Daily Search Forum Recap: June 20, 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 Language Change: Content That Get’s Used & Shared…
Google Health Related Search Results, Can You Find Them?
I am sure my readers will have a field day with this screen shot. Search for [treatment for ibs] and take a look at the search results.
By default you will see 3 ads on the top…
Official Google AdSense Score Card
Google announced a new feature within the AdSense console to help you compare your performance against other Google AdSense publishers, named the AdSense Score Card…
Google’s Matt Cutts Says DuckDuckGo Maybe Not So Private?
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, has a history of defending Google and pointing out misconceptions their competitor, DuckDuckGo, may insinuate on Hacker News.
He did so when talking about DuckDuckGo & robots.txt directives and he did so when talking about filter bubbles…
Google Language Change: Content That Get’s Used & Shared, Not Linked To.
As I reported yesterday at Search Engine Land with Google Changes Ranking Advice, Says Build Quality Sites Not Links – Google made a change to their messaging on the ranking article help document. This was first spotted by @Baeumlisberger and it is an…
I Want To Delete My Discussion Forum: Should I 404 It?
In December 2005, about 7.5 years ago, I started a forum on this site. Truth is, today, I barely spend time there. I make it incredibly hard to sign up…
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 19, 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 Search May Be Updating…..
SEO Consultant’s Parents Senselessly Murdered
One thing about the SEO industry is that for the most part, we are a tight community and we do care about each other. When I hear sad news about a fellow SEO…
Now Control Your Google AdWords Sitelinks Descriptions
Google announced on the AdWords blog that you can now “nominate specific text for your sitelink descriptions” within your AdWords ads.
To do so…
Did You See The AdSense Pong Game?
As you know, Google celebrated the ten year anniversary of Google AdSense yesterday and to celebrate, Google made a cute pong game for those publishers who can login to their Google AdSense console…
Reactions [Through Glass] By Google
Amanda Rosenberg, Google’s Product Marketing Manager for Project Glass…
Google Search May Be Updating…
There is a lot of new chatter in the WebmasterWorld forums, along with random threads at other forums including Google Webmaster Help about Google’s search results shifting around and some webmasters claiming huge declines in referrals from Google star…
Matt Cutts: Stock Images Currently Don’t Impact Rankings But We’ll Look Into It
Google’s Matt Cutts latest video answers a quick question, “does using stock photos on your pages have a negative effect on rankings…
Google Removes “Quick View” Option In Mobile Results
Search Engine Land reports that despite Google not confirming anything, Google has removed the “quick view” button from the smart phone mobile search results…
Webmaster: “Good Content Has Never Been Hit So Hard” By Google
A featured WebmasterWorld thread has an emotional but powerful post from a Webmaster who has been creating web sites for over 15 years. In fact, he joined WebmasterWorld as a member back on March 4, 2003, so he has been around a long time…
Google AdSense 10 Years Old: Which Was Your Best Year?
Google AdSense is ten years old today and Google wants everyone to know about it – as they should. AdSense has given Google a way to bring in a nice and sizable secondary source of income…
Search Spammers Admit Defeat After Spam Algorithm But Vow To Return
Last Wednesday Google released the spam algorithm to target very spammy niches and “illegal” link building and spamming techniques. Did it work…
Link Count Continues To Drop On Google Webmaster Tools
Last Wednesday we reported complaints in the forums of webmasters noticing their links are dropping within Google Webmaster Tools. In short, the links shown in Google Webmaster Tools today versus two weeks ago was a fraction of the number.
Well…
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Updated Google Knowledge Graph Carousel
The Google Knowledge Graph carousel, which launched about 10 months ago, is now showing up more and has a slightly updated style.
Reported by Gabs at Threadwatch and in WebmasterWorld, amongst other blogs and tweets…
Google Glass Cruise Fitting For San Francisco Pick Ups
Chas Stewart posted in the Google+ Glass Explorers Community that his pick up invite in San Francisco triggered an unusual notification from Google. It seems that those picking up Google Glass for a fitting in San Francisco in the upcoming weeks will …