Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'searchengineroundtable'

Google shows about ten Sesame Streets logos over three days for their 40th anniversary. Google, Yahoo, Bing, AOL and others dressed up for Halloween. Google's home page fade adds "this space left blank," and it is ridiculous. AdSense is testing...

Posted on November 6, 2009 2:37 PM

Happy Halloween! Here are the logos from the search community including Google, Yahoo, Bing, AOL, Ask, Dogpile, and so many more. For the past years logos, see 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 logos. Here are 2009's Halloween logos: Google...

Posted on October 31, 2009 7:48 PM

Google updates the toolbar PageRank scores yesterday. Bing did yet another search index update. Google launched social search in the experimental labs. Google adds instructions for their simplistic fading home page. Yahoo finally killed GeoCities. Did Bing figure out 301...

Posted on October 30, 2009 3:25 PM

Google seemed to have a minor search update, while Bing had a major search index update. Microsoft and Google both confirmed deals with Twitter on the firehouse. Yahoo added Delicious data and Search Monkey data to Site Explorer. AdWords released...

Posted on October 23, 2009 2:05 PM

This week was pretty busy over at the Search Engine Roundtable. We broke the news Google has dropped PageRank data from Webmaster Tools and we hope from more places. Yahoo was wrong about the meta keywords tag, they still use...

Posted on October 16, 2009 1:45 PM

Today is Columbus Day, and the only search engine to have a special logo or theme up today is Microsoft's Bing. Here is a picture of Bing today, with one "hot spot" highlighted: Pretty neat theme, background and hot spots....

Posted on October 12, 2009 9:15 AM

This week, I got sick during SMX East, which made for a pretty poor sounding video - so I apologize for my voice. We did cover 33 or so sessions at SMX East, which had a ton of useful and...

Posted on October 9, 2009 2:25 PM

Google has been banning AdWords advertisers and warning advertisers of bans for low quality landing pages, but I think something is wrong with Google. Google fixed a low share of voice AdWords bug. Google has an image search update in...

Posted on October 2, 2009 2:00 PM

Tonight is Yom Kippur, one of the most sacred days of the year for Jews. To learn more about the day, just go to Wikipedia. Because of the day, I personally will not be blogging here or anywhere on Monday,...

Posted on September 27, 2009 4:00 PM

Yahoo launched a new search interface along with a brand campaign. Google AdWords is testing a new keyword tool, which is extremely advanced compared to the current one. AdWords advertisers were hit with a "low share of voice" notice....

Posted on September 25, 2009 8:00 PM

Today, in some parts of the world, is the first day of Autumn. Yes, summer is officially over. Bing is the only major search engine to have an image up for the day. Although Google had season logos in the...

Posted on September 22, 2009 8:08 AM

In this week's recap, I take you to St. Louis with a quick recap on my laptop. Bing launched visual search, while Google launched news flip. Google added DoubleClick to AdWords. Parameter handling finally came to Google Webmaster Tools. Yahoo...

Posted on September 18, 2009 4:05 PM

On September 11th we covered why Google doesn't have a logo, but yet will "fix" Google Maps for "September 11 Attacks." We did however show off the logos for Bing and Ask.com for their remembrance. Also, Labor Day, Google didn't...

Posted on September 11, 2009 4:20 PM

Today is Labor Day in the United States and the search engines have special logos up, except Google and Yahoo. There is no surprise there, historically, Google and Yahoo never have logos for the Labor Day holiday. So although Google...

Posted on September 7, 2009 9:13 AM

There was a Yahoo Search update last night, that is currently updating right now. We released the Google Webmaster report for September 2009. Some are reporting a higher click through rate on the AdWords ads since Google moved the ads...

Posted on September 4, 2009 4:02 PM

This week's video recap goes old school with my old video set up, sorry, I forgot my HD camera at home. Yahoo had a small, unconfirmed search update. Bing is still spamming us webmasters with fake referrals, I say enough...

Posted on August 28, 2009 1:10 PM

In this week's recap, Google began forcing even more advertisers into the new AdWords interface, some are not happy. Microsoft said they fixed the one word query fake referrers issue, again. We have listed several tools to compare Google Caffeine's...

Posted on August 21, 2009 6:05 PM

In this week's recap, I first discuss the 30 sessions we covered at the SES San Jose show this past week. I then get into the Google Caffeine update and what it is all about, including some religious debate. I...

