Matt Cutts, SEOs Around The World Share Their #SEOHorrorStories On Twitter
Hundreds of SEOs celebrate Halloween by tweeting their SEO nightmares, even pushing the #SEOHorrorStories hashtag into Twitter's trends.
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Duane Forrester, Bing’s Webmaster Outreach, Announces He Is Leaving Microsoft
After being fired and then rehired from Bing within a year, Microsoft's Duane Forrester announces he is leaving the company.
Decoding GoogleSpeak
There's often a lot of confusion surrounding quotes made by Google representatives, but there doesn't have to be. Columnist Jenny Halasz discusses how to effectively analyze and interpret such statements.
SEO Industry Mourns The Loss Of Dana Lookadoo
Dana Lookadoo died Monday after a long battle with injuries she suffered in a November 2013 cycling accident.
SearchCap: Google Sitemaps Bug, Baidu Digital Ads & Search Volumes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Importance Of Monthly Versus Rolling Average Search Volume Columnist Jim Yu explores two different ways of looking at keyword data, arguing that a holistic look at search volume over time […]
SearchCap: Google Penguin, Google Maps, Hotel Booking & Hreflang
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 Says Penguin Refresh Months Away From Happening Google’s Gary Illyes reminds us that the Penguin algorithm refresh is still months and months away, as Google works to make Penguin run […]
Search In Pics: Google Scrabble, Matt Cutts Fireworks & UCLA Stats Club
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.
SearchCap: Bing Adds Audio To Homepage, 7 Automated SEO Activities & Matt Cutts Extends Leave
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo’s New Mobile Browser Search Results Are Better Than Its App More visuals, richer content and quicker access to do things highlight Yahoo’s upgrade to its mobile browser search results page. […]
Matt Cutts Extends His Unpaid Leave With Google Through 2015
Will Google's Matt Cutts come back to Google in 2016? Currently he is a Google employee, on leave, not being paid, but does get health benefits.
SearchCap: Google Quality Update, Fast Reconsideration Requests & Russia Right To Be Forgotten
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EU Says Process For Reviewing Right To Be Forgotten Appeals Is Working Of the nearly 2,000 complaints reviewed so far, the EU found the majority of denied RTBF requests were justified. […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords MCC, Bing Ads Refresh & Mobile Algorithm
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How to Identify The Impact Of Mobilegeddon & Future Mobile Algorithm Updates Have you seen a drop in mobile rankings since the search giant rolled out its mobile-friendly algorithm? Columnist Ben […]
Search In Pics: Matt Cutts At Google I/O, Google Maps Bus & Android Bush
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.
SMX Advanced 2015 Live Blog: AMA With Google Search
Google Webmaster Trends Analysts Gary Illyes speaks with Search Engine Land founding editor Danny Sullivan to close day one of SMX Advanced.
SearchCap: Google Maps Apology, Matt Cutts Replaced & App Indexing Data
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: Google Carnival, Google Now Mug & The Breaker Lab In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat […]
Google Has New Head Of Web Spam But Won’t Be The “New Matt Cutts”
Google's outreach to publishers and SEOs will continue to be split among a variety of people rather than being tied to the web spam fighting chief.
SearchCap: Google News, Transparency Report & BrightLocal Survey
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Online Reviews, Reputation And How To Become Super Credible Looking to build your online reputation? Columnist Marcus Miller details the mindset local businesses need to build credibility beyond simple reviews. Survey: […]
Search In Pics: Matt Cutts Wearing Panda, Android Chicken Dance & Google Grass Signage
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.
SearchCap: Google Restaurant Delivery, Yelp Selling & Mobile Friendly Begins
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Mobilegeddon Is Beginning, Not Ending The Mobile Friendly Update has now “fully rolled out” according to Google, but columnist Bryson Meunier believes this is only the beginning. WSJ: Yelp Seeking A […]
When Disavowing Links At The Domain Level, Don’t Let Your Machete Turn Into A Guillotine
We SEOs can sometimes get a bit overzealous when disavowing links. Columnist Glenn Gabe outlines his process for carefully reviewing your disavow file to ensure that strong domains haven't been added in error.
SearchCap: April Fools, Bing Ads Tools & Yahoo/Bing Ads Grow
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Q1 US Paid Search Growth Strongest In 3 Years Yahoo Bing Network gains share for third straight quarter. April Fools’ 2015 For the Search World: From Super Smart Google Panda […]
April Fools’ 2015 For the Search World: From Super Smart Google Panda To Backwards Google
Google, Bing and Kenshoo are bringing the funny today, polluting the web with gags galore.
April Fools: Google’s Matt Cutts Starts New SEO Spam Tool AutoSEO
Matt Cutts, head of Google search spam, announces AutoSEO at seo.ninja, a tool to automated your SEO. Happy April Fools Day!
