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50% of Google paid search clicks will come from mobile devices by December of next year, according to Marin Software, which has a new report out on the subject. That figure is bas...

Google Takes Action On Guest Blogging

Google has been warning webmasters about guest blogging for quite a while, but now,...

‘Disavow Links’ Data Not A Google Ranking Signal…Yet

Google is not using data from its Disavow Links tool to hurt sites that are being disavowed in search results. That is according to Google's John Mueller. Do you think...

Holi (Festival Of Colors) Celebrated With Google Doodle

As mentioned, Google is celebrating St. Patric...

St. Patrick’s Day Gets Its Annual Google Doodle (And Here’s A Look Back At The Others)

As usual, Google is celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a Doodle. Google has been doing this just about every year since 2000. Here's a look at Google's past St. Patrick's Day d...

Google: Go Ahead And Disavow Links Even If You Haven’t Been Penalized

Google suggests you go ahead and use its Disavow Links tool if you know of bad links you have out there, even if Google has not penalized you. If you only have a couple, don't worr...

Google Is Working On The ‘Next Generation’ Of Panda

Google's Matt Cutts spoke at the Search Marketing Expo on Thursday, and reportedly said that the search team is working on the "next generation" of the controversial Panda update,...

Users Search For Specific Brands, Have To Scroll Past Competing Services From Google

Website owners often complain that Google is pushing organic results down the search results pages by putting its own services at the top. Google's response is something like, "...

Google: We Use Author Rank In ‘Some Ways’

Last summer, Google launched "in-depth articles," a section in the search results of some queries that highlights longer pieces related to the searched-for topic. Google's Matt...

Bing Introduces Image Match To Sift Through Image Sizes

Bing wants you to imagine a scenario. You're sitting at home searching for images of Mt. Everest because you have nothing better to do with your life. Against all odds, you find th...

Google Adds Beautiful Street View Imagery Of Endangered Colorado River

Google has partnered with American Rivers to bring imagery of the Colorado River to Street View. Take a look at some of the beautiful s...

Google Redesigns Search Results On Desktop

Google has been "experimenting" with a new design for its search results pages, which gets rid of the underline on links, increases the font size, and gets rid of the colored boxe...

Google Knowledge Graph Takes Tour Dates From Artists’ Official Sites

Google announced today that it will now populate its Knowledge Graph results for musicians with tour dates from the artists' official websites when they add structured data markup....

Google: Expect Announcement Related To ‘Not Provided’

Google's Amit Singhal had a discussion with Danny Sullivan on stage at SMX West on Tuesday evening. Danny has now...

Matt Cutts On How To Get Google To Recognize Your Mobile Pages

Google has a new "Webmaster Help" video out. This time Matt Cutts discusses optimizing for the mobile web. Specifically, he takes on this submitted question: Is there a way...

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