Google: Toolbar

Google Toolbar PageRank officially goes dark

A month or so after Google told us they would be removing the 1-to-10 PageRank scores from their toolbar feeds, they removed it this past...

Barry Schwartz | Apr 18, 2016 at 8:50 am ET

RIP Google PageRank score: A retrospective on how it ruined the web

While Google will remove PageRank scores from public view in the coming weeks, the way those scores dramatically reshaped the web will remain....

Danny Sullivan | Mar 9, 2016 at 9:00 am ET

Google has confirmed it is removing Toolbar PageRank

It's official: Google has decided to kill off Toolbar PageRank from its...

Barry Schwartz | Mar 8, 2016 at 2:41 pm ET

Google Toolbar PageRank Finally & Officially Dead?

In October 2013, Google head of search spam Matt Cutts implied we would likely not see another Google Toolbar PageRank update before the year...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 7, 2014 at 9:27 am ET

Google Toolbar PageRank Lives On With The First Update In Over 10 Months

Google has updated the Toolbar PageRank values this morning, despite Google’s Matt Cutts implying the update would not happen again within...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 6, 2013 at 9:00 am ET

Google’s Matt Cutts: No More PageRank Updates This Year

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, said on Twitter yesterday that Google won’t be pushing out a new Google Toolbar PageRank...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 7, 2013 at 9:48 am ET

Is PageRank Finally Dead? It Seems To Be, At Least In The Google Toolbar

Want to know what the PageRank of a page is? The ability to easily do this using the Google Toolbar has gotten harder over the years, with the...

Barry Schwartz | Aug 30, 2013 at 9:05 am ET

How Google Autocomplete Can Affect Your Brand’s SEO & ORM Strategy

Have you ever typed a company name into Google and been instantly greeted with words like ‘scam’ or ‘complaints’ by Google Autocomplete?...

Brian Patterson | Aug 27, 2012 at 11:29 am ET

Google Redirects Patent Search, Shuts Down Google Related Toolbar, One Pass & Vaccine Finder

After only eight months, the Google Related toolbar is headed to the dead pool. That’s one of several Google products being phased out in...

Matt McGee | Apr 20, 2012 at 4:13 pm ET

Oh No! What Happened To My PageRank?

There has been a lot of discussion and scare on Twitter and within the SEO forums that Google has disabled the Toolbar PageRank scores from...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 6, 2011 at 11:34 am ET

Google: PageRank Drops Most Likely Because You Sell Links

In a new Matt Cutts video, the Google engineer answers why webmasters are likely to see a toolbar PageRank drop for their site. He mentions...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 14, 2011 at 8:37 am ET

New: “Google Related” Toolbar Shows Google Content As You Surf

Google has just released a new info discovery tool named Google Related that allows users to find and access content that’s similar to...

Gary Price | Aug 16, 2011 at 12:01 pm ET

After Six Years, Google Drops Support For Toolbar On Firefox

Google has announced the end of supporting the Google Toolbar for Firefox. Google said the Google Toolbar works in versions of Firefox 4 or...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 21, 2011 at 9:56 am ET

Google’s New Official Google Only Short URL: g.co

Google announced they have launched a new URL shortener just for official Google use. The new URL is g.co. Google said this URL will only be...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 18, 2011 at 4:22 pm ET

Google Instant Now On New Google Toolbar 7

Google Instant continues to spread. The company has just announced that it’s one of several new features on Google Toolbar 7 for Internet...

Matt McGee | Apr 19, 2011 at 7:20 pm ET

Google On Toolbar: We Don’t Use Bing’s Searches

Yes, Google uses data from its Google Toolbar to improve its search results. But no, Google reasserts, it doesn’t use its toolbar to mine...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 16, 2011 at 1:17 pm ET

Turning The Tables On The Google Toolbar & Disclosure Claims

Part of this week’s debate over whether Microsoft’s Bing search engine is learning from Google involves data that Bing gathers...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 5, 2011 at 3:58 pm ET

First Google Toolbar PageRank Update Of 2011

Google has updated the PageRank values of many sites within the Google Toolbar. This is the first toolbar PageRank update of the year, and...

Barry Schwartz | Jan 21, 2011 at 8:40 am ET

Google Sued Over Toolbar Sending Data While Turned Off

Jason Weber is suing Google over how the Google Toolbar in the past sent data to Google even while the toolbar was turned off. The suit was...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 15, 2010 at 9:01 am ET

Disabling The Google Toolbar Doesn’t Stop Google From Tracking You

Ben Edelman uncovered evidence that even if you disable the Google Toolbar, Google may still be tracking your web browsing behavior. Edelman...

Barry Schwartz | Jan 26, 2010 at 9:35 am ET