Keynote – A Key Role For The Search Professional: Company Insight Wizard – #SMXLondon
First session of SMX London with Jim Stern who focused on a key role for the search professional as a company insight wizard.
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Keynote – A Key Role For The Search Professional: Company Insight Wizard – #SMXLondon
Foundem: Google Should Kill or Radically Change Universal Search Results
UK price comparison firm Foundem believes that Google’s proposed concessions ignore the basis of Google’s monopoly on search. Instead, the concessions focus on minor alterations to Google’s “self-serving Universal Search inserts.”
Interview with ABC: Mars One
Link of the interview: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-15/an-ethical-questions-over-one-way-mars-mission/4690824
Dan Petrovic appeared on ABC’s Newsline as a representative of Australian Science and one of the first five sponsors of Mars One initiative. The interview also features comments from the founder Bas Lansdorp, Jonathan Nally from SpaceInfo and Dr.
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BloomReach Adds 4 New Metrics to Measure Page Quality
BloomReach’s “Continuous Quality Management” (CQM) technology scores web pages relative to other pages across the web with similar types of content. It goes beyond just the keywords and looks at all content elements on a page, including the intent.
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 10, 2013
This week, I cover a lot of unconfirmed rumors about a possible Google update in the search results. I also do the monthly Google webmaster report, to catch you up on the…
Happy Mother’s Day Logos From Google & The Search Industry
Happy Mother’s Day all you moms out there! Today is one of those days that the search engines go wild over their logos and background themes. We have outstanding logos from most of the search engines, with the exception of…
Google SMS Search Discontinued Without Warning
Without any warning to dedicated Google SMS searchers, Google has discontinued the the ability for you to send a text message to Google and get a response…
Do You 404 Or 301 A Web Page?
A HighRankings Forum thread asks what should this webmaster do after he deleted an unwanted page. Should the webmaster 404 the page or 301 the page.
To me the answer is simple. Let’s look at the definitions of a 404 vs a 301…
Google Mobile Study Shows Importance Of Mobile Search & Ads
Google published a study last Thursday on how in-store shoppers use smartphones.
The study is useful for marketers to understand how smartphone users use search and other features while shopping in stores…
Google’s Major Penguin Update Coming In Weeks. It Will Be Big!
On Friday, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts announced on Twitter that the Penguin update we are expecting this year, will be coming in the next few weeks.
Matt Cutts said…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 13, 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’s Major Penguin Update Coming In Weeks…
Atari Breakout: Google Image Search Easter Egg
A company that is so obsessed with productivity and efficiency – for them to make a game or several games and logos over the years – that leads to so much wasted productivity is always interesting to me.
The latest…
People Come To Bing’s Auto Suggest
Bing announced they have added people to the auto-suggestions when you search and Bing tries to auto-complete your search query…
Google Brings I/O To You Via Google+ Requests
Can’t make it to Google I/O and bummed about it? Well, Google said they will still love to answer your questions
Google Catches Free Host Injecting Hidden Links On Clients Web Sites
You’d think these places would learn but no, they don’t. A Google Webmaster Help thread has a webmaster asking about how he can remove the sitelinks from showing up in Google…
Matt Cutts On 10 New SEO Changes At Google In Next Few Months
Yesterday, Google’s Matt Cutts did something he doesn’t often do – he pre-announced changes Google will be implementing to the ranking and indexing algorithms in the next few months…
SPONSOR MESSAGE: Page One Power Boosts Search Rankings with Relevant, Sustainable Links
Page One Power is a custom link building firm based in Boise, ID that focuses on relevancy and transparency. We build high-quality, sustainable links for world class bands and mom & pop shops around the globe. Our in-house team of professional writers and researchers is the best in the…
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Going from SEO N00B to Full-Timer in Six Months and What I Learned Along the Way
When I was four years-old I asked my mother what red and green traffic lights meant. I immediately followed with two more burning questions regarding why dogs wag their tails and why people respond, “you’re welcome” to a “thank you.” Done! For the next several minutes, I was omnipotent. My education was complete. I knew […]
German Court Says Google Must Block Libelous Words Added Via Autocomplete Function
In a surprising turn of events, Germany’s top civil court overturned two lower court rulings on a case involving Google’s autocomplete function. According to the ruling, it is Google’s responsibility to block libelous words that appear next to a name via the autocomplete function…
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Google Images Easter Egg: Search ‘Atari Breakout’ to Play Image Breakout Game
A new Easter egg turns Google Images into a playable classic arcade game with a Google twist. Head to Google Images and type “Atari breakout” to fire up “Image Breakout” and start destroying rows of images by bouncing a ball into them.