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Introduction to Upcoming Bing Ads Editor Enhancements
Editor Note: Ping Jen is a Product Manager in the Microsoft Bing Ads Product Team. His accompanying Bing Ads blog post on the below updates...
Matt Cutts Explains How Comments With Bad Spelling and Grammar Affect A Page’s Ability to Rank
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about spelling and grammar in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in...
Bing Partners With The Hollywood Reporter To Create Ultimate Resource For The Oscars
Just as Bing wants to be your number one destination for Winter Olympics information, they also want to be your primary source for information about...
What I Learnt From Beating Google’s First Update of 2014
For those of us who track our own websites, you may have noticed a Google update roll out on the 8th of January that’s been...
Bing Getting Into Olympic Spirit With Winter Olympics Search Features And Medal Tracker
If you had to guess which search engine would provide the best experience when searching for information related to the 2014 Winter Olympics, very few...
Google Sending Warnings To Business Owners: 3 Weeks To Save Their Google Places Listing
Business owners have reported on the Google Business Help forums that they are getting emails from Google with the subject line: “Action Required: You have 3...
Introducing Debbie Miller, Social Media Manager for Search Engine Journal
I’m pleased to announce the latest addition to the Search Engine Journal team: Debbie Miller of Social Hospitality. We hired Debbie as our social media...
Google is Now Showing Large Embedded Videos in Search Results
Next time you do a search for video content, instead of the YouTube results you’re used to seeing you may get a large embedded video...
Google Places Adds Over 1,000 New Categories For International Business Listings
In an announcement made in a discussion forum thread by Google Business Community Manager, Jade Wang, Google has added a substantial amount of new business...
Please Join Me in Congratulating Kelsey Jones, Managing Editor of Search Engine Journal
I’m excited to officially announce Kelsey Jones as the new Managing Editor of Search Engine Journal. Kelsey has been behind the scenes for the past 5+ months...
Matt Cutts Explains Why You Should Not Use Article Directories To Build Links
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about link building in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
Google Crushes Yet Another Link Network For Violating Quality Guidelines
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, made an announcement on Twitter early this morning that action has been taken on another link network: Today...
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Google: A Digital History [Infographic]
Google has done a lot in its 16 year history. From its first known algorithm update in early 2000 to its approximate 24 Panda updates...
Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company DeepMind For a Reported $400 Million
An artificial intelligence company based in London, England called DeepMind has been acquired by Google for a reported sum of $400 million. The deal was...
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Stop Treating the Yahoo! Bing Network Like the Red-Headed Stepchild [Infographic]
Paid search is a great way to kick off a new website or marketing campaign, offering the ability to immediately send traffic with just a...
Matt Cutts Explains How Important Social Media Signals Really Are
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about social media signals in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in...
Google Will Now Adjust Search Filters Based On What You’re Looking For
You may have noticed while searching on Google lately that there are now fewer search filtering options available under the ‘More’ drop down menu, as...
20 Ways Google Glass Will Change Pro Sports Forever
Despite all the controversy, there a number of marketing analysts who believe that Google Glass, along with most wearable tech, is going to be a...
Matt Cutts Clarifies Guest Blogging for SEO (with tips)
Matt Cutts dropped the hammer today on people that are guest blogging for links. Matt Cutts stated “I’m calling it: if you’re using guest blogging...
Google Cracking Down On Bad Advertising Practices, Over 350 Million Ads Removed
Google released a report on their AdWords blog today detailing just how vehemently they are cracking down on “bad actors” who are abusing the online...
Keyword Rich Domain Names Improving Search Rankings is a Myth, According to Bing
Duane Forrester, Sr. Product Manager of Bing, claims it’s a myth that keyword rich domain names improve search engine rankings in a post published yesterday on...
Google Image Search Now Lets You Find Images By Usage Rights
Google Image Search now lets you easily find images based on their usage rights. This option has been available for a few years, but it...
Google Acquires Nest Labs For $3.2 Billion in Cash
Google made its second largest acquisition in company history today with the purchase of Nest Labs, makers of smart thermostats and smart smoke alarms, for...
Matt Cutts Explains How To Deal With Minor Duplicate Content Issues
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about duplicate content in his latest webmaster help video where a user writes in to...
Rap Genius Back On First Page Of Google After 10-Day Penalty
After being outed for unnatural link scheme, lyrics site Rap Genius was hit with a manual penalty by Google that buried their pages deep into...
Quick Case Study: Google’s Mobile Ad Update Effect on AdWords
In late September 2013 on Google’s 15th birthday, the search giant made an announcement that they were changing the appearance of their mobile and tablet...
10 Old School Matt Cutts Videos You Need to Watch
When TheShortCutts.com launched a few months ago, it set off a viral explosion powder keg in the SEO world. Although only a few months old,...
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...