Get Your Website Reviewed By Google This Monday, November 18th
Google’s John Mueller announced on Google+ that on Monday, November 18th, they will be offering live, online reviews of websites during their office hours. If you’re...
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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.
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Yahoo Announces Auction Of Over 100 Premium Domain Names
Have you ever wanted to own an elusive domain name like AV.com? What about webserver.com? Well if you’ve got the cash Yahoo is giving you...
Google Increases Locations Serving Search Requests By 600% From Last Year
Google has significantly increased the number of sites and ISPs it uses to serve search requests according to a study by researchers at the University of...
US Search Awards Winners, Nominees and Attendees Party at #Pubcon
Thanks to SEJ’s #Pubcon coverage sponsor Majestic SEO “Bigger, Better, Faster.” The first ever US Search Awards ceremony was held this past Wednesday night, October 23rd in...
Facebook To Begin Offering Custom Audiences To All Advertisers
Facebook announced Wednesday that Custom Audiences will be available to all advertisers worldwide by the end of November. Custom Audiences allows users to import their own...
Google Releases An Update To The AdWords Ad Rank Algorithm
Google quietly released an update to their AdWords Ad Rank algorithm yesterday with the most notable change being the inclusion of ad extensions as a...
Majestic SEO Announces Development of New Search Tool Called Search Explorer
Majestic 12, the UK company behind the World Wide Web’s link intelligence crawler, Majestic SEO, made an announcement today about their plans to expand into...
Matt Cutts on the Difference Between “Strong” and “b” Tags in Terms of SEO
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about text formatting in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: “In...
Google Reports Higher Earnings Than Expected in Q3 2013, $14.9B in Revenue
From last quarter Google’s revenues is up slightly, but from Q3 of last year Google is up almost $1.5 billion as the behemoth of search,...
Android Users Can Now Manage Their Google Places Listing on the Go With New App
Marketers now have a new tool to mange their Google Places for Business listing while on the go with Google’s new Android app. The new...
Matt Cutts Suggests Guest Blogging Only Be Done in Moderation
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: “How can I...
Now You Can Claim Your Authorship On Bing With New Klout Integration
Klout announced today in a blog post that they have teamed up with Bing to form a pseudo-authorship alliance, similar to Google+ Authorship, that will appear...
News Recap on (Not Provided): Top Articles from Around the Web on Google’s Encrypted Search Data
Last week Google made the move towards encrypting all search data, which means website owners are unable to see information about search terms that were...
SMX East 2013 October 1-3 in NYC: Don’t Miss Out
SMX East 2013 takes place less than two weeks from now! When: October 1-3 Where: New York City at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655...
Facebook Introduces Larger Images For Link Share Posts
An announcement by Facebook confirms what you may have already noticed through interacting with the social network this week; larger images are now standard for...
Google Webmaster Tools Offers Better Backlink Data For Site Owners
Based on feedback from the webmaster community, Google has made some changes to their free Webmaster Tools product that they announced today. Webmaster Tools provides...
Matt Cutts Tells You What To Do If Your Site Was Hit By Panda
Google has recently integrated Panda into its normal indexing process. As a result, many site owners are concerned how this will affect them. Specifically, site...
Google Glass Gets Improved Search Capabilities With New Software Update
Google has released the latest software update for Google Glass. Notable new features include drastic improvements made to the device’s search capabilities. Those fortunate enough...
Matt Cutts Answers Whether Or Not Nofollow Links Can Hurt Your Site
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, published a video response today to a question about whether or not nofollow links can hurt a website when it...
Bing To Start Including Local Product Inventory Data In Search Results
In an announcement made yesterday, Microsoft and Local Corporation signed an agreement to provide location-based inventory data for Bing. Local Corporation’s Krillion shopping data platform...
Bing News Now Shows You What’s Trending On Facebook and Twitter
Bing continues to upgrade their user experience with an announcement made today about changes to Bing News. In an attempt to modernize their search experience...
SEJ Alumnus Michelle Stinson Ross Joins Strategic Alliance with Digital Always Media
Michelle Stinson Ross, SEJ Alumnus and founder of her own agency Firestarter Social Media, recently announced a strategic partnership with Toronto-based digital marketing agency, Digital...
Bing Announces Completely Revamped Experience For Video Search
Today Bing made an announcement on their blog about upgrades to the user experience of their video search. The announcement promises these upgrades will provide...
Study Shows Hashtags On Facebook Result In Less Viral Reach For Pages
Facebook adopted the use of hashtags for both personal and business pages earlier this year. Since hashtags have proven to be a useful tool on...
Google and Microsoft Team Up To Sue The US Government Over Transparency
Search engine giants, Google and Microsoft, are set to sue the US government over transparency. Their goal is to win the right to reveal more...
Google’s Mobile Search Revenue Projected To Grow As Desktop Revenue Falls
In eMarketer’s latest look at the mobile ad market, we see that Google’s mobile search revenue accounts for 19.1% of its total US advertising revenues. Just two...
Google Keyword Tool Has Officially Been Replaced By Keyword Planner
The Google Keyword Tool, used by SEO professionals the world over, has officially been retired. While the sentiments regarding this change have been mixed, there...
Google Product Listing Ads See Dramatic Increase In Click-Through-Rates
Marin Software, provider of a leading Revenue Acquisition Management platform for advertisers and agencies, today released a report showcasing the rise of Google Product Listing...
Facebook Allows Multiple Users To Contribute To Shared Photo Albums
Up to 50 Facebook users can now contribute to the new shared photo albums that Facebook is starting to roll out. Each individual user can...
Bing Describes 7 Ways They Are Better Than Google For Image Searches
Bing recently posted an inside look from Senior Program Manager, Meenaz Merchant, describing the ways in which Bing is a better image search engine than...