Rich Snippets Abuse (or Not?)
Here’s an interesting result I stumbled across yesterday. I couldn’t recall a standard supported Rich Snippet that could have caused this display…
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European Publishers File New Antitrust Complaints Over Google News & Images
European newspapers, magazines and photographers are not happy with Google and how their content and images are shown in the Google search results. IDG News reports Google was slapped with a new antitrust complaint over Google Images. EMMA wrote that newspapers and magazines are “extremely…
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Google Updates AdWords Opportunities Tab With New Opportunity Types
The Opportunities Tab in Google AdWords relaunched today with several new types of opportunities displayed in one view. The campaign suggestions include where to add sitelinks and where to raise bids to show your ads more often than some of your compet…
Top Online Retailers Lag in Mobile Experience [Study]
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, The Search Agency released its mobile experience scorecard for the top online retailers in the United States. Of the 100 retailers examined, REI came in first and Apple came in last.
Holiday PPC Tips From Back-To-School Season: How BookRenter Faced Down Bigger Competitors & Rising CPCs
As online businesses prepare to ramp up their holiday paid search campaigns, it can be instructive to look at insights from the retail’s second biggest season: back-to-school. For BookRenter.com, an online text book rental company, back-to-school is its holiday season. Jean-Michel…
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Yahoo’s Most Recent Homepage Updates Roll Out In Select European Countries & South Africa
Launched last February in the US, Yahoo has rolled out its new homepage in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, Ireland and South Africa. According to the announcement posted on Yahoo’s UK blog, the new homepage will display consistently across desktop, mobile and tablet devices. Yahoo says…
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Get More Traffic & Social Shares with the OnePress Social Locker Plugin (a Review)
Honestly, I forget where I first encountered what’s referred to as a social content locker. I saw it on a blog somewhere and immediately wanted to know how they were doing it. A quick view of the source code led me to the OnePress Social Locker Plugin for WordPress where I promptly purchased a license […]
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Google AdWords Adds Click-to-Call Ads to Conversion Columns
Google AdWords advertisers who are using mobile “Click to Call” ads will now find them listed in the regular Conversion column. This is part of a change to make it easier for advertisers to optimize their bidding strategy for click to call.
New AdWords Editor Version 10.3 Now Available
Google released the latest version of AdWords Editor yesterday to all AdWords users. Here is an overview of what is new in version 10.3. Sitelinks: The new version supports enhanced sitelinks, allowing you to add two lines of text, and a new Sitelink I…
October Search Market Share: Bing Continues To Grow At Yahoo’s Expense
Preliminary October search market share data from comScore are being exposed by financial analysts. We’ll have to wait for the official numbers either later today or tomorrow. However it appears there is little change from last month: Google is flat, Bing gained a fraction of a point and…
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Google Reunion Commercial Is Heartwarming Even In A Different Language
Normally I do not share commercials or heavily promoted videos from Google but this is heartwarming. Google shared on Google+ a commercial they are running, I assume in India…
Google Offering Free Online Site Reviews This Monday
John Mueller announced on Google+ that Google will be offering short site reviews for webmasters this coming Monday, November 18th at 10am EDT…
Google Can’t Count Maps Reviews
Spotted via Mike Blumenthal, it seems Google is having a hard time counting the number of reviews on a Google Maps listing.
How Does Google Choose a Profile Photo? It’s the Algo Dummie!
There has been some conversation and consternation (free membership required) of late when Google seemingly arbitrarily replaces a business owner selected profile photo with a different photo perhaps provided by a third party. Like all things in local its not random. It’s the algo. And like all things in local, you, as the business owner, are only […]
Mobile SEO: 5 Ways to Ensure Your Brand’s Content is Optimized
Marketers and brand leaders need to consider how their brand content is discovered and engaged with by searchers on a mobile device compared to a desktop. Here are five ways brands and agencies can ensure maximum mobile search reach and engagement.
Google Offering Online Site Reviews This Monday, November 18th
Google’s John Mueller announced that on this Monday’s Google office-hours, Google will be offering “short website reviews” for webmasters who are looking for advice. To participate, you must add your web site to this Google Moderator page. Then, if Google has time and wants…
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Sponsored Post: Advertising Authority Takes Up Battle with Paid Links
A new post from www.davidnaylor.co.uk. BAZINGA!
3 Ways B2B Search Marketers Can Stand Out With Rich Ad Formats
We all know B2B customers differ from regular consumers for a variety of reasons. Their purchase cycle is longer, as they have to consult more options before pulling the trigger on signing a contract for a solution or purchasing a product. There is als…
Google Easter Egg: “When Am I”
Google’s Moritz Tolxdorff shared a new Google Easter Egg when using Google Voice Search via Google+.
All you need to do is ask Google: “Okay Google: When Am I” and Google will respond:
The present, of course…
New Google AdWords Editor Live: Version 10.3
Google announced on Google+ they have pushed out an updated version of the AdWords Editor.
This is version 10.3 and the new features include:
Demographic targeting:
View and update your AdWords demographic targeting on the new Gender and Age tabs…..