Archive for August, 2014

Google AdSense Earnings Drop With HTTPS Migrations

2014/08/21

So I was all excited migrating over this site to SSL and my corporate site but despite very little ranking changes, both negative or positive thus far, AdSense earnings seem to have taken a hit somewhat…

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Lost and Found: How Top E-Commerce Brands Stack Up With Site Search

2014/08/21

Recent analysis by the Baymard Institute shows top e-commerce brands fall short with site search results and highlights the need for brands to better assist shoppers in their path to purchase.

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PPC 101: A 5 Minute Guide to Detecting Online Brand Abuse by @VogelLara

2014/08/21

Brand abuse is very common online, especially in Google AdWords. Illegal resellers and fraudulent websites may be abusing your brand without you knowing it! Brand abusers often use branded keywords to redirect your potential customers to their own websites; which can damage your visibility on Google, as well as your reputation in general

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If Account-Level Quality Score Doesn’t Exist, Can It Really Hurt Your AdWords Program?

2014/08/21

Google has continually denied that an account-level Quality Score exists — yet this unseen metric still seems to have an impact on AdWords performance. The post If Account-Level Quality Score Doesn’t Exist, Can It Really Hurt Your AdWords Program

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Google DMCA Notices Reach Record High With 7.8 Million Link Removal Requests Filed In One Week

2014/08/21

Going on Google’s recent takedown notice numbers, it looks as if the site may be spending as much time on link removal requests as it is algorithm updates. According to TorrentFreak, Google is now processing an average of more than a million takedown requests a day, an enormous increase from..

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Fun Google Search Easter Eggs Work With Query Refinements

2014/08/21

Google is a big fan of doing easter eggs, and we’ve covered many of them in the past including ones that mess around with the display of the search results listing page. They include the do a barrel roll and blink HTML examples.

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Google’s Blink HTML Trick Works On Query Refinements

2014/08/21

In February, Google released a easter egg named blink HTML that made some of the words in the search results blink on the screen.

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Google Sending Invalid Error Notices Of Redirecting Smartphone Users To Homepage

2014/08/21

A couple weeks we reported that Google began sending notices to webmasters over faulty mobile redirects. This notice was to inform webmasters of notices being shown to searchers that the searcher may be redirected to the home page as opposed to the specific page they are clicking on within the..

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Product Listing Ads – An Evaluation

2014/08/21

The end of product listing ads as we know them makes this a perfect time to evaluate their effectiveness and impact on the industry.

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Someone Tied Fines to Yelp Reviews by @jeanmariedion

2014/08/21

The vast majority of Yelp users visit the site when they have money to spend. That’s a key finding from a Nielson study funded by Yelp last year

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