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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 25, 2012

Fetched: May 25th, 2012, 11:04pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Fun SEO news week. iAcquire, a respected SEO and internet marketing company, was called out for allegedly buying links for Dun & Bradstreet. Shortly later, iAcquire and their affiliates are no longer found in Google. There are new rumors of a Penguin update. Google should add a way for people to block unwanted links via Google Webmaster Tools. Google says if your competitors spam, report them. Hey, I have an ad on my site for "Anti Penguin Link Building" - makes me sad but smile at the same time. Google said if you link to a few bad sites, it won't hurt you. Google does audit AdWords accounts managed by third parties. Don't want Google to stop your AdWords ad rotation, then try pausing them. AdWords has a new report named Auction Insights showing you how you compete with your competitors. Google Places updated their PO Box policy. Moving and managing your Google Place account is dangerous. Google AdSense removed the scrolling ads, the arrows. Yahoo Axis is a new browser and search tool from Yahoo. Aaron Wall made LEGO characters for SEOs and Googlers. Google has a sweet interactive logo for the Moog Synthesizer. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 18, 2012

Fetched: May 18th, 2012, 11:47pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Some savvy SEOs noticed a weird hack that lets you see search results in a state of before the Penguin update. It is pretty wild and no idea if it is legit but it is convincing. We thought that there were two major search ranking changes in Google but Google told us they were not updates related to Penguin or Panda or anything like it. Google purged many free web directories from their index. Google launched the knowledge graph - it is answers. Google said do not stuff the title attribute with keywords. Google said if it doesn't understand the markup, it will just use the text. Bing may have updated but we are not sure. Google is now doing weekly videos summarizing Google Places/Maps topics. Yahoo lost another CEO, Scott Thomspon and he was replaced after lying on his resume. Facebook is on the NASDAQ today as FB. There is a hilarious Matt Cutts parody video you must watch. It was Mother's Day this past Sunday - happy Mom's Day all you mothers. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 11, 2012

Fetched: May 11th, 2012, 8:27pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Google came out with their monthly search updates posts and I decided to guess at which were Penguin related. Bing announced a huge redesign and functionality change to Bing Search, where social and Facebook are tied directly in. Google listed advice for Penguin sufferers but some of it is scary. SEOmoz might release a tool to show what is spam and what is not. Webmasters are suing webmasters over linking to each other, a negative SEO outcome. Are 20% of SEOs really not qualified as SEOs? Google Webmaster Tools added dashboards and new navigation. Google Analytics now shows who links to you. Google Maps has a new bulk listing management tool. Will Google name the next update Panther? A Google AdWords representative is a bit too happy about PageRank. Did Yahoo copy their logo from MAD magazine? Google had a neat logo for the person who discovered King Tut's tomb. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 4, 2012

Fetched: May 5th, 2012, 4:25am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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What a crazy couple weeks at Google, we can call it the Google Triple P. We had a Penguin release, two Panda refreshes and a PageRank update, let's not forget the parked domain bug (maybe a quad P). I posted the Google Webmaster report for May 2012. I also talked about feeling bad for Penguin victims, a poll of 65% were hurt by Penguin, and SEOs sharing tips to recover. I even shared what it looks like to be hit by Penguin. There was a Panda update on April 27th, 8 days earlier we had Panda 3.5. Google updated PageRank yesterday. Bing has a new clean design. Google Webmaster Tools now has 90 days of query data. Google stopped with AdWords ad rotation preferences. And we have quality score tips from Google. That was this past week at Google all in about 6 minutes from the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 27, 2012

Fetched: April 28th, 2012, 12:57pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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I am a bit under the weather, as you can tell. Google launched the Penguin update this week, it is what was initially called by us as the over optimization algorithm or webspam algorithm. If you were hit on the 24th, it was probably that and you can submit a form to Google to complain. If you were hit around the 19th, then it was a refresh to Panda, Panda 3.5. Google also is going after sponsored WordPress themes. Google dropped some features from Webmaster Tools. Google launched to everyone, AdWords for Video. Google is testing trusted badges on AdWords ads. Google is asking some businesses for their business license for validation of Google Places. Google launched Google Drive. Google had logos for Earth Day, St George's Day with ZX Spectrum and the anniversary of the Zipper. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 20, 2012

Fetched: April 21st, 2012, 5:03pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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I apologize in advanced for being under the weather, hopefully I fake it well. I talk about the Google bug that led to dozens of sites being delisted in Google. I also go through some points SEOs should be aware of before the over optimization filter hits. Google said phone number spam is spam and against their guidelines. Google sent out 20,000 warnings to webmasters on weird redirect notices. The Negative SEO debate sparked up, but I go into detail on why it is a bigger issue for the SEO community. Google's cost per click prices go down while clicks go up and Google earns more money. 7% of searches are misspelled, so Google AdWords changes phrase and exact match. Google Author stats went missing from Google Webmaster Tools. Google improved the rich snippet testing tool. Cutts spoke in Korea on search, it is a great video. Google Maps bug doesn't let you go beyond ten results. Google Places is to add a "we've moved" option soon. Microsoft adCenter to finally fully power Yahoo Search Ads in UK, France and Ireland. Bing Search API is now fee based. Why would an SEO patent the SEO process? I have a bunch of poll results to share with you. That was this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 12, 2012

Fetched: April 13th, 2012, 2:22pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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I missed last week but I have a good excuse, I had a baby girl. So this video is to catch up and since I am offline tomorrow for Passover, I decided to do it today. I covered the April Google webmaster report and Google's 50 search quality updates in the past month. Google might have done an Easter search update. Google does tell people of example links that are unnatural, if you ask. Google also suggests you remove links as far back as possible. Burberry US was delisted from Google for a while. Home Depot is asking partners to link to them and hide it. Emoji characters work on iOS Google search results. Google shared the "ingredients" for AdWords Quality Score. Google AdWords added zip code targeting and dynamic location insertion. Google tested a collapsible left hand side search options pane. Google now supports animated math graphing calculations. Google Maps brought back traffic estimates by day and time. Bing revamped their video search interface. Yahoo is restructuring laying off 15% and moving search under "connections." A Googler is teaching people how to build a search engine for free. Google+ has been redesigned. Google released a preview of Google Glasses. April Fools was a bit ago and we have the jokes. Finally, Google had a logo for Muybridge that was stunning. That was the past two weeks or so at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 30, 2012

