Getty Images has joined EU’s antitrust investigation against Google as an “interested third person” this month. They are taking Google to task for what they feel are issues caused by Google, specifically with image search, that hurts both their sales and Google traffic. But when you look at it a little close, what is interesting […]
Archives for June 23, 2015
Amazon Improving Review Algorithm With Machine Learning
Amazon has one of the most robust review systems for products, and the reviews – especially for popular products – can be extremely valuable. So valuable that many people read Amazon product reviews even when they do not plan on purchasing the product through Amazon. However, for lesser known products, it can be a bit […]
Not All Emojis Removed from Google’s Title Tags in Search Results
After a wait of a couple of months, Google finally removed the emojis in the search results. However, some emojis apparently escaped the title tag purge by Google. Here is an example of the yellow caution / danger sign that managed to slip through. These were displayed in Firefox, but they displayed unknown character […]
Google Analytics Data is Not Used in Google Search Ranking
Many SEOs have mixed feelings about Google Analytics… while it is regarded as being the best analytics tool, there are some who don’t use it because it is Google. Likewise, there are some SEOs that do use it, especially for popular sites, for the sole reason that they feel Google is using the information for […]
Google Adds Photos & YouTube Notifications to Google+ Notifications
We now know why we have seen the Google+ icon added to the Google notifications drop down, an addition that seemed pretty redundant when it started showing up a couple of weeks ago. You can now add notifications for both YouTube and Google Photos now too, that will show up in the notifications. Ana Hoffman […]