Unindexed — the website built for Google to destroy
The website called Unidexed was created by Matthew Rothenberg in early Feburary. This strange website was coded to erase itself once Google indexed it, which happened about 3 weeks.
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Study: Growing “Mobile Fanatics” Segment Search More, Increasingly Shun PCs
New consumer survey data from Thrive Analytics (for the Local Search Association) reflect the emergence of a large and growing mobile user segment dubbed “mobile fanatics.” Just over 40 percent of the US smartphone population, these mobile users search more and rely more on their mobile…
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Google: We Are Not Using Facts For Search Engine Ranking Now
Last week we covered a new research paper Google published on ranking web pages based on facts. It turns out that some people felt that Google may be using it as a ranking factor in the near future…
Google Support & Help Pages Show Which Googler Wrote Them
Google has tons and tons of help and support pages across all their services. From using Google search to SEO related help all the way to how to use Google+ or Blogger. But now they are starting to show which Googler wrote the vast majority of the help…
Updates to Google Webmaster Tools Make Sites More Crawlable
Google has updated its suite of Webmaster Tools to increase reportage of which site resources are blocked from crawling. This new transparency could mean a boost in rankings.
Small Business Alert: Google Local Phone Scams Continue
Chris Moreno of LocalLeads.com sent me this audio recording of a scammer pretending to be Google in their voice message to a small business. Chris asks what can be done to stop these folks. Very little given the current regulatory environment which pretty much takes a hands off approach to these sorts of scams. Education … Continue reading Small Business Alert: Google Local Phone Scams Continue →
Bing Webmaster Tools: Security, Widgets and Messages
Compared to the first three sections, the last three are relatively small. In this final post in our series on Bing Webmaster Tools we will go over Security, Malware and Messages and share our findings. Security Making sure your website is secure is of course really important. We have already emphasized this on our page on WordPress security,…
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How Competitive Analysis Leads To A Better B2B SEO Program
A key element in shaping your SEO program is understanding your competition. To illustrate this, columnist Derek Edmond takes us through a recent competitive analysis performed for a client.
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More Hardcore A/B Testing: V2 Of The Free AdWords Script
After sharing a testing script last month, columnist Daniel Gilbert reviewed feedback and used it to make improvements.
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Introducing LinkMiner – Broken Link Checker on Steroids
We’ve created a more sophisticated broken link checker for SEOs that allows you to make quicker insights on the links you’re checking. You can download the Chrome extension for free here:
The rest of this post will contain documentation on what it does & how to use it.
This is only the initial version, and I already have a list of additional improvements that I will be making, which …
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Big Google Mobile Update Incoming
Google rarely announces their major algorithm updates ahead of time but just recently they have let it be known that starting April 21st, they will be “expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a
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Google Webmaster Tools Adds Blocked Resources Report & Updates Fetch & Render Tool
Google adds a report that shows you which resources you’re blocking GoogleBot from by host name and updates the fetch & render tool.
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The Growth Of Direct Answers: How Should SEOs React?
More and more often, SERPs are including answers, not just links to answers. Columnist Mark Traphagen recaps an SMX West panel that explores the effects.
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Yahoo “Forgets” It Has a Review API with Yelp
It appears that Yahoo seems to have forgotten that they have the Yelp review API or update it so infrequently that it is effectively useless. The reviews Yahoo is showing for many businesses are often 3 to 11 months out of date. Last year to much hooey and horse puckey, Yahoo “upgraded” their review system to grab reviews … Continue reading Yahoo “Forgets” It Has a Review API with Yelp →
Google AdWords Account History Page Adds Conversions Changes
Google quietly announced on Google+ that they added conversion changes to the account history page within the AdWords console.
Google wrote:
It’s now easier than ever to find conversions changes to your account…
Google Webmaster Tools Updates Fetch & Render Report & Adds Blocked Resources Report
Google announced on the webmaster blog they made two updates this morning to Google Webmaster Tools.
Both are fairly obvious changes around notifying webmasters about blocked resources preventing Google from properly crawling your web site in full…
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Google: Panda Has Not Updated Since October 2014
Yesterday in a Google hangout on Google+ with Google’s John Mueller I had to ask John about the whole real-time/instant Panda thing Gary Illyes may or may not have said at SMX West…
Apple Might Just Let Go of Google as Their Default Search Engine
Not too long ago Firefox broke news that they were dropping Google as their default search provider and moving on to a five year partnership with Yahoo.
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