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Author Search Feature for Google News You can now get details about your favorite author/journalist by searching their name on Google News There are three different methods of doing this:
From Google To Webmasters: Tips for Beginners Have you ever thought how a duplicate content is handled or how can you report about a hacked site? If you are a webmaster beginner or owner of a...
Yahoo's "My Display Ads" The self-serve display ad marketplace Yahoo My Display Ads" has been launched by Yahoo. The marketplace is meant for ads on Yahoo sites and the...
Yahoo's "My Display Ads" The self-serve display ad marketplace Yahoo My Display Ads" has been launched by Yahoo. The marketplace is meant for ads on...
300 Million Q&A Database from Ask.com
Bing with Explore Pane, Organized Search Results Microsoft has now added Explore Pane, a new feature in the search engine Bing. The feature is one of the ways to improve the pattern...
Microsoft's Unsafe Image Filter Made Easy Microsoft has recently introduced two new methods for making Bing image and video search safer for the users. The very first step taken by Microsoft...
Bing Instant Answer Translation The best part about Microsoft's Live Search that is also present in Bing is the Instant Answers. You can get instant answers on shopping, travel and sports.
New Google Webmaster Tools Features A few weeks ago, Google had launched a preview of their new Webmaster Tools interface. In response, they received a lot of constructive feedback such as:
Google Translator Toolkit - Easier and Faster Google recently launched a powerful yet easy-to-use translator " Google Translator Toolkit. The Translator Toolkit is known for its faster and easier translations.
Bing and Google New Comparison Tools Ever since the launch of Bing by Microsoft, many webmasters have been trying to compare Google and Bing, to find out which one is best among the two.
Bing Added to Google Analytics Report
Microsoft Team Answers Bing Questions Rebranding of Live Search to Bing has created a lot of concerns among users. To solve this issue the Microsoft's adCenter team has finally took to its blog.
New and Faster AdWords Interface
Google Maps Updates Guidelines Google Maps recently updated its business listing quality guidelines. The new guidelines are considered to be a big relief to those who have noticed an...
Photos Included in AdSense Link Units
Google Fixes Webmaster Problems Google has made two quick announcements about bug fixes and Google Webmaster tools just two days back. The first announcement was related...
Google Updated Toolbar PageRank Again
MS Live Search Sports Pattern After the surprise upgradation of Microsoft Live Search sports update pattern, Yahoo and Google has followed suit. Although both Yahoo and Google had sports...
Ask Not Renewing Looksmart
Google Search Results With More Visuals Here we go again. That is what Google must feel when they start new experiments. Once again Google is at its experimenting end. Its seems to test a new feature...
Google Updated News and Blog
Ask.com Gets Better It seems Ask.com cannot have enough and be satisfied. The site has been remodeled and redesigned several times within past 4-5 years.
Google And Who Is Leaving
Google Friend Connect Adds New Recommendation... ...Gadgets To Your Site! Google recently added another feature to its Google Friend Connect " New Recommendation Gadgets. The new addition will inform you about...
Oops! Google Services Down in Various Cities One of the recent ZD.Net reports that Google services have drastically gone down in various cities. The report also indicated outages in New York, San Francisco...
$201K Profit Per Employee at Google!
Google Updates Its Policy on Trademarks... ...in AdWords Ad Text! Google has updated its policy on Trademarks in AdWords Ad Text. According to the new update, trademarks will only be allowed as ad text...
New Google Calender Tasks Released!
MSN City Guides Gets a Makeover With Live Search... ... and Live Maps! MSN recently announced its new version of MSN City Guides, which includes Live Search and Live Maps options. The new integration will make it easy...
New Webmaster Tools Layout & Design! Google has announced a brand new Webmaster Tools design. Following are some of the highlights of the new design:
Google Announces AdSense Ads with Doubleclick.net... ...Clickthrough for Feeds Update. Google AdSense for Feeds recently announced that its ads will now run using the googleads.g.doubleclick.net clickthough URL...
Google Maps Publishes an Authoritative Description... ...on Duplicate Records Removal Process. It is very common for a business location to have multiple business listings in Google Maps. These records are provided by...
Live Search Mobile Launches MSN Video Search... The Live Search mobile team recently launched two new features - MSN video search and MLB dashboard. The new features are expected to make mobile search more smoother and faster.
Google Trends Gadget
Microsoft Kumo to Launch June Second As we all know that Microsoft is going to rebrand its search engine Windows Live Search with a brand new name called Microsoft Kumo.
More Languages for Google AdWords
Business Cards Give Away: Google and iPrint
New Search Results in Google SERPs According to one of the Search Engine Journal posts Google has came out with yet another addition for its search results, which included number...
Google Webmaster Forums in Multiple Languages
Microsoft Live Search SEM 101 Microsoft Live Search Blog announced the launch of a series of SEM blog" SEM 101. The aim behind the launch is to train people in promoting their websites.
Google Search Addition Inside Gmail Gmail labs added Google Search Box to Gmail Inbox interface. The new option provides the feature to search Google even while chatting or reading your mails.
Microsoft's Addition to Live Search 411
AdSense Policies Updated AdSense recently released new policies for link sellers and publishers. The new AdSense policies have been reorganized to take everything into consideration.
Google Public Data Search and Charts In the recent Wolfram Alpha demonstration, Google announced the launch of their structured data feature. The new feature enables you to compare and find public data. The feature will make way for public data to take a more centralized approach in informed public conversation. For example, if you search for population with a U.S. state or county, you will see estimates like this:
Google for Advertisers Site Google rolls out a new site called Google for Advertisers. This site is expected to provide useful information about Google's various marketing solutions.
Google Sitemaps Research
Google's Sitemap Research
Microsoft Live Search 411 Microsoft recently announced Traffic, a new addition to its Live Search 411 (1-800-CALL-411 or 1-800-225-5411). The company has tied up with INRIX, a leading...
Microsoft Global Live Search Local Listing A few days ago, Microsoft launched a new version of Live Search Maps. With the help of this feature you can update your listing.
Google Updates Keyword Suggestion Tool One of the recent posts by Site Visibility informed that Google has updated their keyword suggestion tool. In fact, even we also noticed the same thing.
Google Toolbar Labs With New Features Google recently introduced Google Toolbar Labs. The primary aim of this forum is to build new and innovative ideas for its Toolbar. Google also...
Expired Domains and Google Thoughts Barry Schwartz in one of his recent posts talked about expired domains and domain name transfers in Google. The topic has been discussed for a long time.
Google Analytics Data Export API Google users can now develop client applications that download Analytics data in the form of Google Data API feeds, with Google Analytics Data Export API.
Google's Google Profiles Google recently launched Google profiles in their main results, to give you a better control over what people find when they search for your name.
Search By Similarity for Google Image Google has come out with a new experimental tool that will enable you to click on a similar images link present beneath the image search results.
Launching of Google Toolbar 6 for IE
Microsoft Live Search Cashback Program Microsoft announced the improved cashback shopping site. It will integrate Live Search Products (shopping vertical within Live Search) and cashback.
Google Ranking Data According to the recent post at blogstorm that a new referring URL format for Google users. Now, when a user clicks on a result URL in Google, the...
To Be Laid Off From Yahoo According to one of the NY Times reports, Yahoo! is planning to layoff some more of its employees for the third time sinche the first quarter of 2008.
Local Business Center User Guide
Mobile Google Maps - Bugs Fixed
Coming Soon: New Interface for AdWords
Google Rank Changes Over Time In a post by Randfish, he brings focus on the changes of Google's ranking system. Importance Levels of Various Ranking Factors in Google's Algorithm Over Time
Google Latitude
Color Selection in Google Images After adding filters for photos and images, Google Images has now added color selection tool to the interface, according to Ionut reports. With this...
Generic Results on Google One of the recent Google posts announced that Google is now showing more local results for generic queries, but now it is officially confirmed.
Yahoo to Update Search
Google Image Search Suggestions In one of our previous post, we informed you about Google search suggestions being launched internationally. In addition, Google has...
Google India Election Center
Local Search Results in Google Maps Google continues to make its search results more localized. The new improvement is believed to make searching information more simple and easy.
