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A New Tool for Optimizing Page Speed: Google’s Page Speed Online

Google's newly released tool is a nice, easy way for you to check the performance on any page from any device. Also, the new mobile suggestion is definitely…

By Greg Habermann · 06 Apr 2011

SEO

Larry’s First Day: Exec. Quits, Spends $900M – Grade? Maybe +1

Larry Page took over CEO duties at Google again yesterday and what a busy day it was for the creator of the…

By Frank Watson · 05 Apr 2011

Mobile

iPad AdWords Targeting: Insights & Tips

A look at if tablet users are more likely to convert than smartphones or desktops, and how user behavior and usage alters…

By Jason Tabeling · 05 Apr 2011

Industry

Google Senior VP Rosenberg Stepping Down After ‘9 Short Years’

Unable to make a long-term, multi-year commitment to Google, Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Management, will leave Google within the coming…

By Danny Goodwin · 05 Apr 2011

Industry

Swiss Court Orders Google to Manually Blur Street View Images

Google’s Street View mapping service infringes privacy, a Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled. Google must blur all faces, license plates, and…

By Danny Goodwin · 04 Apr 2011

Industry

Battle of the Browsers: Impacting Search Share

An investigation into whether affinity for a particular browser makes you more or less likely to engage with certain search engines and…

By Eli Goodman · 04 Apr 2011

Industry

Google Doodles: Vaclav Ctvrtek, Children’s Day

Google has posted a Doodle on Google Czech Republic today in honor of a fairy tale writer, while Google Hong Kong and…

By Danny Goodwin · 04 Apr 2011

Industry

Great Ice Cream Sundae War Celebrated By Google Doodle

Everyone loves Sundays, but this Sunday is particularly special as Google is celebrating the 119th anniversary of the first documented ice cream…

By Jonathan Allen · 02 Apr 2011

Industry

Google Japan Forgoes April Fools For 2011

It’s not a joke. Google Japan is postponing April Fool’s Day until next year. While recognizing that April 1 is a day…

By Thom Craver · 01 Apr 2011

Industry

Microsoft Complaint Outlines 6 Reasons Why Google is a Monopoly

Microsoft today filed a formal complaint in Brussels accusing Google of curating a monopoly of the search market and unfairly promoting their…

By Brent Rangen · 31 Mar 2011

Analytics

Data Silos May Impede Conversion Rate Optimization

Testing tells us that website visitors convert best when you use everything you know about them to customize content. But if some…

By Stephen Cobb · 31 Mar 2011

SEO

Google Buzz Settles Privacy Case With FTC As Plus1 Launches

Google settled its case with the FTC over the forced joining to Buzz for a brief period after its launch last year,…

By Frank Watson · 31 Mar 2011

SEO

Adwords Adds Contextual Targeting to Display Network, Refreshes Language Targeting

Apart from Plus1, Google has been busy this week rolling out a number of feature additions including contextually targeted content advertising and…

By Frank Watson · 31 Mar 2011

SEO

Gmail Plans for More Intuitive Ads

Google is planning for higher quality Gmail ads; more targeted, useful, and tailored towards desires. Although Gmail is said to be implementing…

By Brent Rangen · 30 Mar 2011

PPC

Easier Negative Keyword Management in AdWords

Google introduced a useful addition to AdWords that potentially makes managing negative keywords across multiple campaigns a lot easier. Here's how to…

By Duncan Parry · 30 Mar 2011

Mobile

Mobile Search in BRIC: Tips and Tricks

Word is spreading about the rapid rise of the mobile Internet across the world, and nowhere more so than in the BRIC…

By Christian Arno · 30 Mar 2011

SEO

5 Reasons Why Topsy Demands a Second Look

Topsy.com, a market leading real-time search engine, has recently entered the realm of real-time video search. 1. New Video Search Feature Topsy…

By Brent Rangen · 30 Mar 2011

Industry

‘Scam’ Keyword Suggestions Vanish from Google Autocomplete

Google’s autocomplete feature no longer contains the word scam. The autocomplete feature offers results based off search volumes (i.e., if you’re seeing…

By Brent Rangen · 30 Mar 2011

Industry

Google Commerce Search 3.0 Brings Big Brains to Smaller Shops

Google announced Commerce Search 3.0 yesterday. In essence, this is a massive update to their search solution for e-commerce sites. The key…

By Jonathan Allen · 30 Mar 2011

SEO

Google Group Messaging App’s Personal Disco Rooms Too Little?

The launch of Disco – Google Slide’s group messaging app for smartphones seems like another social tool from the company denying its…

By Frank Watson · 28 Mar 2011

SEO

Is YouTube, Google Account Merging Another Step Towards Social Platform?

If you have a YouTube account and it is not tied to a Google account you may not be able to log…

By Frank Watson · 28 Mar 2011

SEO

Old Black Hat SEO Tricks Still Work

This article is all about unethical SEO. Hopefully you don't have any practical use for it. Search Engine Watch assumes no responsibility…

By Peter Van Der Graaf · 27 Mar 2011

Industry

Google Teams with British Retail Consortium on E-Commerce Web Traffic Report

E-commerce traffic, trends, and multi-channel measurability are the focus of a new alliance between Google and the British Retail Consortium. Announced Thursday…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Mar 2011

SEO

Bing Windfall? Facebook Testing Web Search Box

If the report by AllFacebook.com – an unofficial watchdog of all things Facebook – is true, the company’s addition of a web…

By Frank Watson · 24 Mar 2011

Social

Will Facebook New Questions Feature Lower Search Volume?

Facebook launched their new Questions feature Thursday and one has to wonder if this could have an impact on search volume. The…

By Frank Watson · 24 Mar 2011

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