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No, Google won't serve you drinks – but it'll tell you how to make them. Google has added cocktails to the list of instructables it'll show with the Knowledge Graph – so if you...

Should Facts Outrank Links As A Google Signal?

Google has a new paper out that discusses how it might rank pages based on facts as opposed to links. If this were to become the case, it would represent a huge move for the search...

How To Set Up App Indexing For Ranking In Google

Last week, Google made two announcements about how it will rank search...

Yahoo’s Search Market Growth Flatlines

In November, Yahoo and Mozilla entered a partnership that made Yahoo the default search experience on Firefox, replacing Google, which had held the spot for the past decade. The de...

How To Make Your Site Mobile-Friendly, According To Google

As you're probably aware, Google is preparing to launch an algorithm change...

Google Launches New Ranking Signal, Sets Date For Another

Google announced that it will be expanding its use of "mobile-friendliness" as a ranking signal beginning on April 21. That gives you a little less than two months to make sure you...

Google Expands Paid Search Into A New, Obvious Place

Google announced the launch of paid search results on Google Play, which will help app makers get their products discovered and help Google add another revenue source. Google i...

Google Tests B2C Chat From Search Results

Google is testing a new feature for businesses, which would enable them to live chat with prospective customers when the user finds them in search results. The feature appears t...

Yahoo Mail Gets New Search Features

Yahoo announced the launch of some new search features for Yahoo Mail including easier folder search, refined search, and search suggestions. "Your inbox is the perfect digital...

‘Marlboro Mascot’ Yields a Funny Google Search Result Thanks to John Oliver

If you search for "Marlboro Mascot' right now in Google, the first result you'll see is an cartoon diseased lung smoking a cigarette. That's Jeff, and according to HBO's John Ol...

Google Facing Another Antitrust Probe – in Russia

Google is facing another antitrust investigation, as Russian search company Yandex has asked the country's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service to take a look at Google's practices – spec...

Google Says You Should Avoid Link Building

You know how you've been building links to your website for years, trying to get Google look upon it more favorably? Well, according to Google, you shouldn't bother doing that....

What Google’s Twitter Deal Means For You

News came out last week that Google and Twitter have struck a new deal to put real-ti...

Google Starts Returning Quick Medical Facts

Google is about to start displaying more medical information in its Knowledge Graph, enabling users to quickly search and retrieve important health info without necessarily having...

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