French Court Orders Google To Remove Max Mosley Images From Search Engine Results
After making a public plea for the European courts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by former Formula One president Max Mosley, Google found out today the French court has ruled in favor of Mosley and is forcing the search engine to censure search results. A…
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 6, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Image Mismatch: The Latest Google Webmaster Tools Manual Action Penalty Google has a new manual action penalty with…
Cloudy With a Chance of Pending: Google Local Ranking Weather Report
Mike Borgelt over at 51Blocks just released this very cool Local Search Weather ReportThe post Cloudy With a Chance of Pending: Google Local Ranking Weather Report appeared first on Local SEO Guide.
Image Mismatch: The Latest Google Webmaster Tools Manual Action Penalty
Google has a new manual action penalty within their guidelines named image mismatch. Image mismatch is when the images on your web site do not match what is shown in the Google search results. Google words it as “your site’s images may be displaying differently on Google’s search results…
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Google Testing Site Name & URL In Search Result Snippets
Last month we saw Google testing displaying the site name in place of the URL in the snippets of the search results. Now, Rubén reports Google testing a nicer approach, showing both the site name and the URL in the snippet. So when you search for this site, it will show “Search Engine Land…
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Google’s Matt Cutts: Don’t Worry About An SEO Down Side To Responsive Design, There Is None
In a video released today by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, he said you don’t have to worry about there being a down side, related to SEO, when using a responsive design approach for mobile web sites. The question posed to him was: Is there an SEO disadvantage to using…
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SEMPO Salary Survey 2013: Average Salary Drops Due to Influx of New Search Professionals
The new SEMPO Salary Survey showed that the average salary for search professionals decreased from $75,543 to $68,600. There was a marked increase in entry-level SEO professionals, along with a decrease in people with three to five years experience
Mobile Ad Spend Up 5% on Google; Marin Gives Tips for Mobile PPC Success
Marin released year-over-year data that showed mobile, tablet, and desktop advertising performance from 2012 to 2013 on Google. Findings show that mobile impression share, investment, and cost per click is up in the post-Enhanced Campaigns world.
How To Leave Anonymous Business Reviews In Google+
For a long time, I’ve had some doctor friends complaining to me that once Google Places changed over to the new Google+ format, all their patients lost the ability to leave anonymous reviews (thus hurting their business and their rankings). They asked me what to do; and I, in turn, asked my…
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Page Speed Suggestions Now Directly In Google Analytics
Ilya Grigorik, Google’s “Developer Advocate, Make the Web Fast and Google Chrome” shared on Google+ that Google Analytics has a new report named “Page Speed Suggestions”…
Google Reconsideration Request Errors Happen
There is an interesting discussion at Google Webmaster Help forums where a new site at microbialgenomics.org…
Reports Of A Google Update Between November 1st & 5th
I have been seeing some chatter at WebmasterWorld and other sources of a possible update that is being pushed out slowly since late October 31st through today.
If you read the thread…
New Google Penalty For “Image Mismatch”
There is a new Google manual action that you need to be aware of named “image mismatch.” This manual action is when your images on your site don’t match what Google is indexing and displaying in their search results…
10 Online PR Lessons From the Huge Success of Phonebloks
How do you turn an idea, an explainer video, and small budget into 17 million YouTube views, thousands of quality links, 900,000 registered supporters, and coverage in leading media just eight weeks later? Here’s how Phonebloks did just that.
Google Maps’ Mobile Reach Drops In September — comScore
Yesterday comScore’s US smartphone market share figures for September came out. There weren’t many surprises — except for one thing: the Google Maps app has fallen three spots in comScore’s rankings. The smartphone app, which used to be the most popular in the US, fell from…
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How to Conduct Niche Research for an Affiliate Site
How do you an evaluate a potential affiliate niche? It’s a question I’m asked several times a week. Half of the niches I’ve created affiliate sites in were ones I stumbled across totally by chance. The rest are in niches I directly set out to target. But regardless of how you find a niche, there’s […]
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The “Mobilification” Of Consuming Content
The future of all content will have to comply with mobile standards. As a business, it’s time to start making the transition before it’s too late.
Post from Stephanie Frasco on State of Digital
The “Mobilification” Of Consuming Content
How B2B Sites Can Align Their Website Strategy With SEM Tactics
A B2B website that does not drive traffic, promote the brand, deliver company messaging or convert users into customers represents a waste of online marketing investments. A good B2B website should help build a strong brand while educating relevant use…
Google Analytics API made easy – Google docs Magic Tutorial
Even if you’re not familiar with the Google Analytics API, chances are that you’ve probably needed access. Maybe it’s because you need 5000 results from the GA interface, but your browser keeps crashing.
Google Analytics API made easy – Google docs Magic Tutorial
Even if you’re not familiar with the Google Analytics API, chances are that you’ve probably needed access. Maybe it’s because you need 5000 results from the GA interface, but your browser keeps crashing. Maybe you need more than 5000 URLs Continue reading »