Google Updates Search Algorithm To Weed Out “Notorious” Piracy Sites
Today Google released an updated version of their report on How Google Fights Piracy, which details the ways the company fends off piracy across its...
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Google Recommends Using Both XML Sitemaps And RSS/Atom Feeds For Optimal Crawling
Google published a set of best practices for XML sitemaps and RSS/Atom feeds on its Webmaster Central Blog this week, explaining which fields in sitemaps...
Local Number Call Forwarding Coming To Google AdWords in November 2014
Google has updated its AdWords support section with a new entry on local number call forwarding, a new feature that’s said to be coming in...
Google Faces Criticism From FTC For “Deceptive” Search Ads
The Wall Street Journal reports Google, along with Yahoo and Microsoft, is under scrutiny by the FTC for doing little to heed the direction of...
Facebook Surpasses YouTube For Most Desktop Video Views Per Month
ComScore has revealed to Beet.TV the results of a recent study that shows in the month of August 2014, Facebook surpassed YouTube for most desktop...
Reddit General Manager Announces Decision To Step Down
Long-standing Reddit General Manager, Erik Martin, announced his decision to leave the company today after serving as its GM for six years. Martin broke the...
Earn With Useful #Marketing, How To Build Google-Safe Links, and More From #Pubcon 2014
Jay Baer of Convince and Convert kicked off the final day of Pubcon as only he could, and luckily for him, three days in Las...
Who Provides Better Answers Between Siri, Google Now, And Cortana?
Stone Temple Consulting analyzed data from 3086 different queries to find out which gives the best answers between Siri, Google Now, and Microsoft’s Cortana. The...
Google Makes Conversational Search Even More Intelligent
The Google Search app on your smartphone is probably not the first place you would turn to when planning a trip, but that may no...
Live At #Pubcon Day 2: The Future Of Everything, Optimizing For Hummingbird, US Search Awards, and More!
It may have been Vegas, a jam packed day 1, or a combination of both,but the exhaustion everyone was feeling at day 2 of Pubcon...
Live At #Pubcon Day 1: Facebook Audience Network, Google Chaos Theory, Writing For SEO, and More!
Legions of passionate marketers who eat, sleep, and breathe SEO, content, and social media filled the Las Vegas Convention Center today as Pubcon Las Vegas...
Google Will (Probably) Not Be Updating Toolbar PageRank Again, John Mueller Confirms
Google’s last Toolbar PageRank update, which rolled out on December 2013, may have been its last as Google’s John Mueller stated in a recent Google...
Google Answer Boxes Appearing 44% More Frequently [STUDY]
Moz published a report today containing data which shows a significant jump in the appearance of Google’s Quick Answer boxes. The jump initially began last...
Facebook To Pull Back On Research Following Controversial Mood Study
Today, in a response to negative feedback over the company’s controversial mood study, Facebook revealed its plans to change the way research is conducted by...
Facebook To Change Real Name Policy, Issues Apology To LGBT Community
Facebook’s Chief Product Office, Chris Cox, issued a formal apology to members of the LGBT community who were affected by the recent issues involving Facebook’s real...
Reddit Raises $50 Million in Funding, Promises To Share 10% With Its Users
Reddit announced this week that they have just closed a $50 million round of outside funding lead by investor Sam Altman, with participation from Alfred...
Google Competitors Launch Site Explaining How Google Is Hurting The Internet In EU
On Monday, Yelp, TripAdvisor and other allied companies launched a new effort aimed at convincing European antitrust officials to force Google to stop promoting its...
Yahoo To Retire Several Old Products, Including The Yahoo Directory
Yahoo recently announced they will be shifting their focus to what they feel are their core products, which means retiring a few products that no...
Facebook Launches Rebuilt Atlas, A Rival To Google’s DoubleClick
Facebook has announced the launch of Atlas, an advertising platform which they say has been rebuilt from the ground up to “tackle today’s marketing challenges.” Facebook...
Facebook Partners With Stripe To Power Facebook’s “Buy” Button
Re/code reports that Facebook has partnered with Stripe to power a “Buy” button that will eventually be a part of the news feed. That’s the...
New Panda Update Rolling Out, Google Takes Another Stand Against Thin Content
Pierre Far, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google UK, announced on Google+ last night that a new Panda update is rolling out. The update began rolling out...
Use Twitter To Build Your Amazon Wishlist By Using This Hashtag
This week Twitter took another step towards facilitating consumer purchases through tweets by introducing the #AmazonWishlist hashtag. The new hashtag is integrated with Amazon’s wishlist-making...
Hootsuite Raises $60 Million In New Funding, Acquires Zeetl To Integrate Voice Technology
Hootsuite announced today that the company has closed a US$60 million financing round, bringing Hootsuite’s total financing to-date to US$250 million. Ryan Holmes, Hootsuite’s CEO,...
Bing Releases New iPhone App With Features For iOS 8
Bing’s new iPhone app is now available in the Apple’s App Store, and the company stated in an announcement that this release makes Bing even...
Google Enhances Search Listings With New Structured Snippets
Google announced this week via the Google Research blog that they will be introducing a new addition to search listings. The new feature is designed...
#Pubcon Las Vegas 2014 is Less Than 2 Weeks Away: What To Look Forward To
This post is Sponsored by Pubcon Las Vegas – October 6 – 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pubcon Las Vegas is less than two weeks away! Proudly...
Facebook To Introduce New Advertising Platform For Tracking Users Across Multiple Devices
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is nearing the launch of a new advertising platform for marketers to more effectively connect with their target...
New Google Users Are No Longer Required To Sign Up For Google+
For two and a half years Google has required its users to sign up to the Google+ social network. Now it appears Google is easing...
DuckDuckGo Is Now Blocked In China
DuckDuckGo has been blocked in China, according to Tech in Asia who reported on this after noticing first hand over the weekend. On Sunday, DuckDuckGo founder...
Twitter Releases New iPhone App Just In Time For iOS 8
A day after Facebook unveiled a new iOS app, Twitter releases an updated app for iPhone users just in time for iOS 8. The updated...