Google recently added knowledge graphs for popular drinks in their search results, and Bing is following suit with a fancier version of their own enhanced answer box for drink recipes. The drinks seem to be in partnership with About.com, as all of the cocktail recipes I searched for were pulling data from about.com Here is […]
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Hot Topic: Remarketing Lists for Search at HeroConf 2015
HeroConf in on in Portland Oregon, bringing together a crowd of pay per click artists who live for PPC. On Monday, two of the industry’s most engaging speakers discussed the super hot topic at HeroConf, Remarketing Lists for Search (RLSA). Larry Kim, Founder of WordStream was first up and he described how by using RLSA […]
WordPress XSS Unpatched Zero Day Exploit Discovered; Disable Comments Immediately
A new exploit in WordPress was disclosed today, revealing that an XSS attack can be made through comments on a WordPress blog. There are examples of hackers attempting to exploit this in the wild, so the threat is definitely a significant one to webmasters who allow commenting through WordPress. From the Sucuri Blog: If your […]
How to Disable Comments in WordPress Temporarily or Permanently
If you have ever needed to disable comments on an active WordPress blog, you have probably discovered it is easier said than done. While you can turn off commenting for all new posts in WordPress in the “Settings -> Discussion” section, it only applies to new posts and pages, it is not retroactive to old […]
Bing Ads Testing No Background & Ads Tag on Bing Search Results
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 […]
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 […]