Google Suggest and Local News
Yahoo Search Update Sometime Soon? It has been more than a month since Yahoo Search made an update. There has been a lot of discussion going on in various forums about changes at Yahoo.
Localized Google Suggest
Blog Search Algorithm from Google Google finally releases its Blog Search detector algorithm. With the help of this algorithm Google Blog Search will match blog posts with relevant queries.
Announcing: MSN Windows Live Search Yesterday Live Search finally unveiled the much anticipated internet new brand" MSN Windows Live Search on kumo@microsoft.com.
AdWords Web Interface to More Users
Withdraw AdSense for Video Support
Google's Experiment: Wonder Wheel Google recently uncovered its Wonder Wheel experiment. It was an experiment based on Google's search results. To understand the experiment better...
Google for Blackberry: Voice Search & My Location Recently, Google released additional features for Blackberry with Google Mobile App. The two new features are Google Voice Search & My Location.
Live Search Instant and Active Answers
Google Insight Addition Do you remember Google Insight? Yes, it was a product launched by Google, which offered more flexibility and functionality in terms of understanding...
Google Image Search: Specific Color
Google: Numbers No Longer Required in URLs Webmasters are no longer required to include three digit numbers at the end of the URL to be in Google News. However, they need to submit a...
Yahoo CMO Elisa Steele Yesterday, Yahoo! Inc. named Elisa Steele as the new CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) of the company. She will be responsible for Yahoo!'s brand, its global...
Live Search Guide for Penalized Sites
Bug in Google AdWords Tool Recently, the Forums at WebmasterWorld and Search Engine Watch have webmasters complaining about a bug in the Google's Keyword Tool.
Yahoo IE8 Optimized Yesterday, Yahoo! released an optimized version of IE8. The new version includes three new categories of instant visual results - Weather,...
Google's New VP for American Operations
Live Search Accelerators - Internet Explorer On Thursday, the Internet Explorer team announced the release of Internet Explorer 8. The best feature of this explorer is its Live Search Accelerators, which is believed to make web surfing faster and easier. Live Search Accelerators is considered to make the entire researching and shopping online more simplified. Typically, a web surfer has to browse through different sites...
Matt Cutts On Keywords in URLs
Google Maps Uk and Netherlands According to the latest Google report, Street View of some of the major cities in the UK and Netherlands have been released by Google Maps.
Google Certified Program Google recently announced the release of Google Ad Manager consultant program, which will provide advanced ad serving support and professional services.
MySQL Banned in Google Adword Campaigns Google recently added the the term MySQL to its Adwords keyword ban list. The news surprised those who used the term for professional reasons.
Yahoo's New Ad Targeting Yahoo's search marketing team recently came out with new ad targeting features to give its advertising partners more return for their investment.
Google's New Image Search Results Pages Google has announced the launch of a new Image Search results page for Android, iPhone, and iPod touch to allow the suers have a better...
Google Maps Instructional Video Google Maps has recently released an instrumental video for the Local Business Center to help the users (especially the beginners).
AOL's new CEO, Google's Tim Armstrong Tim Armstrong, (ex Google executive) replaces AOL CEO Randy Falco, who was on the job since November 2006. Armstrong was associated with Google since the year 2000 and it is not the first time when AOL has recruited a Google executive for its chief positions. According to a Press Release by Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer: 'Tim Armstrong, who had been...
Google's New Feature For Blog Search Delayed Google was about to test New Link Command feature for Google Blog Search Ranking Update. The feature would have affected the way Google returns...
301 Redirects and NoFollow With Matt Cutts
Yahoo Minimum Bids
Google's Exact Image Size Just a month ago, Google Advanced Image Search added a new option of adjusting width and size in its update. Now it has added a new...
Yahoo Keywords Suggestion Tool All those who grieved the retirement of overture, can find some consolation in new section by Yahoo! Search Marketing Help Center now provides...
Cutts Re-Explains Keeping Less Links It was not long back when we had covered that Google can crawl more than 100 links per page, but still it is not in a favor of a document with more than 100 links. Now Matt Cutts on his blog is explaining as to why one should keep the link count on one page less than 100. Here is what he has to elaborate on the issue: The original reason we provided that recommendation...
Google Sued and Case Won Aaron Greenspan, President & CEO of Think Computer Corporation sued Google for dis-enabling his AdSense account without prior notice and won the claim!
Google SERPS Mini Sitelinks WebmasterWorld is again buzzing in with some new discussion! Now the webmasters are noticing mini sitelinks on Google SERPS!
Google SERP Update A thread at the WebmasterWorld is reporting Google search update for the month of March 2009. Here is what jcmiras, a member of the community is reporting:
Matt Cutts on Brands Earlier, we had reported that Branded search results has become an issue of high importance in Search Results Rankings. The world of...
SEMPO Board Of Directors
Google SOAP Search API Ending Google in their latest post has mentioned that theyll end the Google SOAP Search API on August 31st in this very year, 2009! We'd like to bid...
Google Mails Webmasters About Website Issues Webmasters at the WebmasterWorld are reporting that Google is sending them mails regarding the website issues! Earlier also, the team of...
Cutts With How To Remove A Search Page There are all kinds of people who post their views and comments on the Internet. Some of them even go a step further and post wrong things about other people.
More On Microsoft and Kumo Yesterday we had reported that Microsoft is rebranding the Live Search into the Kumo brand . But there was no official confirmation from any...
Yahoo! Celebrates 14th Birthday! The script was written in the year 1995. Exactly fourteen years ago, Yahoo! was officially incorporated by Jerry and David! Here is the screen shot...
Paid Posts with Matt Cutts Matt Cutts never stays away from news! Recently it was all about Canonical tags and now the guy is going ga-ga on the issue of paid...
Search Index Update from Yahoo Just when we were suspicious about any further Weather Report or updates from Yahoo!, the search engine has announced their latest...
Town of Eu to Change Name for Rankings Now this is an astounding news! A French town Eu that holds hundred years of civilization (The County of Eu was created in 996 by Duke Richard I of Normandy)...
Microsoft Live Search Experiments The current hot topic related with SEO industry seems to have a very deep relationship with Googles algorithm changes that favors big brands, but it looks that Microsoft Live Search has some other plans in mind. The later one is in the favor of Best Match along with other features to improvise on its search results and give a better browsing experience to its users.
Google - New Link Command Features, Soon
Updating Yahoo Search? Loads of Webmasters at WebmasterWorld are reporting that Yahoo Search is currently in the process of updating their index and algorithm.
Yahoo's Bartz Ushers Out CFO SAN FRANCISCO (AP) " After spending six weeks diagnosing Yahoo Inc.'s troubles, new Chief Executive Carol Bartz started to prescribe a cure Thursday with a management shake-up that will usher out the Internet company's chief financial officer. Besides pushing CFO Blake Jorgensen out the door, the overhaul will expand the responsibilities of Yahoo's chief...
More With Matt Cutts on Canonical Link
Yahoo Mobile's Marco Boerries Resigns Not long ago Zimra founder Satish Dharmaraj marked his exit from Yahoo! Before that Carol Bartz filled the slot of Yahoo's new CEO, replacing Jerry Yang.
Branding Is The Key In Google's New Rankings A post by Aaron Wall of SEOBook is talking about the excessive weight that Google is placing on branded search results. The post says that all those...
Google Toolbar 6 for IE
Yahoo's New Launches Yahoo! has recently announced the launch of their three new features: Search Retargeting, Enhanced Retargeting and Enhanced Targeting...
YouTube, Google Webmaster Central Blog
February Google Image Search Update In the month of January we had reported a Google Image Search Update. Now, a thread at the Webmaster World is again buzzing up with reports of another update!
Canonical URL Tag for Ask Ask.com Joins The Group- Implements Canonical URL Tag! Just a few days ago, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft announced their collaboration to support a new Web standard Canonical URL Tag to abolish duplicate content from the Internet world. Now, Ask.com has announced its intentions to go Canonical! Here is the example of the screen shot of the tag, provided by Ask.com:
Google Video Link
Google Advanced Image Search, Now Restrict Size Googles advanced image search now provides all its users with an option of restricting their image search to a particular width and height...
