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Bing on Yahoo!

Picturesque — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:17:03 +0000

Yahoo! is showing Bing results 25% of the time. Searching at Yahoo! will show the Yahoo! logo, but will give you Bing search results. The merger is in full swing. Webmaster tools at Bing are also changing and it’s hoped that some missing features will be replaced with some Yahoo! technology. Yahoo! Search Blog » [...]

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Bing on Yahoo!

Inflated Links are Accurate

Picturesque — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:08:22 +0000

When can you rely on statistics? Never. It appears that the Google links bug isn’t a bug. They are stating the numbers are accurate because they are now showing more data. So were the figures prior to this a bug? It reinforces my position that watching trends in reporting is far more important. Is Link [...]

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Inflated Links are Accurate

Inflated Link Counts

Picturesque — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:53:04 +0000

Google Webmaster Tools is showing inflated link counts for many users. Double check your figures before heading off to that board meeting. Discussion at Google…. Is Link to Your Sites in Webmaster, reporting links with a Bug ? – Webmaster Central Help Read more articles like this one at The Search Engine BlogInflated Link Counts

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Continued Google Tweaking

Picturesque — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:59:55 +0000

Have you noticed continued Google May Day updates? Many have and there is a discussion here….Google Updates and SERP Changes – June 2010 Read more articles like this one at The Search Engine BlogContinued Google Tweaking

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Continued Google Tweaking

Google Suggest Corrects Spelling

Picturesque — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:51:06 +0000

Can’t spell worth a darn? Now when you search in Google, it will suggest the correct spelling in the pull down that shows suggested searches. You don’t need to wait for a page to load to see the correct spelling. Students need not use a dictionary anymore. Computers will continue to think for you. Personally [...]

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Google Suggest Corrects Spelling

Google Increases Title Tags?

Picturesque — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:14:56 +0000

Google seems to be allowing 70 characters for title tags, up from 66. This is the blue clickable link that shows in most search results. What will you do with your four extra characters? Length Title tag has grown Read more articles like this one at The Search Engine BlogGoogle Increases Title Tags?

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Google Increases Title Tags?

Google Traffic Down? You Aren’t Alone.

Picturesque — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:00:23 +0000

The new Google redesign has a large number of webmasters complaining about serious losses in traffic. You may have noticed the new logo, but poke about and you’ll see a lot of other changes. What else changed under the hood that could impact traffic? Time will tell. Google Referrals Way Down Since the SERP LayOut [...]

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Google Traffic Down? You Aren’t Alone.

Google MAYDAY Updates

Picturesque — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:13:18 +0000

A number of sites are crying MayDay as their long tail keywords traffic falls during Google’s latest updates. Of course someone must be doing better to fill that void. Funny how they aren’t complaining. Long tail searches are searches four or more words long. Fat belly are two to three words. Now you’ll be able [...]

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Google MAYDAY Updates

Google on Caffiene Dance

Picturesque — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:07:16 +0000

Bring on the doom and gloom soothsayers. Many webmasters are claiming that they are seeing the Google caffeine update on about 80% of Google’s datacenters. Whether it is an update or not, there are definite changes going on in the Google indexes and it is affecting site rankings. Google Updates and SERP Changes – April [...]

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Google on Caffiene Dance

Funnel Those Adwords

Picturesque — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:29:02 +0000

Search funnels is an analytic tool Google has implemented that will help show adwords traffic in ways you couldn’t before. If someone searches and clicks on an ad to your site, reads it and then leaves, it shows no conversion. That’s accurate so far. Let’s say they return to your site via a different ad. [...]

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Funnel Those Adwords