Harnessing The Power of Retargeting For Various types of Websites
No matter what type of site or web-based brand you’re striving to promote, pay-per-click banner retargeting has the potential to be a major game changer for you. Using retargeting technologies wisely...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: August 22, 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: Other Great Search...
View ArticleSome Reports Of An August 21/22 Google Update
Virtually all the keyword tools sent out warnings of a major update that hit around August 21st. But the truth is, based on what I am following in the discussion forums, although there were some people...
View ArticleGoogle AdSense Adds Opt Out Options For Five Ad Formats
Google announced that you can now opt out of give new ad format options for your AdSense ads. Google said, “you can opt out of the following advanced ad format features:” Similar-sized display ads:...
View ArticleGoogle AdWords & Webmaster Tools Team Up With Paid & Organic Reporting
Google announced yesterday that you can link your AdWords account to your Webmaster Tools account to obtain a combined paid and organic report. The new paid & organic report allows you to see and...
View ArticleMore Google Search Interface Tests In The Wild
Google, as always, is testing user interfaces and here are two more tests. The first is Google is testing a “next” button, instead of showing the pages available, in the mobile search interface. The...
View ArticleGoogle Definitions Adds Synonyms, Sample Uses, Origin & More
Google has pushed out a major upgrade to their definitions user interface, adding an expandable box with synonyms, ways to use the word in sentences, the origins of the word, translation, use over time...
View ArticleNew Belgium Brewing Loves Android
Zach Alcorn, a former Google intern and current Google Student Ambassador for the University of Pittsburgh, posted a picture of a beer tour he is on. He is at the New Belgium Brewing and spotted an...
View ArticleVideo Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 23, 2013
Busy week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable. First I discuss a possible Google update that hit ground a few days ago. then I go into how AdWords lets you tie your Webmaster Tools account...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: August 23, 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: Video Recap of Weekly...
View ArticleGoogle AdWords Releases New Combined Paid & Organic Search Report by...
Google is continuing to make it easier to combine organic and paid search data by releasing a new report in AdWords that combines the two, as reported by Practical Ecommerce: Graphic courtesy of...
View ArticleAdWords Test Accounts No Longer Require Application Requests
Google has updated the process for setting up AdWords Test Accounts. Test accounts are used by developers to execute AdWords API requests without serving ads or affecting actual account performance....
View ArticleWinning Strategies to Lose Money With Infographics
Google is getting a bit absurd with suggesting that any form of content creation that drives links should include rel=nofollow. Certainly some techniques may be abused, but if you follow the suggested...
View ArticleGoogle Palestine Hacked
Google Palestine, www.google.ps, has been hacked by HackTeach Lover’s. Visiting Google.ps will show you a message about Google Maps not showing Israel as Palestine. Here is a screen shot of the...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: August 26, 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: 6 Months Later, No...
View ArticleThe Benefits Of Thinking Like Google
Shadows are the color of the sky. It’s one of those truths that is difficult to see, until you look closely at what’s really there. To see something as it really is, we should try to identify our own...
View ArticleGoogle: Short & Basic Reconsideration Requests Won’t Do It.
If you didn’t get the memo yet, and we’ve covered what Google expects from reconsideration requests before – Google wants details in the request. If you have a manual action and it shows up in the...
View ArticleField Trip: Location Search Via Google Glass
Field Trip, the neat location aware software that gives you ideas of places to visit while traveling, now is officially on Glass. Google’s Timothy Jordan announced it on Google+ saying, “we’ve just...
View ArticleThe Yahoo Usernames Google’s Head Of Search Spam Is Tracking
As many of you know, Yahoo opened up a bunch of inactive usernames for people to register and use in the future. Soon Yahoo will be announcing who got which usernames. But for those who want to track...
View ArticleApple Siri On Google Glass: Don’t Wink At Me
Apple Siri has added some cute responses when you go ahead and say “Okay Glass” to it. Here are screen shots of the various responses you may get back from Apple Siri when you pester it with Google...
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