AdWords URL Policy Changed The Google AdWords blog recently announced that their new display URL policy will be effective February 24th onwards! The new policy...
Google AdSense Font Changes Back in the year 2006, we reported that AdSense Font Size changed with Firefox Browser Text Size! Now the Inside AdSense Blog is reporting...
Windows Mobile, Google Mobile Application
More Layers to Google Local Search! If you use Google Maps and make use of it to search locations and other entities, then you must know that it displays only a layer of search results.
Happy Fifth, Yahoo Search! It has been five years now when Yahoo! first came out with its own search engine. Here are some of its major milestones:
Google Mobile Ads Business Pages Google has pulled out a lot of their applications in the past few weeks. The most recent of them all is Shutting down of Radio Ads!
New Blog From Google
Yahoo - Air Miles Rewards Program Yahoo! Canada is using all kinds of marketing techniques to spread its arms all over, in the world of search engine market. This time it has...
Indian Webmasters Google SearchMasters Conference On 28th February, Google India is organizing the Google SearchMasters Conference 2009 for the Indian webmaster community.
Radio Ads Shut Down by Google Google recently announced that they are planning to shut down their Google Audio Ads and Google Radio Automation! This is what...
Google Webmaster Wants Feedback
Ask Datacenter Enhances Search Is Ask really serious about search? That's the question that a majority of Ask users are asking these days. Some think that the search engine offers quality...
Google Japan Penalized by Google Just tune in to Twitter and you find the place buzzing with news that Google.co.jp was penalized for paying for blogger reviews.
Local Keywords Ranking in Google Maps It was in the month of August, when we covered a presentation on the Google Map Ranking Factors. Now have more insight on how you can rank your local keywords in Google Maps. Gerald Weber, President and Founder of Search Engine Marketing Group, has come up with three easy steps to do so! Have a look at them. Step 1" If youre not already in Google maps, you...
Yahoo Heart Shaped Search Ad Bar Is Yahoo! trying to copy Google? That's what everyone felt when Yahoo! made an announcement that the ads which are displayed on the...
Yahoo! oneSearch Shortcuts The Yahoo Search Blog has announced the expansion and improvement of Yahoo oneSearch shortcut. * An auto-locate feature that uses cell tower triangulation. * Wi-Fi to detect the users location. * Enhanced Search Assist that incorporates the users recent search history. * A Windows Mobile client. * Expanded availability on Windows Mobile client. * Improved Search Assist technology on BlackBerry devices.
Google AdSense With More Channels
Expanded Version Of Live Search Maps For India! Microsoft India released a new version of Live Search Maps that will allow users to plan multi-city trips in a single search query with multi point routing ability!
Tweaked Google Search Suggestions Interface? It was not long back when we reported that Google is testing a new user interface for some AdWords advertisers. And now Google Operating System...
Twitter Tweets Talk About Google Lay Offs
Google Website Optimizer On YouTube Channel Google Website Optimizer has announced the launch of its own channel on YouTube. This will allow the users to get all the videos related to...
New Ad Format for Google AdSense Speculations and guesswork are going on that Google AdSense is testing a new ad format. A lot of publishers are noticing this at DigitalPoint Forums.
Multiple Gmail Inboxes If you are a Gmail user, then you must have faced a lot of problems in viewing multiple panes in different browser windows to read your messages.
SEOs Lose Rankings Due to Google's Feature It was not long ago, when Google making the new "Did You Mean" feature a standard, was reported. This approach gets users to the results they wanted faster...
Yahoo! "Search Pad" Feature Yahoo! these days is testing a feature (only to the selected users) called Search Pad that was formerly known as Research Assistance.
New News Gadget from Google
Instant Answers in IE8 Live Search If you are using Internet Explorer 8, then you can get Live Search instant answers in your search box! According to the Live Search Blog,
Google Executives May Get Jail Time in Italy for Video! According to New York Times, Google executives have been put on trial for defamation and violating the terms and conditions regarding a ...
Testing Bulk Keyword Diagnose Tools in Adwords
Google Stops Passing Anchor Text? Blogstorm is reporting that anchor text is no longer passing via certain types of 301 redirect with Google. Again, there is no official confirmation on...
Google is Stopping Anchor Text? Blogstorm is reporting that anchor text is no longer passing via certain types of 301 redirect with Google. Again, there is no official confirmation on...
Google Switching To AJAX? The SEO Smackdown blog states that they are noticing some changes in Google's Search Pages. According to their webmasters, Google is switching "completely" to AJAX based search results. But a majority of people are not seeing the Google search results pages render in AJAX yet! Google has been offering AJAX driven results through the API and other services...
Confirmed By Google: One Domain Per Ad Group Recently, there were all kinds of reports going on that Google will now be requiring one domain per ad group in their new display URL policy in the AdWords program.
New Interface Test for AdWords
"Most Visited Sites" Firefox Tab When we look at the major attributes of Google Chrome then its main feature is to list the sites you regularly visit on your home page when the browser starts.
Extended "Conversion Optimizer" Eligibility! Google AdWords has opened up Conversion Optimizer to greater eligibility. Those who often make use of AdWords' free Conversion Tracking...
Firefox Live Search Autosuggestions The official blog of live search team has announced the official integration of Live Search into Firefox by popular demand. Here is what the team has to say on this issue: For example, start to type "Bruce Springsteen" into the Live Search box, and you're shown relevant suggestions. The list of suggestions refreshes as you continue typing or when you change the query...
New Help Videos on Google AdWords
Yahoo Automatic Account Optimization? Not long back when Yahoo! decided to auto-optimize sponsored search accounts. But just three weeks after, the search engine has published an explanation.
Google Finally Confirms Fixing SMS Search! The month of January was full of speculations that Google SMS Search is facing some complications and is not working! Some were saying that it is not functioning in a proper way...
Yahoo! Search Marketing Updates Help Center Yahoo! Search Marketing has updated its help center. Here are the major changes:
Google Asking For Feedback Google is asking its users to give feedback on Ad Planner. "Over the past few months, the Ad Planner team has released a number of new features that were based largely on user feedback.
Question Phrases in Keyword Discovery
Yahoo Wage Recession? A lot of companies are laying of their employees and some are freezing the salary hikes of their most deserving employees. Yahoo! is doing the same.
Satish Dharmaraj - Zimbra Founder Leaving Yahoo
January Google Images Update WebmasterWorld is giving early reports of a Google Image Search update of January 2009! According to these reports, Google has added...
Microsoft SearchPerks During Recession
Impact of Google Preferred Sites Discussed by SEO's Recently we reported about the new experimental feature by Google named 'Preferred Sites.' Since it is experimental, it is not available to a majority of people.
Rare Javascript Message Fixed by Google
Complaints About PageRank Dropping It seems that recently there has been a massive drop in PageRank scores in Google Toolbar. Diverse forums are arrayed with numerous complaints...
Talking After Leaving Google Some are saying that the perks were not good, some faced disappearing fringe benefits, some are saying that there is too much bureaucracy and...
Windows Live Search News Alerts Check your inbox- latest headlines are flowing in! That's the new feature by Windows Live Search.The service is called News Alerts Service and it will...
Contextual Network Ads Shut Down by Yahoo PPC Hero is claiming that they have received an email from Yahoo! that they are planning to shut down Content Match" in UK. For those who don't...
Google Apps Reseller Program Google Inc. is launching a formal reseller program for Google Apps Premier Edition. The program will enable the technology solution providers to sell Google Apps to businesses around the world. The program has its SaaS office productivity suite platform that is arrayed with diverse features like e-mail and chat, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, security...
Easier Verification with Webmaster Tools
AdWords Local Business Ads Intro Google Maps has updated certain features for local business ads. The first one is that now your ads information window will be arrayed with diverse...
Google Wants Feedback on 'No Results Pages' It was not long back when Matt Cutts asked for specific help identifying Spam issue that the search engine is facing! This time Google wants...
Google Wants Feedback on 'No Results Pages' It was not long back when Matt Cutts asked for specific help identifying Spam issue that the search engine is facing! This time Google wants...
