Polar, a company the creates and hosts online polls, has been acquired by Google+ according to Re/Code. From the Polar website: Polar started with the simple idea that everyone has an opinion worth hearing. Since then one in every 449 Internet users told us what their opinion was by voting on a Polar poll. Our […]
Google Webmaster Tools Adds Robots.txt Update Tool
If you have ever made a mistake with your robots.txt file – either by letting Googlebot crawl something you didn’t want it to or because you accidentally blocked Googlebot (or someone hacked your site and did it) – it can be some nail biting times until you see Googlebot picking up the new robots.txt changes. […]
Ad Extensions Will Appear in Place of Second Ad Text Line in Mobile AdWords Ads
Google has announced a change for mobile ads where AdWords will display ad extensions instead of a second ad text line (the second text description line) for mobile ads. The change, which will begin October 15, 2014 means that advertisers will likely want to tweak their ad copy for higher ROI if they only have […]
Google Webmaster Tools API Update
If you use the Google Webmaster Tools API, there is a brand new update. The update is designed to bring it in line with other Google APIs. The API, including changes include: This API allows you to: list, add, or remove sites from your account (you can currently have up to 500 sites in your […]
New AdWords Editor Version 10.6 Now Available
There is a brand new AdWords Editor out. The latest version is 10.6 and is now available for download. Google has added additional support for advertisings utilizing Mobile App Install campaigns. While the campaigns must still be created within the AdWords interface, users can now manage the campaigns and create ads within the AdWords Editor. […]
Google Hangouts Adds Free Calling to US & Canada
If you are hosting a Google Hangout on Air, Google has launched a new feature which would allow you to call anyone in the US and Canada for free. Google seems to be promoting it as a service simply to chat via webcam with others, rather than specifically as a group hangout, which could definitely […]
Google’s John Mueller With More Penguin & Algo Update Info
A couple of days ago, John Mueller commented on a post asking if a Penguin penalty would definitely require a Penguin refresh to be lifted, which he confirmed it would, so long as the issues were fixed. The post got a bit more attention than Mueller likely expected, so he came back with a much […]
New AdSense Product Listing Ad Units for Publishers
Google is introducing brand new Product Listing Ads for AdSense publishers that allow websites to include ads for specific products related to the webpage. The ads appear as related products on webpages that are also displaying similar products – this is actually similar to how Amazon shows ads for “related products” on their own website. […]
Google Clarifies Sitelinks Search Box Usage in Search Results
When Google added the new search box in sitelinks within the Google search results, there were certainly many questions about the new feature. Was it guaranteed to display if a webmaster sets it up? Would it only display for certain queries that would lead Google to believe that additional site: search would be warranted? Or […]
Google Showing Inline Knowledge Graph Snippets in Search Results
Alex Chitu at the Google Operating System Blog has noticed a new feature Google is testing in their search results – inline facts displayed underneath a search result listing. It is unclear when Google decides to display these inline knowledge graph snippets. For example, searching for “King of Rome” shows inline snippets, as does “King […]