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Google's mobile search results are evolving rapidly these days. The latest step sees the search engine going from providing direct answers in search results (which often prevent us...

Google App Gets Better At Complex Questions

Google said on Monday that the Google app now understands users better with "complex questions welcome." According to the company, it is starting to "truly understand" the meani...

Facebook Lets Google Index Mobile App

Google is now reportedly indexing Facebook's mobile app as part of its app indexing efforts. Google has been encouraging app developers to utilize its app indexing resources to...

Facebook Tests New Search Feature

Facebook has been making improvements to how people can search throughout the social network for several years, and now they're testing a way to search individual profiles. A f...

Google Expands Google Maps Maps Local Guides

Google announced that it is expanding its Local Guides program for Google Maps. The program lets people sign up and then contribute to Google Maps wherever they go to earn early ac...

Bing Announces Its Own Mobile-Friendly Tool

As you're probably aware, Google made mobile-friendliness a ranking signal earlier this year. Since (and even before) doing so, the company has provided webmasters with a tool that...

Yahoo Search Gets Overhaul on Firefox

Yahoo announced that it's giving Firefox users in the U.S. a new desktop search experience. This includes a redesigned header and more prominent image and video results. The de...

Overstock Hurt By Google Search Changes Again

Overstock.com has had a lot of financial trouble over the years as a direct result of how its content shows up in Google search results. It is perhaps one of the best examples of h...

Yahoo Image Search Gets More Personalized With Flickr Integration

Yahoo announced that it has revamped its image search offering to include imagery from Flickr on a personalized basis. In addition to showing web results, it will also now display...

Can You Capitalize On This New Pinterest Feature?

For users, Pinterest is becoming a better and better place for shopping, and for businesses, that means it's becoming a better place to showcase products. One new feature gives use...

Google My Business Gets Special Hours Feature

Google My Business is getting a new feature that lets you pre-schedule specific hours for holidays or special events. Now that we're into November, the feature couldn't have come a...

Google Mobile-Friendly Algorithm Gets Update

Google had been hinting for months that app-install interstitials would become a negative ranking signal in search results, and about two months ago, they made it official. Goo...

Google Gives Webmasters A New Warning

Google is warning webmasters that they will take action if they catch a site engaging in "sneak mobile redirects". This refers to a URL that loads one thing from the desktop, but r...

Google Penguin Update Still On For This Year

The SEO and webmaster communities have been waiting for Google to launch a new Penguin refresh for a long time. Google has been promising a new version that will update in real tim...

RankBrain: Google’s 3rd Most Important Ranking Signal

RankBrain is reportedly the third most important signal Google's search algorithms use when determining what content to show users in search results. Out of over 200 signals, this...

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