Every character counts: Google secures new URL shortener domain, YT.be – The Next WebGoogle might be switching from youtu.be to yt.be for shortened links soon. Google launches beta test allowing creators to connect Google+ pages to YouTube channels...
Q: When a consumer views a YouTube video while inside the Google Catalogs application (as oppose to opening the video up in the browser) is that view counted in the YouTube view counts? Using web snippets on the catalog pages to invite consumers to...
It’s obvious (we see page size, text counts, etc.to us you aren’t reading all the content on the page you just clicked on, so clearly that didn’t give you what you wanted. MJ: Everything else being equal (links/social, etc.just talking about on...
That inbound links are a measure of authority in the eyes of Google, because Google counts the number of unique domains (and the unique domains pointing to them too) to calculate PageRank (which is a dynamic score that Google uses to determine...
Start by featuring the 2-4 most active buttons (including share counts) at the top of articles, product detail pages, gallery photos, and similar high value pages. Ensure your home and category pages are distinctly and intuitively different from...
retired their link counts. Google+ - Matt Cutts: Google's Head Of Web Spam With the free version you'll have to earn tests by viewing the pages of others. Good as a first stop when you're looking at a redesign or A/B testing.month – Crazy Egg...
How many minutes did those same users spend on YouTube, Blogger, in Google Analytics, using Google’s core offering to search the web, or on one of the other 60 or so services to be combined under their new privacy policy?
Ideally, yes, we'd like never to have to do this kind of thing, but if Google are only going to index a part of your site anyway, you'd better make sure it's the part that counts. If you have a large site, Google will almost never index your entire...
Counters could be looking at the time on page in conjunction with the clicks, clicks from browsers not in the language of the articles, and heavy click counts from B Blocks. Search Engine Watch contacted Google engineer Matt Cutts, head of the web...
Display counts for comments and share buttons as small, consistently sized icons. Featuring these counts can increase social follows, article click-through rates, shared links, and inbound links. Display share/vote badges and buttons with counts at...
The +1 experiment started in March, webmasters got the button to add to their site earlier this month, Google has since added a +1 button to numerous properties (such as product pages and Blogger widgets), +1 counts – some of which are localized...
Although personally identifiable +1's will only be shown to people you know, you will also see general counts for URLs in the search engine results pages (SERPs) which have received many +1's. This will be display is the same way as the 'shared by...
It is well known in the SEO community that link counts do not factor nearly as effectively without good quality anchor text. Eric Schmidt was mindful of the symbiosis between brands and Google on the web, and saw it as Google's mission to clean up...
Lesson 3: Don't use "Caveman Analytics" Merely printing off reports of the top-10 pages viewed or visitor counts and graphs of time on site "is so 1990s," said Matt Bailey. In an example, Matt showed two pages, one ranked 2nd, one ranked 12th for...
Every gain counts in conversion rate testing, but understand that diminishing returns often come into play here. The good news: even when testing high trafficked landing pages, you can minimize the account's risk by sending only a proportion of...
Impression Counts Will Change in Webmaster Tools, AdWords It may be impacted, but people will still need help with optimizing their web pages, link building, and social media. Speculation has run wild since Google announced Google Instant, the new...
However, there aren't hard and fast rules that can be formulated in a handy checklist with specific instructions on fields to use, maximum character counts, and other tidbits of tribal knowledge. A strong argument could be made for producing and...
Just because a link has the nofollow attribute doesn't mean that it counts for absolutely nothing. It's well known that Google's Local Search results factor in Web references as a ranking factor. Cutts indicated that there is a strong movement...
From Google's perspective, having one link from a site that has a large PageRank counts more than many sites that have a lower rank. If you have a Web page with good PR, you can use that page to get other pages higher in the search engine rankings...
It also results in much longer word counts. If you review your Web site or landing pages with a critical eye and faithfully implement the recommendations above, I can guarantee that you'll make a better and more persuasive connection with your...