A Rise In Local Search Mobile phones have come a long way since the initial days. Search engines are available at your fingertips, stock market revolves around your...
Carol Bartz CEO of Yahoo The slot vacated by Jerry Yange is now filled by Carol Bartz, the new CEO of Yahoo! The news is official as Yahoo! has confirmed Carol Bartz as the new CEO, along with making an announcement that President Sue Decker will soon resign. Yahoo Board Chairman Ray Bostock is extremely enthusiastic with Carol's acceptance of the CEO post. Here is a quote:
Google Exlplains Sever CO2 Production Everyone is thinking about greenhouse effect and global warming! Google is no exception. According to BBC news, the Internets carbon footprint is bigger than the footprint of the airlines.
Microsft AdCenter Adds Two New Features Microsoft's adCenter has come up with two new options for adCenter Performance Data. These are: New Custom Date Range & Filter Options.
Yahoo Discusses The Use of Reciprocal Links A majority of search engines are of the view that the process of providing reciprocal links refers to 'spamming.' Yahoo, in their Search Content Quality Guidelines, has also given certain examples of content that they dont want to include in their search engine. Here is one of them:
New 2009 Google Favicon
New AdWords Budgeting Option Name Timeline WebmasterWorld is reporting that Google is testing a new AdWords budgeting option named Timeframe. The help document explains this a bit better.
2009 Begins With New SEO Tools Clan of Bruce Clay has come up with two brand-new SEO tools that are available for free on their Web site. These new tools are the...
Updated Live Search Mobile Live Search will soon have an update to its Live Search Mobile app for Windows Mobile. A lot of new and diverse facets will be added via this release.
Yahoo Can Create Ads and Edit Your Keywords In an email sent out to the Search Marketing advertisers, Yahoo! has notified them about their new terms and conditions without even seeking...
Google Timeline Visible in Search Results Googles timeline view, was earlier made as an opt-in experiment in Google Labs, is currently visible in a lot of queries on the search results of Google.com.
Updated Google Toolbar PageRank Google has updated its Toolbar Pagerank. A lot of people are talking about their PageRanks being changed. Sometimes the PageRank drops...
Japanese Version of Webmaster Central
Google Search Quality Team is a Little Upset A recent post in the Google Webmaster Help forums was enough to make Google upset. A lot of speculations were made that Google was indulging...
Google Ad Manager Equipped With New Features!
Google Blog Search Fixes Link Issue But Still Requires Help! Google recently confirmed that the search engine is in the process of fixing blogroll issue and will continue to use RSS feed to index the pages. At the same time it will try to exclude blogrolls and navigational elements of the blog as well.
'Search-By-Style' in Google Image Search! It was not long time back when Google came out with a new search bar for Google Image! Now keeping the particular choice of each and every user in mind, Google has launched...
Matt Cutts Take On SEM & 2009 In a recent interview by Virginia Nussey of BruceClay.com, Matt Cutts of Google elaborated on every possible query that was related to everything expected from Google in the coming years!
Google Webmaster Tools Updated
Google Website Optimizer Forum The Website Optimizer by Google is a free testing tool for landing-page-optimization! But the fact is that a lot of webmasters still do not know how to use it.
Brad Goldberg Leaving Microsoft
Yahoo Slims Data Retention From 13 to 3 Months Yahoo! has announced that it will reduce data retention policy from 13 months to 3. It will be interesting to see what kind of impact this leaves on Google.
Google Penalizing Your Site? A new thread has surfaced at the Google Groups that talks about the ways webmasters can tell if their site is penalized by Google or not. Thanks to Barry for noticing it. One person says that Home page will not appear unless you use site:www.domainname.com. JohnMu further elaborates on the whole issue:Here's one test that seems to work about 90% of the time...
40 Languages in Google Webmaster Tools Google Webmaster Tools has announced, the addition of 14 more languages, taking the count to 40 languages! Our team is very excited to...
Translate Your Site with Google One more enhancement in the world of Translate Tool, being made by Google these days. The new enhancement is called "Translate My Page."
Live Search Update for the Holidays?
New Pages in Yahoo! Buzz Yahoo! is rolling out some additional features for Yahoo! Buzz. To talk more about these additions, one thing is for sure that Yahoo Buzz Publisher...
Google With New Features Google Is Testing A Lot Of Features! Google is getting indulged in all kinds of changes these days! But some of them are good, and some of them are awkward!
Live Search: MSNBot
Google AdSense for Domains Google AdSense For Domains, helps finance people who park domains. The service is sometimes connected to useless links and spam of the web.
Ability To Turn Off SearchWiki, Coming Soon Good news for all of us! Google Search Wiki will soon have an off button. Google Search Wiki was getting somewhat negative response, particularly...
Google SERP Update Archives
iPhone and G1 AdWords Options The whole world is getting trapped in the web of iPhone and G1 mania! The advertisers are also not left behind as they are looking this gold mine as a very good opportunity to attract target audience. That is why search advertisers have opted to select this medium in their latest strategy to target the rapidly growing number of searchers on the go. Googles mobile team...
Google Blog Search: Full Text Indexing What happened to Google Blog Search, that used to index via RSS feeds? But this method was for blogs that published partial feeds! That automatically means that Google Blog Search only indexed that partial portion. But what about the rest of the post? The links and text in that portion werent available through Blog Search! Now the news that is spreading like a fire...
Googlebot Crawl Rate Controlled More control has been given in the Googlebot's crawl rate setting in the Webmaster Tools to enable all the webmasters to specify their problems in a better way!
Google Yahoo! Deal: What Really Happened? If you are still are wondering what led to the termination of the famous advertisement deal between Google and Yahoo!, then probably you should read further: Prosecutor Sandy Litvack who was assigned to the case told the AM Law Daily that, the DOJ (Department of Justice) was about to charge Google with antitrusts lawsuit, and it was just three hours away from doing so!
Questionable Sites Flagged by Live Search Microsoft's Live Search has now announced that they will now take action against the sites which they deem questionable in terms of malware.
Google Blogroll Issue To Be Fixed Recently, a news was flashing all over the web world that Google blog search link command is now scanning blogroll links. For example, using a link: pagetrafficblog.com would not only return links from the content of the article, but also return links from the navigational elements. So the crux of the matter is that you will find it difficult as to who linked to you within the body of their content!
Live Search Instant Cashback With a Glitch?
More Ad Quality Videos by Google Google recently published two new videos about quality scores. It is either the search engines effort to become transparent or a try to attract more people to advertise.
Spam Algorithm Classifier Fixed for iFrames A lot of discussions has been going on at the official Google thread where a very interesting response from Matt Cutts of Google was noticed, where...
Live Image Search: Find Images With Other Images Features like continuous scroll and index with millions of websites, makes a single image search query enough to get what you were looking for. These initial results give you a hint and you have to refine your search to find the images you actually need. Live Search now provides you ease to use images, rather than looking for keyword queries to discover more refined results.
Enhanced Google Street Views
New Features for Live Search Webmaster Center The Live Search team has come out with a lot of new features for the Webmaster Center. So if by any how, you are using this Microsoft service aside from...
Yahoo! and Virgin Media Going Mobile British Telecommunications leader Virgin Media announced it will use Yahoo oneSearch for providing internet exploration facilities to its mobile customers.
Google AdWords Option to Show on Desktop/iPhone Many advertisers prefer to not show their Google ads to iPhone or mobile users, and there are advertisers who avoid showing their ads to desktop users.
Amazon Doing Away With Alexa Amazon is taking opportunity of Thanksgiving day by releasing the bad news of shutting one of its web service i.e. Alexa Web Search. This service provides programmatic access to...
Enhancements for Google AdWords Last month, Google launched a display ad builder in the Google AdWords. Now, we have noticed that this tool is already getting updates.
Is Microsoft's Live Search Named Kumo? As reported by Liveside.net, Microsoft owns a new domain name kumo.com and the website is pointing towards an internal Microsoft test site. This site can only be accessed by Microsoft.
