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Google Launches Tool For Easy URL Removal On Third-Party Sites
As content on the Internet gets modified or sometimes removed altogether, Google wants to help users by providing a tool to have search results updated...
Matt Cutts Explains How Duplicate Content Affects Rankings
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about duplicate content in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: How does Google...
Google Acquires Military Robot-Maker Boston Dynamics
Google confirmed to the New York Times late last week they have acquired military robot-maker, Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics is know for producing military-grade robots...
Bing Expands Their Knowledge Repository With More Interactive Content
Bing made an announcement today about an expansion to their knowledge repository, called Satori. They have added a few new features to enhance the search...
Matt Cutts Answers Whether Guest Blogging Will Be Considered Spam In The Future
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about guest blogging in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: I predict that...
Google Is Testing Embedded Images In Search Results Snippets
SEJ reader Samuel Edwards, from Tenthwave Digital, gave us a heads up about something he recently spotted while doing a Google search. Google appears to be...
Matt Cutts: Not A Good Practice To Create Articles By Combining Content From Other Sites
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about content in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Can a site still...
How-to Guide: Who Benefits From Facebook and SEM Advertising?
Many businesses wonder which advertising platforms match their business model best. Each advertising platform has unique features and a variety of advantages that business can...
Breaking – Google Changes the SERP – Images are King and PPC Holds the Key to the Kingdom
Oops they did it again We know Google is constantly testing things on their SERP (Search Engine Results Page) with new products, new layouts, new...
Search Engine Journal is Looking for a Social Media Manager; Maybe You?
Do you have a passion for Social Media, Search Marketing, and everything in-between? Love getting to know and engaging with your peers, growing an audience,...
Search Engine Journal: An Update on Our Publishing Process
If you’ve submitted an article recently to SEJ, you may have noticed we’ve made some changes. In an effort to offer the most awesome content...
Hummingbird Pivot and Context Identifiers
With all the recent news regarding Hummingbird, conversational search, and context identifiers, it appears a storm is brewing in the SEO world. Will the culmination...
11 Awesome Features That Make The Android 4.4 KitKat Incredibly Sweet
Have you gotten your hands on the LG-made Nexus 5 yet? You haven’t? That’s a shame, because you’re missing out on Google’s latest Android 4.4...
Avoiding Penalties From Google’s Penguin Update: Interview With Russ Jones
As part of our SEJ interview series, Russ Jones of Virante discusses how to avoid penalties from Google’s Penguin algorithm update. After Penguin 2.1 came...
Google Introduces Change To AdWords: Pay By Viewable Impression CPM Bidding
Google rolled out a major change to AdWords this week by introducing CPM bidding by viewable impressions. This change was first noticed by Kim Clinkunbroomer of...
5 Marvelous Possibilities We’d Like To See From The Disney and Netflix Deal
We’re still trying to wrap our collective heads around that recent Disney and Netflix deal that would bring four Marvel superheroes to the online video...
Google Adds Reviews Tab To Google Places For Business, See All Reviews In One Place
Google announced today that they will be adding a Reviews tab in Google Places that allows business owners to see all their customer reviews in one...
11 Things You Should Know About Those Mysterious Google Barges
When you happen to be one of the biggest companies in the world, do you think that people wouldn’t notice when you have a couple...
Matt Cutts Wants To Know How You Would Improve Google Webmaster Tools
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, published a post on his personal blog today asking for feedback about how Google can improve Webmaster Tools...
Matt Cutts Answers Whether You Should Disavow Links Without Receiving A Warning
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about disavowing links in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Should webmasters use...
Bing Announces Connected Pages, Track Data For Pages Beyond Your Website
Bing made an announcement today on their blog about the introduction of a new feature to their Webmaster Tools called Connected Pages. Bing Webmaster Tools...
Everything You Need To Know About Google’s ‘Winter Wonderlabs’
These may not be the likely luxurious showrooms consumers climb aboard when those mysterious barges set sail, but it is Google’s continued experimentation with retail...
Matt Cutts Answers If Every Page Needs To Have A Unique Meta Description
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about meta descriptions in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Is it necessary...
Matt Cutts Explains How To Avoid Spam Penalties From Blog Comments
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about link spam in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Google’s Webmaster Guidelines...
The Long and Hard Road to Penguin Recovery
I am currently working with two site owners who were negatively impacted by Penguin 2.1. Many of my other clients actually benefited from Penguin 2.1...
Get Your Website Reviewed By Google This Monday, November 18th
Google’s John Mueller announced on Google+ that on Monday, November 18th, they will be offering live, online reviews of websites during their office hours. If you’re...
Is Google Really Working on a Lie-Detecting Neck Tattoo?
If you thought that the backlash surrounding Google Glass was bad, just wait and see what happens if the latest Google patent becomes a reality....
Google Glass News: New Design, Accessory Store, Invitations, and Driving Tickets
Can we go a single day without some sort of Google Glass update? I guess we can’t, especially when there’s been some major developments regarding...
I Could Build One Hell of a Website for $350 Million in 9 Months
First off, let me tell you that my company, Advice Interactive Group, builds websites. So, when I see a site like the technology portion of...
Google Debuts New Internet Information Kiosks in London
Google has partnered with the London office of digital and interactive marketing agency R/GA to debut new internet information kiosks, a pilot project it is calling...