SearchCap: Google EU Antitrust, Google Algorithms & Third-Party PLAs
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Brings PLAs To Third-Party Sites Like Walmart.com Today, Google announced it is extending its popular produc…
Tolstoy’s 186th Birthday Honored With Interactive Google Doodle
The doodle includes an eight-scene slideshow with images of Tolstoy himself, as well as scenes from his works “War and Peace,” “Anna Karenina,” and “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.”
Google Brings PLAs To Third-Party Sites Like Walmart.com
Today, Google announced it is extending its popular product listing ads (PLAs) to retail and e-commerce sites across the Google Search Network. The ads are served via a new Google product called AdSense for Shopping, which offers retail and ecommerce s…
Bing Temporarily Removes New Image Widget
After Getty Images filed a lawsuit citing “massive infringement,” Bing has temporarily removed the new tool it said would make it easier to display images and slideshows on websites.
Advanced eCommerce Link Building Guide
Have you ever been so excited about something that you’ve had to consistently discipline yourself to keep from ruining the surprise?
Over the last 6+ months, I’ve been working on something specific to those who are building links for eCommerce websites, as I know the unique challenge these companies produce on the link building side of things. And it’s finally open to the world.
The guide is now live to the general public right here: …
Advanced eCommerce Link Building Guide is a post from: Point Blank SEO
When it Comes to URLs, Does Size Matter?
Pop quiz: You’re buying a website domain. You sell disco balls. Disco-ball-fever.com is $200. Disco.ball is $20. Which one do you buy? Answer: If you are trying to maximize how many people can recall your website domain five seconds after seeing it, then buy disco.ball. You’ve probably seen the internet awash lately in bizarre domain extensions. Speculators, […]
What Ranking Signal is Better, HTTPS or FOAF markup, when Searcher and Searched Author are Connected?
Recently, Google announced that they would be ranking pages higher in search results when those pages use a secure protocol of https. The Google Webmaster Central blog told us so through Google Webmaster Trends Analysts Zineb Ait Bahajji and Gary Illyes, in HTTPS as a ranking signal. The use of https doesn’t necessarily make a […]
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The 2 Types Of Rich Media Your SEO Plan Can’t Ignore
No one would embark upon an SEO plan without optimizing their text for SEO. In this multimedia age, you can’t ignore images and video either.
The post The 2 Types Of Rich Media Your SEO Plan Can’t Ignore appeared first on Search Engine Land.
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Google Panda Update On September 5th
On Friday, I saw dozens of threads in the Google Webmaster Help forums with people complaining about major traffic loses. But the automated tracking tools from Moz, SearchMetrics, Algoroo, SERPS.com and others didn’t really show any signs…
Google: Responsive Design Is Not A Ranking Signal Boost
We know Google demotes non mobile friendly web sites in smartphone search results. But for some reason, there is a debate if Google gives a ranking boost to responsive design sites over other mobile formatted sites that deploy Google’s best practices….
Bad Link-Building You Should Be Doing
In a lot of cases, links from methods that many would consider bad are not just part of a natural profile but can actually drive traffic and PageRank.
The Confusion Over Google’s Algorithm Updates & Refreshes
I personally spend a lot of time within the SEO space investigating claims of Google algorithm updates, it is a fascinating topic because there are so many variables involved and a lot of secrecy on Google’s end around their search algorithms. Often, Google will not confirm updates or…
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Is Social the New Google?
During one of our recent projects, we noticed something odd. The website at hand, a shop / blog selling organic products, had over 50% of all pageviews coming from Google Pinterest. Is this really as odd as we felt it was? If you come to think about it, social search has been stealing ground from Google search for years,…
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Co-Occurrence as a Ranking Signal
TL;DR: A little-known property of Google Books search highlights co-occurrence as a ranking signal.
The concept of co-occurrence (not to be confused with co-citation) has been on the radar of many search professionals for a while. I accepted the idea as common sense and never thought to investigate it further, then one day I stumbled into a peculiar set of search results which lead to what appears to be conclusive evidence of Google’s use of co-occurrence in their search results.…
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Google Logo For Leo Tolstoy’s 186th Birthday
Today on Google’s home pages worldwide is a special Google logo for Leo Tolstoy, a novelist most well known for his works named War and Peace, Anna Karenina, A Confession, The Kingdom of God Is Within You and Resurrection…
Google On Mobile Redirection: Now Use 301s, Not 302s
Back in June, Google updated their site moving documentation drastically but webmasters questioned why Google specifically recommended using 302 redirects to communicate separate smartphone URLs from desktop URLs. Well that has changed…
Twitter With Buy Buttons Within Tweets
Twitter announced they are getting into the e-commerce space with buy buttons in tweets.
Today we are beginning to test a new way for you to discover and buy products on Twitter. For a small percentage of U.S…
Google: Even After Algorithm Update, Your Rankings Changes May Not Be Immediately Visible
In response to our story on Google confirming a Penguin refresh is needed to recover from Penguin, Google’s John Mueller added more context to his answer in the Google Webmaster Help thread.
In short, he made a few important points…
Verify Analytics Accuracy With Google Webmaster Tools Top Pages
Especially when beginning an SEO engagement, it’s helpful to ensure tracking is as accurate as possible. Having the ability to compare analytics to external sources can give us something to point to when tracking doesn’t seem right.
Leo Tolstoy Google Logo Brings To Life The Author’s Classic Novels
Today’s Google logo is a an homage to Leo Tolstoy to mark the Russian author’s 186th birthday. The animated logo brings to life scenes from Tolstoy’s classic novels War and Peace, Anna Karenina and The Death of Ivan Ilyich, along with stills of Tolstoy at his writing desk and…
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