Category Archives: Search Engine News

Top SEO News: Week of November 21, 2011

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Check out the top SEO, search engine and Internet marketing industry news stories from around the Web this week.

Google+ Adds Mutual Circle Chat
Now Google Chat users no longer need someone’s email to chat with them on Google+. On Google+, you can now chat with anyone who is in your circles who also has you in their circles.

comScore Releases October 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings
A leader in measuring the digital world, comScore, released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace.

Yahoo Site Explorer Closing Down Monday, November 21
Yahoo is officialy closing down Yahoo Site Explorer as of today, November 21, 2011.

Google+ Pages Give the Social Network Another Big Traffic Push
According to a report from Experian Hitwise, Google+ received a massive push last week. The site received 5% more traffic than the previous week and 25% more than the same week in October due to the announcement of Google+ Pages.

Google Launches Music Store, Artist Hub and More
Google recently unveiled its Google Music program which offers several new music features for consumers and artists.

Search Engine News: Google+ Adds Trending Topics

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According to Mashable, Google+ just launched Trending Topics Thursday night, November 18. It’s similar to Twitter’s Trending Topics and includes 10 of the hottest and most popular discussion items on the social network. When a user clicks on one of the topics, a search query is launched and posts about the topic by other users on Google+ are displayed.

In addition to adding Trending Topics, Google also made some changes regarding Google+ Search. Users can search the entire Google+ network, within their circles or within their own posts.

Trending topics helped Twitter become the place where people turned to find out what others were talking about at any point in time. Now with Google+ jumping on the Bandwagon, does Twitter have to watch its back?

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This Screenshot Shows Google+'S New Trending Topics.

Top SEO News: Week of November 14, 2011

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Check out the top SEO, search engine and Internet marketing industry news stories from around the Web this week.

Eye-Tracking in Google Maps: Study Shows Value of No. 1 Ranking & Social Content
Recent eye-tracking studies conducted by Mediative proves that being found in the top spot in Google’s local results is important. The study also shows that social content and signals can boost rankings further down the page.

Secret Lab Hides Google’s Boldest Future Projects
According to the New York Times, Google has a secret lab, unknown to most of the company’s employees where engineers are working on hundreds of projects including smart refrigerators, robots that bring in the groceries and elevators that can take you to outer space.

Local Digital Ad Revenue to Hit $37.9 Billion by 2015
According to BIA/Kelsey, spending on local digital ads will grow from $23.3 billion in 2011 to $37.9 billion in 2015.

Twitter, Mozilla Strike Deal That Bakes Twitter Search Into Firefox 8 Search Box
Twitter and Mozilla Firefox have made an agreement that makes Twitter search one of the default search options in the new Firefox 8 web browser.

Possible Google Music Store Screenshots Surface
TechnoDroidVe, a Spanish-language blog recently leaked possible screenshots from the new Google Music store, a service that Google may be announcing on Wednesday.