Category: Google Search Engine

Yesterday we reported Google was indexing itself and Google caught wind of it and Gary from Google commented on my Google+ post telling me they are looking into it.

Last night at around 6pm EDT…

Last night on Search Engine Land I reported via Samuel Edwards from Tenthwave Digital that Google has a new Knowledge Graph box…

One new tidbit that I am glad Google’s Pierre Far confirmed and I am incredibly upset the SEO space assumed incorrectly (at least some) was that adding…

Google announced this morning that they have made changes to the search box you see within the Google search results under a search results snippet. There are three changes:

(1) The box is now above the sitelinks of the search result…

Google loves their easter eggs and the more subtle the better – if you are a Googler.

Search Google for [kerning] and in another browser tab…

Spotted by Ben Fisher and posted on Google+, Google is now showing Google Hangout boxes for upcoming live hangout events in the search results. I know Google has been testing this but now it seems people are seeing it…

The New Scientist reports that Google is building a version of the knowledge graph that expands its knowledge through algorithms at mass scale – Google calls it the Knowledge Vault…

Mark Traphagen wrote on Google+ that Google has discontinued the Private Results option in the Search Tools section of the Google search results.

Truth is…

Last week, we reported that many searchers began complaining they were getting the old Google home page but Google is actually doing this on purpose. This is not a bug. If you see the old Google home page that has a black top navigation bar, it is by…

Many folks are reporting in the Google Web Search Help forums that Google is bringing back the old design that has either the black top bar or the gray top bar.

There are people who can see it in all sorts of browsers including Opera, Firefox, Safari….

I am seeing reports from Twitter and WebmasterWorld and also via email, that Google is replacing the gold/orange stars in the search results with green stars.
Here is a screen shot

It seems there is a wide spread bug or hack with Google Image search impacting a lot of users across the world.

When they search for anything within Google Image Search…

The other day, we reported on how Google handles the server 418 status code, which stands for I’m a teapot.

Well, Google has their own page for it at google.com/teapot and it not only returns a proper 418 status code but if you:

(1) Click on the teap…

Google announced it can now understand more than one language spoken in the same speaking session. Google said, “with the Google Search app on Android…

In February, Google released a easter egg named blink HTML that made some of the words in the search results blink on the screen.

But as Enrico Altavilla noticed and posted on Google+, it also works on query refinements…

Pete Meyers spotted another Google test and posted it on the Moz Google+ page…

Matt Cutts has a boss, it is Amit Singhal – he is in charge of all of search and he posted on Google+ looking back at the past 14 years of him working there, including the IPO which was 10 years ago today…

The new Google app on Android now gives you flight alternatives when your flight is delayed or cancelled, powered of course by Google Now.

Google announced this on Google+ saying:

Google Now already gives you a heads up about cancelled or delayed fli…

The new Google app on Android now gives you flight alternatives when your flight is delayed or cancelled, powered of course by Google Now.

Google announced this on Google+ saying:

Google Now already gives you a heads up about cancelled or delayed fli…

Matt Cutts has a boss, it is Amit Singhal – he is in charge of all of search and he posted on Google+ looking back at the past 14 years of him working there, including the IPO which was 10 years ago today…