Archive for March, 2012

Google Privacy In Exchange For Search History Across Devices

2012/03/06

Google announced that if you are logged in (with search history on) to Google search while on your desktop and then go to your mobile device (while logged in there also) Google will show you the recent places you searched for…

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Google Encrypted Search Going Global

2012/03/06

Encrypted search is expanding internationally for signed in Google users, Google announced yesterday. That means you can expect to find less search query data thanks to the default secure socket layer (SSL) Google has enabled on searches.

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When The Going Gets Tough, The Links Get Blamed

2012/03/06

Links are usually the first thing that people look at when something happens in the SERPs.

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How to Teach Your Boss About the Social World Outside of Facebook & Twitter

2012/03/06

Your boss finally relented and gave in to a company Facebook page.

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Cutting Through The Confusion Of Google’s Guidance To Multilingual Website Owners

2012/03/06

Google speakers at both the International Search Summit San Jose and SMX West went to town on how multilingual website owners should proceed when geo-targeting their sites using the canonical and hreflang tags. Susan Moskwa provided a very helpful session on the Monday at the International Search… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Associated Press To Use Google Maps For Super Tuesday Results

2012/03/06

Just a week after Foursquare said it would drop Google Maps, the Associated Press announced it will use the application to distribute Super Tuesday primary results to AP Election Services subscribers. AP will supply the feed of vote results and subscribers will be able to use Google Maps to display…

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Google, Facebook Briefly Caught in Danish Child Porn Filter

2012/03/06

A simple human error resulted in the exposure of a serious systems design flaw in Denmark March 1st.

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Google, Facebook Briefly Caught in Danish Child Porn Filter

2012/03/06

A simple human error resulted in the exposure of a serious systems design flaw in Denmark March 1st. A police officer accidentally copied a list of 8,000 legitimate domains, including Google and Facebook, to the child porn domain blocking directory.

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Google Webmaster Tools Finally Adds User Administration

2012/03/06

One of the most sought after features in Google Webmaster Tools was to easily give third-party people access to your Google Webmaster Tools account without giving over your own username and password and without giving them full control of your site. Google has finally satisfied this request by..

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Google On Pace To Hit Over 4 Million Messages To Webmasters This Year

2012/03/06

I reported last night at Search Engine Land that Google Sent Over 700,000 Messages Via Webmaster Tools In Past Two Months…

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