Fetched: April 1st, 2012, 7:51am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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I sped through this week's recap, just in a rush, sorry. There was a new Panda rollout, this is version 3.4. Google penalized blog networks who were spamming them. Bing/Yahoo seemed to have a search update as well. Google wants you to buy more ads and proved it with a research study on organic results. Google says don't block your CSS & JavaScript files. Google added more controls to AdSense ad review center. Google is testing a new phone support pilot for AdSense publishers. Google launched consumer surveys system, which can be potentially cool. Google has retired the geo sitemaps feature. Google Maps now has traffic data again. Google Analytics has new social reports that show conversions. Google Webmaster Help's YouTube channel has over 7 million views. Someone called me a theft because I live blog. Google has a special Google logo for Mies van der Rohe. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 23, 2012

Fetched: March 24th, 2012, 4:18am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Interesting week in search, ending with a Google search engineer blowing up on accusations that when Google's search results suck, it has to do with monetization. Firefox is testing defaulting users to SSL Google which can be bad for marketers. Google made a change for some browsers that might label Google search traffic as direct referrer. Want more data on your crawl errors from Google Webmaster Tools? Then use the API. Google said HTML5 won't give you a boost in rankings but won't hurt you either. Blogger added a ton of SEO features finally. Google had logos for Juan Gris, first day of spring and St. Patrick's day logos. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 16, 2012

Fetched: March 16th, 2012, 11:22pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week in search was pretty exciting, especially towards the end of the week. Google's Matt Cutts said that a new algorithm update will specifically target overly SEO'ed sites. Google might be testing that because SEOs and Webmasters are noticing major fluctuations in the search results in which Google says is not Panda. Google's Panda thread was ripped apart with the new forum. Google released a video showing how they do their search quality meetings. Google announced how they keep ads safe, saying they terminated 800,000 advertisers and disallowed 130 million ads in 2011. Google updated the crawl error reports in Google Webmaster Tools. Google has a language bug spreading through their properties. Maile from Google released a great video on SEO and pagination. Matt Cutts said the new TLDs will have no impact on rankings. Bing said, for mobile SEO, go with one URL most of the time. Bing said they are as fresh as Google - but that is a lie. Google's Amit Singhal was cited by the Wall Street Journal as saying Google is releasing a major revamp of their search engine but truth is, it is not happening so soon and is a slow progression. Finally, Google has a sweet Doodle for the grandmaster of Origami, Akira Yoshizawa's 101st birthday. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 9, 2012

Fetched: March 11th, 2012, 4:03am CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week at the Search Engine Roundtable, I published the monthly Google SEO recap. Google is pushing out the default SSL search globally. Google stepped up webmaster notifications alerting of low quality pages and traffic changes to top URLs. Google is also pushing Google+ with "thank them" on the Google search results. Google shares data between mobile and desktop to help you. Google gave timelines for Google Places updates as they upgrade their systems. Google sent out 700,000 messages to webmasters in the past two months. Google added user access controls to Webmaster Tools. And Google had a special Google logo for Internationals Women's Day yesterday. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 2, 2012

Fetched: March 2nd, 2012, 8:16pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week, Google confirmed that Panda 3.3 rolled out on Monday morning. Google also removed a link evaluation technique, although they won't say specifically which one. Google also announced 40 more changes in the past month. Bing came out with an API for their Webmaster Tools. There is a heart breaking Panda story in the forums. Yahoo is celebrating their 17th birthday today. This week is Search Week, I kid you not. SMX West was this week and we have 20 sessions lived blogged. Google had a sweet logo for Leap Day / Rossini. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 24, 2012

Fetched: February 27th, 2012, 4:32am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Busy week in search this week and to end the week, we celebrate the one year anniversary of the Google Panda update. 87% of those impacted have yet to fully recover from Panda but search quality seems better overall. Google is shutting down the AdSense for Domains hosted version, but they should probably shut it all down. Google is running simulated experiments on AdSense accounts and giving specific advice based on those experiments. Google is now supporting video schema.org rich snippet markup. Google is showing third party rich snippets on band listings. Google recommends mobile SEO is easier with one URL and a dynamic style sheet. Google AdSense publishers with mobile banners need to update their code. Microsoft adCenter dishes out heavy penalties for disallowed characters. Google Images adds image previews for related search results. Google Images strict Safesearch filter doesn't block sex and nudity anymore. Scroogle is completely offline and not coming back, says owner. Dilbert called SEOs weasels, criminals and they corrupt industries. Google didn't have a President's Day logo but had a logo for Hertz. Microsoft and Ask.com and Dogpile had logos for President's Day. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 17, 2012

Fetched: February 19th, 2012, 8:43am CET by Barry Schwartz

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It was a fairly slow week in search news but we do have some topics I wanted to highlight. I asked can sites that are not socially active with Google+, Facebook and Twitter rank in search in the future. There seems to be a weird bug with search results showing only one search result. Google might have an issue indexing new custom blogger posts. Google is trying to simplify the search query report in Webmaster Tools. AJ Kohn made a convenient bookmarklet for testing rich snippets. I have a fun post on what SEO geeks argue about. Apple drops iAds entry point, is giving more to developers - but I compared the earnings between iAds and Google. Google Maps now shows dates on street view images. National Car Rental has a new commercial featuring an SEO business pro. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 10, 2012

Fetched: February 11th, 2012, 2:00am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Busy week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable. Google provided the 17 search quality changes they made in January, one being a change to how they pipe in Panda into the overall algorithm. Webmasters are noticing major shifts in the Google rankings and traffic. Google also updated PageRank this week. Google is testing a new navigation bar. Bing has a new design for their search results - it seems to be a test. Users are reporting issues with searching Google without cookies. SEOs are testing image changes to the authorship markup to increase click through rates. Google said SEO isn't good for users or the Internet at large. There is a bug in Google Maps that removed business owner photos from the map results. Google AdSense is causing security errors on some Internet Explorer browsers. WolframAlpha launched a paid pro version, it looks sweet. I am running another Panda poll, which I hope to post the result on Panda's anniversary. Finally, Google had a special logo for Charles Dickens. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 3, 2012

