If you have an app with app-indexing, Google is looking for some testers, according to John Mueller. It needs to be an Android app and you must have Google’s App-Indexing search features enabled to do so. It does require an NDA to participate, which means you will likely see some pretty interesting things, but nothing […]
Archives for 2015
Some Datacenters Have Rolled Out Google’s Mobile Algo Update Completely
Everyone has been watching to Google mobile results with eagle eyes to see not just if the mobile changes have rolled out, but what the ranking differences are in the new mobile results. And while we knew it would take about a week or so for the new mobile algo to completely roll out to […]
Matched Content from Google AdSense Might Not Match Well
Move over Taboola, Google has come out with their own similar product for Google AdSense publishers, called Matched Content which will serve additional related article results to site visitors. If you are wanting to know if your site has been approved, you will need to go for a hunt into your AdSense account. Once you […]
Google Warns of Local Scams & Give Tips to Protect Businesses
The Google My Business local team is warning local businesses about some companies implying they are Google and unfairly taking advantage of businesses who don’t realize the service is available for free. It has definitely been a problem where companies cold call businesses and trying to sell them their Google My Business listing. And because […]
The New York Times Names Three Senior Vice Presidents of Advertising… Yes Really
On April 23, 2015, I received a press release announcing that Sebastian Tomich, Brendan Monaghan, and Jean-Christophe Demarta will each assume the role of senior vice president of advertising at The New York Times Company, effective immediately. Now, if that sounds like a lot of senior vice presidents, consider this: I was in the supermarket […]
Google Adds iOS App Information in Google Search Results
Looks like Google Play wasn’t the only mobile OS to see some changes with how apps are presented in the search results. iOS users will also see some changes in the Google Search results too. This change only applies to results directly from Apple’s App Store, not for sites talking about apps, whether they are […]
Google Changes New Mobile Breadcrumbs to Show HTTPS Page Status & Site URL
When Google officially launched the new mobile breadcrumbs, they were running a mix of URLs and site names to show the site name of each result in the mobile search results. At the time, I said I preferred the old style structure they had been testing a few weeks earlier as it retained the example.com […]
5 Tips for Ecommerce-Based Entrepreneurs
Building a business is challenging for anyone, but it can be even more challenging when it’s ecommerce-based. Ecommerce is an exploding market that’s worth getting into, but without a proper understanding of some of the fundamental tips and tricks for making your ecommerce business flourish, it’s easy for those businesses to flop. In fact, according […]
More Users Added to Search Analytics Beta in Google Webmaster Tools
Google has added some more users to their beta of Search Analytics in Google Webmaster Tools. This is the new style of reporting that takes the place of the usual “search queries” reporting. Zineb Ait Bahajji made the announcement today on Google+. We’ve made the new Search Analytics report available to a random sample of […]
Bing Ads Testing “Official Site” Tag to Ads in Search Results
I spotted a new change that Bing Ads is currently testing that are being displayed for big brands in their search results. They have a new “Official Site” line added directly underneath the Bing Ads title, and above the displayed URL. Here is how it normally displays in the search results. Bing Search has been […]