Google announced a series of sudden changes that are coming, some as soon as they were unveiled, at Tuesday’s Google I/O conference held in Mountain View CA. Collected under an umbrella known as Gemini, these changes are more about using artificial intelligence to solidify Google’s role as a lifestyle ecosystem provider for its billions of […]
Google announced the introduction of an algorithm update designed to reward original and informative product reviews earlier today. According to the Google Developers Blog, the Product Review algo-update is designed to promote “… product reviews that share in-depth research, rather than thin content that simply summarizes a bunch of products.” Google is telling online retailers […]
The business of the world has been interrupted for the past few months by the Covide19 pandemic. As we move through the crisis the business of the Internet continues. The Internet is likely to be the most stable business environment for the foreseeable future. For small businesses that were already struggling in the brick and […]
Another news update show in another busy week in search and tech. A court has essentially outlawed the buying and selling of Facebook likes or other social media recommendations in a judgement against American firm, Devumi. The chief executive of cryptocurrency company Quadriga CX has died. He was the only person with the password to a […]
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Interview with Duane Forrester VP of Industry Insights – Yext Air Date: June 22, 2017 Today on Webcology we were joined by Duane Forrester, VP of Industry Insights at Yext. Duane has had a storied career in SEO but he is still best known as the former technical spokesperson for Microsoft’s search engine Bing. Now […]
Air date: March 30, 2017 Another wide ranging conversation this week with Jim and Dave discussing: how the Trump Administration and Republican Congress are allowing ISPs to monitor, manipulate, and sell your private information – from financial, medical, social security number, browsing history, mobile app usage, content of emails and online chats to third parties that […]
Google Keyword Planner Restricted Air date: June 30, 2016 The big news this week was big changes to Google’s Keyword Planner this week as Google to those with AdWords accounts as reports say Google has turned off access to those that use the tool without being an active advertiser with a currently active campaign. Plus, […]
Tweets Coming Back to Google Search; Google Webmaster Tools Renamed Google Search Console Air Date: May 21, 2015 Dave and I cover a lot of ground in the first part of the show talking about Google and Twitter to Google Search; Are Google and Skrillex making smart phones ? Google Webmaster Tools ; CSE and Five Eyes […]
Air Date: March 19, 2015 The “‘scuse me, can you spare a few bitcoin for a fellow who’s down on his luck” edition. Approximately 12 million worth of have vanished, along with the proprietors of the new Dark Market, Evolution. Doorway Pages. Google calls back to 2008 to remind webmasters that doorway pages are discouraged. The significance […]