Fetched: February 4th, 2012, 11:02pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week at the Search Engine Roundtable I posted the monthly Google webmaster report. Google rich snippets are showing up from third-party sites. Google snippets are showing a lot of untitled title tags in the search results. A Google engineer explains why your AdSense earnings may drop. Google said most invalid clicks from from publishers. Poskanzer from ACME.com was banned from AdSense which caused a huge snowball effect. Facebook announced their IPO and outstanding numbers. France fined Google because their maps product is free, I kid you not. Local Paid Inclusion - yea, is that even possible? Turns out no and the ripple effect from it. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 27, 2012

Fetched: January 28th, 2012, 10:29am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Busy week in search this week - with Google confirming a Panda update, which I labeled 3.2. Bing seems to really love regional sites in their regional indexes. Google added a bunch of new features to Webmaster Tools, from testing sitemaps, new reports for sitemaps, a new definition for "average" position in the reports and new and improved download options. Google also added a spam report form for rich snippet spamming. I asked a question that got me in trouble, I asked, is on page SEO dead. Google added public alerts to Google Maps. Microsoft pubCenter has a bug where it shows some payments as undeliverable. Google has a new consolidated privacy policy, but it does look scary. Will the privacy policy lead to people canceling their Google accounts? I doubt it. That was this week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 20, 2012

Fetched: January 20th, 2012, 7:40pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week, we cover the major news that Google is now penalizing sites for having too many ads on their pages - yea, a bit hypocritical. Google blacked out their logo for SOPA but Bing and Yahoo did not. Google even slowed down their spider, GoogleBot, to protect these sites. Google listed out SEO considerations for clacking out your site. Google expanded their hacked sites feature for search results. Google AdWords added up to a hundred automated rules with an undo feature. Google updated their impression share metrics algorithm and is adding it to the ad group level. We have a post on the 2012 link building tools. Yahoo's Jerry Yang resigned from Yahoo this week. Google announced earnings which also had paid clicks and CPC changes. Google had a logo for Martin Luther King day. SMX Israel was this past Sunday and I posted the big recap. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 13, 2012

Fetched: January 13th, 2012, 6:12pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week, I do my video from a far off land named Israel. Can you guess who the picture is of behind me? In any event, I go through some of the new stuff with Google Search, Plus Your World Google update. I talk about how someone emailed a Googler asking for a link exchange - it didn't help improve that person's rankings. Google passes value of links in an iframe. Microsoft may soon make the adCenter console compatible with Macs. Microsoft banned adCenter accounts by accident. The Kindle Fire won't load Google AdSense ads. Google had two special logos this week, one for Nicolas Steno, the father of Geology and the other for Charles Addams of "The Addams Family." Finally, this Sunday is SMX Israel - we are sold out and looking forward to the awesome day! That was this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 6, 2012

Fetched: January 7th, 2012, 10:58am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Happy 2012 everyone! This week we posted our January Google webmaster report, which sums up the past month of Google changes. Google was caught buying links for Chrome promotion, so they ended up penalizing themselves. Google posted their 30 most recent search quality changes. Google's CEO and co-founder, Larry Page was named CEO of the year. Meanwhile, Yahoo has a new CEO, Scott Thompson from PayPal. We also have the happy New Years logos. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 30, 2011

Fetched: December 30th, 2011, 9:05pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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Happy Holidays and New Years to all! This week we covered how CO.CC domains returned back in Google's search results. Google's SMS search feature is not working fully. Bing officially denounced support for their link command. Google says you don't need a sitemap file for a small site. Google said they handle boilerplate content just fine. Google Finance updated how they index securities. Google AdSense is now serving up dynamic font sizes and types. Google's John Mueller & Matt Cutts were helping Webmasters on Christmas break. SMX Israel is just around the corner, hope to see you there. We have the Christmas logos from Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com, Dogpile and the rest of the search industry. Again, happy holidays and new years to all! This is the news from the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 23, 2011

Fetched: December 24th, 2011, 7:52am CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week, I discuss a possible minor update to the Google Panda algorithm. There is a new message in Google Webmaster Tools for "detected new page." Bing increased the number of site links to 8. BingBot is hiding their user agent again. SEOs are faking their Google rich snippet data. Google+ branded pages are showing in the results. Bing may have to discount the click data on popular domains to reduce bias. Google AdSense ads are showing blue arrows on iOS devices. Google has decorations up for Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. Google & YouTube have a "let it snow" easter egg. Google made a menorah out of lava lamps. Finally, the Google Happy Holidays logo is live but it presents mixed messages. Happy Holidays to all of you from the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 16, 2011

Fetched: December 17th, 2011, 8:03am CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week I talked about how Google promised to not do any major Panda updates until after the holiday season. Google introduced a new crawler, named Googlebot-Mobile for Smartphones. They also enabled something called "skip redirect" for smartphone optimized content. Google Webmaster Tools added author stats under labs. Google started hiding the +1 button in the search results. Google is testing hotel comparison ads. Google is migrating AdWords users to optimize for conversions. Google released their Zeitgeist. I posted the funniest SEO threads of 2011. Google thinks poorly of English people. Google honors Robert Noyce with the microchip Google logo. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 9, 2011

Fetched: December 10th, 2011, 10:13am CET by Barry Schwartz

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I have a shorter video this week for you but some good tidbits of knowledge. Google may have done something to cause a flux in the search results earlier this week. Someone claimed quick Panda recoveries, but will it last? I posted our Google webmaster report for December. Google Images has a solution to bust the frame busters. Google has added a new link element markup for multilingual pages. Google has a new graphing calculator right in the search results. Twitter pushed out a new design yesterday. Google had a logo for Diego Rivera, which upset some Americans right after Pearl Harbor's anniversary. I wanted to end by thanking Wysz and the other Googlers for having me this week and nice shoes and socks! That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 2, 2011

Fetched: December 3rd, 2011, 11:33am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Today is our 8th anniversary of the Search Engine Roundtable, wish us a happy birthday! Google announced ten new search changes from fresher images to better long tail queries and more. Google also announced the new Google bar, to replace the black top bar. Google shared the evolution of their search engine in a six minute video. Some SEOs called Google dated, truth is, those SEOs are dated. Google updated their duplicate content policy document, claiming it is rare for scrapers to out rank the original source. HackerNews delisted themselves by accident, but Google fixed that over Thanksgiving. Google updated AdWords Editor. Google Maps for Android now works indoors. YouTube Analytics replaces Insights. Google had a logo for Mark Twain's 176th birthday. I also shared some detailed stats on the pass year's stories at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 25, 2011

