Google launched call extensions about four years ago within the Google AdWords advertising platform. Prior, you could list any phone number you want..

First we have Google testing moving down the local pack and yesterday, for a few hours, the local pack went missing completely.

Posted by randfish This week, Moz released a new feature that we call Spam Score, which helps you analyze your link profile and weed out the spam

In a post on the company’s official security blog, Google announced it will no longer accept the registrations of new HTTPS certificates from China’s official web registrar, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Since CNNIC deals with HTTPS certificates for the entire Chinese web, Google has effectively prevented any further Chinese websites from entering the SSL system.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Within the next few weeks, the European Union (EU) will file antitrust charges against Google, which could result in a fine of up to $6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. European Union antitrust officials have been looking into confidential complaints claiming Google is tweaking its algorithm to display its own products ahead of competitors’ in European search results. To strengthen its case against the search giant, the European Commission has been asking for permission from companies to publish their confidential complaints

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: AdWords Phone Verification, EU Google Antitrust & Google Paid Search Up appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google announced that the Google Analytics product now has a place where you can track what updates Google has made to the product over time. You can access the release notes for Google Analytics over here. Currently there are only two update slots..

We still have a few FREE tickets available for our Chicago event, courtesy of our partner, Searchmetrics. Request an invite today! The post 9 Pieces of Search and Social Insight From #SEJSummit Chicago Speakers by @wonderwall7 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

We still have a few FREE tickets available for our Chicago event, courtesy of our partner, Searchmetrics. Request an invite today! The post 9 Pieces of Search and Social Insight From #SEJSummit Chicago Speakers by @wonderwall7 appeared first on Search Engine Journal .