Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
In an effort to make much needed upgrades to its visual search capabilities, Pinterest recently acquired two-man startup VisualGraph. Founder Kevin Jing previously worked on Google’s visual...
After being outed for unnatural link scheme, lyrics site Rap Genius was hit with a manual penalty by Google that buried their pages deep into...
Lyrics site Rap Genius was penalized by Google just before Christmas after being outed for a black-hat link building scheme. Rap Genius was looking for...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, stated months ago Google Authorship rich snippets would soon see a 15 percent reduction. We reported on this...
As content on the Internet gets modified or sometimes removed altogether, Google wants to help users by providing a tool to have search results updated...
Facebook has announced they will begin testing auto-playing News Feed video ads for a limited number of accounts starting this week. Facebook has been refining their...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about duplicate content in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: How does Google...
Google confirmed to the New York Times late last week they have acquired military robot-maker, Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics is know for producing military-grade robots...
Moz co-founder, Rand Fishkin, went public today on his blog with his decision to step down as CEO. Fishkin will be switching roles with current COO,...
Bing made an announcement today about an expansion to their knowledge repository, called Satori. They have added a few new features to enhance the search...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about guest blogging in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: I predict that...
Thanks to everyone who attended Search Engine Journal’s first networking meetup last week at the Creamery in San Francisco! #SEJMeetup will be a regular series of...
This past October, Majestic SEO launched a new search tool called Search Explorer, which is a search engine that allows you to find sites based...
Retailer Target is taking a new approach to e-commerce with the launch of an online storefront powered by Pinterest recommendations. Target’s “Awesome Shop” is refreshed...
In their first attempt to monetize Google+, Google made an announcement today about the introduction of +Post ads. These new ad units allow users to...
SEJ reader Samuel Edwards, from Tenthwave Digital, gave us a heads up about something he recently spotted while doing a Google search. Google appears to be...
Just a couple months ago Matt Cutts said he would be surprised to see an update to Google Toolbar PageRank by the end of this...
In an announcement made on their blog yesterday, Twitter is releasing a new product for their advertisers called “tailored audiences.” After testing tailored audiences for...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about content in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Can a site still...
In an announcement made this morning on the official Google Webmaster Central Blog, starting today Google Webmaster Tools will now help you identify pages on your...
An announcement was made on the official Google Search blog today about a new addition to Google Trends being rolled out that promises to deliver more...
Topsy, one of the last remaining Twitter search and analytics companies, has been purchased by Apple for $200 million as reported today by the Wall...
Google rolled out a major change to AdWords this week by introducing CPM bidding by viewable impressions. This change was first noticed by Kim Clinkunbroomer of...
Google announced today that they will be adding a Reviews tab in Google Places that allows business owners to see all their customer reviews in one...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, published a post on his personal blog today asking for feedback about how Google can improve Webmaster Tools...
On December 3rd in San Francisco, SEJ is hosting an SEO Workshop by the man himself, Bruce Clay. Bruce just got some exciting news: a Facebook...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about disavowing links in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Should webmasters use...
An email sent from Incisive Media announced that the SES Conference & Expo will be rebranded as ClickZ Live. The email states: In a natural...
Bing made an announcement today on their blog about the introduction of a new feature to their Webmaster Tools called Connected Pages. Bing Webmaster Tools...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about meta descriptions in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Is it necessary...