Fetched: November 26th, 2011, 3:45pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This week, we covered the Google Panda update on November 18th, I named Panda 3.1. Bing Search is also probably doing an update. Yahoo Site Explorer officially closed down. I covered a pos ton who Google search quality raters are. Google changed their advanced search page, dropping the links feature. Google Images is better at showing the original source image. Google + is coming to Google Places results. Google updated their iPad search app. Google killed several products including Knol, Friend Connect, Wave, Gears and more. SMX Israel's agenda is live, please check it out. Google had a logo for Stainslaw Lem, it completely rocked. Google also had a Thanksgiving logo, but it was more about using Google +. Also, make sure to check out the other Thanksgiving day logos from Bing, Yahoo, Dogpile and others. Happy Thanksgiving and that was this week's search news at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 18, 2011

Fetched: November 19th, 2011, 2:54pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week at the Search Engine Roundtable we covered a post by Google talking about the ten most recent algorithm updates. Google's Matt Cutts was quotes as saying Panda was first about content farms but is much more than that now. Google is now showing table formats in the snippets. Google added a verbatim search tool. Bing's spider, BingBot has new IP ranges. The government shut down dozens of mortgage scammers on AdWords. The old AdSense interface is now gone. Google AdSense for Search now has thumbnails. Google has a special logo for Louis Danguerre. One of the search in pictures we did this week was about an Android Themed weeding! And a huge congrats to Matt Cutts for his promotion. That was this week's news at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 11, 2011

Fetched: November 11th, 2011, 7:11pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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Here is the red eye version of the search video recap - starting off with the November Google webmaster report and then touching on the PageRank update. I then talked about the new ranking factor Google is releasing, specifically for content position and ad location on a page. Google is testing previews of page source data. Google's Matt Cutts spoke on the topic of browser specific cloaking topics. He also said that 302 hijacks have not worked in years. Google + Pages launched and you can do direct searches in Google. Apple may be a serious threat to Google and I explain how. PubCon was this week, which explains the red eye - and we have covered many sessions. Finally, this week we are dedicated the recap to our Veterans! That is the past week's news from the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 4, 2011

Fetched: November 5th, 2011, 7:46am CET by Barry Schwartz

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I may look exhausted in this video, but I have a good excuse. Yesterday, Google pushed out a new algorithm update that shows fresher results for 35% of all searches, it is a big change, which webmasters should take notice of soon. Some are asking if the recent Panda updates are more Google Vince update like. Google is now indexing AJAX so they can index Facebook comments and Disqus comments. Google Analytics is now reporting more and more keyword "not provided" resulting in almost 20% lost queries reports. Google is showing ads at the bottom officially and some are noticing the search box is missing. Google's Matt Cutts did a long video on cloaking. Google's Matt Cutts implied Experts Exchange was the most blocked site on Google. Google Maps is testing grey pins and horizontal maps. A new Google easter egg for "do a barrel roll" is out. Make sure to check out the Halloween logos from Monday night. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 28, 2011

Fetched: October 29th, 2011, 6:08am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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I have not done the video in about three weeks due to holidays, but I am back and here is the recap of 3 weeks of news all in 10 minutes. Google made two "minor" updates to Panda, one on October 20th and the other on October 13th. But one was pretty major, some say it had to do with the link algorithm and not Panda. A poll we ran claims 9.2% lost their jobs because of Panda and 25% are worried they might. Google is now defaulting SSL search to logged in users, but this kills query data. So why doesn't Google build an API to pass this information securely to Analytics tools? Google's search quality raters handbook was leaked again. Google said SEO is not spam. Google AdWords launched cost per phone and dynamic search ads. Google dropped support for the + search operator. Google & Bing treat the canonical tag differently. Google said exact match domains aren't golden. Google's link count in webmaster tools spiked. Google is too smart, people are calling them the intention engine and that isn't good. Bing teamed up with Firefox to make a custom browser. Yahoo is now powered by Bing almost everywhere now. Yahoo is up for sale or are they? That covers the past three weeks of news we covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 7, 2011

Fetched: October 8th, 2011, 4:18am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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I was offline last week, so this recap includes two weeks of news. Google released a Panda update, version 2.5, last week and then made minor tweaks to it this week and ongoing in the future. Google AdWords landing pages factors now impact the quality score more. Google released a site health feature in Webmaster Tools that is buggy. Google Toolbar PageRank changed, so some third party tools may not work. There is an unofficial draw and search Google images feature. What does Google do with the images you upload to Google Image Search by Image? Google launched a trusted store feature with badges. Google is testing a new "circulars" ad format. Google, after two years, is retiring the old AdSense interface. Bing enhanced their business local center for maps. Google Maps added a new helicopter view. Google celebrated their 13th birthday. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, passed away on Wednesday - very sad. SMX Israel has been announced, you can register online at searchmarketingexpo.com/israel. That was the past two weeks of search news at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: September 23, 2011

Fetched: September 24th, 2011, 10:06am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Welcome to the next search video recap! Matt Cutts did a live Q&A event for 45 minutes on YouTube Live, if you missed it we have the archived version. There were reports of Panda 2.5, those reports are wrong. Google counts impressions in Webmaster Tools differently for Sitelinks. Instant Previews are available for Sitelinks and now work as hovers. Bing launched Adaptive Search, which is personalized search based on search history. Yahoo moved Asian markets to Bing powered organic results. AdWords tests a new embedded lead capture form. Google +1 button influences AdSense display ads. There is a hold payments bug with AdSense. Hope you updated your Google merchant data feeds, because the new rules came into play yesterday. Google launched Google + to all and added features, plus a bad promotion on Google's home page. Google had their anti-trust hearing this week with Eric Schmidt on the stand. Facebook launched a new feature named Timeline. Bing added a video background theme, it rocks. I'll be doing a live Q&A in NYC for $50 on October 3rd and 6pm, please come. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: September 16, 2011

Fetched: September 16th, 2011, 5:03pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week we covered the new Bing home page, the differences are minor, but it is their home page. Google came up with a very neat solution for handling SEO issues with pagination. How do you get those new listing snippets in Google? Google said they are making webmaster tools notifications more transparent, but is that a new thing? Google's top contributors from their forums paid a visit to Google this week. Some publishers are complaining about the AdSense earnings reports. Google is mass rejecting AdWords API developers. Google enhanced flight search, giving a booking option. A scraping service complained to Google in Google's forum that they were delisted. Google has a new orange logo up today for Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. Google, Yahoo, Bing, Dogpile and Ask.com had special things up for the tenth anniversary of 9/11. And this past week was SMX and I live blogged some of it. That was this past week in the search community covered at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: September 9, 2011

