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Google+, On The Rise

It was recently estimated that Google+, the newest social network on the block, grew a whopping 30% between the 20th and 22nd of September. During this period, the social network finally moved away from their field trial and launched open beta meaning that anyone could join, eliminating the need for an invite to participate. In … Continued

Facebook Hits the Trillion Pageview Mark

Yesterday, Google announced its list of the most-visited websites on the internet. Of course, at the top of this list was Facebook hitting a new high of 1 trillion page views for the month of June. This was a large feat  to conquer, even for Facebook. Facebook has 750 million registered users, although during the … Continued

Google Removes All Sites on CO.CC From the Index

Google made a stunning yet necessary decision to de-index the entire CO.CC domain. Many people confuse the site as a TLD (top level domain) when in actuality it simply hosted millions of sub-domains, with many of those being used for nefarious purposes. Comments and email spam with links to co.cc hosted sites was a common … Continued

Track +1 Impact in Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics

The impact of Google +1 can now be tracked in both Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics with special reports and plugins to monitor activity, engagement and impact. Webmaster Tools now has a +1 metrics section with three new reports in the left sidebar: Search Impact, Activity and Audience. – Search Impact: This report displays a … Continued

Google Updates Pagerank With Little Fanfare

I remember years ago when Pagerank was considered the premier metric for measuring a site on the web, and the lack of fanfare over the new toolbar Pagerank update has given me hope that the SEO community is finally moving away from a PR-centric view of the web. From 2000 to 2006 Google regularly updated … Continued

+1 Counts Now Displayed in Search Results

Earlier today people began seeing +1 counts for sites in their search results even if they weren’t logged in to their Google account. It was only a matter of time before this happened, and the move will likely increase the adoption of the +1 button. When we searched for major sites (Mashable, Facebook) and Google … Continued

SMX: Google to Release Another Panda Update

During the keynote of SMX Advanced, Matt Cutts confirmed that Google plans to release another tweak to their Panda algorithm change that deals specifically with content that is scraped and reposted on other sites. One of the most common problems in search over the last few years has been sites re-posting content and outranking the … Continued