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Mike Obrien

2015

Social

Facebook Drops Rich Snippets from Search Results

Rich snippets for Facebook pages are no longer showing up in Google searches, though Yelp and YP continue to have…

22 Sep 2015

Industry

France Rejects Google’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Appeal

Having appealed France's "right to be forgotten" ruling, Google was rejected on the grounds that the company only delinked regionally,…

21 Sep 2015

Industry

Repeated Spammers to Get Harsher Penalties From Google

Though Google hasn't explicitly said how repeated spam violators will be punished, the company said multiple violations "may make a…

18 Sep 2015

Local

Alphabet Creates More Localization Opportunities, Says Forrester

A new Forrester report discusses how restructuring under Alphabet could help Google fix its issues in Europe an China, as…

18 Sep 2015

Social

Google Phases Out Google+ Even Further – Or Does It?

Google has just dropped Google+ links and reviews from search results. Is Google+ really on its way out, or is…

17 Sep 2015

Industry

Google Found Guilty of Stifling Russian Competition

Per an anti-trust complaint filed by Yandex, Google has been found guilty of preloading Android devices with its own apps…

16 Sep 2015

Local

SMBs Don’t Prioritize SEO

According to new research from the Small Business Authority, only 17 percent of small business owners invest in SEO. This…

15 Sep 2015

Industry

Could Siri-Enabled Apple TV Reduce ‘Second Screen’ Viewing?

That probably won't happen, according to industry experts. However, integrating Siri into TV will probably result in Apple fine-tuning its…

15 Sep 2015

Mobile

Google Comes Back with Android Pay

When Apple Pay was released, it blew Google Wallet out of the water. A year later, the latter has been…

11 Sep 2015

Mobile

Spotlight On: Marriott’s Director of Global Search, Alexander Edlund

Marriott's director of global search points out that while many struggle with "the cross-device enigma," search marketers have an advantage,…

04 Sep 2015

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