Posted on August 14, 2009 6:00 PM

We have your Google webmaster report for August. Also, Bing updated and still is testing for cloaking and is crawling like a mad man. Google pushed the AdWords ads closer to the free listings. Google changes the "more results" link....

Posted on August 7, 2009 7:00 PM

In this week's recap, I spend some time discussing the Yahoo and Microsoft deal, specifically the financial side and how that plays a role on how it impacts SEOs and webmasters. I also discuss the Google and Bing search updates,...

Posted on July 31, 2009 7:00 PM

Google is now looking at location based links for location specific queries. Google might be selecting the wrong title for your site. Is Google penalizing StreamRotator or the porn industry? Bing does geo based location from the meta language tag....

Posted on July 24, 2009 6:00 PM

40 years-ago today, on July 20, 1969, the United States's Apollo 11 mission, successfully landed a man on the moon. Some search engines, such as Microsoft's Bing and Google's YouTube have special logos for the day. Surprisingly, Google, Yahoo and...

Posted on July 20, 2009 8:23 AM

In this weeks search video recap, we unveil our new video opener, please tell us what you think. We also discuss the Google's second quarter earnings statement, recent Yahoo and Microsoft merger discussions and the Twitter scandal. Google updated their...

Posted on July 17, 2009 4:37 PM

In this week's recap, I share how the Google logo sent me tons of traffic for Tesla's birthday. I also discuss the July 4th logos and our video game pacman logo. Google Chrome OS was revealed this week as coming...

Posted on July 10, 2009 7:05 PM

Happy July 4th All! Here are the logos celebrating the special day from Google, Yahoo, AOL, Ask, YouTube, Bing, Dogpile and many others. Google: Yahoo: AOL: Bing: Ask: Dogpile: YouTube: Search Engine Roundtable: For past July 4th logos from the...

Posted on July 4, 2009 10:05 PM

In this week's video recap, we discuss the July Google webmaster report, a lot has happened over the past 30 days. Google may have had a PageRank quirk. Google penalized the porn industry and then reversed it. Google is messing...

Posted on July 3, 2009 6:05 PM

I'm back this week after surviving the possible Swine Flu and getting the new iPhone 3GS, catch last week's text recap in case you missed it. This week, we quickly talk about the new and frequent toolbar PageRank update. We...

Posted on June 26, 2009 5:25 PM

This is my first time being a father for Father's Day, so it is a bit different for me now. I am about to go to sleep here on the East Coast but many of the logos from the search...

Posted on June 21, 2009 1:02 AM

I am skipping the video this week, simply because I am a bit sick and my new iPhone is arriving anytime now. So here is the text recap of what we covered at the Search Engine Roundtable over the past...

Posted on June 19, 2009 9:25 AM

In this week's video, I discuss the recent debate on if Google sees SEOs as criminals or not. I also discuss how Google is now notifying webmasters after they review a site. Google updated the webmaster tools design, added a...

Posted on June 13, 2009 10:00 PM

In this week in search, I discuss how Matt Cutts of Google's statements on the nofollow attribute used for PageRank sculpting has sent shock waves through the industry. I discuss that topic for a while, so you may want to...

Posted on June 5, 2009 4:10 PM

In this week's video, which I created on Thursday, but published on Friday, we discussed several SEM topics. First, there was a Google Toolbar PageRank update. Google is testing new click tracking. Can Google rank pages higher on certain days?...

Posted on May 29, 2009 11:00 AM

Today is Memorial Day in the United States of America. And to recognize the day, Google, Yahoo, AOL, Live.com, Ask.com, DogPile and others have special logos up. Google, who is known not to show a special logo for the day,...

Posted on May 25, 2009 6:42 AM

In this 13 minute video recap, I go quickly through the past two weeks of search news. First, I had a baby girl, so that is why I missed the recap last week. Google made major changes named search options,...

Posted on May 23, 2009 9:40 PM

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! Here is a collection of logos from the search industry, celebrating Mother's Day. We have logos from Google, Yahoo, Live.com, Ask.com, AOL and others. Google: Yahoo (animated): AOL (animated): Live.com: Ask.com:...

Posted on May 10, 2009 8:36 AM

In this week's recap, we have your Google May webmaster report. I also polled about 400 search marketers who told me that there is 7% unemployment in the search marketing industry, while 25% are self-employed. I discussed three major issues...

Posted on May 8, 2009 6:30 PM

In this week's search recap, I covered several topics on search. I started off with how Google's localized search engines may have some geo targeting issues. Google ran up a $30,000 bill for some new advertiser. Google has a major...