Fetched: September 10th, 2011, 12:53pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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The big search news this week was that Yahoo abruptly fired their 3 year old CEO, Carol Bartz. I released our monthly Google Webmaster report. Google's subdomain change in Google Webmaster Tools does not impact rankings. Bing renewed their deal with Twitter. Bing finds social factors to be more important than link factors. Google fixed the webmaster tools reporting delay. Google AdWords shares their new ad sitelinks forms. Google tests hiding the vertical search icons on the left bar. Google will speed up their DMCA process. Google buys Zagat. Google sends top contributors to California for a meet up. We had a funny "duh" SEO moment. Finally, it was Labor Day and Freddie Mercury's logo on Google and others. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: September 2, 2011

Fetched: September 2nd, 2011, 6:42pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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It has been a busy week in search, which I tried to sum up all in about 13 minutes. First I went through how Google has changed how they classify subdomains, at least in the Webmaster Tools link tool - the question is, does it expand beyond that? Google has plans to renew their fight against content scraper sites. Google + one buttons are making it into main stream media as a way to increase your Google rankings - that scares me. Google said there are ways to block US users and still let GoogleBot access your content. Google said you should not worry about the priority attribute in Sitemaps. Google does not use DNS LOC for determining site geographic location. adCenter made changes to their ad relevancy and quality scoring, so your prices for ads may change. AdSense changed their approval process to a two step process. Google Places has a bug where your listing reads, "we currently do not support the location." Google has a different cursor bug where it changes your query as you type. I asked SEOs how they cope with being blamed by clients for bad rankings. Finally, one Google user said they will switch off of Google if they don't remove auto-complete and switch to Ask.com - how funny. That was this week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 26, 2011

Fetched: August 28th, 2011, 5:59am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week in search, I covered how Google's Panda update is leading to the great content purge on the web. Google News is no longer crawling under GoogleBot-News. Google is giving insight into their search quality, but did you learn anything. Google is testing a new top bar that pushes down the results. Google is testing a new real estate snippet with Zillow. Google added a help document for troubleshooting rich snippets. Google seems to be testing random numbers of search results on various pages. Google had to pay the US Department of Justice $500 million for illegal drug ads. A bug on Google causes people to click in the search box to search. Google fixed a bad product search bug. Google +1 button is now integrated with Google +. Matt Cutts explains the difference between don't be evil and do no evil. Then Google explains why they can't offer quality customer service. That was this week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 19, 2011

Fetched: August 22nd, 2011, 2:26pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Sorry for missing last week, but I am now back in action. Google released the full international release of Panda for most languages last Friday. We have pictures of Google testing infinite scroll in the web results. Google is also testing scrolling panes and columns in the search results. Google Images are now more relevant and better at sourcing original image. Bing added Yahoo data to Webmaster Tools so your numbers may appear higher. Google + results are in the web search results. Google Sitelinks are huge. Google changed sitelink management in webmaster tools. Google fixed a link report bug. We have several stories on documenting Google's update history. Google News dropped their news archive page. Google Analytics updated how they handle sessions but it caused a bug for a while. We covered SES San Francisco, Ben and Shanon did an outstanding job on the 25 sessions. Google had an I Love Lucy logo and a Pierre de Fermat doodle. That was the past two weeks in search news at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 5, 2011

Fetched: August 6th, 2011, 2:21am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This is one of my shortest videos in a long time, was very selective on the topics. I posted my monthly Google webmaster report today. Yahoo Search in Europe is now powered organically by Bing Search. Google updated PageRank in the toolbar yesterday, I don't know why so soon. Google admitted to a bug causing a site to lose a ton of traffic. Google is now allowing URL submissions through Google Webmaster Tools. Google is offering a cleaner spam reporting page. Google + traffic seems to be slowing. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 29, 2011

Fetched: July 30th, 2011, 9:38pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week in search, Google has pushed out a new update to Panda, aka Panda 2.3 and this Panda update seems to have led to some recoveries. There is a bug with submitting sitemap files to Bing Webmaster Tools. Bing is bold enough to test ads within the organic listings. Google renamed Boost to AdWords Express. Google AdWords is testing uppercasing display URLs. Google Analytics changed how they handle tracking of image search, so don't panic. Google Plus button was slowing down sites, maybe hurting their rankings but Google just speed the button up. Finally, Google has a new paid service to speed up your web pages - will you try it? That was this week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 22, 2011

Fetched: July 24th, 2011, 3:50pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Busy day in search! Google had a huge bug that allowed anyone with a Webmaster Tools account to remove any site from Google's index, Google has fixed it by the way. Google is issuing warnings to Google searches if they discover viruses or malware on their computers. Webmasters and searchers may be losing trust in Google PageRank. This may or may not have triggered an unusual PageRank update, putting Google back at a PR 10. Google enabled more controls for URL parameter handling in Webmaster Tools. Google says you should not use the meta refresh meta tag. Use surveys and Geocities to build links. Google is marketing for a Google AdWords reseller, Yellowbook - for real? Google Call Extensions cost a $1 per call, but they are available to US and Canadian advertisers. Google Maps redesigned and pulled non Google reviews. Google Directory is gone - can you believe it? Google Labs is going away also. Google Toolbar will not work on the latest Firefox version. An SEO firm allegedly deindexed their client's site after being notified they are fired. Google had logos for Gregor Mendel with a Pea logo and Alexander Calder with an interactive mobile logo. That was this week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 15, 2011

Fetched: July 17th, 2011, 12:08pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Yahoo has announced the end to Site Explorer. Hubpages claims their subdomains helped them break free of the Google Panda update. While other SEOs discuss what they think helps with Panda. Google began ignoring your title tags this month, at least in some cases. Google is requiring Google Merchants to update their feeds by September 22nd. NY Times points out Google Maps locksmith spam problem. Google Maps dropped the traffic estimate features. CO.CC's general manager is complaining to Google about how it is unfair they removed the whole subdomain. YouTube redesigned the video player and channels. YouTube also improved the uploader, allowing resumable downloads. Google announced outstanding earnings, I am amazed. Finally, Google News is now doing the badge thing - yippee! That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 8, 2011

