Archive for June, 2011

Bing Webmaster Tools: Crawl Controls, Index Explorer Expanded & User Management

2011/06/11

Duane from Bing has announced some cool new features for Bing Webmaster Tools – Bing for some reason told us they nicknamed this update the Honey Badger update. In any event…

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Matt Cutts On Google Panda 2.2 Update

2011/06/11

Before I went offline for two days, I wrote about a possible Google Panda 2.2 update – officially the update was not released yet, but Matt Cutts said it is coming soon.

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Roundup: Key Analytics Takeaways From SMX Advanced

2011/06/11

At this week’s SMX Advanced show, several sessions touched on a variety of advanced analytics theories and tactical tools to measure the impact of your website traffic, and improve ROI and user engagement metrics. Here’s a quick review of the key issues being discussed

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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 8 – 10, 2011

2011/06/11

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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Google Bans iFrames for AdSense, Though Says It Will Grant Exceptions

2011/06/10

Google has tweaked its policies for placing AdSense ads to curb abuse, going so far as to forbid the placement of its code in iFrames. Though the company acknowledges there are some valid uses of iFrames, it will require publishers using them to be explicitly granted an exception by Google.

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Coming Tuesday: The Google “Inside Search” Event

2011/06/10

Heads up! Google’s got something search-related that will likely be announced next week.

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Coming Tuesday: The Google “Inside Search” Event

2011/06/10

Heads up! Google’s got something search-related that will likely be announced next week. The company sent out invites to an “Inside Search” event happening next Tuesday. From the invite: Please join us at Inside Search, an event where Amit Singhal and other experts will take you..

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 10, 2011

2011/06/10

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search Market Share Static, 2.2 Billion Local Queries On Google ComScore released its May 2011 search market share rankings this afternoon. The data essentially…

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Google Product Extensions Come to Mobile Ads

2011/06/10

Mobile advertising is a large and rapidly growing chunk of Google’s arena, especially thanks to the company’s work with the Android platform. While much of the ad space is taken by Ad Mob–related, interactive ads on applications and similar mediums, Google Search itself gets plenty of traffic.

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Search Market Share Static, 2.2 Billion Local Queries On Google

2011/06/10

ComScore released its May 2011 search market share rankings this afternoon. The data essentially show no change from last month in terms of percentage distribution. Google gains a fraction of a point at Ask’s expense, while everyone else stays put

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