SEMPO's State of the Market Survey The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization has launched its fifth annual State-of-the-SEM Market Survey. SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) recently announced its fifth industry-wide survey in order to assess the economy's effect on the annual online marketing spending and the change in budget allocation across the various media segments.
Yahoo's November SERP Update We had been anticipating an update in Yahoo! Search for the last few days. Yahoo! had itself caused these speculations by making the following announcement:
Sean Suchter From Yahoo, Heading to Microsoft Whoever said that it's better to jump out of a sinking ship when you can, probably had this scenario in mind. Sean Suchter, Yahoo!'s former Vice-President of Search Technology, is heading over to Microsoft. The news was confirmed by Satya Nadella, Senior Vice-President of Portal and Advertising, Microsoft. He made the following statement: We are very pleased to confirm that..."
Google SERP Update?
T-Mobile and Yahoo OneSearch Yahoo! and T-Mobile have announced a new partnership, under which, oneSearch, Yahoo!'s mobile search facility, will be available to all the...
Gmail Account Themes We had been anticipating Google's web mail client Gmail to add some themes for the last few months and looks like they have finally obliged.
Spell Checker in Google Search Making Up Words Google Search's 'Spell Checker' is an extremely handy feature. It must have helped you innumerable times to get over searches with 'typo' errors.
Voice Search for iPhone
Google's PageRank Singing Ever wondered what Google PageRank would be singing out if it could. Well, all we tech geeks have been thinking over the same for quite some time now.
Google: Some Sub-Directories with Sitelinks
Flash Tracking with Google Analytics Have you ever thought whether your visitors even find the time to watch the flash movies on your website, or they simply skip it? Now you can find it out. How?
Jerry Yang and Yahoo One really can't say that the move was an absolutely unexpected, but still amid much hype Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang officially announced his retirement from the position that he had assumed about 18 months ago. The official press release begins as follows: Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today announced...
Hints of Competitive Bidding with AdCenter
iPhone Google Voice Search? It was somehow confirmed that Google is desperately working on an entirely new voice-recognition search app for the iPhone. But certain speculations...
Google On-Demand Google has come up another nice webmaster tool. They have come with the launch of their On-Demand Indexing that could actually assist the...
More Demanding Google Site Search In this world, that is full of all kinds of hustle and bustle, people demand speed! It was the game of yesterday years, when people used to wait for hours to get the things done. Now everything is instant! Google has made everything look so simple for us. Everything is available at our fingertips.
iPhone Has New Google Results Pages
New Features for Google Ad Planner Google has recently made an announcement that it's Ad Planner that was launched earlier this year, is now made available to every internet user.
Changing Google Analytics
Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Team Up! Microsoft is going strong with its strategy to craft search shares by gaining more number of distribution partners. In order to continue with this strategy...
Google AdSense Improvises AdSense was blamed for showing political ads in a lot of websites! No one was happy with them. But now they are planning to improve AdFilter and Blocking Ads.
Verify Code Option Removed from AdWords
Yahoo Search Deal with Ballmer? After Jerry Yang's explicit comments about Yahoo! being open to an acquisition from Microsoft, everyone was waiting with waited breath as to what...
Google Termination of Partnership with Yahoo! Despite recent clarifications by Google, regarding the ad deal with Yahoo!, Google has finally decided to terminate its advertising partnership...
Track Your Links with Google's GLYNC It is a fact that the Google Webmaster Tools offers great data for all the webmasters. But still certain things are missing. Earlier, the webmasters...
Trademarked Keywords Displayed by Google AdWords
Google Toolbar PageRank Indicator Missing A lot of discussion has been going on at one of the threads of the Official Webmaster World. Webmasters are discussing about speculations that...
Google - Yahoo! Partnership Termination Despite recent clarifications by Google, regarding the ad deal with Yahoo!, Google has finally decided to terminate its advertising partnership with Yahoo! without providing any clear answer! Heres a statement, just released by YahooGoogle has terminated the advertising services...
Google November SERP Changes... Reverted!
Microsoft Launches Live Search Map In India! Microsoft India has come with the launch of Live Search Maps! The feature provides a detailed analysis of listings as well as street maps for nine...
AdSense Showing Political Ads! I'm outraged that a political ad was fed onto my site This line says it all! Recently it has been observed that AdSense is showing political ads...
AdWords Opens Bidding on "Beer & Champagne"
Instant Answers With Results At Live Search! Whenever we try our hands to get instant answers at one of those famous search engines, all we want is to have results in seconds!
AdSense Pays Wrong Amount To Publishers Again! So it happened all over again! Just a month ago, Google paid wrong amount to Indian AdSense publishers based on the wrong Exchange rates.
Google Can Crawl More Than 100 Links Per Document People used to think that the search engines, including Google can never crawl more than 100 links on a single document. It was an ALLEGORY!
Yahoo's New GeoTargeting is Facing Launch Problems While a lot of webmasters and general users are satisfied with the fact that Yahoo has started geo-targeting, certain comments about launch problems are telling a different story! These comments are concerned with the early adaptation crunches of this new tool.
Microsoft AdCenter Updated With New Features!
Google Webmaster Team Now Sending Letters? There were some kind of speculations going on that the team of Google's webmaster trends is sending out snail mail letters to a lot of Sitemap users who...
AdWords API Version 13 Is Here! The latest AdWords API version 13(v13) is here. The new release is geared up with various options like advanced geotargeting options, Generate Search...
Yahoo! To Layoff 5000 People?
Microsoft Rebranding Live Search? Is It? A lot of speculations are made and it has been said that Microsoft may test rebranding Live Search as Windows Live Search! I don't know whether this...
Now Geo Target with Yahoo Search Marketing! Yahoo! has just launched a geo-targeting system that would enable the search ad campaign managers to fine tune their target audience for a...
Google Profiles - Indexable in Search Engines It is true that Google Profiles serve as the main building blocks in acting as the foundation for making Google as the main social map in the whole web-world!
Ad Builder by Google
Gambling Ads In UK - Allowed by Google AdWords! After Yahoo UK agreed to licensed gambling ads, and MSN UK following the same path, Google UK too felt the pressure to allow gambling ads in UK!
Error Report Now with Source Data For Broken Links It was never easy for the webmasters to suppress their queries for a long time. Hence, they started asking various questions regarding the...
Google For Webmasters - Videos! Google Webmaster Blog has come up with a new video for webmasters, which throws light on the process of indexing! We're always looking for new ways to...
Google Webmaster Tools Broken Links It was never easy for the webmasters to suppress their queries for a long time. Hence, they started asking various questions regarding the sources...
Yahoo! Improves Ads! According to the Official Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog, it has been reported that a lot of improvisation has been made in the relevancy and...
AdWords Conversion Optimizer The hottest news of the web world is that AdWords Conversion Optimizer has now got new eligibility standards! This expansion would make it easy...
Gdata API updated with Site Settings All you web crawlers out there, cheer up, as the latest news is that the Webmasters Tools API has now been updated! This would allow the users to get numerous features like: * Crawl Rate * Geographic Location * Preferred Domain * Enhanced Image Search...
Trust and Authority For Websites An interesting thread is going on at WebmasterWorld. Webmasters are discussing the issue that Google might distinguish trust and authority notions!
Live Search On Facebook When Microsoft announced that they had entered into a collaboration with Facebook to conduct Live Search in Facebook, the Redmondians were not...
Link Information From Google's Point Of View A couple of days ago, we had elaborated on the importance of link architecture in one of our blogs. The fact is that ample light has been thrown on the issue...
Google's View on Stale vs Fresh Document "Freshness is everything" as far as the documents are concerned! That is what Google thinks about the whole issue concerning the "stale vs fresh contents" topic.
New Yahoo! Site Explorer! Yahoo recently did the redesigning of Yahoo Site Explorer. It is geared up with some very interesting features but not limited to:
Links Education Straight from Google! A series has been announced by Google! It is based on the ever controversial topic of LINKS!! Lets see as to what the official website has to say on the issue:
Ask.com Version 11 of Search Engine! Ask.com has released version 11 of their new search engine today. Techmeme is geared up with all the coverage of the news item, along with the main...
