I noticed a test that Bing Ads is currently running in the Bing Search results that highlights the fact the sponsored ads are in fact advertisements, but while removing the background that many associate with sponsored search results. The end result is an ad which doesn’t really appear to be an ad. This makes the […]
Archives for April 2015
Google Removes “More Reviews” Link from Local Knowledge Graph Results, Uses Google Reviews Only
If you are a local business who hasn’t focused much effort on getting reviews on your Google My Business page, you will probably be regretting that decision now. Google has removed the “more reviews” links from local knowledge graphs appearing in the Google search results, in favor of linking to Google reviews alone. Mike Blumenthal […]
Bing Adds “Trending on Social Networks” Section to Search Results
Bing has recently added a new section to their Bing Search results titled “Trending on social networks about <keywords>” These seem restricted to simply Facebook and Twitter, as I did not find any examples that including Google+, Instagram or Pinterest, the remaining most-popular social networks. They don’t seem to be showing up for every […]
How to Set Up Site Search Reports in Google Analytics to Track Visitor’s Searches
Many people don’t realize that Google Analytics supports site search for websites, allowing you to track the searches that visitors are doing on your sites. However, it doesn’t work out of the box, you need to set it up. Tracking your internal site searches are great for a few reasons. First, it gives you some […]
Yahoo Adds Tumblr to Their Yahoo Search Results
Yahoo is promoting Tumblr, their pseudo-blogging platform they purchased in 2013, by including a special expandable section in the search results. The results are related to the keyword searched for, and tend to appear in the lower half of the search results page. The section is fairly small but can be expanded to show more […]
Google Maps Plans Improved Spam Detection Following Recent Prank Edits
An Android bot peeing on an Apple logo is the latest Google Maps prank which is leading Google to improve their spam detection for user edits on the popular mapping site. At the heart of the issue is a popular program – Google Map Maker – used by Google Maps enthusiasts to add mapping information […]
Google Looking for App Developers for App-Indexing Preview Features
If you have an app with app-indexing, Google is looking for some testers, according to John Mueller. It needs to be an Android app and you must have Google’s App-Indexing search features enabled to do so. It does require an NDA to participate, which means you will likely see some pretty interesting things, but nothing […]
Some Datacenters Have Rolled Out Google’s Mobile Algo Update Completely
Everyone has been watching to Google mobile results with eagle eyes to see not just if the mobile changes have rolled out, but what the ranking differences are in the new mobile results. And while we knew it would take about a week or so for the new mobile algo to completely roll out to […]
Matched Content from Google AdSense Might Not Match Well
Move over Taboola, Google has come out with their own similar product for Google AdSense publishers, called Matched Content which will serve additional related article results to site visitors. If you are wanting to know if your site has been approved, you will need to go for a hunt into your AdSense account. Once you […]
Google Warns of Local Scams & Give Tips to Protect Businesses
The Google My Business local team is warning local businesses about some companies implying they are Google and unfairly taking advantage of businesses who don’t realize the service is available for free. It has definitely been a problem where companies cold call businesses and trying to sell them their Google My Business listing. And because […]