Majestic SEO Announces Development of New Search Tool Called Search Explorer
Majestic 12, the UK company behind the World Wide Web’s link intelligence crawler, Majestic SEO, made an announcement today about their plans to expand into...
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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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Matt Cutts on the Difference Between “Strong” and “b” Tags in Terms of SEO
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about text formatting in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: “In...
Google Reports Higher Earnings Than Expected in Q3 2013, $14.9B in Revenue
From last quarter Google’s revenues is up slightly, but from Q3 of last year Google is up almost $1.5 billion as the behemoth of search,...
Android Users Can Now Manage Their Google Places Listing on the Go With New App
Marketers now have a new tool to mange their Google Places for Business listing while on the go with Google’s new Android app. The new...
Matt Cutts Suggests Guest Blogging Only Be Done in Moderation
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about guest blogging in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: “How can I...
Now You Can Claim Your Authorship On Bing With New Klout Integration
Klout announced today in a blog post that they have teamed up with Bing to form a pseudo-authorship alliance, similar to Google+ Authorship, that will appear...
News Recap on (Not Provided): Top Articles from Around the Web on Google’s Encrypted Search Data
Last week Google made the move towards encrypting all search data, which means website owners are unable to see information about search terms that were...
Facebook Introduces Larger Images For Link Share Posts
An announcement by Facebook confirms what you may have already noticed through interacting with the social network this week; larger images are now standard for...
Google Webmaster Tools Offers Better Backlink Data For Site Owners
Based on feedback from the webmaster community, Google has made some changes to their free Webmaster Tools product that they announced today. Webmaster Tools provides...
Matt Cutts Tells You What To Do If Your Site Was Hit By Panda
Google has recently integrated Panda into its normal indexing process. As a result, many site owners are concerned how this will affect them. Specifically, site...
Google Glass Gets Improved Search Capabilities With New Software Update
Google has released the latest software update for Google Glass. Notable new features include drastic improvements made to the device’s search capabilities. Those fortunate enough...
Matt Cutts Answers Whether Or Not Nofollow Links Can Hurt Your Site
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, published a video response today to a question about whether or not nofollow links can hurt a website when it...
Bing To Start Including Local Product Inventory Data In Search Results
In an announcement made yesterday, Microsoft and Local Corporation signed an agreement to provide location-based inventory data for Bing. Local Corporation’s Krillion shopping data platform...
Bing News Now Shows You What’s Trending On Facebook and Twitter
Bing continues to upgrade their user experience with an announcement made today about changes to Bing News. In an attempt to modernize their search experience...
SEJ Alumnus Michelle Stinson Ross Joins Strategic Alliance with Digital Always Media
Michelle Stinson Ross, SEJ Alumnus and founder of her own agency Firestarter Social Media, recently announced a strategic partnership with Toronto-based digital marketing agency, Digital...
Bing Announces Completely Revamped Experience For Video Search
Today Bing made an announcement on their blog about upgrades to the user experience of their video search. The announcement promises these upgrades will provide...
Study Shows Hashtags On Facebook Result In Less Viral Reach For Pages
Facebook adopted the use of hashtags for both personal and business pages earlier this year. Since hashtags have proven to be a useful tool on...
Google and Microsoft Team Up To Sue The US Government Over Transparency
Search engine giants, Google and Microsoft, are set to sue the US government over transparency. Their goal is to win the right to reveal more...
Google’s Mobile Search Revenue Projected To Grow As Desktop Revenue Falls
In eMarketer’s latest look at the mobile ad market, we see that Google’s mobile search revenue accounts for 19.1% of its total US advertising revenues. Just two...
Google Keyword Tool Has Officially Been Replaced By Keyword Planner
The Google Keyword Tool, used by SEO professionals the world over, has officially been retired. While the sentiments regarding this change have been mixed, there...
Google Product Listing Ads See Dramatic Increase In Click-Through-Rates
Marin Software, provider of a leading Revenue Acquisition Management platform for advertisers and agencies, today released a report showcasing the rise of Google Product Listing...
Facebook Allows Multiple Users To Contribute To Shared Photo Albums
Up to 50 Facebook users can now contribute to the new shared photo albums that Facebook is starting to roll out. Each individual user can...
Bing Describes 7 Ways They Are Better Than Google For Image Searches
Bing recently posted an inside look from Senior Program Manager, Meenaz Merchant, describing the ways in which Bing is a better image search engine than...
Matt Cutts States Page Speed Is Not A More Important Ranking Factor On Mobile
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, stated in a video response that page load speed is not any more important as a ranking factor...
Matt Cutts Says Google +1’s Have No Direct Impact On Search Rankings
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, refuted the latest Moz study that claimed to show a correlation between Google +1’s and high search engine rankings....
Google Brings Traffic Updates To Maps App; Adds Search to Waze App
Google announced this morning in a blog post that the Google Maps and Waze teams are working to bring real-time traffic updates to the Google...
Google Testing New Feature To Show More Information In Search Results
Google is testing a new feature that would allow more information to be shown in search results pages. The new feature displays an overlay with...
Google’s Search Market Share Back Up To 67%; Bing Up 2% From Last Year
Recent data shows that Google is not only holding steady as the top search engine in the U.S., they are gaining market share after having...
Google Will Start Giving Quick Answers To Questions In Search Results
Google is going to start providing a range of personalized “quick answers” in search results by bringing more of the capabilities of Google Now to...
Google+ Messenger Being Dropped From Mobile Apps In Favor of Hangouts
Google’s chat service, Hangouts, is finally fulfilling its purpose of unifying messaging across all of the company’s services. An update to the Google+ mobile app...