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Yahoo’s New SERP Looks Suspiciously Similar to Google
Yahoo has obviously taken some inspiration from their competitor Google with their recent search engine results redesign.
Yahoo recently announced that they have released a brand new look that was intended to capture a more modern appearance. Individ...
Study: Google Commands 50% Of Mobile Ad Revenue
The ad revenue generated from mobile users may not be where Google shines, but it is an area that is continuing to grow. Whatever the exact earning numbers might be at this time, records do indicate that Google has taken over 50% of them.
Figures sho...
Google to Target Bad Mobile SEO
If you are someone who has never taken the time to make your website mobile friendly that is something you are going to want to change. This is because your website is not going to rank as well with Google’s mobile search results in the near fu...
Bing Search Market Share Reaches 17% in April
Bing seems to have reaped the benefits of Google experiencing a drop in market shares the last few months. In fact, last month Bing actually saw the largest increase in overall search market share, rising to 17.3%. This means that the search engines ...
Google Penguin Update 2.0 is Live!
It’s finally here…
The long awaited next-generation Penguin 2.0 update has been released by Google with the official announcement coming from Matt Cutts, Google’s head of spam.
Here is the official statement:
We started rolling out the next gen...
AdWords Launches Keyword Planner Tool
For over a decade website owners everywhere have been turning to Google’s AdWords Keyword Tool to find the right keywords to target their advertising campaign. For this reason most web owners are surprised to learn that there is a new keyword t...
Top 5 SEO Mistakes According to Google
Google’s Matt Cutts recently took some time out of his (no doubt) busy day to discuss some of the biggest and most common mistakes a large number of webmasters continue to make with regards to search engine optimization (SEO).
According to Matt, th...
Yahoo! Ready to Pull The Plug on Microsoft Partnership
There is a story in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that suggests that Yahoo has been secretly trying to find an out for the deal they made with Microsoft.
Apparently there are a lot of very precise reasons why the company wants to pull the plug on the...
Google: “Penguin 2.0 Update is Coming in Next Few Weeks”
In March, Matt Cutts, the head of Google‘s web spam fighting team, promised that a Penguin update, designed to more effectively fight spam, was going to be available sometime later this year.
Fast-forward to the beginning of May and Cutts hasn...
New: Google Analytics Customer Purchase Journey Tool
Google has recently released a new analytics tool to help businesses know just how customers decide to purchase from their website and how long that takes.
What Google has released is called the Customer Journey to Online Purchase and this new intera...
European Deal Could See Bing Search Results in Google SERP
A new deal between Google and the European Union will not only kept the search engine company from seeing huge antitrust suits but it will also likely keep the consumer watchdogs off their back.
Many competitors have claimed that Google is abusing it...
Google Hits Mozilla With Spam Penalty
It seems even Internet browser aren’t safe from Google penalties…
Recent reports say that Google has dished out a penalty to Mozilla.org, the nonprofit site of the organization that provides the Firefox browser. The penalty was for web spam origi...
Yahoo! Puts Focus Back Onto Search With Latest Acquisition
When it comes to search engines, Yahoo! has unfortunately been the butt of many an Internet joke lately. As Google and Bing have almost sealed off the search engine market, many experts have speculated as to which direction Yahoo would take. But this...
AdWords vs. Bing Yahoo! Network – A PCC Comparison
In a recent report from AdGooroo, claims that Google Adwords is a far better advertisement system than the Yahoo!/Bing network were analyzed and produced some surprising results.
This report ticks off a few different metrics that are used to measure ...
Google Advice: Should I Buy A Previously Spammy Domain?
With catchy domain names becoming slightly harder to find these days, many people are buying old domain names that would seem perfect for them. But, this can often lead to problems.
These domain names are often previously owned by spammers and can ha...
Google Puts an End to Blocked Sites SERP Feature
Understandably when you search for something online there are those websites that you just don’t want popping up in your results. It would be fantastic if you had some type of control over that no matter what you were searching for.
There once was ...
Bing Adds Ability to Sort Search Results By Time Period
Bing has been trying to make its mark as a top search engine for some time now and hoping people will soon say ‘Bing it,’ instead of ‘Google it’. That is why it comes as no surprise that Bing are adding some features to their search functiona...
Facebook Exchange Ads Now Showing in Your News Feed
Facebook is starting to get a little tricky with their marketing strategies. Now in your news feed you might see something called ‘promoted or sponsored posts’, otherwise known as Facebook Exchange ads.
Basically, advertisers are paying for y...
Top 5 Reasons Why You Need a Mobile Website
This is a guest post by Simon Phillips from TouchLogic.
With smart phones accounting for nearly 50% of Internet traffic these days, why are customers leaving your website and heading to a competitor’s? The most likely answer is they have developed...
New Google Resources to Assist Hacked Websites
Ever had your website or blog hacked? Google is here to help!
Google recently launched a help center to specifically assist website owners who have had their website hacked. This help center comes complete with a set of step by step instructions as w...
