Archive for February, 2014

Bing Beats Google With Bitcoin Conversion Tool

2014/02/10

First Yandex, now Bing, has beaten Google to offer Bitcoin conversion prices. Bing has announced that people can find the current rates by doing a search on Bing. Bing shared the news in a blog post today

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Google’s Matt Cutts: Don’t Worry About Poor Grammar In Comments

2014/02/10

In today’s video from Google’s Matt Cutts, Cutts addresses the concern over having third-party comments with poor grammar on your blog or site. Cutts said that you do not need to worry about the grammar people use on your site. You should worry about your writing style and your grammar…

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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 10, 2014

2014/02/10

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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Matt Cutts Explains How Comments With Bad Spelling and Grammar Affect A Page’s Ability to Rank by @mattsouthern

2014/02/10

Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about spelling and grammar in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to ask: Should I correct the grammar on comments to my WordPress blog? Should I not approve comments with poor grammar?

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Debug Results For Google’s Search Results

2014/02/10

Florian Kiersch posted on Google+ an interesting screen shot of debugging the Google search results page. The debug log seems to be about timing how long it takes some information to show up in the search results…

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A Paid Search First? Olympic Sponsor Visa Opts To Advertise Its Tumblr On Google, Bing and Yahoo

2014/02/10

YouTube and Facebook have long been the favored social accounts promoted by brands in paid search ads. Visa is cracking the mold. In what may be a first for a major brand, the Olympic sponsor is using paid search to drive visitors to its Tumblr account

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Top Content Sources, Topics & Profiles Among Marketers at Mid-Size Companies [Study]

2014/02/10

New findings by social insights company Leadtail and DNN Corp.

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Google Updates Its Page Layout Algorithm To Go After Sites “Top Heavy” With Ads

2014/02/10

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced that Google has released a refresh of its Page Layout Algorithm. The filter, also known as the Top Heavy algorithm, downgrades the ranking of a web page with too many ads at the top or if the ads are deemed too distracting for users. Cutts…

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Yahoo Improving Local Search Through Partnership With Yelp by @mattsouthern

2014/02/10

In a report published over the weekend by the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo looks to be improving their local search efforts through a partnership with Yelp. The partnership involves including local listings and reviews from Yelp directly within Yahoo’s search results pages; Yelp has a similar partnership with Bing and Apple. The exact details of […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional.

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Microsoft Testing “Bing Saves” Search Bookmarking Feature

2014/02/10

Microsoft appears to be testing a new feature for Bing: Bing Saves.

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