Google Is Testing Embedded Images In Search Results Snippets
SEJ reader Samuel Edwards, from Tenthwave Digital, gave us a heads up about something he recently spotted while doing a Google search. Google appears to be...
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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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Google Toolbar PageRank Has Been Updated, First Update In Over 10 Months
Just a couple months ago Matt Cutts said he would be surprised to see an update to Google Toolbar PageRank by the end of this...
Twitter Announces Ad Retargeting Feature Called ‘Tailored Audiences’
In an announcement made on their blog yesterday, Twitter is releasing a new product for their advertisers called “tailored audiences.” After testing tailored audiences for...
Matt Cutts: Not A Good Practice To Create Articles By Combining Content From Other Sites
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about content in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Can a site still...
Smartphone Specific Crawl Errors Now Reported In Google Webmaster Tools
In an announcement made this morning on the official Google Webmaster Central Blog, starting today Google Webmaster Tools will now help you identify pages on your...
Google Promises More Accurate Results With New Google Trends Topic Reports
An announcement was made on the official Google Search blog today about a new addition to Google Trends being rolled out that promises to deliver more...
Topsy, A Leading Twitter Search And Analytics Company, Purchased By Apple For $200 Million
Topsy, one of the last remaining Twitter search and analytics companies, has been purchased by Apple for $200 million as reported today by the Wall...
Google Introduces Change To AdWords: Pay By Viewable Impression CPM Bidding
Google rolled out a major change to AdWords this week by introducing CPM bidding by viewable impressions. This change was first noticed by Kim Clinkunbroomer of...
Google Adds Reviews Tab To Google Places For Business, See All Reviews In One Place
Google announced today that they will be adding a Reviews tab in Google Places that allows business owners to see all their customer reviews in one...
Matt Cutts Wants To Know How You Would Improve Google Webmaster Tools
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, published a post on his personal blog today asking for feedback about how Google can improve Webmaster Tools...
Executive from Facebook Added to Bruce Clay SEO Workshop
On December 3rd in San Francisco, SEJ is hosting an SEO Workshop by the man himself, Bruce Clay. Bruce just got some exciting news: a Facebook...
Matt Cutts Answers Whether You Should Disavow Links Without Receiving A Warning
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about disavowing links in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Should webmasters use...
SES Conference Undergoes Rebranding, Will Now be Known as ClickZ Live
An email sent from Incisive Media announced that the SES Conference & Expo will be rebranded as ClickZ Live. The email states: In a natural...
Bing Announces Connected Pages, Track Data For Pages Beyond Your Website
Bing made an announcement today on their blog about the introduction of a new feature to their Webmaster Tools called Connected Pages. Bing Webmaster Tools...
Matt Cutts Answers If Every Page Needs To Have A Unique Meta Description
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about meta descriptions in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Is it necessary...
See SEJ’s Brent Csutoras At Two Upcoming Speaking Engagements On November 18th and 20th
SEJ’s Brent Csutoras has been booked to speak at two prestigious search marketing conventions this coming week. On November 18th Brent will be at the State...
Matt Cutts Explains How To Avoid Spam Penalties From Blog Comments
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, answers a question about link spam in his latest video where a user writes in to ask: Google’s Webmaster Guidelines...
Get Your Website Reviewed By Google This Monday, November 18th
Google’s John Mueller announced on Google+ that on Monday, November 18th, they will be offering live, online reviews of websites during their office hours. If you’re...
Yahoo Announces Auction Of Over 100 Premium Domain Names
Have you ever wanted to own an elusive domain name like AV.com? What about webserver.com? Well if you’ve got the cash Yahoo is giving you...
Google Increases Locations Serving Search Requests By 600% From Last Year
Google has significantly increased the number of sites and ISPs it uses to serve search requests according to a study by researchers at the University of...
US Search Awards Winners, Nominees and Attendees Party at #Pubcon
Thanks to SEJ’s #Pubcon coverage sponsor Majestic SEO “Bigger, Better, Faster.” The first ever US Search Awards ceremony was held this past Wednesday night, October 23rd in...
Facebook To Begin Offering Custom Audiences To All Advertisers
Facebook announced Wednesday that Custom Audiences will be available to all advertisers worldwide by the end of November. Custom Audiences allows users to import their own...
Google Releases An Update To The AdWords Ad Rank Algorithm
Google quietly released an update to their AdWords Ad Rank algorithm yesterday with the most notable change being the inclusion of ad extensions as a...
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...
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...