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Barry Schwartz

Member since: 09-29-08

Website: http://www.seroundtable.com/

Recent Posts

iAcquire Banned From Google After Link Buying Allegations
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 24, 2012
Google Asked To Take Down Over 1.2 Million URLs Last Month From Search Results
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 23, 2012
New Design & Features Come To iPhone Google Search: Version 2.0
Google's Latest Interactive Logo: The Moog Synthesizer
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 22, 2012
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 21, 2012
Bing Offers Advice On Google's Penguin Update: Diversify
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 18, 2012
Search In Pics: LinkedIn Bike, Chrome Watch & Facebook @ Google
Dylan Hoffman's Pirate Times Doodle 4 Google Wins Pirate Booty
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 17, 2012
Bing Search API Now On Paid Platform
Google's Penguin Update Makes The Wall Street Journal
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 16, 2012
Did Google Drop 100+ Small Directories?
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 15, 2012
Funny Google Matt Cutts Mashup Video
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 14, 2012
Majestic SEO Announces New Link Metrics: Trust Flow & Citation Flow
Google's Happy Mother's Day Logo (2012 Edition)
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 11, 2012

Recent Comments

Google Panda 3.2 Update Confirmed
Alfred, Panda and the Page Layout Algo are not related according to Google's John Mueller. ILF, I think the rollout would be both US and internationa
Facebook Ranked #3, Google #5 For Best Places To Work
Fixed.
Google Disables URL Removals After Bug Allows Anyone To Remove Any Site
Arjun, I did not but James did. ikiks, I am told Google disables the removal tool, which I wrote above. So nothing will happen, it won't let you.
Google Disables URL Removals After Bug Allows Anyone To Remove Any Site
This is why I didn't cover it here until Google removed the feature or fixed the bug.
Yahoo Shutting Down Site Explorer This Year
Reuben, it does not mean that. Mostly but Yahoo said they still will use Slurp on selective sites for richer search result usage.
Official: Google Panda Update 2.2 Is Live
@kasper, we do not know. @Jeffree, sorry, fixed.
Official: Google Panda Update 2.2 Is Live
@Pedro, I have asked Google to confirm the exact date, but they have not done so. @Jon, Panda has not yet been released to non-English language por
Google Tests Using Site Name Rather Than URL In Search Results
Riccardo, yep, we covered that a couple weeks ago at http://searchengineland.com/google-testing-url-above-search-results-snippet-78488
Google Instant Now For Google Places
Same as how ads or other organic results are impacted. 3 seconds is the AdWords impression count rule. Same likely applies to this. Of course,
New: Google Lets You Block Any Site From Search Results
It is being rolled out slowly. It might take days for everyone to see it.
Bing Tiles: Interactive Images In Search Results
Thanks Cameron, see what happens when you write a title with the word tiles in it? ;-)
Google On Designing Mobile Friendly Websites
Extima, depends on your content.
Google Uses Amazon’s Algorithm For YouTube’s Recommendation Engine
Matt, I did not cover this story as a Bing vs Google follow up from yesterday. I just found it interesting that Google didn't build this from the gro
Google Says Search Quality Improved With New Spam Detection
Magnus, Yes, I wrote that above. But Google promised to get stricter on that.
Google’s Second Major Quality Score Reporting Bug In 3 Weeks
Did you read what I wrote? "If your quality score dropped, please do not panic, it might be a reporting glitch."
Google Analytics Data Skewed Because Of Instant Previews
Yep, but you need to know that you need to set up that filter. That is until Google changes the fetch process.
Study: Change From “Sponsored Links” To “Ads” Increased CTRs On Google
I should note, it seems like the start date of the data collection process and the start date of the ad label change don't coincide.
Matt Cutts & Other Google Engineers Close Facebook Accounts
Knowing Matt, he has never liked Facebook because it is "closed" where you cannot easily get your data out of it. So likely a protest of some kind.
Meet The 25-Year-Old Who Saved “SEO” From Being Trademarked
Ah, thanks for clarifying Jonathan.
Sorry, Yahoo, You DO Index The Meta Keywords Tag
I feel like I was lied to. Remember Danny, I asked Cris "are you sure?" I had this feeling like he was wrong...
How To Ask A Google Engineer For SEO Help
I should add that Google Operating System blog just wrote
Google Cash Scams Targeted By “White Knight” SEOs
Jonah, I wouldn't consider Bing to be all that good at managing their ads. Did you read http://searchengineland.com/report-90-of-bings-internet-ph
Google AdSense for Mobile Applications Goes Into Public Beta
Personally, I cannot wait for this. :)
Is Google Maps Getting Flickr Photos?
Those are some awesome office pictures. ;-)
Hoping To Improve People Search, Google Launches “Profile Results”
I think I broke it. :) I have two profiles now, both duplicate and both verified. http://www.google.com/profiles/107945426404682361496 http://www

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