Fetched: July 9th, 2011, 7:50am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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I start off this week's recap with a recap of the past month on Google. Google dropped real time search, wonder wheel and other features. A Google bug has dropped many reviews within Google Maps. Google began sending out notifications for buying links. I spotted a picture of Google Webmaster Tools showing negative links. Bing is sending out email notifications as well from Webmaster Tools. An SEO said his traffic dropped from Google because of a title tag change made by his competitor who doesn't out rank him. AdSense added a new platform report, which is very valuable. Baidu is now going to let Bing power their Chinese based English language searches. It was July 4th and we have all the logos for you. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 24, 2011

Fetched: June 25th, 2011, 7:02pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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There are some fun topics towards the end of this show but you have to suffer through the boring stuff first. Panda 2.2 is officially out and about and some sites recovered and some sites did not. I think Google should send out Panda notifications via Webmaster Tools. Google is showing the raw +1 counts in the search results for some searchers and some queries. Google released HTTP header support for the canonical tag. Google tests a new grayed out design. There are reports of Google testing infinite scrolling web search results. AdWords is removing the custom map based location targeting. AdSense publishers are complaining about earnings. Google beat Facebook to 1 billion visitors in a single month. DuckDuckGo uses the Filter Bubble concept to market against Google, but Google actually responds. Don't blame others if your rankings suck. Google Places now gets hit by the flaming bag of poop. Dilbert had two cartoons on the darker side of SEO. Finally, we had Father's Day logos and Summer logos from Google, Yahoo, Bing and other places. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 17, 2011

Fetched: June 19th, 2011, 9:24am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Been a crazy week, was in Madrid chatting it up with SEOs, SEMs and Internet marketers there. During that time, there were rumors of a Panda 2.2 release that resulted in some recoveries. Also, Google UK is reportedly updating. Google released a slew of new features including desktop voice search, image search by image, instant pages, local enhancements and more. Google is testing showing the site name instead of site URL. AdWords is testing show the number of clicks on an ad. Google does allow IFRAMEs for some AdSense ads. Google might bring phone support to AdSense publishers. You can have duplicate content on ccTLDs in some cases. Google renamed and cleaned up My Maps as My Places. Do your analytics report jive with the search market share reports? Google gave the Les Paul logo a home and had a lunar eclipse logo this week. That was this past week's topics in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 10, 2011

Fetched: June 11th, 2011, 4:39pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week we heard rumors of a Google Panda 2.2 update, which in fact is not live yet but should be coming soon. We updated you all with our monthly Google webmaster report. Bing added features to their Webmaster Tools. Google recommends using a single URL with no redirects for smart phone templates. Google is adding search engine optimization reports to Google Analytics. Google added an authorship rich snippet tag. Google now shows more images on Google web search. Google also launched a prayer times rich snippet, I go through some of the issues with it. SEOmoz released their 2011 search ranking factors study. Danny posted a SEO Periodic Table, it is very cool. Google replaced the "i" with Ad Choices in the AdSense ads. Google dropped many of their vertical search engines, like Uncle Sam search. I posted several polls this week. Google had a Richard Scarry doodle and a Les Paul interactive guitar logo that is live for the second day in a row. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 3, 2011

Fetched: June 4th, 2011, 11:19pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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The search engines unite to form Schema.org, a rich markup language for search results. I concluded this week that no one recovered from the Google Panda update, at least not yet. Google launched the +1 button, which is going to be used as a ranking factor. J.C. Penney's link penalty expired after 90-days and they are ranking well! Bing's malware warning label in the results takes 3-6 weeks to remove. Google AdWords is testing job extensions and is now charging for directions clicks. Google Checkout dropped the checkout badges. AdSense can no longer be put in IFRAMEs. Twitter imported their search engine. Twitter also made follow me buttons. Google was caught accidentally indexing Bing's image cache results, they fixed it. Danny made a flowchart on how Matt Cutts decides to debunk Google theories. Finally, it was Memorial Day Monday and we have the logos. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 27, 2011

Fetched: May 28th, 2011, 5:09pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Google has begun testing displaying the destination URL under the clickable title of the search results. Are social ranking factors going to hurt the ranking of expert content? Is Twitter too influential of Google's results? Google said even if you disclose your hidden links, you can't hide them. Google said they reserve the right to ban all sites on a single host. Bing is considering rewarding people who report search spam. Google Advisor launches, is this a good thing? AdSense changed how they handle the daily reporting pipeline, leading some to feel they are earning less. Google's Matt Cutts did a live Q&A session on YouTube Live to celebrate the 5 millionth view on the Webmaster Help Channel. Google isn't indexing our videos, we might have to move them up. Finally, please take our Panda recovery poll, please. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 20, 2011

Fetched: May 25th, 2011, 9:14am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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It was a busy week in search. Bing announced that they are now re-ranking search results based on your Facebook friend's likes. Bing also dropped the requirement to run silverlight for Bing Webmaster Tools. Sites are being hacked with dropped canonical tags, but do you need to worry? A new term about Panda is being used, it is named Pandalized. Google Webmaster Tools added an Instant Previews testing tool. Google dropped the additional verification requirement for removing URLs within Webmaster Tools. Plus Google fixed the weekend link reporting bug within Webmaster Tools. Google News revamped with a way to hide blogs and press releases, a cleaner home page with click to expand, multimedia and source diversity labels plus more. Google AdWords now shows the display URL in some promoted ads. AdWords My Client Center no longer requires a unique email address per new AdWords account. Google Define operator no longer takes you to the Google Definitions page, instead you get taken to Google search results. Google launched a search only blog. Google Social Search is now in 19 more languages. Finally, congrats to Matteo Lopez for winning the Doodle 4 Google competition. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 13, 2011

Fetched: May 16th, 2011, 3:34am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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It was a busy week in search and I apologize for sounding horrible in this video, a bit under the weather. I covered the release of the 3rd update to Panda, known as Panda 2.1. I also covered Google's second wave of advice for those Webmasters hurt by Panda. Google told us they run the Panda algorithm manually. Google is testing a new user interface for their search results. Google Instant Previews now support Flash web sites. Google showed off the Google +1 button for publishers and how it is integrated with Analytics. A TED speaker shared a case of why Google's search results can keep you in a box, a form of personalization and censorship maybe? Google Image Search added subject sorting. I have a picture of the foggy or filmy Google search results. NY Times targets SEOs again, tries to out the flower industry. Google to pay $500 million to the Department of Justice for illegal AdWords ads. Ask.com celebrated their 15th birthday and we have a ton of Google and search engine logos for you. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 29, 2011