Posted on May 1, 2009 3:25 PM

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft all reported pretty poor earnings this quarter, in fact, they all made history. I talked about how Google handles expired domains. Google's Gray bar PageRank score, what does that mean? I show how you can verify...

Posted on April 24, 2009 7:05 PM

Today is Earth Day and many of the search engines have created special logos to remind people of the day! We have Earth Day logos from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft's Live.com, AOL, Ask.com, DogPile and others! Google: Yahoo (animated): AOL (animated):...

Posted on April 22, 2009 6:21 AM

In this week's recap, I discuss several topics after going offline for a 50 hour period. That is why I look and act incredibly tired. In any event, we discussed the changes noticed at Google over the past couple weeks....

Posted on April 17, 2009 11:20 AM

Google and the rest of the search industry had a lot of fun with April Fools' Day hoaxes, I recap them in the video. Google had a PageRank update on April 1st, no foolin. Yahoo Search updated earlier this week....

Posted on April 3, 2009 5:35 PM

I wrote a big write up at Search Engine Land on the various search related April Fools gimmicks over here. Here, let me focus on the forum threads I found related to questions on the various April Fools jokes. Google...

Posted on April 1, 2009 8:33 AM

I am in Israel now, so I am skipping the video this week. Here is the text based version of the weekly recap. Google seems to be pushing more search options on searchers through something being called Google Search Wheel....

Posted on March 27, 2009 1:37 AM

Today's Search Video I talk quickly about the logos for the first day of Spring, and also St. Patrick's day logos. Google finally spoke about the AJAX pages. Yahoo added features to search marketing product. Google AdWords tests favorite icons....

Posted on March 20, 2009 4:22 PM

Today is the first day of spring and Google, Live.com, AOL, FriendFeed and others have special logos and themes live on their home pages today. It is also Nowruz, the beginning of the Iranian year and is a secular holiday...

Posted on March 20, 2009 6:01 AM

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! The mandatory line, please drink responsibly! I wanted to share with you the logos from around our industry celebrating the day. We have logos from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft's Live.com, AOL, Ask.com, DogPile, YouTube and others!...

Posted on March 17, 2009 7:35 AM

Google launched a new beta for advertisers to target users based on their interests and online behaviors. Don't worry, AdSense publishers can opt out. AdSense had a major contextual relevancy bug that results in lots of lost money. Utah's House...

Posted on March 13, 2009 1:15 PM

In March 2007, Google Israel had a special logo for today's Jewish holiday, Purim. Last year and today, there is no special logo at Google Israel or Google or any of the search engines that I looked at, including Yahoo,...

Posted on March 10, 2009 9:18 AM

Please let me know if you prefer the longer videos in the comments area. Google may have updated PageRank, but the "brand push" is called the "Vince" change. I talk in detail about the "Vince" change and why webmasters are...

Posted on March 6, 2009 1:35 PM

You think Google is a "geeky" company? Well, they did not have a special logo for Pi Day last year, nor do they have a special logo for today, Square Root Day. What is Square Root Day? Well, today is...

Posted on March 3, 2009 10:23 AM

In this week's edition, I covered Yahoo's new ad tools that should help them gain support. Also, I discussed Google Search's recent "brand push." Google Blog Search is still working on a solution. I discussed in more detail, the link...

Posted on February 27, 2009 11:50 AM

Today is the ever so popular Mardi Gras and some of the search engines have special logos for the day. Google, Yahoo and Ask.com are missing logos, but AOL, DogPile, Live.com and others have logos. Let me archive those logos...

Posted on February 24, 2009 7:31 AM

I covered a lot of news in this 10 minute video. I wish I could make them longer, but YouTube has a 10 minute limit. In this recap, I covered the Yahoo Search video ads. Google tests SearchWiki on AdWords....

Posted on February 20, 2009 11:10 AM

Today is President's Day, a legal holiday in the United States. It is around the time of Washington's birthday and it is used to celebrate all the Presidents of the United States every year. But today, Google and Yahoo do...

Posted on February 16, 2009 8:50 AM

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Here are the logos from the various search engines: Google had two logos, depending on where in the world you were: Yahoo's animated logo: AOL's animated logo: Live.com's Theme: Ask.com's Theme: DogPile's logo: YouTube's logo: Cre8asite...

Posted on February 14, 2009 7:20 PM

This week was SMX West, and I shared my personal favorite sessions and our new way of live blogging them. I would love to hear your feedback on our new live blogging platform, so please let me know what you...

