Matt Cutts Explains How To Let Google Know When There’s A Mobile Version Of A Page
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about mobile sites in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
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Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
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SEO Expert Jason Acidre, AKA Kaiser The Sage, Takes Part In Informative Reddit AMA
Jason Acidre is the Co-founder and CEO of Xight Interactive, an online marketing agency based in the Philippines, but he’s best known for his blog...
Facebook Introduces New Company Page Design, Featuring New ‘Pages To Watch’ Section
Facebook announced yesterday they will be rolling out a new “streamlined” look for company Pages on the desktop version of their site. The new look...
Pinterest Releases First Ever Transparency Report: US Government Has Asked Them For Data
Pinterest is following the lead of Google, Facebook, and Twitter by releasing their first ever transparency report detailing they have received requests from the US...
Facebook Unveils A News Feed Redesign Focused Around What Users Like
Facebook announced they have begun rolling out yet another new look to their News Feed, this time they are listening to their users and giving...
Google Is Sending Notifications About Duplicate Listings Issues In Google Places
Google has been sending notifications via email to business owners about issues related to duplicate Google Places listings. I received such an email a few...
Yahoo News: Company Acquires Vizify, Removes Facebook And Google Log-In Options
Yahoo has been in the news multiple times over the past 24 hours, which is notable considering the company doesn’t get nearly the amount of...
‘Free Images Online’… from Getty Images?! Getty Makes Millions of Stock Photos Free to Use
Huge news broke this evening that Getty Images, boasting a library of over 150 million high-resolution stock photos, is releasing millions of free images online. Getty...
Google Announces New Analytics Academy Class Starting Next Week
In an effort to help digital marketers become more data savvy, Google launched the Analytics Academy in October of last year. The first course Google...
Bing Launches ‘Bing Saves’: Save And Organize Content Found Through Bing Searches
Bing has officially launched a new feature designed to help users save, organize, and share the content they find on Bing searches. Bing Saves is...
Microsoft’s Siri Competitor ‘Cortana’ Is Seen In Action For The First Time
Apple has Siri, Android has Google Now, and Windows finally has their own proprietary voice search assistant called “Cortana.” Modelled after a character from Microsoft’s...
Google Has Added OneBox Restaurant Menus To Search Results Pages
Google has officially announced a new feature that was reportedly spotted in the testing stages several weeks ago, which is the addition of restaurant menus...
Google Give Tips For Identifying If Your Site Has Been Hacked, And How To Fix It
A post went up on Google’s official Webmaster Central Blog last night from a representative of the Search Quality Team providing tips for how to...
Matt Cutts Announces Tool For Reporting Scraped Content Ranking Better Than Original Content
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, made an announcement on Twitter today about a new tool developed to let Google know when you find...
Twitter To Start Including Promoted Accounts In Search Results
Twitter announced the launch of a new feature today giving Promoted Accounts a more prominent home by including them in search results. Promoted Accounts are an...
Matt Cutts Answers If Content Ranks Better When It’s Easy To Read
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about content writing in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
RSVP for #SEJMeetup @SMX West… Don’t Miss Out
Our second ever #SEJMeetup is happening in San Jose, CA, on day one of the SMX West conference. We’ve booked the Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge (just two blocks from...
Matt Cutts Answers If Google Uses EXIF Data From Pictures As A Ranking Factor
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about image search in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to...
See Who’s Posting From Your Facebook Page With Facebook’s Latest Feature
Facebook has quietly launched a new feature designed to make Page Managers accountable for their individual posts on a Facebook page. If you’ve ever managed...
Bing Takes A Stance Against Poor Spelling and Grammar, Saying It Will Hurt Rankings
Duane Forrester, Senior Product Manager at Bing, has been publishing a lot of useful blog posts recently with his latest one being how poor spelling...
Google Analytics Data Now Accessible From Your Google+ Page Dashboard
Daniel Waisberg, Analytics Advocate at Google, broke the news on his Google+ page yesterday that Google Analytics data can now be viewed from your Google+...
Google Suggests What Users Should, And Should Not Do, With Google Glass
Google has released an official list of suggestions for what Glass Explorers (early adopters) should and should not do with their Google Glass device. Many have...
LinkedIn’s Blogging Platform Is Now Open To Users, Not Just Influencers
Ryan Roslansky of LinkedIn announced yesterday their publishing platform, which had previously only been available to LinkedIn “influencers”, is now available to regular users. When...
Facebook To Acquire WhatsApp For $19 Billion in Cash and Stock
News broke this evening via a regulatory filing that Facebook is acquiring mobile messenger WhatsApp for $19 Billion in cash and company stock. Specifically, WhatsApp will be...
Matt Cutts Explains What Google Search Would Be Like Without Backlinks As A Ranking Tool
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about backlinks in his latest Webmaster Help video where a user writes in to ask:...
Starbucks & The Economist Admit To Using Google+ Mostly For SEO Benefits
The New York Times published a report last Friday dissecting the benefits of Google+; they believe Google benefits more than its users do, but also highlighted...
Facebook Delaying Launch Of Auto-Playing Video Ads In News Feed
As a follow up to story we published in December announcing the testing of auto-playing video ads in Facebook’s news feed, it may come as...
Klout Acquired By Lithium Technologies For Roughly $100 Million
Online publication Re/code has reported that Klout, the online social influence scoring platform, is set to be sold to social customer service company Lithium Technologies. The deal...
Google Makes Change To Webmaster Guidelines: Don’t Block Ads With Robots.txt
An update has been made to the technical guidelines section of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines that specifically states site owners should not block the Google ads destination...
Google Offers SEO Recommendations For Pages With Infinite Scroll
Pages with infinite scroll are often appreciated by users but not so much by Googlebot, as Google themselves points out in a post published this...