Does Google Want SEOs To Overreact?
An interesting thread at WebmasterWorld is asking SEOs to take a step back…
Google Apps & Gmail Down For Many
Since about 8am EDT, Wednesday, April 17th, Google Apps and many of the products within it, including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Chat and so forth are down for many – including me.
There are tons of complaints on Twitter…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 17, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…
Pictures Of The First People To Buy Google Glass
As we reported, Google Glass Explorers (the first non Googlers to be able to buy Google Glass) are now able to start picking up their pair of Google Glass, in order of who signed up first. I am part of the second batch, so I do not know exactly when I…
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 12, 2013
Interesting week in SEO. There is a lot of chatter around a possible Google update going on. Google is now sending out messages that say they do very targeted penalties. Google says when you buy a domain name, make sure it wasn’t spamming…
I Yield To Google: My Paid Links Are NoFollow
As many of you know, I was one of the last major search “blogs” to hold out on Google’s guidelines when it comes to paid links. I sold links without the nofollow for years, heck, even before there was a nofollow attribute.
I’ve been hated and loved for…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 12, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 12…
Google Logo For Leonhard Euler On U.S. Tax Day
Today, April 15, 2013 is a very memorable day for most Americans – being Tax Day. It is also the birthday of Leonhard Euler, a Swiss born mathematician who is known as probably the most influential and important mathematician of the 18th century…
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Bing Does Pinterest Integration Right: Pins Image Source
Honestly, I was worried when I saw the announced that Microsoft added the Pinterest Pin It button to Bing Image search results.
AppGratis Banned By Apple For Being A Black Hat App Store Ranking Network
Did you hear the news that AppGratis was pulled from the Apple App Store? AppGratis defines itself as a company that “offers the opportunity to reach new exciting audiences in more than 30+ countries. Every year we deliver more than 100,000,000 non-inc…
Do You Fear Google Disavow Link Threats?
It is no surprise to many that more and more SEOs are using the Google link disavow tool. The issue that comes up as time goes on is that there are some using it as a threat to remove or change the links or anchor text pointing to their site.
I am su…
Daily Search Forum Recap: April 15, 2013
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Will Label Organic Results Leading To Google Properties
As you may have heard via the Wall Street Journal or New York Times or Search Engine Land – Google has settled with the European Union after a 2-3 year probe.
The settlement will require Google to:
(1) Clearly label Google’s own results in the organi…
Bing Testing 5 Results Per Search Page?
It appears that some searchers may be seeing a limited number of organic search results when searching Microsoft Bing.
A WebmasterWorld thread has one searcher claiming his searches on Bing are only returning 5 results at a time. Another said he on…
Google’s Official How To Use Google Glass Guide Live
More and more details are coming out about Google Glass. I spotted that Google has publicly posted the help documentation on how users should use Google Glass.
You can find the how to use Google Glass documentation at google.com/glass/help…
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Google Sub-Sitelinks Are Here
Google is now showing what they call “sub-sitelinks” for some searchers in the search results. Sitelinks are the links you find under a search result that show links to popular pages within the site…
My Google Reconsideration Request For Removing Paid Links
On Friday I announced that I nofollowed my paid links after several years of being a stubborn blogger. I promised more details on the reconsideration request and the traffic results from Google…