Google Says There’s No Whitelist To Save You From Panda Or Penguin
Google's John Mueller said there is no whitelist for the Penguin and Panda algorithms, like there is for the SafeSearch algorithm.
SearchCap: Google Reconsideration Requests, Google Answer Links & Bing Ads
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How The Sharing Economy Will Lead To The Growth Of Online Reviews Marketing Land’s Amy Gesenhues interviews Keynote Speaker & NYT Best Selling Author Bill Tancer for a preview of insights […]
SearchCap: Yahoo Search Share Grows, Local Mistakes & SEO Spam
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 10 Common Mistakes To Avoid On Local Websites Avoid the pitfalls that trip up many local business owners with these tips from columnist Greg Gifford. Firefox Deal Continues To Boost Yahoo […]
SearchCap: Bing’s Awesome “Super Bowl” Search Results, Splunk For SEO & Google Analytics New Word Count Query
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search “Super Bowl” & See The Best Search Results Page Bing Has Ever Had Bing’s search results include original content and almost anything a fan would need to know before the […]
SearchCap: Cortana, SEO Speed & Matt Cutts Google Talk
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Video Of Matt Cutts Talking About The Early Days At Google Miss hearing from Google’s Matt Cutts? Here is a 34 minute video of him giving a talk at UNC Chapel […]
Video Of Matt Cutts Talking About The Early Days At Google
Miss hearing from Google's Matt Cutts? Here is a 34 minute video of him giving a talk at UNC Chapel Hill the other week.
SearchCap: Google Firefox Push, Bing Ads Preview Tool & YP Cross Retargeting
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 Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page Yahoo won the deal to be the default search engine in Firefox in November; now after losing some search share, […]
SearchCap: Yahoo Directory, Google Lyrics & Santa On Christmas
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yes, Steve Scalise, There Was A Google In 2002 US House of Representatives majority whip says Google not being “available” in 2002 prevented vetting his speaking to group of white supremacists. […]
Duane Forrester Returns To Bing After Being Laid Off From Microsoft Two Months Ago
Bing re-hires Duane Forrester after letting him go two months ago. Duane Forrester will be working in basically the same role as before.
For The Holidays, Google Breaks Its No Updates Rules, Gives Out Fresh Penguin Updates
Since Google’s “Florida” Update of November 2003, the search engine has kept to an unofficial promise not to mess with its ranking algorithm during the holiday season. That’s changed this year with a flurry of Penguin Updates. Penguin is Google’s filter to fight spam that gets past its regular spam fighting defenses. It is used […]
Search In Pics: GooglePlex Where’s Waldo, Jon Stewart At Reddit & Marissa Mayer The Crayon
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.
SearchCap: SEO Mistakes That Could Penalize Your Site, Bing Ads Offers Close Variants On Phrase Match & More
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 & SSL: A Conversation With Jon Henshaw Of Raven Tools Google says it will boost rankings for HTTPS sites, but, in an interview by contributor Clark Buckner, Henshaw recommends SEOs […]
SearchCap: Sweden Considers Imposing “Link Tax” On Google, Bing Predicts 95% Of Election Winners & Local SEO In 2015
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 Puts Custom Ebola Info Box At Top Of Search Results & Offers To Match Donations To Help Fight Deadly Outbreak Google announced today it has launched a public fundraising campaign […]
SearchCap: Bing Talks Search Share, Matt Cutts On Future With Google & Major Drop In Traffic After Loss Of Snippets
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing: It’s Unlikely That We’ll Take Search Share Away From Google Microsoft’s Director of Search admitted this week that Bing isn’t likely to put a significant dent in Google’s search market […]
Matt Cutts: Being Google’s “Lightning Rod” For Unhappy SEOs Might Not Be Productive
Last week, the head of Google’s web spam team Matt Cutts announced that he was extending his leave. Now, Cutts has opened up a bit more about it, further suggesting he won’t return. Cutts also suggested that having himself or anyone be a public face for Google in terms of publisher issues might not be a good use […]
SearchCap: Matt Cutts Extends Leave, Google Day Of Dead Doodle & Local Black Friday Tips
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 2 Creative Ways To Promote Vital But Infrequently-Searched-For Events With PPC No search volume? No problem! Columnist Pauline Jakober provides helpful tips for campaigns focused on low search volume, high conversion […]
Will He Ever Return? Head Of Google’s Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Extends Leave Into 2015
The head of Google’s web spam team, Matt Cutts, says that his leave from the company has gone so well that he’ll be continuing it through 2015. Cutts shared the news today in a note added to his original blog post from July about going on leave, saying: When I went on leave, I wanted […]
Search In Pics: World Series Game, Penguin Office & Halloween At Google
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.