Posted on February 13, 2009 12:10 PM

Back from my quasi-vacation, we did text recaps the past two weeks, but I am back to the video recap now. This week we covered a Yahoo Search update. I also discussed the implications of Google's AJAX search result pages....

Posted on February 6, 2009 10:50 AM

Today is Groundhog day and some search engines have a special logo for the day. While some are still sporting Super Bowl 43 themes, from one of the best Super Bowls ever played. Let's start with AOL's flash logo for...

Posted on February 2, 2009 8:34 AM

I am still on that quasi vacation so, this will be a text recap, instead of the video recap. Next week, I hope to resume the videos, because I know how much you guys love looking at me. This week,...

Posted on January 30, 2009 5:57 AM

I am currently in Israel on a quasi vacation, so I need to skip the video part of this recap. If you are in Israel and want to meet up with me, I am heading to the Jerusalem Web Professionals...

Posted on January 23, 2009 6:50 AM

Today is the day Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States of America. It is Inauguration day and this one, is more hyped up then any other inauguration I have ever witnessed. That being said, we have...

Posted on January 20, 2009 7:30 AM

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and many of the search engines, including Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Live.com, AOL, and others are remembering the day with special logos. Here is a collection of logos from the various search engines in...

Posted on January 19, 2009 7:22 AM

In this week's recap, I discuss Yahoo's new CEO, Carol Bartz. I talk about how the recession is impacting Google. Google is testing out longer descriptions in the search results. Google Sitemaps gets credit for faster crawling and indexing. Google...

Posted on January 16, 2009 11:53 AM

We have paused our text based weekly recaps, in lieu of the video edition. As always, I will sum up in a paragraph the topics I discuss at greater length in the video and provide links to more details below....

Posted on January 9, 2009 12:05 PM

In this week's recap, I wish our readers and viewers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2009. Google updated the toolbar PageRank scores, but it seems like the search results both here and internationally were updated also. Live Search is using...

Posted on January 2, 2009 11:05 AM

Happy New Years Search Engine Roundtable readers! I would like to wish you a happy and healthy 2009 from myself and the whole search industry. To keep up our tradition, below is a collection of special logos from the 2009...

Posted on January 1, 2009 7:55 AM

Happy Holidays from the Search Engine Roundtable. I go through the various holiday logos, talk about how Googler's are working on Christmas, how they paid publishers early and how some earned less over the past holiday. In addition, I discuss...

Posted on December 26, 2008 11:35 AM

I just wanted to wish everyone a warm and happy holidays! Every year I try to echo the same message about our industry. From the search engines, the search marketing firms and the search community, this industry is truly a...

Posted on December 25, 2008 9:25 AM

I totally forgot to write a special article for this site's fifth birthday, which took place on December 2, 2008. We have been writing here for five years! We have written over 9,000 articles, and over 2,300 just this year...

Posted on December 23, 2008 2:30 PM

As the year rounds out, the search news gets a little more lax, but we still have plenty to talk about. I started off talking about how the white hats and black hats in the industry are seeing more eye...

Posted on December 21, 2008 9:05 AM

I rant about Google's expansion of their AdSense for Domains product. I also go off about making liquor ads acceptable but not allowing horse racing ads. In the future SearchWiki will impact rankings and click data might be already influencing...

Posted on December 14, 2008 10:00 AM

Google got me angry when they called gift giving at this time, "inappropriate." It is hard time, but SEMs stick together. Google updated webmaster tools with enhanced features. Google fixed an IFrame spam classifier bug. Google Blog Search's link command...

Posted on December 7, 2008 8:40 AM

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I am posting the video early in celebration of the special weekend. I spoke for a while on why SEO's should be careful when using a site command. I also spoke a while about link building companies...

Posted on November 28, 2008 10:30 AM

We wanted to wish all you American's a Happy Thanksgiving. As you can see, if you click through to the Search Engine Roundtable, we have a special theme live for the day - it is worth checking out. In addition,...

Posted on November 27, 2008 7:32 AM

In this week's recap, Yang steps down from Yahoo. Google launches SearchWiki. What are Google search results like. Google launches new keyword tool. Google doesn't cap AdSense. AdWords tests new interface. Yahoo lets you block more domains. Google splashes ads...

Posted on November 23, 2008 10:30 AM

Today is a day to thank our troops for their bravery and all they have done for this country. As a way to thank our troops, Google, DogPile, Live.com and the Search Engine Roundtable have put together logos and themes...

