Archive for September, 2010

Google Adds Better Error Reporting For Rich Snippets & Breadcrumb Markups

2010/09/03

Google announced two new webmaster features. The first is related to rich snippets testing tool and the second is related to the breadcrumb URLs in Google. Google said they have made the rich snippets testing tool error reporting more robust…

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Google Adds Breadcrumb Support To Rich Snippets & Improves Testing Tool

2010/09/03

The Google Webmaster Central blog announced improvements to their rich snippets feature. The improvements include a way to tell Google how you want your breadcrumb URLs to appear and an improved rich snippet testing tool

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How Do You Cancel Google Place $25 Tags?

2010/09/03

Google has been pushing the local maps Google Place tags. They have been giving them away for free for a month, but requiring users to enter their billing information and cancel within 30 days to not be charged.

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Just Cause You Spend $65k On A Site Does Mean Google Should Like Your Affiliate Site

2010/09/03

Yesterday I tweeted, “Just cause you spend 65k on a web site, doesn’t mean Google will like it” and referenced a Google Webmaster Help thread. Well, I was wrong! Well, not 100% wrong. People agreed with me, in fact, it..

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YouTube Refines Ad Targeting Features & Lets You Get Freaky With A Bear

2010/09/02

If you haven’t already seen it YouTube has recently added two targeting features which enable advertisers to have more control on what videos their ads are placed on. Age restriction and video or channel URL restriction .

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CEO Eric Schmidt Creepily Portrayed in Consumer Watchdog’s New Anti-Google Ad

2010/09/02

On a 540-square-foot jumbotron in Times Square an ad by Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, is playing 36 times a day.

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Four Creative Link Building Tactics – Whiteboard Friday

2010/09/02

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 2, 2010

2010/09/02

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Showing Four Top AdWords Ads, Top One Google Mortgage Ad When I search for [mortgage rates] in Google, I am presented with dozens of Google AdWords ads on the search page. But *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2010

2010/09/02

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….

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Yahoo Search Gives Users Geographically Relevant Suggestions

2010/09/02

Yahoo Search blog announced today that it is introducing a new Search Assist that is enhanced with the ability to provide users with geographically-closer suggestions as you are typing.

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