Archive for May, 2014

Is Google’s European Antitrust Settlement In Jeopardy?

2014/05/26

Widespread dissatisfaction among public and political figures with the existing antitrust settlement between Google and the European Commission appears to be putting the settlement in danger. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the run up to this week’s European Parliament elections..

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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 26, 2014

2014/05/26

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. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google’s Matt Cutts: Panda 4.0 Has A New Architecture With A Softer Side…..

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Lawyers Sue SEO firm For Violating Google Guidelines

2014/05/26

A law firm in Michigan, Seikaly & Stewart, is suing its former SEO provider — but not for a lack of ranking success. Rather the firm is getting sued for allegedly using “spammy” techniques violating Google’s guidelines.

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Google’s Head Of Search Gets Card From Church: Google Can’t Solve Every Search…

2014/05/26

Amit Singhal is the man at Google who is in charge of Google’s search engine, yes – Matt Cutts has a boss.

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Integrate Social Media Marketing With All of Your Online Marketing Efforts

2014/05/26

Integrating content across channels of discovery and engagement like social networks is an important part of optimizing for the customer experience. In fact, according to the 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report , 83% of marketers stated they have integrated their social media and traditional marketing activities.

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Bing Maps Makes It Easier To See Map Features & Distinguish Park Trails From Streets

2014/05/26

Last Friday, Bing Maps announced new stylistic updates, designed to make its maps easier to read. Among the new style features, Bing has added more color gradient, adjusting the brightness of a land area depending on the zoom level

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Google’s Matt Cutts: Panda 4.0 Has A New Architecture With A Softer Side…

2014/05/26

Last Tuesday, when Google pushed out Google Panda 4.0, Matt Cutts implied that gentler for some sites but it does lay the groundwork to future changes in the direction of a softer and gentler Panda algorithm. Now, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam…

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10 Takeaways From #LSA14 On The Future Of Local Advertising

2014/05/26

Where is the local advertising space headed? How will local marketers succeed in an increasingly fast-changing and competitive marketplace? At the Local Search Association‘s 2014 annual conference (#LSA14) last month in Huntington Beach, California, hundreds of local advertising leaders…

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Google’s Logo Moves Some Pixels Around

2014/05/26

Google made a slight change to their logo recently, as a Reddit user posted. The “g” in the latter part of the word was moved left one pixel and the “l” in the Google logo was moved down a pixel. Ron Amadeo made an animated GIF, the one used above, so you can notice the..

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Microsoft Offers Skype Promotion For Making Bing Your Default Search Engine

2014/05/26

WinBeta reports that Microsoft is offering a promotion to Brazilian searchers to make Bing their default search engine and in exchange, they will get $2 of Skype credit to be applied to your Skype account. When you go to Bing Brazil (clicking this will set your Bing home page to the Brazilian…

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