Jan 29 2012

Beware The Fake Matt Cutts

One or more people are going around impersonating Google’s head of web spam (and now “Distinguished Engineer”) Matt Cutts, leaving comments on various articles on the web. It’s been going on for a while. Usually, if you pay close enough …

Jan 25 2012

Matt Cutts Offers ‘Above the Fold’ Clarification

When Google announced their algorithm change to penalize sites using too many ads, ones that appear above the fold, the first, if not only response was, “how much is too much?” The first, best answer is, thanks to some clarification …

Jan 18 2012

Google’s Matt Cutts: It’s Time To Take Action On SOPA

Google has blacked out its logo in protest of SOPA. The company has also put up a blog post calling for visitors to petition Congress. Google’s head of web spam, Matt Cutts, who has been a vocal opponent of SOPA …

Dec 1 2011

Google Algorithm: New Updates Announced

Google has been making a big deal about wanting to be more transparent about its search algorithm lately (without revealing the secret sauce too much of course). And so far, I have to say they’re making good on that promise …

Oct 19 2011

A Panda Meaner Than Google’s, Page Speed & The Beardo

There’s a lot of Google going on in today’s edition of the daily video round-up. That includes a Panda reference, Matt Cutts talking about Page Speed, the Galaxy Nexus and even Eric Schmidt’s wife. But if I’m being honest, Michael …

Oct 17 2011

Steve Jobs Song Created With Only Apple Sounds, Plus More iPhone 4S Siri Fun

Today’s video round-up is mostly Steve Jobs and Siri-related, but there are also a couple Google-related videos worth watching, and well as one from Sophos on identity theft. View more daily video round-ups here. A song created as a tribute …

Oct 17 2011

Google Panda Update: Cutts Confirms Another Tweak

As previously reported, Google’s Matt Cutts tweeted out on October 5 to “expect some Panda-related flux in the next few weeks, but will have less impact than previous updates (~2%).” SearchMetrics has since shared numbers for sites it found to …

Oct 12 2011

Tips for Diagnosing A Drop In Google Rankings, From Matt Cutts

Google has posted a new Webmaster Help video. As usual, Head of Web Spam Matt Cutts has answered a user-submitted question. The question is: “When you notice a drastic drop in your rankings and traffic from Google, what process would …

Feb 26 2010

Google Android Gains on Apple in Smartphone Ad Share

Android grows portion of U.S. smartphone ad requests as iPhone share shrinks.