Archive for February, 2014

Google Polling Searchers On Usefulness Of Longer Answers

2014/02/13

A couple weeks ago, we reported how Google is showing longer answers for queries in the top of the search results. Now…

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Oy Vey: How Google Crippled SEO Companies By One "SEO Expert"

2014/02/13

I was almost floored reading a post at High Rankings Forum from an “SEO expert” who explained how Google has crippled SEO companies and is driving them into “the dreaded adwords…

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Social Engagement Metrics That Matter – Measuring, Tracking, and Reporting FTW

2014/02/12

Posted by jennita Let’s be real here, measuring your social efforts is a pain in the butt.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2014

2014/02/12

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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SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 12, 2014

2014/02/12

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’s Matt Cutts On Being A Spam Fighter: Looking For Patterns & Always New Spam Efforts Google’s head of search spam Matt Cutts posted a… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Google Refreshes Page Layout Algorithm

2014/02/12

If you noticed a change in your organic search traffic or rankings last week, and have a high ratio of ads to content at the top of your web pages, chances are you could be affected by a refresh of the Google page layout algorithm.

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Bing Denies Censoring Search Results, Blames ‘Glitch’

2014/02/12

Research by Chinese freedom of speech blog GreatFire.org explained how when certain terms are searched for using Bing’s international and U.S.-localized portals, some results are not delivered. Bing’s Stefan Weitz blames it on a system error

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Google’s Matt Cutts On Being A Spam Fighter: Looking For Patterns & Always New Spam Efforts

2014/02/12

Google’s head of search spam Matt Cutts posted a longer video today answering what it is like to fight webspam at Google. The questions posed by Brian Harnish of Westminster, California were: What is a day in the life of a search spam team member like? What is the evolution of decisions in…

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Matt Cutts Explains What A Day In The Life Of A Spam Fighter At Google Is Like by @mattsouthern

2014/02/12

Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about what it’s like to fight webspam in his latest Webmaster Help video where a users writes in to ask: What is a day in the life of a search spam team member like? What is the evolution of decisions in terms of how they […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional. He provides strategic digital marketing services at an agency called Bureau in Ontario, Canada.

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3 Google Updates for AdWords, DoubleClick Advertisers

2014/02/12

Google AdWords announced it is changing the way conversions are counted and a new Search Funnels Attribution Modeling Tool. Meanwhile, the new DoubleClick Search Commerce Suite offers tools to easily create and update text ad and PLA campaigns

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