow Tool Like A Machete & Not Fine-Toothed Comb
Earlier this month, Google’s head of search spam, responded to a comment on his blog explaining that when most SEOs and Webmasters use the disavow tool, they use it wrong.
Matt Cutts said you should not use it like a “fine-toothed comb” but rather use …
Google Apps iOS Users Stop Getting Push Email Via Exchange: A Bug?
There are hundreds of complaints in the Gmail Help forums from iOS users who use Google Apps or Gmail with the Exchange setup that are saying they are no longer getting email to them being pushed.
I am one of those people, so I can confirm this is ind…
Google AdWords Tests Off Pink Color
Techno-Net informed me via Twitter that Google is testing yet another background color for the AdWords top ad spots.
This is not the first time they tried a purple or pink’ish color. In July 2010 they tested a pale purple color as a background image….
Bing News Gets Carousel, Related People & Older Results
Bing announced they have updated Bing News to add a news carousel for specific types of searches. They also added related individuals on the right hand side. Finally, when the search is not news related or doesn’t have fresh news stories…
Memorial Day: Google’s Ribbon vs. Bing’s Home Page
Today is Memorial Day in the United States of America, a very important day to show your American patriotism and thank our soliders for protecting the country.
To celebrate the day, some of the search engines place logos…
Google Penguin 2.0 Goes Deep – But What Does That Mean?
As you know, Penguin 2.0 #4 is live and webmasters and SEOs are buzzing about that. The thing is, some misconceptions about Penguin 2.0 are driving me absolutely crazy.
Matt Cutts, in his video about this update, talks about how Penguin 2…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 24, 2013
Very busy week with Google releasing the major next generation Penguin update, Penguin 2.0. Bing also may have made a search update a few…
Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Spends One Hour Trying To Contact A Hacked Site
Gary Illyes, a former webmaster and SEO, converted Webmaster Trends Analyst working at Google Switzerland…
AdSense Publishers Like The New Google Publisher Toolbar
Google announced they have made a major update to the Google Publisher Toolbar for Chrome. The toolbar works as a Chrome extension and lets you view your DoubleClick for Publishers…
Bing Search Update On May 22nd?
Over the past few days I spotted two webmasters asking about a Bing Search update. With all the domain clustering and penguin chatter dominating the SEO space…
Google AdSense Let’s Publishers Modify Ad Code For Responsive Design & Other More
One of the largest wants/needs of Google AdSense publishers is to be able to make their AdSense ads work with responsive design web sites.
Although Google won’t do it for you automatically…
Google Knowledge Graph Nudity Removed Quickly
A Google Web Search Help thread had a solo post from a user upset to see a nude topless image show up in the knowledge graph box for a search for [kierston wareing]…
Google Site Command Temporary Issue Due To Domain Clustering
As I reported yesterday at Search Engine Land, the site command may be a bit buggy for you right now and may not be resolved for about a week.
In short…
Google Pushed Out The Major Penguin Update (v2.0 #4)
As I reported last night at Search Engine Land, Penguin 2.0 / 4 is now live – this is the next generation Penguin update. As Google’s Matt Cutts added, this impacts 2.3% of English queries and also impacts other languages but the percentage depends on …
Congrats Doodle 4 Google Coming Home Winner: Sabrina Brady
If you visit Google today, on their home page is a special Google Logo, aka Doodle, created by Sabrina Brady of Sparta…
How #ifihadglass Can Check To Pick Up Google Glass
As you may have heard, #ifihadglass winners are now being notified slowly that they can schedule a time to pick up Google Glass in NY or California. Google announced on Google+, “Over the next few weeks…
Google Maps Reviews Tech Issues? Google’s FAQ
Jade Wang from Google posted in the Google Business Help forum an FAQs on what to do if you are having technical issues with your Google Maps reviews.
She answers 11 different questions related to this topic…
Video: Google Conversational Search In Action
As Danny Sullivan reported earlier, Google’s Conversational Search is now live on the Google desktop at Google.com.
Basically, it lets you talk your query to Google and Google will respond back with a response…
GeoGuessr: Addictive Google Maps Guessing Game
Spotted via Hacker News a site named geoguessr is an addictive guessing game that has you look at Google Street View imagery and you click on the Google Map to say where that image was taken from…