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Official news on crawling and indexing sites for the Google index.
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Thanks to all of you who took our webmaster quiz and waited patiently to see how well you did! Today, we're pleased to present the Webmaster Quiz answers! We hope this quiz h...
(Cross-posted on the Google Korea Blog)
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Legitimate websites may require that their visitors install software. These sites often do so to provide their users with additional funct...
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If you allow users to publish content on your website, from leaving comments to creating user profiles, you’ll likely see spammers attempt to take advantage of these mechanisms ...
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Last year we introduced Rich Snippets, a new feature that makes it possible to surface structured data from your pages on Google's search results. So far, user reaction to Rich ...
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Want to eat healthier and exercise more in 2010? That's tough! Want to learn about search engine optimization (SEO) so you can disregard the rumors and know what's importan...
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At PubCon in Las Vegas in November 2009, I gave a "State of the Index" talk which covers what Google has done for users, web developers, and webmasters in the last year. I recen...
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We thought it might be fun and educational to create a quiz for webmasters about issues we commonly see in the Webmaster Help Forum. Together with our awesome Bionic Posters, we...
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You asked and Matt Cutts answered. It's time to answer the latest round of Grab Bag questions! Here's the first answer, complete with Matt's new hairstyle:
We have a lot of vide...
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing
Search Engine Land's feed keeps you updated throughout the day on the latest news with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live, Ask.com and the world of search engine marketing, optimization and search engines in general.
Want to improve traffic to your site? It’s easy! The BingTM Toolbox provides everything you need to get started to optimize your site for increased traffic and an improved user experience. The al...
Ask.com has ended its NASCAR sponsorship after one year. That’s according to The Sporting News, which reports that the sponsorship was actually fairly successful for Ask.com.
Jared Cluff, Ask’s sen...
There are several reports today that Google is set to announce a new social feature inside Gmail, allowing users to see (and add to) a stream of status updates from friends and connections.
While ...
In Search Month European Edition we bring you a monthly update of European search news, with related links to full coverage. Here’s what happened in January.
Germany content owners call for investi...
Google leaps language barrier with translator phone from The Times Online reports Google is working on a new tool that would bring instant translation to people.
It appears that Google is a couple ...
Apple clearly recognizes the importance of the mobile web, but did they get trigger happy and launch the iPad too soon? The launch of the new Apple device has lit up the internet with all sorts of ...
Cambodia blasts Google map of disputed Thai border from Reuters reports Cambodia is the latest country upset with Google over how they draw the border on Google Maps. Cambodia’s prime minister, Hu...
Google warns Chinese copycat website: report via the AFP reports Google has sent a warning to the Chinese Google knockoff, Goojje to stop using their logo.
Google said the Goojje logo is infringing...
Search Engine Roundtable
::: THE PULSE OF THE SEARCH MARKETING COMMUNITY :::
A well-rounded view on search engines and search engine marketing by senior members of the major SEO/SEM forums on the Internet.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....
About a month ago, we ran a poll asking should Google censor non-adult search suggestions? This was based on all the religion based controversy and political controversy. So I specifically asked ou...
Since the devastating disaster in Haiti, companies and individuals are looking for creative ways to help. Several AdSense publishers asked via WebmasterWorld and Google AdSense Help if there are wa...
Back in December, I spotted a WebmasterWorld thread with a webmasters asking why Google is pulling in commands from 1e100.net, as opposed to Google.com. At first, I thought it was nothing and let t...
I reported this last week at Search Engine Land, that Microsoft furthered their search deal with Facebook. In short, Bing will now power global Facebook searches and include fuller search results. ...
Since late January and early February, I have been seeing sporadic complaints about Google AdSense earnings and how they have plummeted for many publishers. I received these complaints via email mo...
In this weeks search recap, I cover the past month of Google SEO related topics, in the February Google Webmaster report. Bing spoke up on how important redirecting your canonical URLs are. Google ...
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....
SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
SEOmoz, a Seattle-based search engine optimization company, serves as a hub for search marketers worldwide, providing education, tools, resources and paid services.
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Like 150 million or so other folks, I spent today watching the Superbowl. As a marketer, it's hard not to pay close attention to the advertisements, and this year featured a heavy...
Posted by RobOusbey
Links. We often talk about why we want them and how to get them, but today I'd like to go back to basics and look at the constituent parts of the HTML code behind them. This is d...
Posted by mgalecki
This post was originally in YOUmoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own...
Posted by great scott!
Will Critchlow of Distilled (who recently took over SEOmoz's consulting business) is back in Whiteboard studios to help Rand discuss how to Choose an SEO consultant--or any co...
Posted by Sam Niccolls
The New York Times, CNN, and Yahoo News each get more traffic than Google News, but in a given month Google News sends almost a billion clicks to publishers worldwide, which m...
Posted by randfish
I ran across this survey data eMarketer released last week and my heart sank:
This first chart looks innocent enough. It's when you look at the next one (from the same report) t...
Posted by MichaelC
It's a well-known fact in the SEO world that Google shows enormous favoritism in its rankings to domain names that contain one or more of the keywords being searched for. If your ...
Posted by randfish
Today I have two very big announcements. First, SEOmoz is exiting the consulting business to focus exclusively on our software model. And, second, we have an expanded partnership ...
Search Engine Watch
Keep updated with major stories about search engine marketing and search engines as published by Search Engine Watch.
The most linkable sites are remarkable in some way. This has the important benefit of making them stand out with potential customers (and potential linkers), and helps create brand value. ...
Specific tips for optimizing videos, images, local search, news, shopping, or other rich content. ...
Don't leave things to chance when you leave the office for any significant period of time. Here's how to keep your campaigns running smoothly. ...
Search engines are always changing, and so are the ways people search for your products and services. So your keyword list should change as frequently. ...
Don't let your international efforts implode. Make sure you understand your audience, understand search positioning, and get help from local search marketing experts and good translators. ...
Looking to start a search campaign quickly? Make your case by focusing on the money and traffic that can be gained. ...
Optimizing for universal search offers new opportunities to develop richer content, explore new marketing channels, and sets you up for future success. ...
There are differences between best practices and using SEO as a means to achieve the goals of your search marketing strategy. Do you know which method your agency is using? ...
Original Signal - Transmitting Marketing
Orginal Signal aggregates the 15 most popular Marketing sites. The main purpose of the site is to provide
a quick glance on what's happening without using your desktop/web RSS reader. New headlines (since your
last cookied visit) come in pretty orange, visited ones are grey. All credits go to the authors of these weblogs.
Without their hard work Original Signal would not exist. Original Signal was inspired by Popurls and the Web 2.0 Workgroup.
Hey, didn't some other brand just do the "your ass will look better if you wear our shoes" thing?
On an angry night, the search giant's third-quarter spot was smart, charming and pure.
The packaged goods giant will continue using the agency for media planning, buying.
How can we compete with adorable robot alien things that build cars on spec in people's driveways?
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- After a seven-month review, Unilever has awarded its $800 million North American media-planning and -buying account to Mindshare, executives with knowledge of the review said.
Twenty percent of email in the United States and Canada is still not making it to the inbox while 3% of email goes to the "junk" or "bulk" folder and another 16% goes missing, according to Return...
Google, Facebook and Twitter played key roles in Sunday's Super Bowl ad blitz - roles that these companies say will continue to have an impact on the brands far beyond the actual game.Push to Socia...
Target is on track to replicate its Facebook campaign success last year with a similar - and scaled down - promotion it just launched.Marrying two big events in February - the Super Bowl and...
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