Search Engine Roundtable

Google AdWords Team Points Out Flaw in Google Keyword Tool

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:56:56 PST

A Google AdWords API Help thread estimated position or average CPC being returned by the AdWords API differs from that of the Google Keyword Tool. Eric Koleda from the Google AdWords API Team replied basically pointing fault at the tool....

Google Maps Pornography : Google Can't Keep Up

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:41:35 PST

Earlier this month we reported on nudity & seductive Google Maps listings for London Escort services, amongst others. When we investigated the issue, it turned out to be a worldwide issue with nude and seductive images being displayed both in...

Google is Obsessed with New Zealand, Forgetting Ireland & Egypt Again

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:11 PST

A month and a half ago, Google for some reason had a bug that ranked the Google New Zealand property for a search on Google Ireland. Google fixed the issue a day or so later but now it appears to...

Google Testing Related Searches Tab on Top Navigation Bar?

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:22:29 PST

A DigitalPoint Forums thread links to a blog post from imanjalali.com which shows a new user interface for Google. The new user interface looks like Google is placing related search queries in tabs across the top of the search results....

Google AdSense Being Blocked By Kaspersky Security Software

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:14:11 PST

Google AdSense adds are currently being blocked by Kaspersky anti virus and Internet security software. This started sometime yesterday with their latest releases of their security program. One AdSense publisher emailed Kaspersky to let them know and he received a...

Blue Google Map Pins in Google AdWords Results

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:04:59 PST

A DigitalPoint Forums thread reports seeing a new type of Google AdWords result. This AdWords result seems to be combined with a Google Maps result, where it shows a blue pin, and address information on the right hand side of...

More Reports of Bing Correctly Handling 301 Redirects

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:57:43 PST

A month ago, we reported on early reports that Microsoft Bing Finally Figuring Out 301 Redirects? Yes, we ended in a question-mark because we were not too confident back then. Since the November '09 Bing Search update, more people are...

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 2009

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 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....

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 20, 2009

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:00 PST

In this week's search video recap, I try a new format, breaking the news up in segments - do let me know if you like it. I am sorry the video is so long, just lots of information to cover....

Google Jazz User Interface Out In The Wild

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:06:20 PST

Yesterday, Danny covered a new user interface Google is testing on about 2% of their users right now. The interface is known internally (actually, it is not named this internally, but the name is catchy, so maybe we should use...

Microsoft Bing November 2009 Search Update?

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:08 PST

There is some early discussion over at WebmasterWorld that Microsoft Bing has updated their search index. Many webmasters are discussing changes in rankings in this and other forums (which are hard to link to). Here is what WebmasterWorld moderator, martinibuster...

GoogleBot Can Also Crawl Too Much & Be Nasty

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:52:42 PST

The other day, I noticed a thread at Google Webmaster Help where a person was complaining that they were being hit hard by GoogleBot. In short, Google's spider was crawling his site in a very aggressive manner. He said: After...

Google Now Enforcing 35 Character Display URL Policy

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:43:58 PST

First spotted by Kim at AdWords Help Experts Blog, a Google AdWords Help thread has reports that Google is now enforcing the 35 character display URL limit set on AdWords ads. One advertiser asked for an exception, which Google did...

Yahoo Adds Tweets In New Developing News Box

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:37:56 PST

Yahoo announced they have added a developing news box that includes news articles, pictures, videos and also tweets. Starting today, you can see relevant photos, videos, and tweets about a breaking news story on the Yahoo! News Shortcut. Many of...

Google Updates iPhone & Android Gmail & Calendar Interface

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:25:17 PST

Gone mostly unnoticed, Google has updated their Gmail and Google Calendar interface on iPhone and Android mobile devices. Google did announce a new mobile news look for these devices, but no word on the Gmail interface. I spotted this update...