Google Update Dewey - Google Confirms Algorithm Change

Remember a couple days ago I reported on some major shifts in the Google search results? Well, this morning I spotted Google's Matt Cutts requesting feedback on the change at WebmasterWorld. In short, Matt said he did not see "large differences in rankings between these datacenters," but ...
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Apr. 2, 2008 at 9:09am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google's PageRank Update Goes After Paid Links?

... sell links. Can't say that we were not warned about this. Danny Sullivan wrote Official: Selling Paid Links Can Hurt Your PageRank Or Rankings On Google over two weeks ago, and now it appears many sites are getting hit with a drop in PageRank. Here is a list of some sites, including major publishers ...
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Oct. 24, 2007 at 9:39am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 2, 2008

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google's First Layoffs: 300 To Go From DoubleClick Google to Lay Off About 300 at DoubleClick from the New York Times reports that Google will be firing about 300 ...
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Apr. 2, 2008 at 5:52pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google's Algorithm Awarding New Pages?

Google Artificially Promotes Recent Web Pages from Google Operating System reports that Google has been recently showing a bit too much love to new or very recent pages indexed by Google. Ionut's Alex Chitu's example was that Google's New Years logo promoted a search for January 1 tcp/ip, which then ...
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Jan. 2, 2008 at 8:29am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Google: As Open As It Wants To Be (i.e., When It's Convenient)

In two weeks, we've had two "open" initiatives from Google: OpenSocial, to free social networking data from behind the Facebook walled garden and the Open Handset Alliance, to free cell phones from a myriad of complicated mobile OS platforms and carriers who want to restrict features. I've ...
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Nov. 6, 2007 at 10:24am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Search Month: March 2008 Search News, In Review

... Developer Day track will dive deep on SEM-friendly development techniques and tactics. We're also very pleased that Microsoft's Kevin Johnson and Google's Matt Cutts will be featured presenters at SMX Advanced. See the links below for more information about their appearances and the show in general ...
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Apr. 7, 2008 at 2:22am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 21, 2007

... , such as better navigation between campaigns and ad groups, the ability to import third party campaigns and remove poor performing keywords. Google Custom Search Engine Gets Supplemental Results The Google Custom Search Engine Blog announced that Google has added supplemental results to the results ...

Feb. 21, 2007 at 4:21pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 15, 2007

... that helps pair up students' skills with college and university programs nationwide. Washington Post is hopeful that CourseAdvisor can boost their. Google Adds Validation Periods To Google Referral AdSense Ads The Inside AdSense Blog announced that they have added a validation period to non-Google referral ...
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Oct. 15, 2007 at 3:33pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

State of the Contextual Nation: Why New Google Won't Be Like New Coke

... Why mess with a good thing? A favorite formulation turned out to be, well, still a favorite in spite of a more modern, “scientific” formulation. Google creates products that are a lot more complex than a soft drink. When all is said and done, I think the latest-generation product development protocols ...
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Sep. 11, 2007 at 11:38am Eastern by Andrew Goodman

Human Hardware: Searching With The Basal Ganglia

... our use of search engines. One of the most frustrating things experienced by Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask, along with everyone else who is challenging Google’s search crown, is that the more they appeal to users to give them a try, through advertising, incentives or other approaches, the bigger Google ...

Aug. 15, 2008 at 7:16am Eastern by Gord Hotchkiss