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.
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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 …
Black Hats Mock Google’s Matt Cutts With Payday Loan Hack
As you probably remember, Google launched a new spam algorithm to target spammy queries such as payday loans. It had a serious impact on spammers from what I see, which I will cover right after this story…
Happy Father’s Day 2013 From Google, Bing But Not Yahoo
Happy Father’s Day everyone! This would be the fourth year I am being honored with such a day myself. ;-) That being said, I wanted to wish all our Father’s a very special day today.
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 14, 2013
Busy week, mostly because of all the news that came out of SMX Advanced via Matt Cutts. First up…
Twitter Analytics: Timeline Activity & Followers
Twitter launched free Twitter Analytics under Twitter Ads.
The Twitter Analytics are pretty basic, giving you basic information about what you share and how many mentions, retweets, favorites, clicks and replies each tweet gets…