Amazon Is Main Competitor to Google? Google Admits Spam Is A Hard Problem For User Generated Content Sites

Air Date: October 16, 2014

A new rivalry is forming as Amazon moves into territory Google has staked as its own. Dave Davies and I discuss Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s comments that Amazon is Google’s main competitor.

We also cover,

• The expansion of same-day delivery service from Google
• Google’s admission it has a hard time dealing with spam on User Generated Content sites
• When it’s too late to disavow bad links in the face of the Penguin update
• Google is now testing mobile friendly text notices in search results, and,
• A new eye-tracking study from Gord Hotchkiss shows changes in the way searchers look at search results.

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Jim Hedger

Jim Hedger is an organic SEO and digital marketing specialist. Jim has been involved in the online marketing industry since 1998 and a SEO since 1999. Best known as a broadcaster, interviewer, content writer and search industry commentator, Jim is a frequent conference speaker and organizer. He hosts the search focused radio show Webcology on WebmasterRadio.FM and is a WebmasterRadio.FM conference interviewer. Jim brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, passion and creative thinking to each project. Preferring a teamwork approach, Jim strives to inform and train his clients and their staff to run and maintain their own search and social media efforts.

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