Fetched: April 30th, 2011, 2:48am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week on the Search Engine Roundtable, I cover the past week in search on the Royal Wedding Day. Google's new Toolbar hides the PageRank indicator. We are now spotting more huge Sitelinks on Google. Google continues to test non-underlined titles in the search results. Google launched instant previews for AdWords. We posted an experiment on AdWords Sitelinks. Our polls for the week included SEO certification versus SEO Standard need. We also showed that most SEOs give away a lot of free advice. And SEOs do not actively exchange links with competitors. Google launched Google Offers, a Groupon clone, in Portland. Google had a special logo for John James Audubon. And today is the Royal Wedding and Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, AOL and others have special Royal logos. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 22, 2011

Fetched: April 24th, 2011, 10:27am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week, I do a shorter recap of the news at the Search Engine Roundtable. I start off with Google's Webmaster Tools link reports being wrong. Bing changed how they link to their image results, leading to upset webmasters. Google Maps dropped the Tags advertisement feature. Google Video is removing all hosted video and being a search only service. If you search for yahoo search on Google, you get AllTheWeb. Yahoo blamed their poor search revenues on Microsoft. Google Analytics version 5 is available for all. I posted 5 polls while I was offline for Passover. Today is both Good Friday and Earth Day, and I shared the Earth Day logos from Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com, AOL and others. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 15, 2011

Fetched: April 16th, 2011, 3:51am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week at the Search Engine Roundtable, we covered a lot of topics. Google's Panda/Farmer update was rolled out globally. There are some people reporting incremental improvements with this Panda rollout. SearchMetrics and SISTRIX all came out with reports on who was impacted the most. Google began sending out additional Webmaster Center communication messages, and I like these. Overstock.com said the Google penalty hurt them by 5% of their sales. Google's auto-completions within Instant now has scams again? Yahoo Store blocking Google from indexing the images. It is strange for me to see Twitter ads on Google. Yahoo labels some search ads as "official site." Google now has dates on some Google Image results. Google drops Hotpot name. Google's Larry Page took over as CEO and appointed new senior VPs. Google also reported their Q4 earnings. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 8, 2011

Fetched: April 11th, 2011, 9:03pm CEST by Barry Schwartz

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This week at the Search Engine Roundtable we gave our monthly Google SEO webmaster report. We also discussed possible early signs of a new Farmer / Panda rollout. Google smacked down a webmaster after complaining about the update. Google's Matt Cutts also gave advice on what to do about stolen content. Bing had a possible update this week. Children were targeted in a sick porn search spam technique. We asked if Google uses SSL validity in their rankings. I covered Tedster's top ten SEO lessons from Angry Birds, the game. Can you use Google Custom Search to validate a penalty? Google added phone support for US and Canadian AdWords advertisers. Google dropped position preference as a bidding option in AdWords. Google removed local search trend data from the keyword tool. Should Google filter derogatory search suggestions? We have a picture of the Google "Clusters" design. Try searching for "tilt" on Google on your iPhone or Android phone - it is a missed April Fools joke. Google's Ice Cream Sundae logo was a big hit for me. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 1, 2011

Fetched: April 4th, 2011, 2:36am CEST by Barry Schwartz

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Today on April Fools Day I rush through the hot topics in search this week. I cover a few Google Farmer / Panda updates, also how some are being mocked by Google. Google updates its Similar Image filter. Google was taught something on morality by an adultery web site. Google Places drops QR codes. Google AdSense launches Custom Search Ads. Google had a logo for the Bunsen burner. Today is April Fools and we got most of the search pranks covered. That was this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: March 25, 2011

Fetched: March 25th, 2011, 11:05pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week I do a home produced version of the search engine video recap. I start by documenting a new Google PageRank update and then move on into when is Panda/Farmer hitting Google UK? Google Translate usage can be seen as spam, as I discussed in August of last year. Facebook like buttons won't hurt your rankings. Yahoo released Search Direct, a new approach at instant results. Bing updated their mobile search interface. Bing has a research paper on page credibility, it is very interesting. I covered how to get into Bing News. Google AdWords added additional location targeting and exclusion capabilities. adCenter had major issues yesterday. Google AdWords study guides went offline over the weekend. Google added AdSense added more earnings reports to the new interface overview page. AdSense is changing the "i" icon to an "AdChoices" icon to be in compliance. NYC is likely blocking Google Images in the classrooms. Finally, Google had a special logo for Harry Houdini yesterday. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 25, 2011

Fetched: February 28th, 2011, 10:06am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Busy week in search, yet again. Google released their second of two algorithm updates, this one targets 'content farms.' Overstock was penalized by Google for a neat link building technique. Bing integrated the Facebook Likes data even more deeply into the search results. Google documented more on mobile SEO best practices and I summed up the key points. Google added recipes to the left side bar, it is driven by rich snippets. Google is more likely to now change your title tag. Should you host your images on your site or on a social image site? A kid is complaining that his dad is spamming his site in Google. Bing and Yahoo is not doing all that well competing with Google in paid search. SMX West is in a week and a half, we will be covering it live. Check out these $550 custom nike Google sneakers. Google had a logo for Brancusi but no logo for President's Day, like Bing, Ask.com, Dogpile and others. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 18, 2011

Fetched: February 21st, 2011, 1:04pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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Exciting week in search, yet again. J.C. Penney and Forbes were both publicly penalized by Google this week, both for paid links. Which then got people trying to call me out for paid links, which I never hide - so I ranted on that for a good few minutes. Bing is now personalizing search results. Google revamped their social search to be more integrated. Google is now going to explore explicit user feedback via a Chrome extension for ranking purposes. Google is planning tighter integration between Webmaster Tools and Analytics. Google rolled out a new top navigation bar, and I like it. Don't use the new parallax effect for your site if you want quality search rankings. Seems like a Trojan is out messing with Google and your web history. Google can't fix the Google Places respond to reviews feature. What do SEOs need to know with IPv6? Another SEO company almost called out by Google for lying in the forum and then the legal threats come out. Google Mexico had a TV logo, Google UK had an Ernest Shackleton logo and I feature the hot Valentine's Day logos from Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com and others. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable. Happy New Years!

