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Recognizing that a lot of different types of people use Webmaster Tools beyond just traditional webmasters, Google has decided to rebrand its popular product to reflect that. From...

Racist Google Maps Searches Pointed Users at the White House

This post contains language some may find offensive. I guess it's the trendy thing to mess with Google Maps these days. Google has apologized and fixed what appears...

Google Puts Real-Time Tweets in Mobile Search Results

Earlier this year, Google and Twitter made nice and struck a deal to bring more tweet...

Mobile-Friendly Update Bing Announced In November Still Hasn’t Rolled Out

In November, Bing principal program manager Mir Rosenberg wrote in a blog post, "We started probin...

Google Says To Reach YouTube Users On How-To Searches

Google is giving marketers some best practices for capitalizing on major growth in how-to searches on YouTube. Believe it or not, these types of searches have seen 70% growth year-...

Is Google’s Panda Not Doing Its Job Well Enough?

Google has been advising webmasters against publishing thin content for years. In fact, the famous/infamous Panda update was d...

How To Remove Your House From Google Street View

Apparently it's really easy to get your home blurred out on Google Maps Street View if you don't like the idea of people looking at where you live. In fact, you can also let Google...

Was Google’s Update Really Mobilegeddon?

It turns out Google's mobile-friendly update didn't quite have the doomsday impact that some thought it might. I can't say I'm shocked. While it's clearly a significant update, the...

Google Street View Now Lets You Tour Madagascar, The World’s Oldest Island

Google announced that Street View has come to Madagascar, which is said to be the world's oldest island. According to...

Rick Santorum Still Has a ‘Frothy’ Search Problem

It looks like there's a good chance that former Senator Rick Santorum is going to jump into the fray. He appeared on Fox News Wednesday to discuss his plans with Greta Van Suste...

Google Is Replacing The Most Used Feature In Webmaster Tools

Google announced the release of the new Search Analytics report in Webmaster Tools, which it promises will deliver webmasters more precise data. It is replacing the Search Queries...

Google Universal Search Trends You Should Be Paying Attention To

The appearance of Google's Product Listing Ads (PLAs) in search results grew by 118% throughout last year, according to a new study by...

Nellie Bly Honored With Google Doodle, Karen O Song

Nellie Bly is the subject of Google's doodle for May 5, as the day would have been the journalist's 151st birthday. Bly was her pen name. Her real name was Elizabeth Cochrane S...

Is This How Google Is Going To Use Tweets?

It looks like Google's new Twitter integration might be starting to take effect, with one possible format seen in the wild on Android. Are you looking forward to Google...

Who Invented the Piano? Google Doodle Celebrates 360th Birthday of Bartolomeo Cristofori

Who invented the piano? Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco of course! Don't worry, you're not the...