Google Penguin is the codename for a Google algorithm update that was first announced back in 2012 and was aimed at decreasing the search engine rankings of websites that have violated the Google Webmaster Quality Guidelines through the use of black-hat SEO tactics and back-link manipulation. In 2013 we say version 2.0 of Google Penguin […]
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New SSL Security Bug Prompts Google To Drop Support For SSL 3.0
Google has published details regarding the latest vulnerability within SSL called Poodle – this time targeting SSL 3.0. The newly found exploit allows one to steal secure cookies and other …
Google Looking To Connect Doctors to Patients Via Helpouts?
An interesting thread popped up on reddit a few days ago where a user ran a search for knee pain on Google via his mobile phone and was prompted with the option to consult with a doctor, live, and for free. So off I went and tried the same search on my laptop: Similar text […]
Yelp & TripAdvisor Attempts to Rework Google Local Search Results
There’s always been a lot of people arguing against the Google algorithm – however for the first time a group of them got together and created a brand new Google Chrome app called “Focus on the User” …
Google Chrome 39 Beta Released – Lots Of New Webmaster Additions
Google has just released Google Chrome 39 Beta to the Beta channel with some pretty cool new developer-oriented additions that webmasters should love. For starters those of you on a 64-bit Mac …
Stop Checking Your Google Toolbar PageRank – It’s Not Going To Change
In the past Google PageRank was everywhere. People would look for advertising slots based on a websites PageRank and everyone within the SEO community was actively working …
Happy 16th Birthday Google!
I talk about Google a lot on here – so it’s only fitting to wish them a happy birthday today. Google has came quiet a long way over these past 16 years.
Google Begins Slowly Rolling Out New Panda Update
Google had first released Panda 4.0 back in May of this year, and yesterday Google has announced that the latest version of its Panda Update has began rolling out. Through a post on Google+ Google said that a slow rollout has began this week and will continue through to next week. Depending on location the new […]
Google Introduces Structured Snippets
This week, the Google Research team introduced a new addition to Google Web Search called structured snippets, which provide an additional way for Google to pull data from your website and display it among their search results. From the blog post: “Google Web Search has evolved in recent years with a host of features powered by the Knowledge […]
More Penguins from Google
In a Google+ hangout earlier in the week Googles John Mueller had mentioned that the 3rd version of Penguin will launch “in the reasonable future” and he expects it will happen within the 2014 year. So webmasters and SEO’s – get ready. He answers this at 54 minutes and 45 seconds into the following video:
Google Changes Site Search Placement In Search Results
Surely most of you by now have made use of the site search box that Google shows you when you run a search for a company name. Go ahead and try it, run a search for “Youtube” on Google and you’ll see a search box appear within the first search result from which you can […]
Free Invites For The Google Domains Beta
As it sits right now the Google Domains beta is an invite-only service. Luckily I have 5 invites to give away! I figured I would run this deal throughout the weekend, picking a person or two each day to receive an invite. So, how do you get one?
Bing Launches NFL Predictions While Google Builds GIF Generators
The first NFL game of the season was last night, and Bing and Google took no time in getting in ready for the season. Bing kickstarted the season by launching Bing Predicts, a service that …
Google Apps for Business Becomes Google Apps for Work
Those of us who work closely with Google products have become familiar with referring to the Google Apps suite for businesses as just that: Google Apps for Business – however as of this week all that has changed. Google Apps for Business has now become Google Apps for Work – and if you listen to the reasoning […]
Google Rules The StatCounter Charts
September brings about the last few weeks of summer, the start of the new school year, and the coming of the end of the year. As such it’s a good time to take a look at the StatCounter charts and graphs and see what’s happening with browser and search engine trends. Back in May 2014 […]
Why Did My Google Homepage Downgrade?
Did you notice lately that your Google homepage seems to have reverted back to the old black/grey navigation bar design? Google first changed to this design back in June of 2011 and since then has upgraded to a cleaner navigational design. The current Google look and functionality relies on the user having an up-to-date modern […]
Google’s Web Search API is Retiring Soon
The Google Web Search API was something I kind of grew up with, so it’s with a sad heart that I must say that Google has finally set a date in stone for when to pull the plug.
Goodbye Google Authorship
Just a few months ago we bid farewell to Google’s Authorship Images from the search results, and with the new month of September we now bid adieu to Google displaying any Authorship data within their search results. Google’s authorship support page, says simply, “Authorship markup is no longer supported in Web search,” and encourages webmasters to […]
Invalid SSL Certificates Will Still Provide Google Ranking Boost
Earlier on this month Google announced that SSL-secured websites will receive a small ranking boost. Since then I have even converted the majority of Rapid Purple to run over an HTTPS connection. If you’ve been going through the conversion process yourself lately here’s a bit of news that Barry Schwartz found out which might make your […]
2 Weeks Left To Make The Most Of Your eCig Related Google Adwords Ads
At the start of September Google announced a change to their Google Adwords policy banning the advertisement of electronic cigarettes, airsoft guns, paintball guns, bb guns, gun scopes, ammunition …