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Algorithm updates, product launches, and two decades of covering the company that defines search. 8,747 articles
PPC

How to Win the PPC Championship

In PPC, it’s great to grab one of the premium positions above the search results – but you can still score (i.e.…

By Melissa Mackey · 17 Jan 2012

Local

Newest International SEO Challenge: Hreflang & Canonical Tags

Google is telling us that we should use a regional subtag on each URL to help Google’s spider figure out what kind…

By Michael Bonfils · 17 Jan 2012

Analytics

5 Stages of Coping with Loss of Search Query Data

Unfortunately, there isn't a silver bullet that will compensate for losing a rising percentage of keyword data in analytics. There are several…

By Ben Goodsell · 16 Jan 2012

SEO

The End of Link Building as We’ve Known and Loved it

Old-fashioned link building should be part of your marketing mix, but doing it in isolation will send unbalanced signals to search engines.…

By Eric Enge · 15 Jan 2012

Industry

Google Earth Funds Sea Turtle Tracking Project and Game

Through the use of the Google Earth API technology and a grant given to the sea turtle conservation network WIDECAST, Google is…

By Rob D Young · 14 Jan 2012

Industry

comScore: Bing Takes No. 2 Spot From Yahoo in December 2011

Bing is finally the No. 2 search engine, according to the latest figures from comScore. Bing which launched in June 2009 with…

By John Rampton · 14 Jan 2012

Industry

The Google/Microsoft Comparison: Industry Reaction to Antitrust Debate

We reached out to search engines and marketers for their thoughts on Google Search Plus Your World, particularly on whether Google may…

By Miranda Miller · 13 Jan 2012

Industry

Search Quality & Twitter’s Outrage: Industry Reaction to Google Changes

Backlash to Google’s Search Plus Your World has been fast and furious. Twitter went off the deep end and tech journalists are…

By Miranda Miller · 13 Jan 2012

SEO

Rank for Anything You Want on Google Search Plus Your World

Google Search Plus Your World pulls personalized organic results from the Google+ network with no regard for context, quality, freshness, or relevance.…

By Miranda Miller · 13 Jan 2012

Social

Google ‘Search Plus’ and Our Ever Decreasing Circles

Is Google’s latest move bad for users? Is it leading us to a future search experience that replaces pure information retrieval with…

By Nichola Stott · 13 Jan 2012