Google: Awesome Sites Are Better Than Perfect SEO’ed Sites
When it comes to SEO, I often meet two types of webmasters. The ones that know nothing about how search engines work and the ones that obsess over the smallest SEO concerns. There is often never a balance…
Google Update Brewing? May 2013
There are some very early signs of a possible Google update brewing as of early this morning. A WebmasterWorld thread has some renewed chatter around an update…
Watch Out For Google Rich Snippet Hacking
There are two reports in the Google Webmaster Help of webmasters noticing that the schema aka rich snippet details show third-party data and links in the rich snippet testing tool…
May 30th, Google AdWords Spreadsheet Edit Shutting Down
Google announced they are sunsetting, removing the option for AdWords advertisers to modify their campaigns through the spreadsheet edit option.
The spreadsheet edit option is going away May 30, 2013…
Google AdSense Changes Reports To Remove Invalid Clicks & Impressions
Google announced on the AdSense blog that effective now, Google is removing not just the earnings associated with invalid clicks but also the clicks and impressions associated with those invalid clicks.
Google: Our Business Places Analytics Is A Bit Fickle
It should be of no surprise to our reader or anyone who has a business listing on Google Maps/Places/Local that the Google Places Dashboard has issues and bugs.
It is one of the most consistent complaints from business owners who interact with Googl…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 3, 2013
This week I reported on a scary possible Google Rich Snippet hacking issue, I hope it is just a display bug. Bing Webmaster Tools added a malware…
Structure Your Google AdWords Account For Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a week from Sunday and most children probably still have not bought their mother’s a gift.
So that means you still have time to create your campaigns to target searchers looking to buy your goods and services on AdWords…
Google Maps Images: Can I Use Them?
One of the more common topics I see come up is the question of, can I use images from Google Maps or Google Earth on my web site, on a t-shirt, in the news paper…
Google’s Cutts Say Search Flux Not Meant To Trick SEOs?
Several months ago we covered discussion around a patent document filed by Google named ranking documents…
Google: Don’t Hide URLs In Search Results. We Don’t Like It.
@tecnonetblog, a man who spots probably 2 – 5 Google experiments per week, noticed a new one where Google is not displaying the search results URL in the search results interface…
Exact Match Domainers: Are You Switching Or Improving?
Several months ago, Google launched the Google EMD Update that went after “low-quality exact-match domains in search results,” according to Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts.
Since then…
May 2013 Google Webmaster Report
It has been a pretty busy month over at Google, not much in terms of “official” updates but a lot of discussion about changes on both the algorithm side and user interface side. Plus, we learned a lot from Google comments…
Ask Google’s Matt Cutts Your Webmaster Questions
Google’s Matt Cutts has published over 500 videos in the past four years – most of them answering questions related to SEO or webmaster topics. The questions aren’t made up out of the blue, they come from SEOs and Webmasters asking Matt these question…
Bing Webmaster Tools Adds Malware Re-Evaluation & Geo-Targeting
Bing announced two new features added to Bing Webmaster Tools.
(1) A Malware Re-Evaluation Tool
(2) Geo-Targeting Options
Bing Malware Re-Evaluation Tool
As you may know…
Google Now Available For iPhone/iPad
Google announced that Google Now, the predictive search feature from Google, is now available on iOS devices. You can download it by just downloading or upgrading the Google Search App via iTunes App Store.
Once you do, to activate it, you need to load…
Google: Stop Repeating The Same Keyword Over & Over Again
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster asking why Google isn’t ranking his seven year old web site.
Google’s John Mueller said that he is over doing it with the web site…
Link Removal Fees Feel Like Ransom Deal
As you know, I have not been a fan of link removal fees, even from link directories.
I spotted this WebmasterWorld thread where
Widest Google AdSense Ad Unit: 970×90
Google announced the support for a new AdSense ad unit, the size is super wide at 970×90.
I cannot even show you a sample of this ad because this site wouldn’t support it properly – it is so wide.
Here is a picture…
Google Showing “See More Results From…” Less Often Now?
A Google Web Search Help thread has complaints from searchers that Google is showing the “see more results from…” feature a lot less often…