Google Major Spam Problems Notification Replaces Pure Spam Notification
Marie Haynes shared a photo of Google’s new “Major Spam Problems” notification sent via the Google Search Console. This seems to be a replacement of the pure spam manual action…
Google Sets 10 Monthly Multiple URLs Crawl Quota Due to Abuse
Earlier this month, Google added a captcha to their crawl and submit to index feature in the Google Search Console’s Fetch as Google tool. Now…
Social Engineering Content Detected Google Search Console Notifications
Google is now sending out notifications for “Social engineering content detected” on your web site and sometimes it looks like the notifications are not valid…
My Website Got Accepted Into DMOZ! How Should I Feel About That?
Last week I spotted a thread at WebmasterWorld that has a webmaster noticing his website was just accepted into DMOZ…
The State Of Cross-Channel Paid Search, Part 2: SEM & TV
In the second installment in a series on cross-channel marketing and search, columnist Josh Dreller explores the relationship between TV and SEM, discussing how these can be used in conjunction with one another to improve ROI.
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Basic SEO training: product page optimization
If you’re a webshop owner, you’d like your visitors to click that ‘Buy’ button on your product page. In our Basic SEO training we teach you how to optimize the usability and conversion of your product pages. In this Basic SEO training video fragment Thijs shows an example of a good product page and explains what’s so great about it. Can’t […]
Show Me The Money: Following The PPC Keywords That Make Dollars & Sense
Structuring campaigns based on personas is can effective, but what happens when keyword overlap dilutes your messaging? Columnist Pauline Jakober shares a case study showing how thoughtful reorganization based on money-making keywords can have a huge i…
Six unusual steps for a successful Twitter lead generation campaign
Twitter can generate qualified leads at a lower cost than most of the other major ad platforms. It’s true! But not if you follow Twitter’s instructions. Why? Because Twitter’s advice for creating lead generation cards is completely wrong.
Google Confirms Four Ads At The Top & Removing Right Side Ads
Google has been testing four AdWords ads since 2006 and recently stepped up those tests in late 2015. Now, according to Search Engine Land…
Tool Review: DareBoost Web Performance Analysis
In recent years, load speed has become a hot topic in SEO. Having a fast-loading website is now more important than ever, with Google looking at load speed directly as a ranking signal, as well as numerous implicit signals depending in part on how fast your pages load. Google’s own PageSpeed Insights tool has been […]
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What will Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) mean for marketers?
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) project is due to launch at the end of February, taking a huge stride towards Google’s stated goal of a “better, faster mobile internet.”
Google is removing all Right Hand Side Ads on SERPs worldwide
As reported and confirmed by numerous sources, Google will no longer be showing ads on the right hand side of its search results pages.
Digital Marketers Look a Likes: Bradley Wiggins and Russell O’Sullivan
Sunday Digital Marketers look-a-likes. A weekly item with people that look like famous Digital Marketers. Today: Bradley Wiggins and Russell O’Sullivan
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Google Now Offering Google Certified Partners For SEO?
A week ago we reported that Google will not offer SEO certification period. But now we see Google has messaging that they do offer certified Google partners that offer SEO.
Aaron Wall spotted it and posted the details on Twitter…
Google AdWords Campaign Drafts & Experiments Rolling Out
In November, Google began beta testing a new AdWords feature for campaign drafts and experiments. Campaign drafts and experiments lets advertisers…
Google’s Gary Illyes Hopes Share Statistics On HTTPS Adoption Rates
We’ve talked a lot about Google HTTPS over the years and truth is, it seems the ranking benefit is too small to migrate to HTTPS just for that reason. In any event, I migrated this site and others to it and I also launch new sites under HTTPS…
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Confirmed: Google To Stop Showing Ads On Right Side Of Desktop Search Results Worldwide
A long-running test is now rolling out for desktop queries: Google will no longer show ads to the right of its search results, with two exceptions.
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Nat & Lo Videos: Vote For Search For Future Episodes
Nat and Lo work at Google, they do this video blog of how things work at Google by talking to the Googlers who work on them. It is part of their 20…