Cutts specifically mentioned that the change would affect queries such as “payday loans” on Google.co.uk and pornographic queries. Google’s Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts has announced that a new ranking update, one that targets spammy queries...
For the record, my favorite failure is Topeka, Kansas changing it's name to Google, Kansas in an attempt to get Fiber in their city. I put together a list of the top 10 gardening and shed blogs in the UK and let people vote for their favourite site.
Google is looking to bring its Trusted Stores program to the UK later this year. The Trusted Stores program allows retailers to display a badge on their site once they meet criteria from Google on areas such as delivery times and customer service...
Google’s main issue with advertorials are the fact that the majority of these advertorials are not disclosed by the writers or webmasters, or if it is disclosed, it is done in such a small and unobtrusive way, that the majority of readers wouldn’t...
We've all done it before – we see a commercial for a brand we haven't heard of before and immediately go to Google to find the company website. For SMEs and popular brands, retaining ownerships of them can make a massive difference to the business...
Meanwhile in the UK, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has said he is "perplexed" by the ongoing uproar around the firm's tax payments. Between 2006 and 2011, Google's UK revenues were £11.9 billion.
It's been less than 24 hours since Google Penguin 2.0 went live, but there are already several reports of big changes. There are also many reports that, despite Penguin, Google is still ranking spam sites.
When Google announced Enhanced Campaigns they said that mobile device bids would now be controlled by a multiplier on the base bid. Google Display Network The Google Display Network (GDN) has its own version.
Instead of "English", Google Analytics uses "en-us", "en-uk", "en_gb", "en", and others. This Google Analytics Language report is beneficial for understanding your users better and seeing how activity might vary across different languages.
UK price comparison firm Foundem has rejected Google's proposed web search concessions. The concessions come following the European Commission's ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's search business.
The latest Google Webmaster video features Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts talking about what webmasters can expect to see in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google, particularly changes combating black hat web spam from many different...
Google Shopping is updating their feed specifications as part of the rollout of the new Google Shopping based on product listing ads. The biggest change is for Google Shopping accounts that are currently exempt from using unique product identifiers...
Part of the Snickers “You are Not You When You’re Hungry” campaign, AMV BBDO ad agency in London worked with Google to obtain a list of the top 500 search terms. Clearly, the ad agency had to work with Google to get this campaign approved, as...
Here are the top 10 sites which appear in news integrations on Google.com (the number of times they appeared are in parenthesis): patch.com, (4,352) huffingtonpost.com, (3,530) go.com, (3,140) nytimes.com, (2,141) washingtonpost.com, (1,873...
Another well‐known example is from Google. Take another example of the UK‐based holiday villa rental company, Premier Holidays. Especially now, most of us do a lot more than simply build links or worry about rankings.
Google Chrome (1), Google (3), Google Play (6), Google Chrome UK (8) and Google Nexus (10) all in the top 10. One page out of millions gives Mozilla trouble with Google. Enhanced campaigns get Google+ annotations and an upgrade center.
UK government officials also called on Google to remove content that portrayed the government in a negative light. Google reported that it received three requests to take down content from UK officials during the second half of 2012.
Brands are looking beyond social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ to more niche sites such as Pinterest, which puts a big emphasis on visuals. For example, a search for Starbucks returns threads related to the overall brand...
Product Listing Ads (PLAs) were introduced by Google last year as a way to deliver product specific ads containing an image. Google Shopping's vertical product-specific results were later shifted to include only PLAs – all the old free results were...
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has defended the firm’s UK tax payments, claiming it operates within the law and is responsible for “billions” of spend in the country. However, speaking on the BBC World at One show, Schmidt said that...
