It appears that Google is testing more tweaks to their In-Depth Articles section in the Google Search results. They appear to be testing a variation of it with the thumbnail images removed. Here is how they are currently appearing for US users. Google has been showing thumbnails for in-depth articles: This is the second tweak […]
Archives for 2015
Google Looking for Feedback on Webmaster Office Hours Hangouts
Do you love or hate Google’s regular Webmaster Office Hours Hangouts, often hosted by John Mueller? John is looking for feedback! I’d love to get your feedback on the format of our Webmaster office hour hangouts! What should we change, what should we keep? In a magical world where you always get your wish, what […]
Why Google Ranking a Non-Mobile Friendly Brand Site is a Good Thing
In this week’s Google Webmaster Office Hours, Barry Schwartz asked John Mueller about brand related searches and whether Google would be demoting brand sites if they are not mobile friendly. After all, this new mobile friendly search ranking signal is supposed to give preferential treatment for sites being mobile friendly. So in general what happens […]
YouTube Plans Launch of Ad-Free Subscription Service by End of Year
It appears that the rumored ad-free subscription for YouTube is closer to reality, with plans to launch the service before the end of the year. Rumors first surfaced last August that YouTube was working on an ad-free subscription option for YouTube users. Susan Wojcicki then confirmed the rumors last October st Re/code’s conference, but since […]
5 PPC Optimization Strategies You Should Be Doing But Probably Aren’t
As a search account manager of some pretty savvy clients, I frequently find myself brainstorming on unique optimization ideas and prospecting for innovative ways to improve search campaign performance. Unlike a prospector from the Alaskan days of old though, I enjoy sharing the nuggets of optimization gold that I find with colleagues and fellow search […]
Google Entering the Home Service Providers Market
In a move that is sure to get many businesses offering home services more than a little concerned, Google is reportedly planning on entering the home service providers market space. And they want to integrate it with their search results. It definitely raises some interesting questions… particularly how Google could implement it without raising the […]
Twitter Testing New Photo Placements in News Streams
Twitter appears to be testing out new ways do display images to users, with some users seemingly opted into it. It gives priority to the actual image in the news stream, rather than the accompanying tweet like the default display shows. Here is how photos are appearing in relation to tweets for some users: And […]
Firefox Pushes Users to Download Firefox for Android
When I updated Firefox this morning, I was presented with an interesting screen once the update was complete – a push to not just download Firefox for Android, but to simply just enter in my email address and they would send it straight to an Android device. This is another push by Firefox to encourage […]
WP Super Cache Latest Plugin With Major XSS Exploit, Requires Immediate Update
It has been a few weeks since we have seen an exploit in a WordPress plugin popular in the SEO community, but a new one has been discovered and fixed, this time in a popular caching plugin with over 1 million active installs. The plugin in question is WP Super Cache, “A very fast caching […]
Twitter Adds New Retweet With Comment Feature
One of the pain points about retweeting was the inability to add a comment to the retweet, unless you happened to be using one of the 3rd party tools that allows it. But Twitter has now made this practice standard. Now, when someone clicks the retweet link, they see an option come up for a […]