While ongoing organic traffic mis-labeling due to mobile secured searches is the most obvious cause of decline since mid September of last year, Google has snuck in a huge elephant that seems to have gone largely unnoticed in the SEO industry.
The story of the blind men and the elephant is a widely known Indian parable that was brought to Europe in the 19th century by the poet John Godfrey Saxe. In various versions of the tale, a group of blind men (or men in the dark) touch an elephant...
Accused by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) of promoting online sales of elephant and whale products, Google says that it moves quickly to remove material advertising ivory and products that contain it, despite what the EIA has claimed.
The action is sort of deliberately awkward at the beginning, which works as a clever PR device to address the elephant in the room - the penalty - both internally and from other companies looking in. iAcquire have posted a video to celebrate a...
However, the white elephant in the room is the group of con men who put up SEO placards, print SEO business cards, pretend to be an SEO practitioner, and take money from unsuspecting clients, who like children playing house pretend to be what they...
The elephant in the room, however, is the fact that many users do not understand that when they deal with Facebook apps, they are not protected by Facebook’s terms of service (TOS). Facebook has contacted Search Engine Watch to offer a new...
As a continuation of this series on crowdfunding best practices and stories, I recently spoke with Tiffany Krumins, the creator of the AVA the Elephant brand and an ABC Shark Tank winner. Why are you crowdfunding your new product after a successful...
Leaving Botswana was a simple matter of proving that we weren’t smuggling rhino horns or elephant tusks in the boot of our car. After two weeks exploring Botswana, my family and I returned to South Africa on a hot and dusty late morning via the...
Let’s talk about the elephant in the middle of the room, and address each of these examples provided by Google. What Google says about link schemes is important to understand. Understanding the gray area between what Google says and what (currently...
Beyond Search: Wider Marketing and that has translated into both specific search strings with volume ("elephant car insurance") and a position one listing in results for "elephant". One famous example of search ambiguity is Apple – are searchers...
This is going to be big, but we won’t know how big until they announce later this year, but think elephant not breadbox. Now many of you may not live near one of these cities or know what it is like to be part of the entrepreneur spirit that these...
The fact that no one came to Google’s party became the elephant in the room,” he wrote in a blog post. Google's former director of engineering has slammed life at the company under the leadership of CEO Larry Page, accusing the company of losing...
SES New York is the elephant of search conferences. Seven speakers from SES New York were nice enough to share why they’re excited and why you should take notice of the elephant. The biggest SES event of the spring, SES New York, will bring...
With the intimidating market share they possess, they must improve iAd inventory to compete with Google – the other elephant in the room. It’s no secret - the once small and extremely niche computer company that struggled for so long for market...
So, online video is the elephant in the room. The first month of official comScore YouTube Partner Reporting rankings were announced last week. The data from the comScore Video Metrix service for August 2011 provided a never-before-seen comparison...
The far right of the doodle has an animation of a lady in a green dress, spinning around, which draws attention to the other elements such as the statues, flags, elephant and horse-drawn carriage. The royal trappings of the elephant also illustrate...
Can Real-Time Marketing Be Without Elephant-sized Backlash? Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Search Industry News Viacom Appeal: YouTube Hits Back, Says It's A Good Net Citizen...
In between segments, the show features "mouse spots," which are hand-drawn animated shorts featuring the mouse and typically his friends who include a duck and a blue elephant. Google Germany users woke up to a new Google Doodle logo celebrating...
Market Researchers and Online Video: Blind Men and the Elephant by Greg Jarboe SEM Basics Tips for Making the Most of Feeds by Andrew Girdwood Seven tips for using feeds from other sites to ensure you're among the first writing about a topic, and...
In short, marketers need to touch all the parts of the elephant if they are going to see all the opportunities presented by online video. It's worth reading the 19th Century poem by John Godfrey Sax, "The Blind Men and the Elephant.
