Facebook & YouTube Are Top Sites With Content Removed From Google Under “Right To Be Forgotten”
Google is now sharing details about Right To Be Forgotten removals in a new section of its pre-existing Google Transparency Report area. The latest numbers show that Facebook, ProfileEngine.com and Google’s own YouTube are the top three sites to have content taken down through the new…
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Pigeon update undone?
A recent study posted to SearchEngineLand has come to the conclusion that Google has rolled back the Pigeon update.
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Study: 60 Percent of “Right To Be Forgotten” Requests Denied
Reputation VIP operates the Forget.me website intended to handle Google and Bing “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests. Using three months of data, the company has released a study on RTBF’s impact in France, the UK and Germany. There was a smaller, separate study on Spain. It…
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Sit Back and Let Google Make Plans for You
Now, the updated Google app can help you plan your next date or discover where to dine out when traveling.
Should You Copy A Top Site’s SEO?
Big sites like Amazon.com can teach us a lot about SEO…or can they? Contributor Tom Schmitz gives us the lowdown.
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Free Google Local Duplicate Listing Finder Tool
Finding duplicates for the same listing with the Google local index is critical. Unfortunately the new Maps is terrible at it and G+ creates too many false positives. You can revert to the old Maps and its increasingly quirky behavior or MapMaker to find the duplicates in the Google Local index but both of those […]
Workin’ 9 to 5? Songs to Get Productive
A deadline looms. The clock is ticking. Yet it’s too loud in the office – your desk mate’s yakking on the phone, the coffee machine is whirring. So you relocate, ahhh… No actually, now it’s too quiet.
Know Your Platforms: AdWords vs. AdWords Express
What are the key differences between AdWords and AdWords Express? Which platform is best suited for the needs and goals of your business?
What To Do When The PPC Competition Plays Dirty
Contributor Pauline Jakober shares concrete steps you can take to combat shady PPC practices — even when the search engine declines to take action.
The post What To Do When The PPC Competition Plays Dirty appeared first on Search Engine Land.
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Videos: Google’s Maile Ohye Gives Local Businesses Advice
Maile Ohye of Google is one of the best people there are providing clear, concise…
Over 50% Of SEOs Are Concerned About Negative SEO Extortion
A few months back we reported on a mass of negative SEO extortion emails being sent around. We asked our audience if these negative SEO extortion emails scare them and truth is…
Do We Need A Search Marketing Code Of Ethics?
It has been a while since we talked about SEMPO, Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization, one of the first and longest lasting organizations for the SEM community.
But they announced they will be working on a code of ethics for the SEM comm…
Google: 30% Of First Page Search Results Contain HTTPS URLs
Here are more Google HTTPS tidbits from my SMX coverage last week…
Friday Infographic: SEO Plugins for WordPress: What do We Use?
13% of the web in Europe is using Wordpress. Of that, over half have installed an SEO plugin for Wordpress. Which ones are most popular?
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Digital
Friday Infographic: SEO Plugins for WordPress: What do We Use?
Cross-Device Measurement: Believe the Hype
The basic task of marketing is to deliver better results when achieving a particular goal, whether it be better SEO, brand awareness, conversions, or in-store purchases. When targeting consumers across devices, it is important to evaluate whether the righ
The Great Link Paradox
We used to link feely on the web and anchor text has always been a matter of context and choice. Google changed everything with its profound dependency on link signals. Designer anchor text is not a pure SEO invention, Googlers themselves asked us to use descriptive anchor text to help them understand our pages better:
“Writing descriptive anchor text, the clickable words in a link, is a useful signal to help search engines and users alike to better understand your content.…
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Changes in Google News could have massive implications for News Publishers
Websites that are not part of the ‘classic’ news media, such as Reddit and high quality blogs, are now being introduced as part of the news-vertical element in Google’s SERPs. Barry Adams explains how Google is including non-news sites in its ‘In The News’ element in the organic search results and the impact this has on search as we know it.
Post from Barry Adams on State of Digital
Changes in Google News could have massive implications for News Publishers
How to Acquire Anchor Text-Rich Links Without Resorting to Spam or Manipulation – Whiteboard Friday
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All signs point to links with exact match anchor text retaining the huge value we’ve seen throughout the years, but many of the techniques for acquiring those links are spammy. There are a few, though, that not even Google would fro…
What I Learned In 2014
(This is a highly personal post so if that isn’t your thing then you should move on.) It’s not 2014 yet but I already know what I learned in 2014. I have Follicular Lymphoma. Here’s my story. Stomach Pain Last year I began to have some stomach issues. The first time it looked like it […]
What I Learned In 2014 is by AJ Kohn, originally posted on Blind Five Year Old.
Elite SEM Wins Best Agency at U.S. Search Awards
Having won last year as well, the New York City firm was two for two at the second annual U.S. Search Awards.