Webmasters Report Google SERP Changes A lot of anomalies in the Google SERPs have been spotted by the members of WebmasterWorld recently! Query: "I'm seeing some index pages disappear...
SMS for India: Twitter in Making? According to Google Blogoscoped, Google in India launched a new Labs service called Google SMS Channels, as Digital Inspiration reports...
Google's View on Stale vs Fresh Document "Freshness is everything" as far as documents are concerned! That is what Google thinks about the issue concerning the "stale vs fresh contents" topic. Google's Historical Data Patent reviewed at WebmasterWorld on what Google and SearchEngineJournal has to remark on fresh documents as well as stale contents.
Ebay Back on Google Big Time I think that Ebay has realized how important are Google ads for them! I think that they have realized it in the beginning of this week, they are all over...
Yahoo Search is Undergoing Update? According to the WebmasterWorld, it has been reported that Yahoo! Search is undergoing an update. To confirm this statement, let me tell you that a lot of...
Website Diagnostics with Webmaster Tools! According to the Official Google Webmaster Tool Blog, it has been stated that the Google Webmasters Tools is there to assist the webmasters to solve basic issues before these could actually turn into big problems. Let us have a look as to what the Official Blog has to say:
Google Toolbar 5 for Firefox!
Google Maps UK Adds Traffic Information
Google Defends Yahoo Search Ad Deal! Google has launched a website in order to explain everything that anyone would want to know about the advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo! Keeping this new website as their spokesperson, the agreement has been explained in detail. The website is geared up with...
Yahoo! Launches New Advertising Platform
Removing Keywords Improves AdWords Score? Recently, we had reported the availability of real time quality score algorithm Remember! Now it's time to improve your quality score!
Yahoo! Search Not Listening to Redirect Rules?
Google Dynamic URLs VS Static URLs Issue As far as my observations are concerned, I think that Static URLs are known to be better than Dynamic URLs. I would like to give reasons to clarify my point:
Google Patent Hints At More Linkage Penalties! Tedster, administrator of the WebmasterWorld, recently posted a thread at WebmasterWorld. The thread was related to the discussions that were going...
adCenter Introduces Dynamic Text Insertion Microsoft's adCenter is introducing Dynamic Text Insertion as its new offering. Similar to using {keyword} insertion, Dynamic Text Insertion works...
Google Maps for mobile! Walking Directions! An entirely new as well as exciting version has been launched for Google Maps For Mobile. This feature is cuddled up with various aspects like
Google's New Dynamic Quality Score
Search Evaluation at Google As there were all kinds of grapevine that were going around regarding the search evaluation process at Google, so I decided that I will surf to the core, in order...
No More Duplicate Content With Google! Recently I came across a very interesting blog that was related to the DUPLICATE CONTENT PENALTY. It was written by Susan Moskwa, who is a very famous...
Google Testing Process For Webmaster Tools! It seems that the Google Webmaster Central team is indulged in a test that is related to a new verification process for Webmaster Tools. A Google Groups...
Google User Data Retention Time 9 Months!
Google Answer On Webmasters Query! Google Webmaster Central Blog is there to help all you craving webmasters out there. You don't trust me? Then read on. In a recent...
Geotargeting No Less Than 20 Miles in Adwords! There are a lot of paid search programs that provide various ways to geotarget your search ads. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft allow you to set a radius...
Live Search and Windows Live Toolbar Now Offer Translation! Microsoft's Live Search is now geared up with an amazing feature of "Translation." This wondrous facet is powered by Microsoft Translator technology.
Google Voice Search in Delhi! According to PC World India, Google Voice Search is available in Delhi and other regions in the National Capital Region such as Ghaziabad, Noida and Gurgaon.
Possible Yahoo! Search Update September 2008!
Duplicate Meta Data, A strict No, No! Over at the Google Groups, a thread has surfaced that touches the topic of Duplicate Meta Tags. In response to a Webmaster's query, Google has responded...
“Duplicate Meta Data, A strict No, No! Over at the Google Groups, a thread has surfaced that touches the topic of Duplicate Meta Tags. In response to a Webmaster's query, Google has responded...
Live Search Local Listings Center Via the Virtual Earth Blog, Microsoft has announced the launch of Live Search Local Listings Center, that will enable users to find businesses near them, or near to where they want to go. As of now, the Live Search Local Listings Center is only available to users in the United States of America.
Regionalization For Local SEO!
Google Says Private Registration Won't Hurt Search Rankings The Private Domain Registration & Google Dilemma " Is it A Boon Or A Bane? The Search Engine Roundtable scoop has drawn our attention...
Google Chrome- An SEO Perspective! A new debate has surfaced, regarding the impact Chrome would have on the SEO industry and that Google has been able to turn the address bar in Google Chrome into a perpetual search box.
Google Focuses on Fresh & Updated Pages! Webmasters have reported different observations in Google SERPS (search engine result page), marking the beginning of Google SERP update for September 2008.
Chrome - Is It The End to Google Toolbar PageRank? This week Google announced the launch of its very own web browser, called Google Chrome. Now, inspite of the fact that, Google Chrome is faster, more stable and more reliable than any other browser currently available, still the one most crucial feature that lacks in Google Chrome...
Google Chrome - Is It The End to Google Toolbar PageRank? This week Google announced the launch of its very own web browser, called Google Chrome. Now, inspite of the fact...
Yahoo! Backlinks Reveals Major Linkage Downslide! A DigitalPoint Forums report has revealed that the Yahoo! Site Explorer has conducted a comprehensive update exercise regarding their linkage data reports.
Snapshots Of New Google AdWords Quality Score! With the new and enhanced Google AdWords Quality Score in place, it's now time to see what the AdWords console on your computer screen will look like.
Google Experiments Improve Search Experience! Google has stood by its experimentative reputation and has tried to innovate further with its 'search result' features, to impart users a more enhanced experience.
Fundamental SEO Pitfalls That Need to Be Corrected Optimizing your website in order to be crawled by search engines, to be duly indexed on the search engine result pages (SERPs), is most definitely the norm of the web world today.
Pros & Cons of Google Suggest
Microsoft adCenter Updates Keyword Research Tool! Microsoft has announced an update to its keyword research tool, with fully redesigned user interface, that would assist advertisers in locating keywords and plan campaigns in adCenter.
Has Google Removed AdSense from Cache? Various reports have been witnessed at Webmaster World, stating that Google might have disabled or removed AdSense advertisements from Google Cache.
Google Dance Video!
Google Opens AdSense Ad Manager To All! Google launched the free platform 'AdManager', designed specifically for small and medium-sized publishers. AdManager was only available to a handful who were testing its Beta phase.
Ask.com Introduces TV Listings to Search Results! Via the Ask's Official Blog, Ask.com has announced that it will now be adding television program listings to its search engine result pages or SERPS. According to Ask, Our Ask...
Rapid Title Changes Can Hurt Your Google Rankings? According to Webmaster World, in the hope of getting better rankings, a lot of Webmasters changes the title tags of their pages and started implementing more search engine friendly tags.
Google is King of Search Engines In India In a recent study carried out by comScore in regards to the search patterns in the Indian subcontinent, Google has again come out on top as the most preferred search engine in India.
Google Introduces a New 404 Widget! Google has been discussing the 'Response Code 404' and how it impacts the Webmasters. We covered a post of the '404 Week' where Maile Ohye explained what exactly is a '404 code'.
Google Pays Back in a Link Exchange Offer! Normally we do come across a lot of link exchange offers in numerous blogs, forums and via emails. However, according to Search Engine Roundtable, a link builder had somehow...
Google Tweaks the SERPS... Again! At the beginning of this month, we had reported about the Google SERP update for the month of August that had pretty much every Webmaster on the edge. Now according to Digital Forums, either the August Google SERP update is still underway, or Google might have introduced...
Google Speaks About Ranking Software Blockade! At the beginning of this month, we had informed our readers that Google had allegedly blocked one of the most popular search engine ranking softwares, WebPosition.
Google Patches Up the Blogger Crawling Issues At the beginning of this month, we had reported that, Google had stopped crawling the blogs that weren't hosted on blogspot.com domains. According to Search Engine Roundtable...
