Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Private blog networks: A great way to get your site penalizedNov 17, 2017 by Kevin Rowe Columnist Kevin Rowe explains what private blog networks (PBNs) are, how to identify them, and […]
Columnist Kevin Rowe explains what private blog networks (PBNs) are, how to identify them, and why you should steer clear.
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. A terrace at the Google Singapore office: Source: Twitter Urchin light up neon sign at Google […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google rolls out AdWords promotion extensions, custom intent audiences & ad variations for testingNov 16, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The new features are all available in the new AdWords interface. The […]
The new features are all available in the new AdWords interface.
You've crawled your client's site, identified the SEO issues and fixed those issues in staging. Great job! But columnist Glenn Gabe shares why recrawling the site is critical once your SEO changes have been pushed live.
Though AMP isn't a ranking signal, non-compliant pages won't appear in Top Stories or other AMP-specific slots in search results.
Born in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe would have been 87 years old today.
Survey respondents also showed openness to buying assistant devices from Facebook and other companies that don't currently offer them.
Google will display indicators to help distinguish between quality journalism and false information in search and elsewhere.
It also enables users to start a task on Google Home and complete it on a smartphone.
Changes designed to make it easier to find relevant content and destinations.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google adds new features to its job listings search tool released earlier this yearNov 15, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Salary, location and application details are now included directly in job listing […]
Salary, location and application details are now included directly in job listing search results.
Google tells publishers to add news.url.google.com to the Google News referral tracking sources.
After a three year partnership with Yahoo, Mozilla has switched their default search provider for Firefox back to Google.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SEO in 2018: What’s hot, what’s not?Nov 14, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot Voice search. AMP pages. Gap analysis. Algorithm updates. Local SEO. SEO is constantly changing, and what worked well […]
The real estate-heavy panels on mobile encompass multiple product images, more review sources, videos and, of course, Shopping ads.
Columnist Chris Long shares examples of how he addressed duplicate and similar website content to improve organic search performance for his clients.
Yext VP of Industry Insights Duane Forrester discusses his new e-book, "How Voice Search Changes Everything," and what marketers can do to adapt and compete.
The doodle celebrates a tool that has remained mostly unchanged since its introduction 131 years ago.
With over 200 factors in Google’s algorithm, SEO is a complex science. But it’s not how much you need to know that makes it really challenging — it’s the ever-changing nature of the rules of the game. As search engines strive to improve the quality of search results, some ranking factors shift shapes, others fall […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: CEO who forged court order to get Google to remove defamation faces prisonNov 13, 2017 by Chris Silver Smith Contributor Chris Silver Smith tells the lamentable story of a sophisticated reputation […]
Contributor Chris Silver Smith tells the lamentable story of a sophisticated apparent reputation attack and a victimized company led to take desperate steps to recover.
Focus is on consumer data collection practices and alleged "search bias."
The doodle highlights service members from each branch of the military: Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy and Army.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Local ranking factors study finds reviews, organic SEO best practices boost local visibilityNov 10, 2017 by Greg Sterling This is the second year of the LocalSEOGuide ranking factors study, performed in […]
This is the second year of the LocalSEOGuide ranking factors study, performed in conjunction with UC Irvine.
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google’s 2017 top contributor summit: Source: Google+ A Google door with a nautilus wheel lock: Source: […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Removal of hotel review reporting rape creates crisis of confidence for TripAdvisor contentNov 9, 2017 by Greg Sterling The site had scrubbed first-person reviews and content about rape and sexual assault […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google adds new knowledge panel to provide information about news publishersNov 7, 2017 by Barry Schwartz In an effort to combat fake news and equip searchers with more data about news […]
The info search operator is the latest Google search feature to have changed, possibly for the worse.
In an effort to combat fake news and equip searchers with more data about news sources, Google has released a new publisher knowledge graph.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google promises to improve accuracy of tweets shown in search resultsNov 7, 2017 by Barry Schwartz After misinformation surfaced in the Google search results under the Twitter section for the Texas […]
The company wants to stop the practice of asking for customer reviews on its site, and third-party sites as well.
Inspired by a doodler's own research into the recipe, the colorful doodle offers a fanciful ride through the pad thai-making process.
Hate waiting for your seat in a restaurant? Now Google can tell you the current wait time before you go.
After misinformation surfaced in the Google search results under the Twitter section for the Texas church shooter's name, Google has promised to make changes.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: US court orders Google not to comply with Canadian court’s order delisting search resultsNov 3, 2017 by Greg Sterling The US court agreed with Google that implementation of the Canadian court’s […]
The feature, launched in February on Google Maps mobile versions, is now available on the desktop interface.