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Webmasters Hope This Google Test Doesn’t Become A Reality

Webmasters Hope This Google Test Doesn’t Become A Reality

By Chris Crum May 7, 2013 | 61 Comments

Google has been running a test that eliminates URLs from search results pages (for the most part). Does this make results pages better? Would you be in favor of Google implementing this as a new design? Let us know in …

Here's An Apparent Error With The Knowledge Graph Here's An Apparent Error With The Knowledge Graph
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Sometimes Google’s Knowledge Graph is inaccurate. Google knows it’s not perfect, and provides a “feedback/more info” link at the bottom of Knowledge Graph results, which you can click to let Google know what it has wrong, if you believe there …

Google Not Blocking Domains Like It's Supposed To Google Not Blocking Domains Like It's Supposed To
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Google is not blocking domains users tell it to from search results. Early last year, in Google’s efforts clean up the quality of its search results, the search engine launched a feature that let users block domains from search results …

Gmail/Google Drive Results Get New Look In SERPs Gmail/Google Drive Results Get New Look In SERPs

Earlier this year, Google launched an experimental feature that lets you add results from your Gmail account to your Google web search results page. Later, they added Google Drive files into the mix. The feature has been available to those …

Check Out Google's Pole. It's A Festivus Miracle. Check Out Google's Pole. It's A Festivus Miracle.

If you weren’t a fan of the show Seinfeld, chances are this will mean nothing to you. Otherwise, you may enjoy that Google is showing the sitcom some love on its search results page for “Festivus”. The left-hand side of …

Google Doodle Honors Mr. Dressup Google Doodle Honors Mr. Dressup
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It’s been interesting to see how Google populates the search box for those who click the doodles that often appear on its home page, particularly since the company unleashed its Knowledge Graph results earlier this year. Today, Google is running …

More Countries Reportedly Getting New Google SERPs More Countries Reportedly Getting New Google SERPs

Earlier this month, Google began rolling out a redesigned look for its search results pages. The biggest change was that they moved some navigational features and search filtering options from the left-hand side of the screen to above the search …

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SEO Shows Google Results Can Be Hijacked SEO Shows Google Results Can Be Hijacked
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People have been claiming to see scrapers of their content showing up in Google search results over their own original content for ages. One SEO has pretty much proven that if you don’t take precautions, it might not be so …

Google Changes Up The Search Results Page Google Changes Up The Search Results Page
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As previously reported, more and more people have started to see the new look for Google’s search results pages. Essentially, Google has moved the search filtering options from the left-hand side of the screen to above the search results, freeing …

More Users See New Google SERP Design More Users See New Google SERP Design

Google has been testing a version of its search results pages for quite some time, which show the search filters at the top of the results, rather than on the left. Here’s what the test looks like: And a zoomed …

Google Adds Explanation To Knowledge Graph Results Google Adds Explanation To Knowledge Graph Results
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Google has added explanations to the “People also search for” results that it shows as part of its Knowledge Graph on search results pages. You know, like when you search for “Herman Melville,” and see that “people also search for” …

Google Adds Your Google Drive Files To SERPs Google Adds Your Google Drive Files To SERPs

In August, Google launched a feature that surfaces your email messages from Gmail on web search results pages when relevant. It has only been available in an opt-in field trial so far, but it seems likely that this will become …

Google 7-Result SERP Has Bigger Effect Than Panda? Google 7-Result SERP Has Bigger Effect Than Panda?
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Google has been making it harder to get first-page rankings. That’s not just because all of the algorithm updates the search giant keeps launching, an increased emphasis on “answers” results, which require users to click over to other sites less …

Google Makes Changes To SERP Snippets Google Makes Changes To SERP Snippets

Google has been busy as usual making numerous changes to its search algorithms, and on Thursday, the company posted a big list of 65 changes it made during the months of August and September. 7 of these changes were related …

Another Domain-Related Algorithm Tweak From Google Another Domain-Related Algorithm Tweak From Google
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Google finally released its big lists of algorithm changes for the months of August and September. There are 65 changes on the lists in all. We’ll be discussing various components in different articles. The first thing that strikes me about …

Google Lets You Watch Movie Trailers From SERPs Google Lets You Watch Movie Trailers From SERPs
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Google announced via Google+ update today that it has added a “Trailer” button for movie search results, which let you watch a trailer from YouTube without having to leave the search results. Here’s the post: Google59 minutes ago Finding the …

Matt Cutts Tweets About New Google Update Matt Cutts Tweets About New Google Update
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Google launched an algorithm update that affects the diversity of search results. Google’s head of webspam and Distinguished Engineer, tweeted: Follow @mattcutts Matt Cutts @mattcutts Just fyi, we rolled out a small algo change this week that improves the diversity …