Daily Search Forum Recap: September 16, 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 Trends Top...
View ArticleBing Gains New Logo, UI, Page Zero Links, Snapshot & Pole Position Answers
This evening Microsoft announced and has started to roll out a range of new features for Bing — some cosmetic, some more structural. Prominent among them is a new logo and identity, which is symbolic...
View ArticleGoogle Closing Authorship Project?
AJ Kohn, someone who focuses more on authorship and rich snippets than most SEOs I know, wrote a story named Authorship Is Dead, Long Live Authorship. In that story, he describes why he thinks the...
View ArticleSEOs Get Ready For 15% Reduction In Google Rich Snippets
As many of you know, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, announced at PubCon that you should expect a 15% reduction in the amount of rich snippets and authorship displayed in the Google search...
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: October 28, 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 Closing...
View ArticleEye Tracking Study: The Importance of Using Google Authorship in Search...
Authorship Snippets: The “Purple-Cow” of Search Engine Results? Imagine being in a class, knowing the answer to a question and desperately attempting to be the one chosen to answer. You wave your...
View ArticleVideo Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 1, 2013
This week in search, Google released a new area to Google Webmaster Tools for security issues. Google’s Matt Cutts warns us to expect a 15% reduction in rich snippets showing in the search results....
View ArticleDaily Search Forum Recap: November 1, 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 ArticleBe the Result that Google Wants to Rank
The author’s posts are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. As SEOs, we’re the only type of online marketers who pay little...
View ArticleOvercoming SEO Challenges For Retailers: Interview With Stephan Spencer by...
In an interview conducted at Pubcon 2013 in Las Vegas, Stephan Spencer of The Science of SEO offers advice for overcoming the challenges retailers face when it comes to SEO. Stephan Spencer is the...
View ArticleGoogle Authorship – Lethal For Low Quality Guest Bloggers by @rohitpalit
Why is everyone praising Google Authorship so much? Sure, there are a few good aspects to the program. The author pictures look really good in SERPs. And successful implementation of authorship...
View ArticleWebmaster Central Live Site Reviews by @johnrampton
Today Google Webmaster Central is doing live site reviews. You can join in and watch here. They are going over sites and what they are doing right/wrong. Small Websites Should Pay Attention To: Does...
View ArticleSchema.org: Eight Tips to Incorporate Rich Snippets to Conform to Google...
Google’s latest search algorithm update, known as Hummingbird, is one of the most important updates in more than a decade. The update devalues websites with poor content and makes sure that people are...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, November 25, 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: 5 Trusted Accounts Every Local SEO Should Have As local...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, November 26, 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: 5 Trusted Accounts Every Local SEO Should Have As local...
View ArticleRich Snippets: The Now-You-See-Them-Now-You-Don’t Phenomenon by @rbenci
At recent search engine marketing conferences in Chicago and New York (#SESCHI #SMXEast), Google’s Hummingbird announcement was the hot topic, generating endless buzz from industry experts and...
View Article10 Years Covering The Search Industry
Ten years ago today was my first post on the Search Engine Roundtable and I have not stopped since. I’ve been writing about search, SEO, Google, Bing, Yahoo and search engines that have come and gone...
View ArticleThe Test Begins: Do Google Shopping & Other Shopping Search Engines Give You...
It sounds pretty damning. Two recent surveys suggest that Google Shopping isn’t leading searchers to the best prices on products. But the surveys weren’t well documented, nor did they include...
View ArticleGoogle Is Testing Embedded Images In Search Results Snippets by @mattsouthern
SEJ reader Samuel Edwards, from Tenthwave Digital, gave us a heads up about something he recently spotted while doing a Google search. Google appears to be testing embedded images in the snippets of...
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