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 3, 2011

Fetched: February 7th, 2011, 8:21pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week was an interesting week in the search space, we had Google telling on Bing for cheating and a girlfriend spamming her boyfriend on Google - too much fun. Google's scraper algorithm is live, it filters out low quality scraper sites. The content farm algorithm is not live but we have tips to help those impacted by the scraper filter. We also summarized the past month of Google SEO news. Google said again that they do not index or discover new content via their toolbar. Google hopes to include reversed 404 pages sooner. The AdWords titles may now include the first line description, I am not a fan. Google search results may now include hotpot content, such as reviews and photos. Google admitted they have an issue with owner verified replies on place pages. I recapped the story of Google telling on Bing for cheating on the search results - but who is wrong and who looks bad? Finally, a girlfriend was so mad at her ex-boyfriend she spammed Google images as payback - crazy but interesting. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable. Happy New Years!

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 28, 2011

Fetched: January 29th, 2011, 4:17am CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week I am a bit under the weather, but I produced my weekly search & SEO recap. Google vowed to target low quality content, content farms and on page spam and it might be going on now. We have reports from SEOs that this is happening as we speak. Google spammed their own index with Google Translate spam. Google is now censoring piracy from Google Instant results. Google does rank the site command in some order. Google Maps rolled out a new navigation element. Google Maps will notify you when they update their images. Bing revamps their image search landing page. Google begins lowercasing AdWords URLs. Browsers are blocking behavioral ads. Google plans to hire thousands of new employees this year. That was this week at the Search Engine Roundtable. Happy New Years!

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: January 14, 2011

Fetched: January 17th, 2011, 10:51pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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I am back in New York and this week's video recap should be clearer. SEOs have been begging for a Toolbar PageRank update and some got it. Google AdWords changed their display URL policy, they will lowercase the domain portion of the URL. Google shocked some AdSense publishers, saying they only allow unique content to participate in the program. Google launched Engage for Agencies in the US and UK. Google Product Search now gets some of their data from the source. Google News has continued delays in including new publications. Google hired two new SEOs, including Gary Illyes and Pierre Far. There is an outstanding thread you have to read, between a sketchy SEO and John and Matt from Google. SphinnCon Israel was this past Sunday and we have the recap. That was this week in search from the Search Engine Roundtable. Happy New Years!

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 31, 2010

Fetched: January 3rd, 2011, 6:44pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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In this special New Year's Eve 2011 edition of the Search Buzz Video recap, I cover the most exciting topics of this past week. Google's Matt Cutts sent confusion through the industry with his 135 character tweet about cloaking, what does it all mean? We spotted Stars, technically, HTML entities, in AdWords Sitelinks. Google had a ranking bug which took them over five months to fix! AdWords agency support has changed and some advertisers like it. Blekko lets you track down your competitors via AdSense publisher ID. Google is sending payment notifications to AdSense publishers. Google's exclusivity over their PageRank patent might go away in 2011. Google discussed mobile site SEO between classic mobile sites and fancy mobile sites. An AdSense publisher got greedy, cheated Google and got booted and then blamed Google. Google donated $20 million this year to charities. Why are SEO events so important? It is about the community. I have the New Years logos from Google, Yahoo, Bing and others. Have a happy, health and successful 2011! That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable. Happy New Years!

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 24, 2010

Fetched: December 28th, 2010, 7:03am CET by Barry Schwartz

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Today in a special Christmas/Holiday segment of the Search Buzz Video Recap, I discuss several topics we covered over the course of the week. First, it seems like there may be a Bing update taking places - but why now? Google Webmaster Tools link report is now showing redirects. Google and UK's ASA are trying to make it the law to disclose paid links. A nice SEO thread discusses the small SEO changes that can make a big differences. Google warns that some navigation elements may be interpreted as spam. Google does not update the cache on each crawl. Google added a site may be compromised label to the search results and Matt Cutts of Google explained why. Google is shutting down the Google Base API in exchange for two new Shopping APIs. Google sent a personalized video message to some of their advertisers. We had nice Winter logos from Yahoo, Bing and others but not Google. Google, Yahoo, Bing and many others posted their Christmas logos already and we showed them off. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable. Happy Holidays!

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 10, 2010

Fetched: December 11th, 2010, 12:49pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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This week at the Search Engine Roundtable I gave my monthly recap of what's new at Google in the past 30 days. Did you know Google Image Search seems to be updating every few days now, instead of every few months? Google said the canonical tag is slower than the 301 redirect. Google penalties might not always be so obvious. Google added Social Sitelinks. We talked about a tip to get cheaper AdWords with Google Instant. Did you see the new Google Global Market Finder tool? Want tips on how to spam Google Maps? TripAdvisor is blocking Google Maps from their reviews. Google Maps is adding 3D streets. There is a new search filter at Google named "Reading Level," it is a lot of fun. Google's AROUND(N) search operator is historic but also useful. We posted on a case study on how AdWords Sitelinks impacts organic results. Google said 3rd party tracking software is not accurate and can hurt your earnings. Make sure to read the link below if you use Google Website Optimizer. Google launched their eBook store. YouTube now allowing longer uploads for some. Finally, I posted on the Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa Google decorations. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: December 3, 2010

Posted: December 3rd, 2010, 3:10pm CET by Barry Schwartz

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I am doing this video recap remotely today via St. Louis, so please excuse any issues. This week we covered how some SEOs claimed they were treating their customers poorly in order to get publicity, because any publicity, even bad, helps with Google rankings. Google then combatted them and others by degrading really bad customer service merchants. Google and Bing confirmed they use social factors, such as Twitter and Facebook in ranking the web results. Google promised to improve their DMCA and copyright handling. We ran a poll asking if Google should remove Q&A sites form the search results. Google Places now asks owners to verify edits made on Google Maps. Google is testing "searches related to" above the AdWords Map. You can't remove access to others from your Google AdSense console. Google added the report offensive images back to the image search. Google had a nice logo for Rosa Parks and Yahoo did Worlds AIDS day logo. Google has a special Chanukah easter egg, it's cool. SphinnCon Israel's agenda is now live, so sign up. We launched a brand new look and system this week. And yesterday was our seventh birthday, I've been covering search for seven years! That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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