Google Panda demotes or adjusts your rankings down — it does not devalue

Gary Illyes from Google told us Google’s new Penguin 4.0 algorithm devalues spam, ignores it — but Panda demotes the spam by adjusting the rankings down. The post Google Panda demotes or adjusts your rankings down — it does not devalue appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Billions served: PC search is down but query volume is way up for Google

Mobile searches now constitute between 50 and 60 percent of queries in the US market. The post Billions served: PC search is down but query volume is way up for Google appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Google warns it will crack down on “intrusive interstitials” in January

Google will reinforce its emphasis on the mobile search experience with a new penalty affecting “intrusive interstitials” on mobile web pages. The post Google warns it will crack down on “intrusive interstitials” in January appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Google To Shut Down Google Compare Products In US And UK On March 23

The vertical lead generation programs for credit cards, auto insurance, mortgages and travel insurance will start winding down Tuesday, February 23. The post Google To Shut Down Google Compare Products In US And UK On March 23 appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Google Down 1 Billion PC Searches From 2014 But Mobile Volumes Likely Way Up

December desktop search rankings from comScore came out yesterday. Bing gained slightly vs. November; most others are off a fraction of a point. Google has lost market share and volume vs. a year ago when it had a share of 65.4 percent. A year ago Bing was at 19.7 percent; today it’s at 21.1…

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Search In Pics: Google Solar Drone, Google Office Hose Down & SEO 4 You Plate

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the Web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. The Google Colombia Office Garden: Source: Google+ Google Solar Drone:…

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Google Shuts Down OrderAhead Local Restaurant Listings Hijackings

Seattle based GeekWire has written several articles about OrderAhead‘s fake restaurant listings SEO strategy, which has been turned back by Google. The company used dubious or unethical tactics to gain SEO advantage, creating fake restaurant sites and claiming Google+ pages to outrank and…

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Google Down Slightly, Bing-Yahoo Up In October comScore Search Report

Google saw its share of the US search market drop slightly in October, while both Bing and Yahoo saw corresponding gains. That’s according to comScore’s October 2014 search engine rankings. ComScore estimates Google’s US market share at an even 67 percent for October, down from…

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Panda Strikes Again: Yahoo Voices & The Yahoo Contributor Network Closing Down

Yahoo has announced another round of product cuts and changes, all part of what it calls a continued effort on “furthering our focus.” The most notable cut announced today is the upcoming closure of both Yahoo Voices (voices.yahoo.com) and the Yahoo Contributor Network…

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Breaking Down Page Speed Events For SEO Gain

It’s important to get clear the value of changes in terms of SEO impact before allocating in-demand tech time to work on fixes. To throw up just one example: if your page returns in less than one second what impact will fixing render-blocking CSS have on absolute page load times?

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