Search Engine Roundtable

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 10, 2009

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:05:00 PDT

In this week's recap, I share how the Google logo sent me tons of traffic for Tesla's birthday. I also discuss the July 4th logos and our video game pacman logo. Google Chrome OS was revealed this week as coming...

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 10, 2009

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:00:00 PDT

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....

Google Showing UK Users UK News Only

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:03:55 PDT

WebmasterWorld administration, engine, reported in a WebmasterWorld thread that he is now only seeing UK news at Google.com. He said, in the past, when he wanted UK news he went to Google.co.uk, but when he wanted US news, he went...

Bing Organizes Webmaster Content in "Bing Toolbox"

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:53:18 PDT

Let me start off by saying this is not brand new, but Microsoft is now making sure people know about the Bing Toolbox. The Bing Toolbox is basically a landing page that has links to the most important webmaster tools...

Can Someone Else's Search History Show Up In Your Google History?

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:37:45 PDT

Google's web history is great for finding things you have searched for in the past. It comes in handy for many reasons. In fact, it even helped a parent catch his son searching for porn, but is it always accurate?...

Google Commemorates Nikola Tesla's Birthday

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:23:26 PDT

If you visit Google.com today, you will notice a special logo that looks like a coil lighting rode. It is a depiction of the Tesla coil created by Nikola Tesla. Without Tesla, most people think we would not have had...

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 9, 2009

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:00:00 PDT

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....

SEO Company Caught By Client Using Google Support Forums

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:16:53 PDT

It is not uncommon to find SEOs asking other SEOs questions in the SEO discussion forums. But it is not everyday where you find the clients of an SEO coming in an asking questions about their own site, only to...

Is Microsoft Bing Slow At Malware Reviews?

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:06:58 PDT

There is almost nothing worse than a malware warning for a webmaster or SEO to see in the search results. You can have top rankings in a search engine, but if your listing is labeled to be harmful and the...

Google News Mobile Now Defaulting To Desktop Version For Some

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:55:01 PDT

Google has confirmed in a Google Mobile Help thread that many mobile users of Google News will be redirected to the desktop version. Some people already began noticing it and Google's Robin has confirmed it saying: Hi folks - As...

Most Annoying Google Search Results? Empty Answer Sites

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:43:53 PDT

Remember a little back Matt Cutts of Google posted that he wanted the Google search results to remove empty review sites from the listings? Recently, during my Google searches, I have been landing on sites that have answers, but require...

Bing & Yahoo Can't Tell Time in Tehran, Iran

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:23:49 PDT

Did you know that both Yahoo and Bing cannot tell the time in Tehran, Iran? A Bing Community thread points out the issue with Bing. Let me share with you searches for [time tehran] from Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask and...

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 8, 2009

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:00 PDT

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....

Google Enhanced 404 Feature Gone?

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:03:10 PDT

In August 2008, Google released what was called the enhanced 404 widget that allowed webmasters to easily create custom 404 pages. In fact, we still have a sample of this in action at advertize.html. But for some reason, I think...

Getting Listed In Bing News

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:42:44 PDT

You know how to get listed in Google News but what about Bing News? A Bing Community thread has discussion around that topic. Brett Yount from the Bing Webmaster Center said the way to be included in Bing News is...