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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Google Android Gains on Apple in Smartphone Ad Share
Android grows portion of U.S. smartphone ad requests as iPhone share shrinks.