Google Adds Sports Microdata
Google has announced a partnership with ESPN to improve the way sports data is displayed on the search page. While the microdata is currently exclusive...
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Rob has been insatiably obsessed with Google, search engine technology, and the trends of the web-based world since he began life as a webmaster in 2002. His work as an SEO consultant since 2006, and subsequently to content writing for technology and internet-focused publications, has done nothing but fuel this passion.
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Bing Webmaster Tools Gets Yahoo’s Traffic Data
The Bing-Yahoo search alliance is getting far enough along that several webmaster tool elements are combining. Bing Webmaster Tools users will now see data from...
Google Unleashes Expanded Sitelinks: How You Should Cope
Over the last two months, Google has been experimenting with a new sitelinks format. Now that format is official. This change may alter how you’re...
How a Bing-Firefox Deal Could Change the Search Landscape
Google and Firefox have been playing buddy-buddy nearly since Mozzila brought their browser to the stage. The collaboration could come to an end this November,...
Bury These Deadly Search Myths
Some search myths refuse to die. Here are 6 that are still alive and kicking … kicking marketers who still believe them.
Google+ Gets Games
Google+ has continued to step into Facebook’s territory with the introduction of Google+ games. Google is aiming at a non-intrusive presentation for users while cutting...
Telegraph Releases List of Top SEO Tips
The Telegraph, a respected UK news site, has compiled the suggestions of some top SEOs in the UK. While the list touches on several vital...
Google Adds “Editors’ Picks” to News
Google has added an extra layer of human vetting to their Google News site. A feature on the right-hand column will now display articles that...
Bing Gives Its Take on Quality Content
In the post-Panda world, Google is the search engine most commonly associated with automated evaluation of quality. Bing has made it clear that they’re also...
Gmail Prompts Users to Conduct “Email Interventions”
Gmail, Google’s email service that started as an invite-only program, has grown dramatically – but they’re still dwarfed by Yahoo Mail and Hotmail. To change...
Google Launches Experimental Hotel Finder
It seems that Google is re-committing to travel search features. The search giant released an experimental hotel finder that gives advanced hotel search options for...
Google Introduces “AdWords Express” for Local Businesses
It’s a known fact that Google is pushing to get into the local advertisement ring. After their massive offer to Groupon was declined last year,...
Google Docs Lists Priority Features
Last month we discussed a Reddit page that allowed users to communicate with the Google Docs team and discuss the features they wanted most. The...
Yahoo Site Explorer Shutting Down
Those who have been around on the web for a long time are almost certainly familiar with the Yahoo Site Explorer. This service, while it...
Google’s Matt Cutts on PR Updates
PageRank, or PR, was once the most vital element of ranking in Google. Over time, PR has become just one of many ranking factors. Some...
A Look at Google+ – The Long-Awaited Google Social Network
I’ve never been quite so excited to talk about a new service. Maybe it’s just the “waiting for Christmas” phenomenon, where the anticipation over the...
Google Sites Adds Mobile Rendering Feature
There are a great many sites around the web that went to the extra effort of putting together a mobile version. It makes plenty of...
Google and Sun Microsystems: The Costly Non-Purchase
Google has passed up a few potential buys that, as has been proven by history, it absolutely should not have passed up. Facebook, for example?...
How Non-Standard TLDs Will (or Won’t) Impact Search Results
A decision from the Internet Global Coordinator on June 20th ruled that domain names could be sold with an open-ended top-level domain extension. Rather than...
The Improved Google Analytics Map Overlay
Few things are as important as analytics if you want to succeed on the web – which is probably why Google worked hard to develop...
Google’s New “Me on the Web” Feature
Slowly but surely, Google is becoming more social – but it’s not because the company has launched a social network that rivals Facebook, and it’s...
Google’s Les Paul Doodle Costs the World $268 Million
Google giveth and Google taketh away. One area that surprisingly manages to cover both ends of those deitific duties is the recent Google Les Paul doodle – which allowed users to...
Simple Answers: Are Facebook Likes Part of Google’s Algorithm?
The QUESTION: Google has been open about using social data as a metric in the search ranking, but the company has only partnered effectively with...
Google Chrome 13’s Sexy New Security Features
Google Chrome is known for many things, including that snazzy little logo and the fact that it’s connected to Google all over the place. However,...
Google Celebrates World Oceans Day
It’s a day late for World Oceans Day, but it’s certainly not too late to celebrate. For one thing, Google only just released their lineup of...
Google’s Authorship Markup and Its Implications for SEO
Google has been at the forefront of rich markup for search engines, having multiplied both their support for rich data and the portion of the...
Google’s Failed Partnerships: Facebook, Media, and Beyond
In our last two entries we covered some of the major talking points from Google Executive Chair Eric Schmidt’s interview at D9 this year. As...
Why Facebook Will Not Launch a Search Engine
I swear if I hear one more person telling me that Facebook is going to “beat Google,” I’m going to punch a baby. I will...
SEO Ranking Factors Get Their Own Periodic Table
Right from the start, let me just tip my hat to the great folks over at Search Engine Land for this monumental creation: a periodic...
Google Launches Official Search Blog
Google has a massive list of blogs at their disposal (roughly a hundred, in fact), and for those keeping an eye on the mass movements,...