There has been announcement by Facebook that some incremental search improvements and a new “channel” for its news room (Search FYI) are coming that will provide updates on the evolution of search at Facebook. So what does this mean? More than likely, we’ll be seeing some more “search activity” going forward from this point. The announcement […]
It’s being reported by TorrentFreak that Google is opposing calls from piracy groups, such as MPAA and RIAA, to remove the whole site from the search results over copyright infringements. Google is using the DMCA content removal procedure, which is where Google takes down search results that link to specific pages with copyright infringements. These piracy groups are […]
After a week of tracking the webmaster and SEO community and the data around Google’s rankings, Barry Schwartz has found something interesting. From what he could see, Google has made more than the typical daily ranking tweaks. Not only have webmasters and SEOs felt a disturbance in the Force, but even automated rank checking tools have all […]
During Yahoo’s earnings call on Tuesday, October 20th, the CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer said that Yahoo is running their own algorithm for their mobile search results. In the transcript, Marissa Mayer said that they have heir own “algorithmic search results on mobile.” Mayer stated this around the context of showing “rich card experiences” and adding […]
In a panel, consisting o three judges, for the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals, it was finally ruled that the full-text book scanning done by Google has been considered “fair use.” What this means is that all of the books that Google scanned digitally is no protected from claims and copyright infringement. At this point, […]
A new feature to song results has been quietly added by Google that triggers the Google Knowledge Graph. In addition to any other information that may be present for a song in the answer box, it may now show an “other recordings of this song” section. With this new feature, you’ll be other covers that have been […]
Who remembers when Google went after the underground link network, SAPE, penalizing them? It seems that history has a way of repeating itself, and this is no exception, as SAPE might have gotten themselves penalized again. There are reports that finds that there are various “black hat” SEO forums that the website rankings in Google have taken a […]
Recently, there have been reports that Wix websites that currently aren’t being indexed and ranked within Google’s search results. For those not in the know, Wix is a popular website building platform that is used by smaller businesses and professionals to build web presence. Apparently, this odd occurrence began happening about two weeks ago, although Google finally […]
Just as MapQuest did last year, Yahoo Small Business has decided to outsource their local listings management to Yext. The news came to customer’s attention late last week of the impending change in the form of an email: Yahoo is thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Yext to manage your Local Basic Listing moving forward. Some […]
Ever since SEO was a thing, there was always a battle that raged between shady SEO agencies and search engines, such as Google, in a battle of wills. But now, it seems that Google has triumphed over these agencies. Not only has Google claimed victory in this battle, the victory has been so sound that […]