Archive for September, 2012

Google Acquires VirusTotal Security Tool

2012/09/10

Google has bought web-based security tool developer VirusTotal.

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Common Technical SEO Problems and How to Solve Them

2012/09/10

Posted by Paddy_Moogan I love technical SEO (most of the time). However, it can be frustrating to come across the same site problems over and over again. In the years I've been doing SEO, I'm still surprised to see so many different websites suffering from the same issues

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Microsoft adCenter Now Bing Ads Under Yahoo Bing Network

2012/09/10

Microsoft posted and then retracted their announcement of renaming Microsoft Advertising to the Yahoo Bing Network. Part of that announcement is that Microsoft adCenter, the name of Microsoft’s search ad network, is now being renamed to Bing Ads.

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Selecting an SEO Firm: The What, How, and Who

2012/09/09

When you’re looking to hire an SEO agency or individual, look at their background. Don’t hire based on how much they cost, or what they say that they will (or can) do. Hire based on their resume, their references, and their history of performance.

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Can’t Remove Bad Links? Last Resort, 404 The Web Page

2012/09/08

The topic isn’t new, we actually covered it a couple months ago under the title Want To Disavow Links In Google Now…

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Bing It On: Is Bing Really Preferred To Google?

2012/09/08

Bing announced that based on their blind taste testing of Bing versus Google, searchers tend to prefer Bing search results to Google “nearly 2:1.” Do you find that hard to believe…

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Google: Bing Still Using Our Click Data For Ranking

2012/09/08

About a year an a half ago, Google outed Microsoft for tracking click data on Google through Internet Explorer. It was a big deal and it hurt the reputation of both Microsoft and even Google – I get into that over here.

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Google Testing Search Options Listed Above Results, Rather Than To Side

2012/09/08

Google appears to be testing out a new navigational layout, one that takes the search options that normally show in the left-hand column of a search results page and moving them to above the search results. This is how things normally look: The arrow points to how search options — the choice..

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Google Faces Autocomplete Lawsuit From Former First Lady Of Germany

2012/09/07

Google may be in trouble again over the automated suggestions that its Autocomplete feature provides to searchers. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (and also reported by TechCrunch), Bettina Wulff — wife of the country’s former president, Christian Wulff — is..

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