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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...
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....
Google has confirmed it is removing Toolbar PageRank
It's official: Google has decided to kill off Toolbar PageRank from its...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
