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Google has just confirmed what we already know to be true. There are going to be sooo many Breaking Bad-themed costumes this Halloween. Google shopping has ju...

Matt Cutts On Geo-location: Just Treat Googlebot Like Every Other User

In the latest Google Webmaster Help video, Matt Cutts responds to a question about geo-location: Using geo-detection techniques is against Google, I am offering the useful...

Google Maps Gets Directions For Multiple Destinations, Reservations, Upcoming Events

Google announced today that it is adding directions for multiple destinations to the new Google Maps preview, which has been available for the past three months. The feature is rol...

Google Adds TV Show Listings To Knowledge Graph (Including A Few Netflix Titles)

Google announced that it has added info about specific episodes of TV shows to its Knowledge Graph results. Now when you search for a show, you'll see episodes listed in the "knowl...

Google Penguin Update 2.1 Is Bigger Than Your Average Penguin Refresh

Google's Matt Cutts announced late on Friday that Penguin 2.1 was launching, affecting roughly 1% of searches "to a noticeable degree." Did you notice? Has the update h...

Matt Cutts Tells You Why Your Site’s PageRank Isn’t Changing (Kind Of)

The question of whether or not Google Toolbar PageRank is dead has come back around, as Google's Matt Cutts...

SEO That Helped NYT Investigate Mugshot Sites Shares Further Insights Into Their Rankings

In case you haven't heard by now, Google pushed out an update late last week aimed at...

Google’s ‘Mugshot’ Update Misses New York Times’ First Example

Google pushed out a new algorithm update late last week (in...

Matt Cutts Indicates You Should Not Hold Your Breath For A PageRank Update

Back in August, we discussed Google's lack of a toolbar PageRank update, and speculated that it might simply be dead. Based on recent comments by Google's Matt Cutts, we're still l...

Google’s ‘Mugshot’ Update Has Been In The Works For The Majority Of The Year

As previously discussed, Google launched an algorithm update a few days ago...

Google Launches Update To Demote Shady Mugshot Sites

As previously reported, Google announced the launch of Penguin 2.0 on Friday, but that's...

When Google Highlights Brands For Generic Queries

Earlier, we posted an article asking if user...

Apple Reportedly Buys Cue (Formerly Greplin)

Apple has reportedly purchased Cue, the company formerly known as Greplin, in a bid to compete with Google Now on personalized search. TechCrunch's Alexia Tsotsis says she's co...

Bing: We Don’t Track The ‘Bing It On’ Results Because Of Privacy, Have No Idea If People Are More Likely To Select Bing

Bing has no idea if people are more likely to select Bing results when using its Bing It On challenge, and has admitted as much in a blog post defending its campaign. Despite b...

Can Users Trust Google’s Knowledge Graph Results?

Most of the time, Google's Knowledge Graph is pretty good at what it does. It uses structured data to conveniently get searchers to the results for what they were actually referrin...

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