In one of my recent random keyword searches on Bing, I thought it might be funny to see what happens if you tried searching for “Google” on Bing, which I suspect probably happens on a regular basis. And looks like Bing is having some fun with it, while encouraging people to consider just using Bing […]
Not Goliath? Dominating AdWords Won’t Be Easy
With all the talk of bootstrapped startups, advantages of “nimble players,” and Davids taking down Goliaths, you might be excused for exhibiting an excess of optimism as you enter the PPC fray, even if you’ve heard scary stories about rising click prices. I’m a big proponent of the personality, ingenuity, speed, and agility you find […]
Google Set to Announce Digital News Initiative with European Newspapers
Google is set to announce a new Digital News Initiative with eight European newspapers, including the Guardian and Financial Times. This new initiative is seen by many as a way for Google to work with publishers who are struggling to translate print publications into a revenue sustaining online model. This initiative will work on product […]
Rich Snippets Can Cause Sites to Lose “Mobile-Friendly” Tag
It appears that some schema markup appearing in the mobile search results is forcing the “Mobile-friendly” tag from being listed in the search result. Steve Morgan from SEOno was the first to publicize the issue. However, when you check the URL and the page in question, it both appears to be mobile friendly and passes […]
Google Removes “More Reviews” Link from Local Knowledge Graph Results, Uses Google Reviews Only
If you are a local business who hasn’t focused much effort on getting reviews on your Google My Business page, you will probably be regretting that decision now. Google has removed the “more reviews” links from local knowledge graphs appearing in the Google search results, in favor of linking to Google reviews alone. Mike Blumenthal […]
How to Set Up Site Search Reports in Google Analytics to Track Visitor’s Searches
Many people don’t realize that Google Analytics supports site search for websites, allowing you to track the searches that visitors are doing on your sites. However, it doesn’t work out of the box, you need to set it up. Tracking your internal site searches are great for a few reasons. First, it gives you some […]
Google Maps Plans Improved Spam Detection Following Recent Prank Edits
An Android bot peeing on an Apple logo is the latest Google Maps prank which is leading Google to improve their spam detection for user edits on the popular mapping site. At the heart of the issue is a popular program – Google Map Maker – used by Google Maps enthusiasts to add mapping information […]
Google Looking for App Developers for App-Indexing Preview Features
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 […]
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 […]