Google Keyword Tool Has Officially Been Replaced By Keyword Planner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...
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See short video versions of news stories on YouTube and TikTok. Matt G. Southern is the Senior News Writer at Search Engine Journal, where he’s covered Google, SEO, and AI for over 13 years.
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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...
Matt Cutts States Page Speed Is Not A More Important Ranking Factor On Mobile
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, stated in a video response that page load speed is not any more important as a ranking factor...
Matt Cutts Says Google +1’s Have No Direct Impact On Search Rankings
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, refuted the latest Moz study that claimed to show a correlation between Google +1’s and high search engine rankings....
Google Brings Traffic Updates To Maps App; Adds Search to Waze App
Google announced this morning in a blog post that the Google Maps and Waze teams are working to bring real-time traffic updates to the Google...
Google Testing New Feature To Show More Information In Search Results
Google is testing a new feature that would allow more information to be shown in search results pages. The new feature displays an overlay with...
Google’s Search Market Share Back Up To 67%; Bing Up 2% From Last Year
Recent data shows that Google is not only holding steady as the top search engine in the U.S., they are gaining market share after having...
Google Will Start Giving Quick Answers To Questions In Search Results
Google is going to start providing a range of personalized “quick answers” in search results by bringing more of the capabilities of Google Now to...
Google+ Messenger Being Dropped From Mobile Apps In Favor of Hangouts
Google’s chat service, Hangouts, is finally fulfilling its purpose of unifying messaging across all of the company’s services. An update to the Google+ mobile app...
Mobile Facebook Pages Now Allow Consumers To Make Reservations
Starting today, Facebook’s mobile pages are more functional for both businesses and consumers with the added ability to make reservations through a restaurant’s Facebook Page....
Matt Cutts Recommends NoFollowing Links On Embedded Widgets
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a video answer yesterday advising website owners with a recommendation that may help from getting penalized by...
Facebook Stock Price Up, COO Sheryl Sandberg Sells And Nets $91 Million
Facebook’s stock price rose above the price of its initial public offering of $38 for the first time this past Friday, closing at $38.50. Facebook’s...
BlackBerry Possibly Putting Itself Up For Sale
BlackBerry is currently in the process of exploring “strategic alternatives” for the company, which may include putting it up for sale. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins,...