Daily Search Forum Recap: December 18, 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 Matt Cutts:...
View ArticleGoogle’s URL/Content Removal Tool Now A Wizard
Google has updated their URL removal tool to make it easier and smarter to remove content specifically from third-party web sites. Google told us at Search Engine Land specifically that the tool is...
View ArticleDid The Authorship Reduction In Google Begin?
In October, Matt Cutts of Google at PubCon announced there would likely be a 15% reduction in authorship being displayed in the Google search results. Since then, I haven’t seen many – I’ve seen some –...
View ArticleGoogle AdSense Back To Square Arrows?
When Google introduced the arrows to the AdSense ads, they came with a colored square background button with an arrow overlaid on the square. Then a year ago, Google went from the square background to...
View ArticleGoogle’s Matt Cutts: Ideally ccTLDs Should Have IP In Country
This is probably a topic we’ve covered a dozen times here but it is always nice to have an official video from Matt Cutts on the topic. Matt said, in an “ideal world” it would be “wonderful” for each...
View ArticleGoogle Bus Stop = GBUS STOP
Rich snapped a picture of a Google Bus Stop, aka GBUS Stop, and posted the image on Flickr. Recently there was some controversy around Google Busing but I am not sure if this picture is related to...
View ArticleMatt Cutts: Google Tries To Minimize Search Updates Before Holidays
I am not sure if you noticed but all the Google search results tracking tools flared up yesterday reporting major changes in the Google search results. You can see for yourself at MozCast, SERPs.com,...
View ArticleUpdated: Did The Authorship Reduction In Google Begin? Yes.
In October, Matt Cutts of Google at PubCon announced there would likely be a 15% reduction in authorship being displayed in the Google search results. Since then, I haven’t seen many – I’ve seen some –...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: December 19, 2013
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View ArticleGoogle December 19th Ranking Fluctuations Reported
So Google confirmed they reduced the authorship snippets from showing in the results. We know that. Matt Cutts strongly implied that there was no update on December 17th, despite all the tracking tools...
View ArticleGoogle Continues Work On Promoting Topic Authorities
Back in May, we covered how Google is planning on releasing an algorithm to promote subject authorities in the search results. Some call this the “good guy algorithm” and some call it the “author...
View ArticleNew Look For Medical Knowledge In Google’s Search Results
A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around a new look for answers around medical or health related queries in Google. The results, as described by a webmaster, “replaces results with content,” which...
View ArticleiOS 6 Jailbreak & Google Search App Don’t Work Together
There are new complaints, since the Google search app was updated, that it doesn’t work with iOS 6 devices. The Google Web Search Help forums has many of those complaints and they have increased since...
View ArticleGoogle: Authorship Works With Google+ Vanity URLs
Once you get your authorship working, no one wants to mess around and change URLs. Some don’t like to mess around even if the authorship is not live in the search results, in fear changing it might...
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Panda & Penguin KeyCaps For Google Webspam Holiday Gifts
Google’s Matt Cutts shared on Twitter a picture of the holiday presents Googlers who are part of the webspam team are giving each other. One such gift is a panda and penguin keycap. He wrote “The sort...
View ArticleVideo Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 20, 2013
It was an all Google week, like many, with Google breaking the bad guys and loving the good guys. Google penalized another link network, this one named Backlinks.com. Anglo Rank, the network Google...
View ArticleThe 100th Anniversary Of The Crossword Puzzle Gets A Google Doodle
Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the first ever crossword published anywhere. It was published by Arthur Wynne, a journalist from Liverpool, England on December 21, 1913 in the New York World. To...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: December 20, 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: The 100th Anniversary...
View ArticleOk Google Is Not Okay! It’s Spelled Wrong.
A Google Web Search Help thread has a couple of searchers who are upset with Google’s use of English. Specifically in their marketing and use of “Ok Google” for the hot word to trigger a search. They...
View ArticleGoogle’s Futuristic Holiday Party
I spotted a nice set of photos of Google’s holiday party on Flickr by PM Breakfast. The pictures show robots, ice sculptures, casinos, salons, back to the future cars and so much more. This party...
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