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The complex process of the Google search, simplified

The complex process of the Google search, simplified

It's something that we totally take for granted thanks to the continuously-advancing wonders of the internet. We don't go to...

The single most important thing businesses can do to improve their search rankings

The single most important thing businesses can do to improve their search rankings

No, it's not spam, but it is associated with a pork product. Search engine optimization has a bad name in...

Should Facebook buy Bing?

Should Facebook buy Bing?

It's all about timing. Bing's inability to take market share from Google in the search industry and Facebook's focus on...

The Google crackdown on SEO has begun

The Google crackdown on SEO has begun

At SXSW, Matt Cutts discussed many topics in his panel with Danny Sullivan. The most interesting portion was the answer...

Does Google hate their users? The problems with Google Analytics

Does Google hate their users? The problems with Google Analytics

A few months back, website owners got extremely upset because Google Analytics stopped telling companies many of the keywords that...

Google’s search algorithm changes, 1998-2012

Google’s search algorithm changes, 1998-2012

It can be argued that the Google search algorithm is the most used form of mathematical engineering in history. With...

A year after the Google Panda update, is content any better?

A year after the Google Panda update, is content any better?

A year ago, Google announced something that made the real journalists and publications on the internet cheer and sent shivers...

Google describes the history and evolution of search

Google describes the history and evolution of search

Google has always kept their search algorithms close to the vest, but in recent weeks they've opened up a bit...

How local search has evolved

How local search has evolved

There was a time not too long ago when a search on Google for "ice cream parlor" done in Newark,...

Google Chrome extension lets you +1 anything on the internet

Google Chrome extension lets you +1 anything on the internet

When the Google +1 button first rolled out earlier this year, it made a little bit of a splash from...

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

Google makes changes to their search algorithm an average of once every 17.5 hours

With several hundred signals that are read and processed by their search algorithm, we've always known that Google puts a...

In mobile search, there can be only Google (for now)

In mobile search, there can be only Google (for now)

Every month, StatCounter comes out with their ranking reports that are combed over by bloggers to find trends, see changes,...