Yahoo! Heading for More Job Cuts?
Google Discusses '404 'Response! At the Google Webmaster Central Blog, Maile Ohye has put up a post that specifically talks about the response code 404. According to Maile, Response codes are a numeric status...
Remove Multiple Subpages Without Penalty! Over at the Webmaster World, a new thread has surfaced that talks about the ways through which a Webmaster can get rid of the unwanted subpages, without being penalized for the act. Whenever you try to remove such subpages, you face certain difficulties, such as moving the site to a new domain...
Gmail Outage Leaves Many Helpless and Frustrated! One of the most popular and widely used web based e-mail, Gmail is being marred by technical issues, due to which numerous users are not able to send and receive mail.
Does Google Give Better Rank to Long Titles or is it Myth? Over at the Webmaster World, a new thread has surfaced, according to which, Google is preferring URLs with longer titles and has also been reported that these longer URLs are getting higher rankings as well. Here are some of the excerpts for the Webmaster World Thread:
Yahoo! Provides Users Op-Out Of Custom Advertisements! Yahoo! has announced that, it will now offer users the option of opting out of customized advertising on Yahoo.com. CNNMoney reported that, Yahoo! made this announcement in lieu of a congressional hearing that looked into the privacy problems that users face on websites, which provide...
Google inflicts intense penalties for misused 301 Re-directs! Via Webmaster World, some of the Webmasters used the 301 Redirects too many times and face the consequences. As per Tedster (a prominent member of the Webmaster World)...
Yahoo!: New Shortcuts for Summer Olympics News & Info! In the spirit of 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Yahoo! has announced that, it is in the process of rolling out special shortcuts in Yahoo! Search that would be related specifically to information and news coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Microsoft Live Search Introduces Back-to-School Deals! Back in the month of May, we had informed our readers of the new Microsoft Live Search Cash Back Service, that offered cash backs to consumers that would perform a search on 'MSN Live Search'...
Google Gets Sued Again!
Yahoo! to Roll Out August 2008 Search Index Update! Yahoo! has announced that it would be rolling out its 'Weather Update', that would include changes in the crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. The expected update will continue...
Google SERP August 2008 Changes, Webmasters Concerned and Confused! Well, it is the exact repeat of what happened last month, when Google rolled out its SERP changes for the month of July. Ironically, Google update was running parallel to the Yahoo! Weather Update. Webmasters all over the world were taken aback with this combined update methodology.
SheerSEO - Track Rankings and Index Pages It's been a while, since we had an all-in-one web based tool that could provide Webmasters with comprehensive, relevant and important information in regards to their website rankings in major search engines, such as Google etc.
Live Search Gets 'Hotspots'! Our readers may recall that in June this year, Microsoft Live Search was displaying background images on the Live Search home page as a testing ground for a new and improved home page.
Google Webmaster Tools Now Able To Verify Google Sites Search Engine Roundtable reports that, Webmasters can now submit Google Sites to Google Webmaster Tools.
Google Webmaster Tools Able To Verify Google Sites Search Engine Roundtable reports that, Webmasters can now submit Google Sites to Google Webmaster Tools.
Google Webmaster Tools Now Verifying Google Sites Search Engine Roundtable reports that, Webmasters can now submit Google Sites to Google Webmaster Tools.
Now Submit Google Sites to Google Webmaster Tools Search Engine Roundtable reports that, Webmasters can now submit Google Sites to Google Webmaster Tools.
Google to Provide More Transparency for Customized Search Results! Considered to be one of the most tight lipped search engines of all, it is always a daunting task to make Google reveal anything. However, lately Google has been a little flexible and has been advocating and practising transparency, to provide the world with some clarity about the way Google works.
AdWords Sponsored Links Get a Facelift!
Google Releases Revamped Maps! At the end of the month of May this year, we had reported that, Google was experimenting with the redesigning of Google Maps interface. Now according to the Google Lat Long Blog...
Microsoft Talks about 'BrowseRank'- Beyond PageRank? News.com, reports that a Microsoft research team has recently come up with a new concept known as BrowseRank. Through this concept, Microsoft has tried to teach Google a thing or two about ranking pages. According to the new theory, BrowseRank can prove to be more effective than PageRank...
Yahoo! Finds The Right Spot For Breaking News On SERPs! With the breaking news formula consistently hitting jackpot in terms of receiving the desired eye ball hits, Yahoo! has recently incorporated the same formula in treating its search engine...
Yahoo! Ad Performance Reports Revamped!
Google Gives a Heads-Up: PageRank Update!
Google Implements 'NoFollow' Tag in Knol! A day after the launch of Knol, the competitor of Wikipedia, the service is in news again. Nothing bad really, just more information, that should be very interesting to a lot of Webmasters.
Yahoo! Finally Closes Curtains on Ambassador! In May this year, we had informed our readers that Yahoo! was possibly in the process of dropping its Search Marketing Program called 'Ambassador'. Yahoo! has now decided to terminate the Ambassador program and in lieu of this decision, Yahoo! has been sending out e-mails to make Yahoo! Ambassadors aware of its decision.
Google Rated 'Unsatisfactory' to Poor Customer Service! According to a post at Search Engine Land, the recent Better Business Bureaus (BBB) reliability report states that Google has been rated as 'unsatisfactory' due to the fact that, Google...
Forgive But Don't Forget! Google Penalized Site Motto! According to a discussion running on Webmaster World, Google exercises an absolute unforgiving stance for penalized websites. Some Webmasters believe that although Google...
Matt Cutts Refutes Google Toolbar Indexing Claims! Through his own official blog, Google's Matt Cutts has refuted the claims been raised many times over, that Google Toolbar at some point of time, helped Google index a web page.
Google Trifecta Recording Now Available!
Yahoo! Weather Update Things just don't seem to be going in the right direction for the Webmasters. June 2008, we reported that Yahoo! was about to begin its 'Weather Update'. Now this particular update...
Google Preaches Chapters from the Ranking Bible! In May, Google gave us a peek inside the "Search Quality", then last week, Google preached more about rankings and how they work. Now, Google has again come forth with another...
Webmasters Still Feeling Aftershocks of Google SERP changes! At the beginning of this month, I had reported about the Google SERP changes for July 2008 along with the confusion and chaos it had created. It seems that, the Webmasters are still feeling the aftershocks of the Google SERP changes and according to some, these massive fluctuations are still happening.
Google SERPs Update: Links can be Cause for a Drop in Traffic! At the beginning of this month, I had reported that, Webmasters were facing a lot of troubles due to the Google SERP changes for July 2008. According to Search Engine Roundtable...
Google Refines its Flash Indexing! At the very beginning of the month, I had informed our readers about Google's effort to enhance its Flash indexing technology. It was planning to develop a new algorithm that would enable it to index textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites.
Google Withdraws Comic Sans from AdSense!
Google Conducting Bucket Testing for Search Results! According to TechCrunch, Google is conducting a bucket test for its search results. According to the experiment, search results show an up arrow and an X. Clicking on the up arrow turns...
Google Sitelinks- Do they Rankings? Google Sitelinks are primarily the links that are placed under a search result. These links can number anywhere between 4 and 8 as sub-links. Over at Webmaster World, there is a thread...
Microsoft AdCenter Launches Ranking Update for U.K and Canada!
Google Again Tweaks AdWords Landing Page Over at the Webmaster World, numerous reports have surfaced that Google has been hitting Webmasters hard in the Google AdWords Quality Scores for their landing page irregularities.
Google Lively- Step-by-Step Guide! Yesterday, I reported launch of Google Lively, a 3D Virtual World, where users create their own world with avatars and it is already being considered strong competition to Second Life.
Microsoft Live Search July 2008 Update! According to Webmaster World, there have been recent reports that indicate a 'Live Search July 2008 Update'. A few of days ago, I reported that severe rankings fluctuations at Google...
Director of Yahoo! Search Talks Role of Links in Algorithm! For those who are unfamiliar with the name Priyank Garg, he is the Director of Yahoo! Search Team. The throne of the Yahoo! Search, the team that is responsible for the functionality...
