Google Maps (and its Yelp-like counterpart, Google+ Local) have undergone significant changes since they were first launched in 2005 and 2010, respectively. At Google I/O 2013, huge changes to the user experience of Maps were announced.
Google’s Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts has announced that a new ranking update, one that targets spammy queries is now live. Separately, Google is warning that if you have a bad mobile website, your search rankings will soon be hurting.
Journalists, move over. Companies and organizations breaking news via a tweet is the new “normal” of public relations, media relations, and social marketing. When SEOmoz announced the rebranding move to just “Moz”, Twitter was part of the social PR...
Blekko, the "spam-free" search engine is on a mission to differentiate from the competition, and has been since launching in 2010. Today, Blekko unveiled a new layout for search results that aims to take the guesswork out of intent by offering...
Jeffrey Hayzlett will be the keynote speaker at SES Toronto 2013. Hayzlett will talk about "Driving Change and Growth for Marketers" in his keynote on Wednesday, June 12. As a best-selling author, business change agent, and marketing expert...
Last week brought a barrage of announcements from Google I/O. Part of the late-day announcements, Google Analytics introduced a new feature that's quite a big deal to Premium Analytics users. Google is now giving Analytics Premium users the ability...
A new Easter egg turns Google Images into a playable classic arcade game with a Google twist. Head to Google Images and type "Atari breakout" to fire up "Image Breakout" and start destroying rows of images by bouncing a ball into them.
Ever wanted to craft art on Google's homepage? Today is your lucky day – if, for some reason, your mother really likes Google's logo. Google celebrates Mother's Day 2013 with an extravagant interactive Google Doodle that lets you craft, print, and...
Is Facebook blue the new black for community managers? Social dashboards indicate Facebook marketing fashion changes by the season. In order to stay ahead of the competition, you might have to download a book or two, attend a webinar or five, and...
One page out of millions gives Mozilla trouble with Google. Enhanced campaigns get Google+ annotations and an upgrade center. And it sure was hard not to see Eric Schmidt. Here's a quick recap of search and social marketing news and tips from the...
Google Instant Previews, which gave searchers a sneak peek of a website by hovering over a magnifying glass icon, has been removed due to low usage. Now Google has added a drop-down to view Cached or Similar results, or Share a page on Google+.
Influence is a powerful word, permanently ingrained into the digital landscape in which we live, work and play. In essence, influence means you're inspiring others without having direct control over whether they take action.
You may be reading this because, like me, you usually spend a few minutes each day making sure you've trawled the main SEO news publications for new, useful thought pieces on organic search, analytics, or other aspects of online marketing.
Yahoo has launched an iPhone app using Summly's technology less than a month after buying the firm. Yahoo bought Summly for $30 million in late March. Summly is a summarization tool that was created in 2010 by teenage entrepreneur Nick D'Aloisio.
Google has accepted a fine from the German data protection authority over its mistaken and unused collection of WiFi data using Google Street View cars. The €145,000 fine comes nearly three years after we first learned about the Street View WiFi...
When it comes to social media, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ dominate the conversation. After all, they have large numbers of users and are still growing, thanks in part to innovations on each platform.
Today's Google Doodle for Earth Day 2013 has a lot to experience. So much, in fact, Google created a "sightseeing checklist" to make sure you don't miss anything. All four seasons, animals, and weather that you control are among the natural wonders...
Over the past several years, Google has been all about speed. Three years ago, in April 2010, they indicated the speed of your website is a ranking factor. In 2011, they launched the Page Speed reports and tools to help site owners speed up how...
Google reportedly has reached a deal with European Union (EU) regulators regarding its so-called anticompetitive search practices. The European Commission (EC) has been investigating Google's alleged "anticompetitive" internet search service since...
Google has submitted proposals to address European Union (EU) concerns that the company, which owns a dominating 90 percent of the search market in Europe, is guilty of discriminating against rivals, Bloomberg reported.
