Google Releases First Penguin Update In Over A Year

Google has confirmed with us that they have updated the Penguin algorithm over the weekend. Starting late Friday night, savvy SEOs began noticing major changes in the Google search results. The SEO industry began speculating that this was a Penguin refresh and all evidence pointed to it. Google…

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Bing Ads Tests Consumer Ratings Annotations

Bing Ads is partnering with reviews service, Viewpoints, to test out displaying consumer ratings annotations in text ads. Like Google’s version, which pulls from its own survey program, the ratings annotations in the Bing ads feature grades on performance features such as customer service,…

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Media Companies Republishing Google Right-To-Be-Forgotten Links

Google is notifying publishers when it de-indexes their links under the controversial “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF). What this does is often trigger republication of a version of the story by the media outlet or a page that indicates what URLs are being removed from the search index….

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Agencies Take Note: Google Third-Party Policy Changes Coming Nov. 2014

Last month, Google rolled out an updated policy center for all advertisers. Starting in November, agencies and other third-party firms and individuals that manage Google advertising for customers will need to conform to new third-party policies. The two new transparency requirements are: Management…

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SearchCap: Upcoming Google 3rd Party Policy Changes, Quixey Announces Alibaba Deal & More

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Agencies Take Note: Google Third-Party Policy Changes Coming Nov. 2014 Last month, Google rolled out an updated policy center for all advertisers. Starting in…

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After More Than Two Years, Google Finally Releasing New “Pirate Update” To Fight Piracy

In August 2012, to stem accusations that it doesn’t do enough to fight piracy, Google released what’s known as the Pirate Update, a system that penalized sites deemed to be violating copyright laws. Next week, Google is finally going to refresh that system to catch new offenders and…

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Google Testing New Ad Formats For Movies, Music In Anti-Piracy Effort

Today, Google published a report on how the company fights piracy. As part of this, Google provided updates on new ad formats its using to point users to “legitimate sources of music and movie downloads”. The newest format, which we have just seen in the wild, shows a list of ads in a…

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Second-Screener, Multi-Screener: How to Engage the Always Addressable Consumer – October 23 Webcast

Digital Marketing Depot presents “Second-Screener, Multi-Screener: How to Engage the Always Addressable Consumer” on Thursday October 23 at 1 PM EDT. In this webcast Forrester Research, Inc.ís Principal Analyst Jim Nail and Quaeroís Michelle Boockoff-Bajdek will discuss how second…

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SearchCap: Google’s Advice On XML vs. RSS, Q3 Paid Search Spend Surges & More

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Tune Your Paid Search Campaigns To Account For Holiday Volatility The relationship between bids and conversions is like that between ice cream sundaes and…

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