Since Facebook and Twitter gained prominence there has always been the debate of whether Google pay attention to social signals as part of their algorithm. Matt Cutts denied this in 2014. Although Google+ used to have an impact on page visibility in the algorithm through rel=”author” and even though it has no impact when signed […]
Archives for June 16, 2015
Google Adds Knowledge Card Quotes for Famous People, Including Authors and Celebrities
Google is adding knowledge cards containing quotes to their search results when someone searches for a famous person’s name plus the keyword “quotes.” They seem to come up for a wide variety of names, including historical and political figures as well as authors. Here is an example for J.R.R. Tolkien, which pulls heavily from quotes […]
Google Sets Deadline On Upgrade To Adwords Editor 11.1 Tool
Google announced on G+ they will no longer support older versions of Adwords Editor. This applies to anyone still using version 10.6 or older of the popular Editor. Last December Google built the editor tool from the ground up and released Adwords Editor 11.0 to replace the older 10.0 version. However, some users haven’t upgraded […]
Not Provided Coming to Bing Organic Search Referrals
Almost two years after Google made the switch to block 100% of organic keywords in search referrals from Google Search results, Bing is making the move to prevent keywords from being passed on to site owners when a searcher clicks their search result. Duane Forrester made the announcement about the change on Bing’s Webmaster Blog. […]