This morning Matt Cutts, head of Google’s webspam team, gave a keynote speech at Pubcon in Las Vegas. The keynote comes on the heels of a scathing day 1 keynote from Jason Calacanis who said that Google rules everything, that they were essentially evil.
We already knew Google wasn’t likely to update the PageRank meter in the Google Toolbar this year.
Google has confirmed that they are testing incredibly large banner ads for specific branded queries. @SynrgyHQ posted an image on Twitter showing for the query [southwest airlines a huge “sponsored” ad at the top of the search results. A Google spokesperson confirmed this is a..
Yahoo sites remain in the top position for unique visitors in September, continuing to dominate over Google. This marks the third month in a row that Yahoo claims the top position in destination Web properties.
In its continuing bid to become more useful and to differentiate from competitors such as Yelp and Google, Foursquare introduced a redesigned homepage this week. There’s a signed-in and signed-out experience. The major difference between the two is friend activity and personalization
Today we are at Pubcon, live with Matt Cutts. Matt starts off talking about the history of Pubcon and that this is his 11th Pubcon that he’s been too! Hummingbird Generally, most people should have to worry about this
Photo credit: kPluto Imagine your site is like the Death Star. You’ve created your site, and it is now seems impenetrable
New data from Unruly shows that 40 percent of the thousands most shared Instagram videos last month came from brands. MTV had the most shared Instagram Video, alongside the NBA, Peanuts and GoPro.
The October 4th Penguin 2.1 Google update had significant consequences for some businesses. See how three different websites were impacted by 2.1, including a recovery, a second Penguin attack, and how a third party led to a Penguin hit
Part of Google’s big birthday event & Hummingbird announcement was that Google has made some serious strides to the knowledge graph. One such example was visible a week or so after the announcement, which was a major improvement and user interface change for musician-related search terms…. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article