If you have been using the recently added Google Analytics App for iOS on your iPhone, you probably discovered that it didn’t look nearly as well on an iPad, as it was simply the iPhone version enlarged. But Google has now updated their app so that it displays properly on iPad, taking advantage of the […]
YouTube Adds New Creator Credits Feature to Channels with 10k+ Subscribers
If you have at least 10,000 subscribers, YouTube is now making a creator tools available to those YouTube channels. Creator tools, which were previously restricted to YouTube channel partners, gives video creators the option to add official credits to their videos to highlight those that worked on the video. Previously, video creators were forced to […]
Industry Experts Respond to SEMPO’s Code of Ethics Plans
Last week, Tony Wright and Chris Boggs responded to questions about the proposed Code of Ethics that SEMPO is spearheading. Now I have put questions to several well known industry experts to get their reactions and opinions on the Code of Ethics plans. I spoke with Rhea Drysdale, CEO of Outspoken Media; Kristine Schachinger, an […]
Google Adds Mobile Usability Errors to Webmaster Tools
With the importance Google is placing on sites being mobile friendly, their latest feature added to Google Webmaster Tools will be a big help for those webmasters who might not understand all the nuances of mobile-friendly design. Webmasters can now see mobile usability errors in Google Webmaster Tools and the number of pages affected by […]
YouTube Confirms Ad-Free Subscription Model Being Considered
In August, the first rumors hit about Google offering an ad-free subscription for YouTube which would allow users to watch unlimited videos without having to watch any pre-roll advertising or with ads displaying on the bottom of the video while it plays. Google has now finally confirmed that they are considering the possibility when YouTube’s […]
Google Expands Flash Warnings to Mobile Users in Other Languages
Earlier this month, Google began rolling out their warnings to mobile users if a site uses Flash internationally. They are now expanding this warning feature to many more countries and languages. Google announced the changes on multiple international Google Webmaster Central blogs today, including German, Portuguese, and French. This is one of the many changes […]
Disable Google’s Site Search in Search Results With Meta Tag
If you don’t want Google to include a site search box within the listing for your website in the Google search results, Google has added a new tag to disable the functionality. Spotted by Menashe Avramov, you simply add <meta name=”google” content=”nositelinkssearchbox” /> They have also added information about the new tag to their “Meta […]
Blocking Googlebot from CSS & JavaScript Can Hurt Google Rankings
Many webmasters block Googlebot from crawling both CSS and JavaScript for ranking purposes to try and combat things such as the page layout algorithm. But Google has been advising webmasters not block Googlebot from crawling either, and it has now officially been added to Google’s technical guidelines that blocking CSS and JavaScript so can hurt a website’s […]
Google’s Pirate Update Increases Visibility of Smaller Torrent Sites
Google recently made a change to their algorithm designed to demote major sites hosting pirated content, but the algorithm has a secondary side effect – bringing more visibility to smaller torrent sites that had been previously buried in the search results due to the more popular sites ranking so well. The new algo takes the […]
Facebook Wants to Host Linked Articles Rather Than Redirect to Mobile Websites
In a move sure to offend many website publishers, Facebook wants to host articles that users link to, and serve their own Facebook ads on those articles. The change, which would affect users viewing Facebook on mobile, means that website publishers lose not only the traffic to their own site, missing out on the potential […]