Updated: The big list of Google Easter eggs
A surprise with each...
Dissecting Google Conspiracy Theories
Time to break out your tin foil hat? Columnist Clay Cazier finds the elements of truth in the ideas SEO pros talk about in their most paranoid...
Assessing Hummingbird’s Impact On Search — 10 Months Later
On September 26, 2013, Google let slip that it had updated its overall search platform, which they referred to as “Hummingbird.” In...
Is Microsoft Blocking Google Search On New Lumia Phones?
According to a story appearing in The Verge yesterday, Microsoft is not allowing users to set Google as the default search engine for mobile web...
Google Finally Adds Bitcoin Conversion Search
Following in the footsteps of both Yandex and Bing, Google has finally added Bitcoin currency conversion to their knowledge graph/one box...
Right To Be Forgotten: Do Users Even Care?
In the last few weeks, two monumental events related to Internet privacy caused the biggest uproar in discussions about personal privacy since...
Google Adds Zip Code Matches In Knowledge Graph Carousel
Google has added zip code matches and lookups to the knowledge graph section of the search results. If you search for [new york, ny zip codes]...
Google’s Quality Rating Guide Leaked Again; Here Is Version Five
Google’s Quality Rating Guidelines document has been leaked once again! Version 5.0 was leaked a few days ago, where Google has reportedly...
Google Officially Launches Webmaster Tools International Targeting
Google has officially announced the new feature we reported was in beta named International Targeting. The new International Targeting reports...
Google Speaks About Difficult Decisions In Implementing “Vague & Subjective” Right To Be Forgotten
Writing today in the Guardian, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond spoke to mistakes Google made in removing some links last week...
Leaked Documents Show How Yelp Thinks It’s Not Getting Screwed By Google
Yelp may once again feel Google is robbing it of its fair share of search traffic, with a study that’s been leaked to TechCrunch to prove...
Google’s EU Censorship Removes Links For More Than Just Names On Their Own
It turns out that those in the European Union asking Google to “forget” links they don’t like that appearing for searches on...
Looks Like Google Hates “Jersey Boys” Just As Much As The Film “America”
Filmmakers behind “America: Imagine the World Without Her” have accused Google of keeping their movie’s showtimes and...
Head Of Google’s Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Is Going On Leave
Google’s Matt Cutts — who holds the title of “distinguished engineer” — is taking a break from his duties as...
Former Googler: Links That Change Are Trusted Less By Google’s Algorithms
A former member of the Google search quality and web spam team, Pedro Dias, said publicly on Twitter yesterday that “Google is less likely...
Google Notifying Publishers For Right To Be Forgotten Removals
Now that Google has been removing results from the European versions of Google in response to the EU’s Right To Be Forgotten requirements,...
Supreme Court Rules Street View “Wiretapping” Class Action Can Proceed Against Google
According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Supreme Court will not review a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a...
Google: Redirecting A Penalized Site To Penalty Free Site Likely Won’t Negatively Impact The Site
On Friday, Google’s John Mueller answered a question I proposed in a Webmaster/Search Helpdesk Hangout about the issues around a penalized...
Google Bringing App Indexing To All Android Apps
Among the numerous announcements at the Google I/O developer conference this morning, Google said it was expanding its app indexing program to...
Rather Than Opt-Out Of Google, German News Publishers Demand 11% Cut Of Revenue
German news publishers are picking up where the Belgians left off, a now not-so-proud tradition of suing Google for being included in its...