Tony Edwards spotted a small and subtle test by Google and posted it on Twitter. Google is testing placing a bolder/darker line break line between the ads and the organic results in the search results…

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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…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Google Bad Ads, Google Mortgage Calculator & Google VP Leaves appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Google loses another senior vice president and world record holder, Alan Eustace. The post Google’s Senior VP Of Knowledge, Alan Eustace, To Retire appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Obviously, mobile is important and it is just as important to configure it properly so that GoogleBot and search engines understand what is mobile and what is not…

Counterfeit product ads are down, but Google has to fight as hard as ever to combat weight loss scam ads, according to the search engine’s annual Bad Ads Report.

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Enter the 7th Annual SMX West Biggest Search Geek Contest, sponsored by Marin Software. The challenging quiz-based contest is where the world’s brightest search marketers compete to outsmart fellow search geeks from across the globe

Google now offers a mortgage and interest calculator, so you no longer have to go to a financial web site to get the cute web based calculators. The post Google’s Mortgage Calculator Quick Answer Now Live appeared first on Search Engine Land.