We have just received a missive from Google which states that from 14th September, “in an effort to provide more relevant results” [sic] the GOOG will be adjusting their trademark policy in the UK, Ireland and Canada to allow some ads to use trademarks in the ad text. In case you are unaware, in the [...]

Since Google started including local entries in natural results for location-specific search queries, local search optimisation has been gaining more attention. And with Google allotting more spaces to its Map-packs, pushing the traditional results below the fold, getting listed in the local search space is becoming crucial. I always thought location was the only factor deciding [...]

Writing good content for your site is not a new concept. Content is king after all. However with Googles recent shift in gear, (cranking up its indexing to Caffeine level) to cope with the sheer weight of content being produced online, there is an ever more compelling need to be sure the content you produce [...]

One of the handy things about having US offices is that when a new developments happen in Search, they are usually launched over in the States and then filter out to the rest of the World up to 6 months later. This happens with Search Engine updates such as Vince and the launch of new [...]

A while ago Google said they were going to be looking at a site’s performance speed as a ranking factor and at the end of last week (Friday April 9th) this was confirmed to now be in place in the US results, yet to be rolled out internationally. Google aims to give a great user experience [...]

This morning Bing senior engineer, Marvel Beets announced that they would start using Google’s Page Rank algorithm to return results in Bing. As of next week when people perform a search using Bing the results will be processed and returned using Google’s Page Rank algorithm rather the Bing’s own Clippy. “You have to be able to admit [...]

Update: Please goto the latest blog post for the number search results chrome extension They say the simplest ideas are the best. If that’s true, then this Chrome extension is the best one ever built. Inspired by Ben’s recent post on the top Chrome SEO extensions, I created a simple Chrome extension that will number the [...]

I spent the weekend before last searching the internet for news about the well-being of members of my extended family who live just outside Concepcion – the epicentre of the huge earthquake that rocked Chile on 26 February. I was surprised to find that Google quickly became completely irrelevant to my search for information. It [...]

I recently been noticing some new menu options on Google.com – these don’t appear to be visible to everyone or on other regional Google(s).  So for a search for ‘ipod speakers‘ you are presented with a search results page (SERP) like: Down the left hand side you will see there are now options to filter the [...]

At 7am Beijing time Google released a statement yesterday stating that they had a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack on their (our) corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google.” Google included in their statement that other US companies had been under attack too. It’s no surprise to Google [...]