2014
Is Google Authorship Photo Snippet Query Dependent, Not Content Quality or Author Dependent?
Google has recently confirmed, and Search Engine Land has reported back in December that Google “has applied a 15% reduction in the amount of rich snippets displayed in the search results.” Some have even called that an Authorshippocalypse is going on. Eeeek! Oh, the horror! There are changes going on.
2013
SEO Agency Launches Google AdWords Campaign Targeting Bluegl
Vizion Interactive, an SEO Agency, has launched a Google AdWords campaign where they are specifically targeting searches for a competitor’s brand name. But, in this case it’s Blueglass, an interactive marketing agency that has had its share of controversy in the past few weeks
2012
Google to Pay $22.5 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Charges
Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million dollar civil penalty to settle FTC (Federal Trade Commission) charges that Google misrepresented themselves when it came to the privacy of Apple users. Google told users of Apple’s Safari web browser that Google would not place tracking cookies or serve targeted ads to those users. That violated an earlier p
Google to Retire Hosted Domains Product within AdSense
Google has decided to retire the “hosted domains” product that they have through the Google AdSense program. According to an email directly from the Google AdSense team, they have evaluated the benefits of their partner network and decided to retire the Hosted Domains program with Google AdSense.
2011
Google Acquires Illegal Google Plus .com IDN Domain Name
In an effort to protect their Google Plus social network, Google recently acquired .com. The problem is that .com, aka xn--dra.com is not allowed. It s an illegal domain name. IDN characters are not allowed or available in the .com TLD. Google, what were you thinking when you purchased this IDN .com domain name? I hope you did not pay too much f
2010
Search Engine Optimization: Google Showing Top Links
An interesting development today in the Google search results. The latest development is the fact that Google is publicly showing top links for certain keyword phrases.
Google Issues Search Engine Optimization Report Card
Google has issued what they are calling an SEO Report Card, an effort to provide Google’s product teams with ideas on how they can improve their products’ pages using simple and accepted optimizations.
Google Executives Convicted in Italy
An Italian court has convicted three Google executives in a trial over a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied.
Will Google Buzz Go the Way of Facebook Beacon?
In 2007 Facebook rolled out Beacon, an ad system that took parts of user s Facebook data that they thought were private, and made them public. Last week, Google s Buzz did something similar. Beacon was killed by public revolt--and a class-action lawsuit. Now for Buzz comes a potential FTC investigation.
2009
Google Caffeine: An SEO Analysis
Here is a comprehensive list of what appears to have changed in the new Google Caffeine.
Google VS Bing User Centric Eye Tracking Study
User Centric has released the results of an eye tracking study that compares data between Google and the new Microsoft search engine Bing.
2008
Google phone feels the flu before you do
A maker of over-the-counter cold and flu remedies released a program this week for the T-Mobile G1, also known as the Google Phone that warns the user how many people in an area are sneezing and shaking with winter viruses.
Google amp; Microsoft Sued in Paid Search Related Patent Case
Last week an Ohio company filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and Google, alleging infringement on a patent related to paid search methods.
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