SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 14, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yelp Turns Up The Heat: 285 Consumer Alerts Issued Over Fake Reviews It’s been almost a year and a half since Yelp began issuing Consumer Alerts when a…
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YouTube Unveils New Comment Management Page
YouTube just revamped its commenting system again, still linking to but not totally removing it from Google+, despite receiving major criticism when it switched the system over to its social arm. Here’s a look at what’s new.
Yelp Turns Up The Heat: 285 Consumer Alerts Issued Over Fake Reviews
It’s been almost a year and a half since Yelp began issuing Consumer Alerts when a business on its site has been caught trying to get fake reviews; but after a cautious start, that program appears to be turning up the heat. According to an interview with CEO Jeremy Stoppelman in The…
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Two Videos Of What It Would Be Like If Google Was A Real Living Person
Google, as a search engine, is incredibly helpful to most of us. But what if Google was a real person? There are two video parodies that make fun of what a Google would be if it was a real guy. Note: Some of the language in the video might not be safe for work. College […]
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Google Images Makes it Easier to Search by Usage Rights
Google Images has made a great change to its search results. Users can now search for images with specific usage rates more easily. This will be extremely helpful when trying to find images that you can safely use for publishing on your own sites.
A Year without Guest Blogging
First off, sorry for the misleading title, because it’s not entirely true, since I’ve published 3 guest blog posts last year (2 for Moz and 1 for Hit Reach).
I’m not saying that guest blogging doesn’t work, because it really does (when getting published on the right places)!
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Thousands Of Hotels Listings Were Hijacked In Google+ Local
Thousands of hotels listed within Google+ Local appear to have had links leading to their official sites “hijacked” and replaced with ones leading to third-party booking services. Google+ Local listings are what Google depends on to provide results in Google Maps or Google Search, when…
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Google Buys Nest, Spends $3.2 Billion on ‘Smart Home’ Device Maker
Google will pay $3.2 billion to buy Nest Labs, a firm that has set out to try and improve everyday items around the home such as smoke alarms and thermostats. The deal clearly positions Google as being ready for the new era of the “connected home.”
What Google Knows About You
Google knows a lot about you. Want to know what and how? Here’s how Google gathers information about you and your friends.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Digital
What Google Knows About You
Top Online Retailers Favor Facebook for Traffic and Sales [Study]
Social technology company 8th Bridge released a report that looks at nearly 900 online retail brands and their social adoption. It found that Facebook is winning in terms of traffic and perceived value. But the traffic isn’t organic; it’s paid for.
Nest Not Google’s First Big Home Automation Purchase
News came out in a Google Press release yesterday, Google to Acquire Nest, that Google had purchased Nest, a company focused on connecting things found in your home to the internet, including the Nest Learning Thermostat, and recently released Protect, a Smoke + CO Alarm.
It’s exciting to see Google venturing out into business lines […]
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The Great Disavow File, Site Migrations & 301 Redirects Mystery
Dave Naylor brings up a few good questions on what site owners should do when a website owners wants to migrate to a new domain from an old domain that once had a penalty and utlized the disavow to
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Google Image Search Freezing With Anime Porn
P Koester posted on Google+ that when you search for the term [freezing] in Google Image Search you are not shown ice or snow or cold people – instead you are shown Asian cartoon…
Google Image Search Moves Usage Rights To Main Filters
Matt Cutts of Google tweeted that Google added a special feature to image search based on Lawrence Lessig’s request. The thing is, the feature has been available since 2009, Google just moved it up in a more prominent area…
Bing Adds SSL Support But Promises To Keep SEO/SEM Community “Top Of Mind”
First spotted via Hacker News, Bing now has enabled searchers to go to https://www.bing.com and search over Bing SSL search.
I covered this at Search Engine Land where I said early tests show that when on SSL search…
BullGuard Breaks Google’s Search Results
Last week, we reported on a large number of PC users complaining that the Google search results were simply not showing up.
Google got to the bottom of it. Users using BullGuard, an internet security and antivirus application…
Google Update Still Brewing From Late Last Week
On January 9th we reported on early chatter of a Google update, which has now grown to almost 200 comments. Early on, the chatter was slow but now, over the past couple days…
How To Use Excel To Easily Spot SERP CTR Trends
Get better insights from your SERP Impressions Vs Clicks report with Excel wizardry for SEO content teams.
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Start The New Year With A PPC Health Check: Part 1
As Group Head at a fast growing search agency, I’ve carried out hundreds of campaign checks over the years. In my contributions here, I’ll be sharing my top tips on things to look out for when reviewing your own campaigns. Some of these things are obvious, while others might have…
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16 Examples of How to Use Non-SEO Friendly Content for SEO
Multimedia formats can be used to not only garner links, but also worked into a larger strategy that has implications for search. Here are some ideas of how to use Vine and Instagram videos, animated GIFs, and memes for SEO.