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SEO Firm Impersonates Google, Claims Local Listing to be Deleted

Posted on August 6, 2014 Written by Bill Hartzer

Update: I got a call from a someone who claimed they were a representative of Katapult SEO, based in San Diego. Apparently one of their employees had alerted them to this post, and they wanted to talk to me about it. During the call, I indicated to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Local Search

Google Authorship Statistics Have Been Removed

Posted on August 4, 2014 Written by Bill Hartzer

I am not sure if this is something that has been done on purpose or not, but Google has removed the Google Authorship stats that were previously available in Google Webmaster Tools. The page, which was previously located here: … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Google, Search Engine Optimization

Microsoft to Launch Microsoft Sway Content Delivery Network Cloud Service

Posted on August 1, 2014 Written by Bill Hartzer

Microsoft Sway

Microsoft is getting ready to launch a new site or service called Sway. Right now there's no word from Microsoft officially about what this new product, service, or website will be. But based on the number of domain names that have been purchased … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Domain Names

Throwback Thursday: Search Engine Watch Circa 1999

Posted on July 31, 2014 Written by Bill Hartzer

search engine watch 1999

Today is Thursday, and every Thursday I try to feature one search engine or search engine website. Today, because of the official announcement that Danny Goodwin is leaving Search Engine Watch, I thought I would feature Search Engine Watch. Let's … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engines

Danny Goodwin Leaving Search Engine Watch as Editor

Posted on July 31, 2014 Written by Bill Hartzer

Danny Goodwin, the Editor of Search Engine Watch, is leaving Incisive Media. Mr. Goodwin has been at Search Engine Watch since 2007, and is going to work for LinkDex. This was first announced on Webcology this afternoon on WebmasterRadio.FM. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

Industry Spam Rings Plague Google Local, Cause Problems

Posted on July 30, 2014 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google industry spam rings

Google Local, now known officially as Google My Business, has to deal with what they call "industry spam rings", which are plaguing Google's local listings like a virus. And as a result, they've changed their internal policies in order to deal with … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Search Engine Optimization

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