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Calacanis Talks Panda Update and Expert Content, Bets on Video
After Google rolled out its Panda algorithm update earlier this year, Mahalo, run by Jason Calcanis, got hit hard, and the company had to reduce its staff by 10%....
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Father’s Day Gift Ideas From Bing
You now officially have less than a week the grab your pops something for Father's Day. In my experience, at least, dads are much harder to buy for than moms. Plus, my mom will t...
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Google’s Matt Cutts on Why Amazon Often Ranks Well
If you search for products a lot, using Google, there's a fairly good chance you've seen Amazon at or near the top of the results pages quite a few times. Someone sent a question a...
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Les Paul Google Doodle Now Forever Playable
Google has provided us with a permanent way to zap productivity, as it has announced the final resting place of its smash hit Les Paul Doodle. On Thursday, Google unveiled a...
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Could Botnets Inflate Search Engines’ Query Counts?
Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of the DuckDuckGo search engine had an interesting...
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Google Replaces URLs with Site Names on SERPs (In Test)
Google is testing a feature in its search results pages that replaces the URL in a result's snippet with the name of the site on which it appears. So, for example, a WebProNews art...
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Google Looks at Purchasing Habits of Smartphone Users
Google released some interesting stats this week about the purchasing habits of smartphone users, or more specifically, smartphone searchers. This is in the US only, but the study...
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Google Buys AdMeld for $400 MIllion: Report
According to an unconfirmed report from Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, citing "multiple sources," Google has acquired...
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Google Adds New Product Ads for Mobile
Google has launched two styles of product ads for mobile that have previously been available for the desktop: product extension ads and product local ads. "Product Extension Ad...
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Bing for Mobile Gets New Features
Bing has launched some new mobile features, including Facebook sharing, news, maps/list split view, search history, and trending topics. Users can now share images, local busin...
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Ranking Google Ranking Factors By Importance
Rand Fishkin and SEOmoz polled 132 SEO experts with data from over 10,000 Google search results, and have attempted to rank the importance of ranking signals. It's not confirmed fa...
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New Google Panda Update Approved, On the Way
Google's Matt Cutts spoke in a Q&A session with Danny Sullivan at SM...
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Google Doodle Celebrates Les Paul, Lets You Record Your Own Track
Today's Google Doodle is a whole lot of win. Not only does it honor a legend, but it is probably the most fun Doodle to interact with that Google has ever displayed. Today, t...
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Bing Webmaster Tools Refreshed
Bing has launched some enhancements to Bing Webmaster Tools in an update called "Honey Badger". "Today’s redesign offers webmaster...
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Google on How Much Content You Should Have On Your Home Page
The latest Google Webmaster Central video from Matt Cutts talks about home page content. Given issues like content depth and site speed, which Google has brought up a great deal in...
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