About
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.
Articles
Twitter is reportedly experimenting with a new feature (see this link for a screenshot) that would show users how many people viewed their individual tweets. The view...
Larry Page, co-founder and CEO of Google, sat down with Charlie Rose last week at TED 2014 to give an in depth interview about what...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answered a question about Google penalties in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
Google took to the Google+ page of Google Glass yesterday in an attempt to dispel the top 10 “myths” associated with the product. They claim...
Twitter is reportedly in the alpha stages of experimenting with a new version of its service that would see @-replies become phased out. BuzzFeed reports that Vivian Schiller,...
Matt Cutts broke the news via Twitter early this morning that Google’s webspam team had penalized a “large guest blog network.” Today we took action...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about site structure in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
Google+ updated their user interface this week to make link posts stand out in the stream with bold titles and extra large images. The change...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about ecommerce sites in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
On Tuesday, March 18, ItsTheROI.com will be hosting a meetup at Airbnb’s headquarters in San Francisco. The event will be focused on future proof SEO...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about mobile sites in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
First of all, a huge thank you to all who attended our second ever SEJ Meetup last night at the Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge during...
Jason Acidre is the Co-founder and CEO of Xight Interactive, an online marketing agency based in the Philippines, but he’s best known for his blog...
Facebook announced yesterday they will be rolling out a new “streamlined” look for company Pages on the desktop version of their site. The new look...
Our second ever #SEJMeetup is happening tonight in San Jose, CA! We can’t wait to see everyone. We’ve booked the Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge Tuesday, March 11...
Pinterest is following the lead of Google, Facebook, and Twitter by releasing their first ever transparency report detailing they have received requests from the US...
Sponsored by Search Marketing Expo – SMX West, March 11-13 in San Jose, CA. We are just two weeks away from search marketing’s most important conference as SMX...
Facebook announced they have begun rolling out yet another new look to their News Feed, this time they are listening to their users and giving...
Google has been sending notifications via email to business owners about issues related to duplicate Google Places listings. I received such an email a few...
Yahoo has been in the news multiple times over the past 24 hours, which is notable considering the company doesn’t get nearly the amount of...
Huge news broke this evening that Getty Images, boasting a library of over 150 million high-resolution stock photos, is releasing millions of free images online. Getty...
In an effort to help digital marketers become more data savvy, Google launched the Analytics Academy in October of last year. The first course Google...
Bing has officially launched a new feature designed to help users save, organize, and share the content they find on Bing searches. Bing Saves is...
Apple has Siri, Android has Google Now, and Windows finally has their own proprietary voice search assistant called “Cortana.” Modelled after a character from Microsoft’s...
Google has officially announced a new feature that was reportedly spotted in the testing stages several weeks ago, which is the addition of restaurant menus...
A post went up on Google’s official Webmaster Central Blog last night from a representative of the Search Quality Team providing tips for how to...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, made an announcement on Twitter today about a new tool developed to let Google know when you find...
Twitter announced the launch of a new feature today giving Promoted Accounts a more prominent home by including them in search results. Promoted Accounts are an...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about content writing in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
Our second ever #SEJMeetup is happening in San Jose, CA, on day one of the SMX West conference. We’ve booked the Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge (just two blocks from...