How Google Made It A Little Harder To Reach Google.com From Outside The US
Google says the change is meant to help local searchers, but does the Right To Be Forgotten play a role?
Topic: Search engine optimization
SearchCap: Google Fact Rank, Hating Link & Yahoo’s 20th Birthday
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 Celebrates Its 20th Birthday By Setting New World Record For Yodeling Along with 3,400 other people, CEO Marissa Mayer yodeled for a full minute to mark Yahoo’s big day. Naturally […]
Naturally Generated Links? Hey, Google Might Still Hate Them!
Let’s say you have a manual penalty… not a nice way to open a post, I know, but it’s the reality for many site owners. What if Google shows you an example of one of your problematic links, and it’s one that sends you some really great converting traffic? What if, upon conducting a link […]
Google Researchers Introduce System To Rank Web Pages On Facts, Not Links
Will Google someday rank web pages based on how accurate they are? A new paper suggests they might.
SearchCap: Google Adds Hotel Info To City Searches, Winning Local Search & Yahoo’s Search Share Drops
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 City Searches Now Include Hotel Booking Info In Knowledge Graph Average star rating and costs for city hotels are listed, along with “View hotels” link that delivers results page for […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads Editor, Client Management & Google 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: Search In Pics: Android Caveman, Google Ski Trip & Rope Logo In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at […]
SearchCap: Google Mobile Ranking, Search Data & AdWords Quiz
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 Search Algorithm Adds Mobile-Friendly Factors & App Indexing To Ranking Google’s mobile ranking algorithm will officially include mobile-friendly usability factors and app indexing. Making sure your site is mobile-friendly is […]
Mobilegeddon Cometh: New Google “Mobile Friendly Update” To Reward Sites Beginning April 21
Google's mobile ranking algorithm will officially include mobile-friendly usability factors and app indexing. Making sure your site is mobile-friendly is now more important than ever.
SMX West Starts Next Tuesday; All Access Conference and Free Expo+ Passes Still Available
Search Engine Land’s SMX West conference begins next Tuesday in San Jose. Register now to reserve your spot! The search marketing landscape changes almost daily, but your goals don’t. You strive to increase traffic, engage with your audience, improve conversions and maximize your ROI. Invest in attending SMX West and you’ll get 3 days of […]
SearchCap: Yahoo Search Share, Google Red Slow Icons & Green Stars
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Study: Google Now Displays Rich Answers For 19.45% Of Queries Rich answers are now displaying for targeted queries at a rate of 19.45% for targeted queries, according to a new study […]
Study: Google Now Displays Rich Answers For 19.45% Of Queries
Rich answers are now displaying for targeted queries at a rate of 19.45% for targeted queries, according to a new study by Stone Temple Consulting.
Google Testing A Red “Slow” Label In The Search Results For Slower Sites
Is your site unusually slow? Google is testing a red slow label in the search results that will warn searchers before they click over to your web site.
SearchCap: Google Business Photos & Chat, AdWords Spring Cleaning & Google Unwanted Downloads
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 Search Tests “Chat” Button In Local Business Box Google is testing showing a live chat button in the local search box within the web search results for some businesses. No […]
Local Search Provider YP Offers All-Inclusive PPC Search Product For SMBs
Local search provider YP has launched a one-stop-shop local PPC solution targeting small and medium businesses. It combines YP’s own PPC-search inventory with paid-search ads on Google, Yahoo and Bing. The company has been a Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner for years, as well as a Yahoo Bing Network Strategic Ambassador. Now it’s adding its own PPC search inventory to […]
SearchCap: Judge Tosses Android “Default Search” Class Action Against Google, Hiring A Paid Search Agency & 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: Search Engine Land’s SMX West Is Next Week – Here’s How to Attend Search Engine Land’s SMX West conference kicks off next Tuesday. With over 60 educational sessions and keynotes, networking […]
Google Showing Colorful Line Separators In Mobile Search Results Snippets
Do you see the new Google mobile interface in the search results? Google colored line breaks instead of the gray colored line breaks.
SearchCap: Google AdWords “Call-Only” Ads, Link Building Techniques & Google Misclassifies Websites As Hacked
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New ‘Call-Only’ Ad Types Arrives In Google AdWords To Make Mobile Easier A new ad type will give mobile-centric marketers the ability to set up phone call conversion only campaigns. Search […]
Google’s New Hacked Classifier Misclassifies Some Web Sites As Hacked
Many web sites this morning noticed Google labeled their sites as being hacked and dangerous in the search results. The issue was not with their web sites but rather the Google hacked sites classifier.
