July 2013: Best of Search Engine Journal
#1: 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know are “Illegal” on Facebook By: Jim Belosic | @shortstacklab Business Pages on Facebook have their own set of guidelines which you can read here, yet I...
View ArticleYahoo’s Logo Is Changing, As The Company Changes
Yahoo announced they are changing their logo on September 4th at 9pm PT or midnight of September 5th. The change is a result of Marissa Mayer taking over the company and making huge changes throughout...
View ArticleVideo Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 9, 2013
Very busy week in search, so my video is about eleven and a half minutes long – I apologize but I think I sound good in this video. Google launched a new Webmaster Tools feature for viewing your manual...
View ArticleA New Analysis of Google SERPs Across Search Volume and Site Type
At Moz, we have been following up on our 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors study by continuing to analyze interesting aspects of the data. One of our most frequently asked questions is, “Do you see...
View ArticleGoogle+ To Move Support Forums To, Um, Google+
I always felt it was weird that the Google+ support discussion forums was in a Google Groups area and not in Google+ communities. I know communities was not a feature within Google+ on day one but it...
View ArticleSecuring your Google Account after a possible hack
A couple friends have recently had security scares with their Gmail account where they were worried that their accounts might have been hacked. I was emailing one of them about how to make sure that...
View ArticleGoogle AdWords Adds Cross-Account Conversion Tracking & MCC Search Funnels
To help advertisers track performance across multiple AdWords accounts, Google announced cross-account conversion tracking and search funnel reporting. This is the first of several announcements about...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: August 27, 2013
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. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google: Short &...
View ArticleYahoo Gives Logo and 7 Websites New Facelift by @wonderwall7
Throughout the month of August, Yahoo has released an updated variation of its new logo, as part of the 30 Days of Change. The final version will go live on September 5. In a Tumblr post, Kathy...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: 10 Features Unique To Bing Ads That You Might Not Know About On...
View Article30 day challenge: better email handling
Some relatives were visiting this past week, so my inbox has a triple digit backlog. That’s after aggressive pruning of mailing lists and so on. Nearly all of those emails mention me in a “to:” or...
View ArticleGoogle’s Matt Cutts On What To Do If Your Site Was Hit By Panda
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts posted a new video today talking about the Panda update. The question he tried to answer was, “what should a site owner do if they think they might be affected...
View ArticleGoogle Trends Gets “Trending Top Charts” To Show Interest Spikes; Hot...
What’s hot in search? Often, it’s the same-old, same-old. That’s why Google Trends has added a new feature today, “Trending Top Charts,” to show interest areas that are spiking in popularity outside...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, September 12, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Trends Gets “Trending Top Charts” To Show Interest...
View ArticleGoogle AdWords Bid Simulator Adds Estimated Conversions Predictions
Google announced on Google+ a small but significant addition to their Bid Simulator tool. Not only can you get clicks, impressions and cost estimates predictions via the simulator, you can now also get...
View Article8 Content Marketing KPI’s You Can’t Afford To Neglect by @blurbpoint
Gone are the days when the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) were limited to just measuring the number of “hits” on a website. Web analytics and the Key Performance Indicators have evolved over the...
View ArticleGoogle Adds TV Episodes To Knowledge Graph
Google announced on Google+ that they added TV episodes to the knowledge graph. So now when you search for a specific TV show, Google will show you upcoming episodes, with the airing date. You can...
View ArticleRegister Now For SMX Israel 2014
I am incredibly happy to let you all know that I am chairing SMX Israel again in 2014 on January 26, 2014 – a Sunday. Go ahead – register now. The show started off as a social gathering of like-minded...
View ArticleMicrosoft Provides More Clarity On Bing Ads Microsoft Account Sign-In
Last week, users began seeing prompts to set up Microsoft account log-ins for their Bing Ads accounts. Some users expressed consternation about the changes and log-in errors they were experiencing...
View ArticleGoogle May Charge Fees For Google+ Custom URLs
One of the other big announcements was that Google is offering vanity URLs within Google+ for virtually everyone. But if you read the terms of service, Google says for now these URLs are free, but...
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