For those who follow the SEO community, there have been many changes this year with Google’s outreach to SEOs and webmasters, starting when Matt Cutts went on leave. While one could make the argument that Google’s effort at increased communication and transparency with webmasters has been sincere, many things have been botched so magnificently over […]
Archives for July 2015
Bing Suggesting Additional Searches With Drop Down When Scrolling Up
Bing has added a new feature to make it easier to keep a Bing searcher on Bing, rather than perhaps abandoning it for another search engine when a searcher can’t find exactly what they are looking for. If you do a search on Bing and scroll down until you reach the end of the search […]
Still Want Emojis in the Google Search Results? Use Google+
There is a teeny loophole within the Google search results that still allows you to get emojis into titles… but it isn’t the most effective way to be able to spam them. If you make a post on Google+ that includes emojis, then those emojis will still show up in the Google search results. It […]
Google’s Large Product Listing Ad & Knowledge Panel Hybrid Ads
Google is testing an unusual new Product Listing Ad (aka shopping ad) and it is the largest ad that has ever appeared in their search results. The PLA is a cross between a Knowledge Panel and a PLA and it completely dominates the right hand side of the search results for the searches it appears […]
Google: Do Not Ask For Links
Google published a blog post on the Portuguese Webmaster Blog reminding webmasters of quality links, what they should do if they were penalized for links and how to request reinclusion. However, one thing definitely sticks out in this blog post – and that is Google stating that webmasters should not ask for links: não compre, […]
Facebook Adds Floating Video Feature So Users Can Scroll Through Posts
Facebook is trying a new tactic to increase video views on their platform. They have added a new button that allows users to click a button which will pop out the video and anchor it on the bottom of the page in a floating style, allowing users to watch the video while also scrolling through […]
Amazon Mining Relationships Between Authors & Reviewers
For authors, building up a social media presence is key. You want your fans to know when you have a new book coming out or to provide updates on your projects. It is good marketing sense, especially for authors who self publish or who publish with smaller publishing houses that do not have much of […]
Bing Removes Emojis from Titles in Search Results Too
In a not surprising move, Bing has once again followed Google’s lead and removed emojis from the titles in their search results. When emojis were first noticed in Google’s search results, they did not display in Bing’s search results. However, a week later Bing started to display emojis too. So when Google removed the emojis […]
How to Speed Up Google Disavow File Processing Time
When it comes to Google processing disavow files, it can take quite some time – up to 6-9 months in some cases – for Google to process the entire file. This is because Google needs to recrawl each and every link you disavow before it can process it for your site’s disavow file. The question […]
Google: Sites Can Benefit From Links in Other Languages
Have you ever wondered how Google reacts to links that come from a different language website than the one your site is in? After all, some of these links can be perfectly targeted and coming from a site about the same topic, but just happen to be in two different languages. Can websites benefit from […]