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
Bad Site Design Won t Get Your Site Penalized by Google
The difference between a Google Penalty and having your search engine rankings go down. Seems as though there are a lot of people out there that don t know the difference, and in this blog post I clear this up.
Google to Start Showing Your Company Logo Soon in Search Results
Companies and brands who have verified their publisher status (similar to Google Authorship) will start to see their company logo or brand logo show up in the Google Search Results.
2012
26 Key Takeaways from Matt Cutts Recent Keynote Address
Here are the 26 key takeaways from Matt Cutts recent keynote address at Search Engine Strategies San Francisco 2012 conference.
The Battle of Social Search Engines: The New Bing vs. Google
Bing is set to release a heavily social integrated version of their search engine in the near future that might just give Google a run for its money. The New Bing will introduce a three-column design with new information architecture that will help users interact with their social networks.
Startup BrandYourself.com Helps Anyone Control Their Name In
A new venture-backed startup called BrandYourself.com has launched the first do-it-yourself platform that makes it easy for anyone to take control of their own name in the Google search results.
What Google Search Plus Your World Means to Your SEO Strageg
On January 10th, 2012, Google s search results underwent what some are calling a radical transformation. Google has begun integrating content that has been shared privately and combined it with public content in the search results. Here is what Google Search Plus Your World means for search engine optimization.
2011
Google Places Listings in Search Results
If you search at Google for a keyword phrase that includes a city name, most likely Google will show Google Places listings as part of the Google search results. But optimizing for this has become increasingly difficult, since what Google shows and when they show it is so inconsistent. Here is how Google Places is different than the Google web resu
Google Search Quality Still Lacking After Google Farmer Upda
As you are probably aware, Google has been in the media spotlight lately about the Google search quality. I took a look at a recent topical search result and compares the Google search results with the Bing search results. Google s search results are filled with a duplicated PR Newswire press release. Bing, on the other hand, shows unique content w
2010
Problems with Google Places Uncovered
Google’s recent search update where they have pulled places listings into the organic results is generating some errors in accuracy. Rob over at Standing Dog has uncovered some pretty interesting issues regarding Google Places and their integrated search results. Read the Google Places blog post to earn exactly what the problems that have been unco
Google Moving Google Map Image in Search Results
I have noticed a alter in how Google is displaying the search outcomes for certain cityname keyword searches. For those of you who often search for some thing that consists of a location (or a city name) along with a key phrase, you might be interested in how Google is altering the search outcomes. Google has recently moved the Google Map imag
Google’s Updated Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide SEO Tips
Now, we have a new version of the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. As my buddy Barry factors out, one of many better takeaways from this new model will be the up to date Googlebot. The best a part of the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Manual is really the 3 main takeaways from this Seo Manual. Lots of the info on this
SEO Tip: How to Remove a Page from Google
This search engine optimization tip has to do with removing a page or a specific URL from the Google search engine. Their interface has changed recently, so you may want to read about how to remove a web page from Google using Google Webmaster Tools.
Local Search Engine Marketing Event Being Held in Dallas
Google cautiously states that twenty percent of all searches have a local intent. And Google goes on to say that they only display a map in about eight percent of the search results. The monthly DFWSEM Meeting about Local Search, is being held on Wednesday, May 19th at 6:30 pm at the Renaissance Hotel in Richardson, Texas.
Search Engine Optimization Tip: Check Your 404 Errors
Check your website server log files for 404 errors. Google Analytics is not enough. In fact, you will not find 404 errors by looking at Google Analytics, or even in Google Webmaster Tools.
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 Product Search: Creating a Data Feed
If you sell merchandise online and have not taken advantage of Google Product Search, then you re likely missing out on additional sales. Merchants submit their inventory to Google Product Search via a feed, which is a list of the products titles, descriptions, and prices, along with a host of other additional information.
comScore February 2010 Search Engine Rankings
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) , a leader in measuring the digital world, releases its comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In February 2010, Americans conducted 14.5 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.5 percent search market share.
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.
Facebook Pushes Yahoo! Into Third Place
Two years ago, search engine site Google Inc. (GOOG) eclipsed rival Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) as the No. 1 Web destination in the United States. Now, a six-year-old social networking site upended those statistics and raised the question: Is Google’s position in danger?
Search Engine Optimization Tip: Removing a Page from Google
This search engine optimization tip has to do with removing a page or a specific URL from the Google search engine.
2009
comScore August 2009 Search Engine Rankings
In August 2009, Americans conducted more than 13.9 billion core searches, with Google accounting for 64.6 percent search market share.
Can Twitter Rival Google? Even for Michael Jac
Can Twitter Search rival Google Search, even for a search for the phrase Michael Jackson?
Google PageRank Sculpting and Effects on SEO
Google has been making updates on how they treat Google PageRank Sculpting and how they treat the NoFollow tag. Here is what you really need to know.
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.
