The data that Google is not providing, as in they are not providing which keyword brought visitors to your site, keeps going up. And it’s getting bad. Really bad if your site caters to the tech crowd. For example, for my blog on BillHartzer.com, the posts and articles on the site cater mostly to other webmasters and perhaps business owners. The more tech-savvy ones. And for my blog, the latest number of not provided users to hit the blog from Google organic search is now 71.80 percent (the past 20,000 visitors to the site via Google organic search). [Read more…]
Google Carousel: From an End User Perspective
Google recently introduced the Google Carousel, which has been appearing in the search results for more and more keyword phrases. The Google Carousel, originally referred to as the Google Local Carousel, is not just local anymore. It’s part of the Knowledge Graph, appears at the top of many search results pages, is tending to roll out more and more for a lot more keyword phrases. If you have not seen the Google Carousel yet, it looks like this: [Read more…]
Google to Start Showing Company Logos in Search Results?
Based on what I am seeing using the Google Rich Snippets Tool, it looks like Google is going to be soon showing your company logo in the search results, just like they’re currently doing with Google Authorship. [Read more…]
Are Ads Coming to Google+ ? Probably Not Very Soon
By now I’m sure you’re aware of all of the Facebook Ads that are all over the place. Not only can you advertise on Facebook’s sidebar, you can also promote posts. Google+, though, seems to be different. Will we see Google AdWords ads on Google Plus anytime soon? Well, based on a comment I received on a recent Google+ post of mine, it doesn’t sound that we will be seeing ads on Google+ anytime soon. [Read more…]
Google Webmaster Tools Now Emailing Website Owners Directly
Google Webmaster Tools has changed their policy, and is now going to start emailing web site owners directly if they detect critical or important issues with your web site. Before now, Google would only notify you about these issues via Google Webmaster Tools’ interface–and you had to log in to receive the messages. [Read more…]
Google Underlining Typos in Search Query Field
Google is always testing part of their interface, and I believe that this new test will most likely be one that sticks around. Google has started underlining typos in the search query field. So, when you start typing a keyword, if what you are typing is an obvious typo, then Google will underline it in red, giving you a chance to correct it. [Read more…]