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Google Panda Update: Tweak Launched November 18
Google tweeted out sometime on Friday that there was a tweak to Panda that affects less than 1% of searches. Here’s the tweet, in the form of a “weather report”:...
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Is Google+ Imperative For SEO?
We all know that Google has over 200 signals it uses when ranking content, but you know what Google loves to rank well when its relevant? Google stuff. Should Google ra...
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Know Exactly Where That Big Ol’ Jet Airliner’s Headed, Thanks To Wolfram Alpha
Using data from the Federal Aviation Administration, knowledge engine Wolfram Alpha is making it easier to learn about all of those planes flying over your head at any given time....
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Louis Daguerre, Daguerreotype Inventor, Honored With A Google Doodle
Today, Google is celebrating one of the early pioneers of photography with a Doodle that resembles the daguerreotype. Today is the birthday of French artist and scientist Louis Da...
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Google Plots Your Recommendations On Maps For You
Google is now putting business labels for places that users have rated using Google Places on maps. Users can see what they rated a place for future reference. Google will also...
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Mortgage Scammers From Google Ads Get Shut Down
The Office of the Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has shut down 85 online mortgage modification scams, and says it is cooperating with an ongoing...
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SES Chicago 2011: Social Media Rapping and Takeaways
Search Engine Strategies Chicago is currently underway, and attendees are tweeting their takeaways from the sessions. This year there was rapping:...
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Old School Search Engines: Where Are They Now?
We thought it would be fun to take a walk down search engine memory lane and look at what some of the search engines from the times before Google’s domination are up to these days....
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Yahoo Recipe, Shopping & Entertainment Vertical Features Introduced
Yahoo has introduced some new vertical search reatures for recipes, shopping and entertainment searches. If you search for a food item + recipes, a window will appear on top of...
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Google Antitrust Complaint Filed With FTC
ShopCity.com, a network of local shopping sites, has filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Google. The company shared a copy of the complaint with...
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Google Verbatim Search Launched
Google announced that it is rolling out “Verbatim Search” today. This is a new search t...
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Bing Editors’ Picks Bring Human Touch to Search Results
Bing launched a new feature called Editors’ Picks, which it describes as a “guide to great sites”. There is a dedicated page for all...
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Google Algorithm Changes: Google Lists Ten New Ones
Google put out a blog post highlighting ten recent algorithm changes. Don’t get too excited about the SEO possibilities though, because Google only listed the ones it deemed non-ga...
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Google Search and Advertising News You Don’t Want to Miss
There have been a lot of major points of discussion surrounding Google and the company’s impact on businesses, marketers and websites over the course of this past week, and that in...
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Google Raters Guide: Ratings Don’t Directly Affect Rankings
Earlier this year, following the initial roll-out of the Panda update, Google’s Matt Cutts and Amit Singhal did an...
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