SearchCap: Google Mobile Carousel Update, Bing Online Ordering & AdWords Android App
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 Mobile Search Put Publishers’ Content In Carousels Now users can quickly scan topic-based content from single sources on mobile devices. Bing Offers Link To Order Food Online From Your Favorite […]
Google Mobile Search Put Publishers’ Content In Carousels
Now users can quickly scan topic-based content from single sources on mobile devices.
SearchCap: AdWords Updates & Innovations, Local SEO & Google Electric Logo
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: See All Of The New Google AdWords Updates On One Web Page Google creates a new page that acts as a release notes document for showing advertisers the latest updates and […]
SearchCap: SEO Support, SEO Mistakes & DuckDuckGo Answers
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo Now Supports Instant Answers In French, German, Czech & Polish Languages Now you can get 9 million answers in French, German, Czech & Polish from DuckDuckGo. AMA: Common Local SEO […]
Why You Should Attend Local Search And Geo-Marketing Intensive At SMX West
SMX West is coming up fast. On March 2 there are a number of workshops and intensives being held before the main conference starts on Tuesday, March 3. One of those is the Local Search Advantage. In truth every digital marketer should be interested in location-based search and marketing — 94 percent of conversions happen […]
SearchCap: Google On Link Building, Mobile User Interface Tests & Local SEO
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Boost Traffic, Rank, Engagement & Sales – Attend SMX West in Two Weeks! Search Engine Land’s SMX West conference returns to San Jose in just two weeks! Here all that’s in […]
Google: Try To Avoid Link Building Because It Can Do More Harm Than Good
Google's webmaster trends analyst, John Mueller, recommends you do not focus on link building and if you do, it may lead to more harm for your web site than anything good.
SearchCap: Google Webmaster Data Delayed, Mobile Friendly Web Sites & Search Pictures
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 Webmaster Tools Data Stopped Updating Almost A Week Ago Are you concerned that your Google Webmaster Tools reports have not updated in a week? Don’t be, everyone else has the […]
Google Webmaster Tools Data Stopped Updating Almost A Week Ago
Are you concerned that your Google Webmaster Tools reports have not updated in a week? Don't be, everyone else has the same issue.
SearchCap: Google Search Impact Report, Expedia Buys Orbitz & AdWords Topics
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Success for 2015: Conversion Tips from Inside Experts Is your AdWords campaign ready for success in 2015? 10 WordPress SEO Questions That Took Me 10 Years To Answer! Looking to […]
Google’s Search Impact Report Goes Live For Select Few Webmasters
Google releases the alpha version of their new search queries report in Google Webmaster Tools to a small number of Webmasters for feedback and testing. We have screen shots of the new tool.
SearchCap: Udi Manber Leaves Google, Bing Ads Mom’s Day & No Panda & Penguin Whitelists
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 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 […]
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 Health Knowledge Graph, Bing Ads Insights & SEO Job
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 Introduces Rich Medical Content Into Knowledge Graph Users will soon see deeper health information for more than 400 conditions. 5 Trends That Will Transform Your Agency Pitch- February 12 Webcast […]
Google Introduces Rich Medical Content Into Knowledge Graph
Users will soon see deeper health information for more than 400 conditions.
SearchCap: Google AdWords URLs, Google Doodle & 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: Official: Google AdWords Rolls Out “Upgraded URLs” For Tracking Parameters Ads (usually) will no longer be re-set and sent back to editorial review when tracking criteria change. The Thorny Dilemma At […]
SearchCap: Google Gets Firehose, Google Algorithm Tweaks & Yahoo Gemini
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 Gemini Gaining Mobile Search Share, But Not At Google’s Expense, Yet A criticism of the Yahoo Bing partnership is that the two have merely traded market share rather than cut […]
Yahoo Gemini Gaining Mobile Search Share, But Not At Google’s Expense, Yet
A criticism of the Yahoo Bing partnership is that the two have merely traded market share rather than cut into Google's lead. Gemini's growth in mobile search traffic share appears to be following that same pattern.
Google Confirms Making “Tweaks” To The Search Results But Says No “Update” To Announce
Google says that last update the SEO community noticed was not related to the Penguin or Panda algorithms.
Official: Twitter To Give Google Access To “Firehose” Of Tweets
It's official, Twitter confirms that it has a deal again to supply Google with access to its full stream of tweets.
SearchCap: Google Back With Twitter, Apple & Google Deal To Expire & Google App Indexing Stats
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: As Apple-Google Deal Expires, Who Will Win The Safari Default Search Business? Will it be Bing, Yahoo or Apple itself that supplies Safari’s search engine? The Future Of Search Is Productivity […]
As Apple-Google Deal Expires, Who Will Win The Safari Default Search Business?
Will it be Bing, Yahoo or Apple itself that supplies Safari's search engine?