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, […]
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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 […]
Google’s Duplicate Content Filter for Images & Videos
While we have known for a very long time about the duplicate content filter for written content, it wasn’t quite as clear if the same thing applies to other types of content such as images and video. The question came up specifically about videos and if a website could benefit from uploading the identical video […]
New Panda Refresh Timeline: Expect in Next Couple of Weeks
We have all been anxiously awaiting the next Google Panda update ever since Gary Illyes from Google officially announced the upcoming refresh a month ago. And it looks like we will be waiting a little bit longer. In today’s Google webmaster hangout, John Mueller once again addressed when we might see the Panda refresh, and […]
What Yahoo Testing Google Search Results Over Bing’s Really Means
In a move that isn’t entirely unexpected, Yahoo is testing out Google search results instead of their usual Bing search results for searches done on Yahoo. It seems to be an extremely limited test at this time, but the fact that Yahoo is testing Google results at all is very significant. Here are some things […]
Google Testing Price Comparison in Product Listing Ads
Google is pointing out when a specific listing in their Product Listing Ads is notably less expensive than the others listed within the same PLA ad unit. The ads that are the lowest price in the PLA ads are noted with a “Price is X% lower than average online prices.” It is displayed underneath the […]