Google will soon be rolling out big changes for the Google+ platform. The first to make their debut are; the bigger size of cover photo and photo features like "auto awesome" & "auto enhance". Google ...
The Mobile Search Moments report by Google and Nielsen reveals that when consumers search for the things on their mobile phones, half of them usually intend to buy it. The report looks at: When and why people ...
The over-publicized Google ban on the site Interflora was removed on 3rd March. It is very strange that Google has not yet commented on this particular ban. Usually, they have been outspoken and upfront about ...
The crux of online marketing is content. The words you use to lure the customers in.
Google's Pierre Far addresses a common misconception regarding the use of rel-alternate-hreflang on this Google+. He said that you can use rel-alternate-hreflang for the URLs that are multinational sites, spread across top-level domains.
The usage is applicable even if the URLs have the same languages. Far also cited a few examples including:
http://example.com/widget in English language for users worldwide
Facebook has renamed its mobile application feature "Nearby" as "Local Search". Nearby was introduced as a friend-finder tool wherein users could search for specific places, browse categories, and give rating. The feature soon became a way to find local business recommendations.
Many users who are still unaware of the change in functionality of the tool will get a hint with the name change.
Google's Privacy Director Alma Whitten has decided to step down after nearly 10 years of service at the search giant.
Whitten joined Google in 2003 and took over as privacy director in 2010.
A Google Spokesperson said, "During her 10 years at Google, Alma has done so much to improve our products and protect our users. The privacy and security teams, and everyone else at Google, will continue this hard work to ensure that our users' data is kept safe and secure".
Google Search, Google+, Mobile, and Maps are some of the great ways offered by Google to make local search easier. The Google Places for Business was yet another attempt by the search engine industry giant to deliver accurate, comprehensive, and updated information & help business owners manage their online presence.
Google has recently introduced the upgraded look & feel of Google Places for Business, which will be rolled out to business owners in the coming weeks.
Is a legitimate business with a vast number of customers on the same level with flash businesses when it comes to gaining traffic online? Matt Cutts responds to this meritorious question.
"You can now use an animated GIF as your profile photo", the announcement has been made by Google on Google+ twice.
Here’s Google’s Matt Steiner with an animated GIF profile pic.
So, what does this mean?
Google has already clarified that authorship headshot should have some quality because it takes Google+ profile pictures as authorship photos in many cases.
Are you wondering that in case a site linking to your site gets penalized for purchasing links, will the penalty affect your site?
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Google has added new integration options to Google+ Sign-in. They have forged partnership with social login providers JanRain and Gigya bringing Google+ sign-ins to thousands of new sites.
Developers will now be able to add trusted authentication to their apps and websites, enabling instant download of Android app by the users. The mechanism will enable users customize their app experience using Google+ profile info and share interactive posts with friends.
It seems team Google is working dedicatedly on improving AdWords functionalities. After launching bulk editing feature in November, which enabled users to make large-scale changes across the AdWords account, Google has now introduced bulk upload.
It will help you in adding, editing, and removing the keywords at Scale.
With the bulk uploads feature, you are no longer required to:
A webmaster recently put up an interesting question to Matt Cutts, head of webspam team at Google – “I've seen multiple websites that appear in the #1 spot for various keywords, whose backlink profiles are pretty low quality…Why wouldn't Penguin have moved these sites further down in rankings?” Find what Matt has to say.
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