Search Engine Roundtable

Google "Save Us From Berlusconi" Spam?

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:22:38 PST

I spotted a very weird Google Webmaster Help thread that I honestly do not fully understand. If you search for URLs containing the words "Save Us From Berlusconi" in that order, in Google, you will find almost 4 million matches....

When Not To Use Canonical Tags With Pagination

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:09:16 PST

When Google announced support for the canonical tag just about a year ago, webmasters were excited for the possibilities of a serving a 301 redirect to spiders but not users. But when should you not use it? A Google Webmaster...

Upcoming Google AdSense Webinars

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:03:53 PST

Google's Ashley posted a thread at Google AdSense Help forums announcing upcoming AdSense Webinars. The upcoming webinars include: AdSense Optimization Basics - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:00 pm GMT/ 9am PSTAdvanced Optimization - Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:00 pm GMT/9am...

3 Months Later, Google Finally Fixes RSS News Feed Issue

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:49:35 PST

Six months after the Google News RSS feed validation issues were reported in Google News Help forums, Google has fixed the issue. The first report came in a Google News Help thread on August 7, 2009. Yesterday, on February 8,...

Google Turns Their Back on Boy Scouts, No 100 Year Anniversary Logo

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:29:55 PST

100 years ago, yesterday, on February 8, 1910, the Boy Scouts was founded by William D. Boyce, Ernest Thompson Seton and Daniel Carter Beard. The Boy Scouts in America is a pretty significant foundation or club, with millions of members...

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 8, 2010

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:00 PST

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

Most Say, Google Should Not Censor Non-Adult Search Suggestions

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:04:25 PST

About a month ago, we ran a poll asking should Google censor non-adult search suggestions? This was based on all the religion based controversy and political controversy. So I specifically asked our readers, should Google censor these search suggestions or...

Donate Your Google AdSense Earnings To Haiti

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:44:54 PST

Since the devastating disaster in Haiti, companies and individuals are looking for creative ways to help. Several AdSense publishers asked via WebmasterWorld and Google AdSense Help if there are ways to donate their AdSense income. Last Thursday, the Google AdSense...

Google's Mysterious 1e100.net Ruling the Web

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:31:56 PST

Back in December, I spotted a WebmasterWorld thread with a webmasters asking why Google is pulling in commands from 1e100.net, as opposed to Google.com. At first, I thought it was nothing and let the thread go. But now, it appears...

Bing Powers More of Facebook Search

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:23:28 PST

I reported this last week at Search Engine Land, that Microsoft furthered their search deal with Facebook. In short, Bing will now power global Facebook searches and include fuller search results. Now that the search industry had some time to...

Google AdSense Publishers Upset Over Recent Earnings

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:06:58 PST

Since late January and early February, I have been seeing sporadic complaints about Google AdSense earnings and how they have plummeted for many publishers. I received these complaints via email mostly, but all I saw were random threads from disgruntled...

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 5, 2010

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:20:00 PST

In this weeks search recap, I cover the past month of Google SEO related topics, in the February Google Webmaster report. Bing spoke up on how important redirecting your canonical URLs are. Google is disapproving AdWords ads for "artificial ad...

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 5, 2010

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:00:00 PST

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

Most AdSense Publishers Want Google To Disclose Revenue Split

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:11:53 PST

Earlier this week, I ran a poll asking AdSense publishers should Google disclose the revenue ad split. Most people in the thread I covered then, did not want to know the revenue split. But I found that to be a...

Google News Tests a New Design

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:57:49 PST

There are several threads at the Google News Help Forums with reports that Google News has updated their home page. I personally do not see the new home page, and I can't track down a picture of it. If you...