Google Assures Users of Privacy for Analytics Products! Google has finally come out with explanations and assurances for its Analytics Products users, stating that the user information is secure and will not be shared with other Google services.
Google Adds Privacy Link to Home Page! Last month I reported that Ask.com had added a direct link to its privacy policy via a "Privacy" link conveniently placed on its homepage. It was observed that even Google didn't have...
Importance of Punctuations in Keywords in Google Results! At the Webmaster World, an informative issue about the importance of 'Punctuations' in Keywords for the Google results has been posted. Here it is in all its entirety for all our readers:
July Google.co.uk Ranking (SERP) Changes!
Google Explains How to File Re-consideration Request! Over at the Google Webmaster Central Blog, Google has put up a valuable post, that every Webmaster should definitely go through. In the post, Google has explained in length how...
Google Starting To Display Cross-Domain Sitelinks!
Webmasters On Edge with July Google Ranking Changes! Couple of days ago, while I going through the clients' weekly ranking reports, I noticed that, there have been substantial fluctuations in the Google SERPS.(Search Engine Result Pages).
Yahoo! June 2008 Search Index Update!
Yahoo! Slurp gets Banned by Webmasters! According to Webmaster World , numerous Webmasters, after bearing inconsistent Yahoo! crawl rate and odd site traffic, have finally decided to take the ultimate step and are banning...
Google Affiliate Network- A Platform for Advertisers! In March this year, I had informed our readers, that Google had finally acquired DoubleClick, which is a leading Internet advertising service provider. But, DoubleClick while merging with Google, brought along its affiliate advertisement network feature known as 'Performics'.
Microsoft to Buy,'Powerset'! Reality or Rumor? Microsoft, it seems is adamant on buying out companies, one after another, perhaps to satisfy a crumpled ego. Whatever it may be, Venture Beat has reported that Microsoft has reached...
Yahoo! Closes Shop on Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool! It has been a long time coming and especially with all the problems creeping up in Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool, the shut down for this tool was long overdue. According to Webmaster World, Yahoo! has finally pulled the plug on Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool. If your try to visit inventory.overture.com...
Google Ponders Past Queries to Deliver Advertisements! According to Saul Hansell at New York Times, Google is now testing some of its users' online behavior data to deliver better search advertisements. Google still hasn't disclosed the details...
Yahoo! Sends Letter to Stockholders! After the Microsoft-Yahoo! fiasco, came the Yahoo!-Google deal and then began the chain of outgoing executives. With Yahoo! going down the slope and the stockholder's meeting just around the corner, scheduled to be held on August 1st 2008, Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang is finally feeling the heat...
Google Trifecta! A Free Webmaster Online Seminar!
Google Launches 'AdPlanner'! But Data from 'Google Toolbar'? A few days ago, I had reported to our readers that Google had launched a factor in the Google Trends, known as 'Google Trends for Websites'. Hot on the heels of this launch, according...
At Google, 'Long URLs' Can Land You in Trouble! It's true! According to Search Engine Roundtable now even modeling your websites on long URLs can get your sites into trouble with Google indexing. Over at the Google Groups, Googler JohnMu comments upon a URL that according to him is quite long and this is what he has to say...
Google Sued For Trade Secret Violation!
Google Explains Method of 'Adding Business on Google Maps' Over at the Google Blogoscoped, there is a post that has provided details as to how a user can successfully add his business to the Google Maps. Google Universal Search is essentially...
AdWords Team Shares Factors Influencing Quality Score! According to Search Engine Roundtable at the Google Groups, the AdWords Pro, has stated some criteria that should be kept in mind, if you are looking for good AdWords quality score.
Google Video Now with Search Suggestions!
Yahoo! Traffic Quality Center Updated Last year in August, Yahoo! had introduced the Traffic Quality Center for Yahoo! Search Marketing. Traffic Quality Center is basically a place for Yahoo! to discuss its quality-related...
SEMPO 07 State of the Market: If our readers recall, I had recently posted a part of the 'SEMPO 2007 State of the Market Survey', where I mentioned, that according to the survey, the search engine marketing industry was experiencing a major shift in the Online Advertisement Spend Trend. Now finally, the SEMPO 2007 State of the Market Survey...
Yahoo! Loses 3 More Executives!
'Local Search Ranking Factors Guide'! David Himm, is a website designer and an online marketing consultant, has compiled and released the 'Local Search Ranking Factors Guide'. This compilation, David has emphasized...
Yahoo! Mobile to Extend its Reach in Asia Pacific!
Google Local Business Center gets a Facelift! According to Mike Blumenthal, the Google Map Local Business Center has been given a facelift with a new interface and various features. The Google Maps Local Business Center helps ...
Yahoo! To Merge Yahoo! Local Blog With Yahoo! Search Blog!
Jeff Weiner Officially Bids Adieu! Joins ACCEL! A few days ago, I had reported that Yahoo! Executive VP, Network Division Mr. Jeff Weiner was leaving Yahoo! and was moving on to greener pastures. Now it is official, that Mr. Weiner...
Guide to Google WebmasterTools: SEO Perspective! At the Eric Lander's Blog, he has created a presentation that addresses the various tools of Google Webmaster Tools, their importance and their working from the perspective of SEO...
Google Webmaster Live Chat! June 19th 2008 You might remember that we covered the landmark 'first ever Google Webmaster Central Live Chat' in March this year and it went on to be highly a successful endeavor from Google. High on the heels of the last event, Google has announced via Google Webmaster Central Blog, another Google Webmaster Central
Google Related Search Suggestions! Now Faster! Google is educating users about the 'related search suggestions' and how it helps users narrow their search and get what they are looking for. According to the Google Blog, Google...
Google Algo Tweaks: Traffic Down by 90%! Reports are flooding in from Webmaster World, that there seems to be sudden and a dramatic traffic drop from Google. Numerous Webmasters have been reporting about this disturbing...
Google Trends 'Updated'! 'Numeric Scale' & 'CSV Export'! Google Trends is a service that can be used to see how popular certain search terms are across geographic regions, cities, and languages.Ever since the launch of Google Trends in March 2006, Google has been tweaking it up to keep it in sync with the ever evolving trends. Now, Google has launched...
Updated List of 'Google Data Centers'!
Google Launches AdWords API Starter Kit! Search Engine Roundtable reports that, Google has launched the Google AdWords API Starter Kit. The motive behind the new AdWords API Starter kit is to spread awareness about ...
Google AdWords Editor 6.0 for Windows and Mac! Last month, Google had released Google AdWords Editor 5.1 and now within a month, Google has announced the release of Google AdWords Editor 6.0. The new AdWords Editor 6.0...
Google SERPs Dancing: June 2008 Update? According to Webmasters World Google SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages) are returning fewer results for specific queries, pointing to possible Google SERPs update. The speculations for such changes are that, it may be due to the quality control practices employed by Google, or it can also be a human-error.
Yahoo! Updates ToS for Sponsored Search! According to Webmaster World, Yahoo! has updated the Terms Of Service (TOS) for its sponsored search, that has left the advertisers furious. As per the new TOS, Yahoo! can now access...
Yahoo! and Havas Digital Announce Global Partnership Yahoo! Inc. has announced that, it has partnered with Havas Digital, which is one of the world's leading interactive agencies and has agreed upon a Global Partnership. As per the deal, Havas Digital will work with the Right Media Exchange to develop a proprietary media trading platform based on Yahoo's...
Google, Yahoo! & Microsoft Talk 'Robot Exclusion Protocol'! Google Webmaster Central Blog, Yahoo Search Blog and the Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Center Blog have come out with quite informative documentation about Robot Exclusion...
Yahoo! Launches 'Yahoo! Circular Program' Yahoo! has announced the launch of the 'Yahoo! Circular Program' . This service will enable the advertisers to reach out to the consumers with the help of Yahoo! Smart Ads Technology powered by Content from ShopLocal. Yahoo! has launched the Yahoo! Circular Program in order to help advertisers...
Google Changes Definition for 'Doorway Pages' According to Search Engine Watch, Google has changed the way it defines 'Doorway Pages'.
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