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..
Tags: channel: industry, google: antitrust, google: critics, google: legal, google: outside us, legal: regulation, top news
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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…..
Tags: search forum recap
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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.
Tags: channel: seo, google: penguin update, legal: general, SEO, seo: spamming, top news
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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.
Tags: other google topics
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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.
Tags: integrated marketing, lee odden interview, SEO, social media, social-media-marketing
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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
Tags: channel: local, top news
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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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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…
Tags: channel: local, local search, local search column, local search tips
Posted in SEO
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..
Tags: channel: industry, google: logos
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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…
Tags: channel: industry, microsoft bing, microsoft: marketing, top news
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