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Google Authorship Is Dead, Author Rank Is Not: A Interview With Casey Markee
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build. At Pubcon 2014 in Las...
Google News Continues To Drive More Traffic Than Facebook
For those who have written off Google traffic in favor of social media referrals, you’re going to want to check out this article from Digiday....
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Apple Starts Crawling Web – Is Apple Launching a Search Engine in 2015?
Web development consultant Jan Moesen alerted the Twitterverse last week about the fact that Apple is running a web crawler, written in the programming language...
Google Offers A New Way To Monetize Site Content – Embedded Consumer Surveys
This week Google introduced a new way for website owners to monetize their site’s content — the Google Consumer Surveys publisher network is now open...
Google Improves Maps With New Local Search Features, New Material Design, And More
With the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop, Google has been redesigning its apps with a focus on material design and Maps is the latest to...
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Don’t Get in a Flap: Your Penguin 3.0 Survival Guide
It is official, after months of speculation, Penguin 3.0 has landed. And while we aren’t really seeing much change to the SERPs just yet, we...
Penguin 3.0 Still Being Rolled Out, Google’s John Mueller Confirms
When Google’s Penguin 3.0 refresh began rolling out this month, it was understood that the process could take several weeks. Now there’s confirmation from Google’s John Mueller,...
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Now You Can Stay Logged In To Multiple Google Accounts On The Same Browser
It’s not always the biggest changes that are the are the most newsworthy. Google recently announced a small change that’s actually very significant in terms...
Danny Goodwin on Tired Marketing Trends, Leaving Search Engine Watch
Danny Goodwin has had an illustrious career in marketing, editing, and search. After leaving his role as editor of Search Engine Watch in August 2014,...
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The Top Reasons Why Google Isn’t Indexing Your Site
“Why is my site not indexed?!” This is the most essential SEO feature of all time. Google must index your site in order for your...
Microsoft Undergoes Restructuring, Top Bing Positions Eliminated
Duane Forrester broke the news on his personal blog this morning that Microsoft is in the midst of restructuring several divisions within the company, which...
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Pitch Perfect: Articulating With Eloquence #SEJBookClub
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a monthly series of book reviews by the Search Engine Journal editorial team. Join us each month to...
Google Webmaster Tools Now Detects Issues With Mobile Usability
Today, Google announced an addition to its Webmaster Tools in an effort to keep webmasters more informed of specific website issues that mobile users may...
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What’s the Future of Google Authorship?
I woke up one fine June morning to discover that my familiar photo had disappeared from the search results for dozens of articles that I’d...
Allow Googlebot Access To Javascript And CSS For Optimal Rankings
You may remember an announcement made by Google several months ago that its indexing system now renders web pages more like a typical web browser....
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Google Reinvents The Email Experience With New ‘Inbox’ App
Today, Google announced the launch of a brand new email app that was said to be years in the making. From the creators of Gmail...
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#Halloween E-Commerce: How Much Do People Spend to Celebrate October 31st? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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With my favorite holiday of the year fast approaching, and my annual viewings of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Hocus Pocus out of the way,...
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Penguin 3.0 A Refresh Affecting 1% of English Queries, Google Confirms
Google engineer, Pierre Far, shed some new light this morning on the Penguin 3.0 update that was confirmed to have starting rolling out this past...
Google Confirms Penguin 3.0 Update, Here’s The Reaction So Far
A Google representative has confirmed what has been the subject of much speculation over the weekend — a Penguin 3.0 update was rolled out on...
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Google Updates “Right to Be Forgotten” Notification
In late May, the European Court of Justice ruled that Google is required to remove results deemed to be “irrelevant” and “outdated.” In order to...
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