Bing has changed how they serve search results for some long tail keyword searches, by simply displaying a single page of search results only, without being able to easily view results beyond the first page. Often, for super long tail queries, the search results do tend to get sketchy when you are a couple of […]
Archives for March 2015
Google’s Mobile Ranking Signal Does Not Affect Desktop Searches
There has been a lot of confusion – and some conspiracy theories – about whether the new mobile ranking signal would have any impact or bearing on desktop search results. Google has reiterated what they have said previously – Google’s upcoming mobile ranking signal, which comes into play on April 21st, will not have any […]
Twitter Bringing Foursquare Location Tagging to Tweets
Better geo-tagging of tweets is coming soon with a partnership between Foursquare and Twitter. Since Foursquare split the check-in functionality of their app to a second app Swarm, Facebook has become a more popular avenue for social media users to check in to locations on mobile devices. And while Twitter had been rumored to be […]
Facebook Wants to Host Linked Articles From Partnered News Sites
Last October TheSEMPost reported that Facebook was considering hosting third-party content right on Facebook when users link to it in a Facebook post, rather than just allowing users to leave Facebook by clicking on the link to read the article. Well, it appears that Facebook is doing just that, and the implications of it to […]
Twitter Adds Quality Filtering for Verified Users
Tech blogger Anil Dash spotted a new feature that popped up in his verified Twitter account today… the ability to add a quality filter to the notifications timeline. It aims to remove tweets that “contain threats, offensive or abusive language, duplicate content, or are sent from suspicious accounts”. Well, that's an interesting & welcome addition, […]
Third Party Sites Can Finally Embed Comments from Reddit
Reddit has often been a goldmine of information for website owners, and has been a major source of content for sites such as Buzzfeed, ViralNova, and the like. But while Reddit is hugely popular, the lack of an embedding feature for third party sites meant many attributions to Reddit were added in tiny font, if […]
Twitter Begins Testing Autoplay Videos for iOS Users
Twitter has followed the lead of both Facebook and YouTube by testing autoplay videos that appear in the news stream for some Twitter users. The test is for users on Twitter through the iOS apps on both iPhone and iPad. Some users will see the videos autoplay in their entirety. Others will only see a […]
Are Dynamic Search Ads Right For You? Part 1 DSA Series
Dynamic Search campaigns have been around for quite some time now and so I find myself surprised when I hear that companies haven’t given them a shot. There are many benefits to DSAs but each also comes with it’s own limitations. Nevertheless, given the right fit, the ROAS (or RODSAS, rather) can be plentiful. If you find […]
Exploit Discovered in Google Analytics by Yoast WordPress Plugin
Yet another major vulnerability has been discovered with a WordPress plugin popular with SEOs and webmasters. And it is another Yoast plugin that is affected, this time the very popular Google Analytics by Yoast plugin. This particular exploit used XSS in order to run malicious code. Those who use this plugin by Yoast need to […]
Search Impact Alpha Test Renamed Search Analytics in Google Webmaster Tools
Glenn Gabe noticed that the alpha test feature Search Impact report within Google Webmaster Tools has just gotten a brand new name change. Gabe also speculates that the name change could signal that Google is getting ready to roll out this feature to all users – or to at least open it up for beta […]