Google seems to have been rolling out a large search algorithm update starting sometime around Sunday, June 25. Google’s John Mueller said, “We make updates all the time,” when asked specifically about the speculation around a Google update. In my opinion, there was an algorithm update to the Google search rankings over the past few […]
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In many ways, analytics are what makes the world go ’round—particularly in the data-driven environment that we’re now living in. According to Forbes, more data was created during the last two years than in all of the time in human history leading up to it combined. That’s a terrific position to be in if you’re
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Yesterday Google shared they see greater mobile than desktop search volumes in 10 countries including Japan and the United States. 3 years ago RKG shared CTR data which highlighted how mobile search ads were getting over double the CTR as desktop search ads. The basic formula: less screen real estate = higher proportion of user
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It’s difficult to believe that Google News is 15 years old. In that time, it has been through a number of feature changes and minor redesigns. The last major redesign was in 2010, but today it’s getting another one. The idea is to add feature and content depth but also simplify the layout and navigation. I spoke with Anand
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Google officially launched its Website Builder within Google My Business in an effort to help small businesses easily and affordably create websites. This is a great initiative, as there are many small businesses that do not have a website. Google’s Marissa Nordahl made the announcement it in a Google My Business Help thread on Tuesday, June
Google has been fined a record $2.7 billion for a breach of E.U. anti-trust rules. The search giant was charged with giving “illegal advantages” to another Google product within search results in a case that started more than seven years ago. The case relates specifically to Google Shopping, Google’s increasingly profitable shopping comparison engine. This fine
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Expected for months, the antitrust penalty was supposed to be closer to $1 billion. However, today the EU leveled a much larger 2.4 billion euro ($2.7 billion) fine against Google for alleged abuse of its market power in vertical (shopping) search. Though the fine is not a surprise, the amount is. In the climax of a decade-long antitrust saga that at
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Yahoo! Tests Google Again Back in July we noticed Yahoo! was testing Google-powered search results. From that post… When Yahoo! recently renewed their search deal with Microsoft, Yahoo! was once again allowed to sell their own desktop search ads & they are only required to give 51% of the search volume to Bing. There has
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It’s an awful feeling, isn’t it? One day you close your laptop safe in the knowledge that your site is getting healthy amounts of search traffic. Then, the next morning, you find out your site has been hit with a Google Penalty. What was once a solid stream of targeted traffic is now nothing more
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