July 23, 2012
Newly released figures from comScore, an Internet analytics firm, show Google’s dominant position to be a granite boulder against which weaker competitors can only grind futilely. Despite vigorous attempts by
July 16, 2012
Google Webmaster Tools has been fairly popular for some time but it’s popularity is beginning to grow even more quickly. Much of this new found fame is due to the
July 5, 2012
Most Internet news agencies originally praised Google’s decision to replace its local search business rating system with Zagat ratings. After all, the acquisition of Zagat data was a major business
July 2, 2012
Microsoft’s Bing search engine is now offering web developers a tool to disavow malicious links. Bing Webmaster Tools features a small gadget that allows people to submit domains that apparently
July 1, 2012
Google’s new “Knowledge Graph“ has been one of the most discussed topics out of many new releases from Google as of recent . It may also be the reason, or
June 29, 2012
Google I/O saw a number of new features go down in the book. Several of these were directly related to search. Jellybean is the latest version of Android (available next
June 28, 2012
Below is a small grouping of videos (out of 492 videos Google team members have created) that have been released over the years. In May, Google announced a new section
June 26, 2012
Google, which commands the elephant’s share of search-engine visitors, has ponderously stamped the ground again by introducing a new feature intended to quickly illuminate popular topics. Company officials say their
June 20, 2012
Google local search results are becoming more important every day. As Google expands its local maps listings businesses continue to try determining why some sites out-rank or appear above them,
June 6, 2012
Never before has there been a negative factor when it comes to hypertext links, until now. On or around April 28th 2012, Google released its latest algorithm update dubbed “Penguin”.
May 20, 2012
Google Panda is the Google algorithm that specifically attempts to improve the relevance of search results. While the Penguin algorithm focuses more on link quality, Panda is still very important
May 7, 2012
In the beginning of last month (April) Google announced the release of a large scale update to its search algorithm which took place in late February. This particular update, which
May 6, 2012
Google’s Street View project is currently being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). While Street Views are designed to provide panoramic views and wireless mapping of areas, there are
April 30, 2012
The one-year anniversary of the original Google Panda update has come and gone and we’re still seeing significant tweaks in the aftermath . Google Panda was aimed at filtering out
April 24, 2012
Each week (on Thursdays), Google engineers meet to go over anticipated changes and improvements intended to be rolled out onto Google.com. It is interesting to see how much detail goes
January 25, 2012
The last couple of years have paved the way for many changes in the field and study of search engine optimization and online marketing. Social media awareness grew significantly in
November 1, 2011
Everyone on the planet should boycott Google Analytics, but Google knows no one will. Google Analytics isn’t about delivering a great free stats program to users. It’s about using Webmasters
August 2, 2011
Google released its Google+ network just a month ago and it is already estimated to have twenty million users. Those who better understand the significance of Google +1 see the
June 5, 2011
This image (below post) is a visualization of how and why Google.com typically makes and breaks all online businesses. Although this does change a bit from time to time, for the
April 17, 2011
A significant part of Panda is about cleaning up the web and finding out what’s real and what’s not. Users are getting tired of sifting through garbage in the results
December 2, 2010
Barry Schwartz recently posted what he called his “Key Takeaways From Google’s Matt Cutts Talk At PubCon” One of these points stated that Matt Cutts specifically mentioned “Google will be looking