Posted on November 11, 2008 8:08 AM

In this weeks video recap, I covered the major news that Google's search engine had major quality issues and had to revert back the algorithm changes over the weekend. Part of that, we gave you an update on the current...

Posted on November 9, 2008 8:45 AM

Today is election day in the United States of America, if you haven't noticed. To note the day, several major search related sites, including us, have posted special logos, themes and content. Note, Yahoo does not have a special logo...

Posted on November 4, 2008 10:59 AM

I am a bit under the weather in this video recap, but I hope you like it. I discuss the Halloween logos from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Live.com, DogPile, FriendFeed, and other search related sites. I talk about Google's changes to...

Posted on November 2, 2008 8:30 AM

Here are various logos from the search industry, including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft's Live.com, Ask.com and many others. Some are pretty spooky, including our theme. Google's Halloween Logo: Yahoo's Flash Halloween Logo: Yahoo's Static Halloween Logo: DogPile's Halloween Logo: Live.com's Halloween...

Posted on October 31, 2008 6:30 AM

Google said, loud and clear, the first click free program can be used for web search. Google improves Analytics and ties in AdSense data. Google hosted their third webmaster chat event, I was unable to attend. AdWords is taking up...

Posted on October 26, 2008 10:12 AM

Today is Columbus Day and we have a special theme up for the day. It looks like this: But if you visit Google, you will see a Paddington Bear 50th birthday logo up for today. The logo looks like this:...

Posted on October 13, 2008 5:50 AM

Happy New Year, it was Rosh Hashanah the other day. Google did a PageRank update, while Yahoo Search updated their algorithm, and Microsoft might have updated. Google Blog search has a home page now. Google turned 10 and let you...

Posted on October 5, 2008 9:30 AM

Google told us not to rewrite dynamic URLs into static URLs. Google ripped of their Indian publishers, by accident. Google is loving them books in the search results. How often should you submit a reconsideration request? How quick is Google...

Posted on September 28, 2008 9:30 AM

Live Search had a major update. Google launched their new real time quality score. Google doesn't believe in a duplicate content penalty. Google updated a patent, and we learn a ton. Google Webmaster Tools is generating fake HTTP errors, while...

Posted on September 21, 2008 12:20 AM

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, one of the geekiest days of the year. Yes, our geek companies are loving up the day! Google Pirate Search interface, via Google Blog: Dogpile pirate looking dog: Facebook's translation via TechCrunch: FriendFeed's logo:...

Posted on September 19, 2008 8:42 AM

Google's Mayer talks about the future of search. How do those Google Sitelinks really work? When should I resubmit my site to Google? How do I rank my images in Google? When I move my site, how do I redirect?...

Posted on September 14, 2008 9:00 AM

Check out screen captures of the new quality score in place. Google AdWords added geographic reporting. Google launches Chrome the browser, learn where to submit feedback, why is the PageRank indicator missing and will it win the browser wars? Private...

Posted on September 7, 2008 8:37 AM

Like last year, Google, Yahoo and Ask.com do not have special logos up for Labor Day. But Dogpile and even Live.com have logos or themes live for the day. Here is DogPile's logo: Live.com has a mention of Labor Day...

Posted on September 1, 2008 8:44 AM

I was in Boston for a bit this week, I have some pictures in the video. Google Suggest is now the defaul behavior on Google.com but how does that impact SEMs? Google AdWords make the quality score, more real time....

Posted on August 31, 2008 9:17 AM

Google's search share surpasses 70%. Take our Google penalty poll. What is the deal with Google and ranking software? Google get personal on personalizes results. Google shuts down FeedBurner ads and opens up AdSense for feeds. Google Reader improves sharing...

Posted on August 17, 2008 10:00 AM

The Olympics start today and Google, Yahoo, Ask.com and the Search Engine Roundtable have special logos up for the event. Google launched Insights for Search. Google begins to track your web surfing via DoubleClick cookies. Yahoo Search had a major...

Posted on August 8, 2008 1:50 PM

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China start officially today. To celebrate the day, Google, Yahoo and Ask.com all have logos and themes up. We also have our theme up, we hope you like it. Here is the Google...

Posted on August 8, 2008 9:22 AM

Happy anniversary World Wide Web. I chat a bit more about the Google Yo-Yo. Google processes many links per day, many. Google tests related searches inline with search results. Microsoft does BrowseRank. Google updates AdWords Search. Yahoo adds search marketing...

Posted on August 3, 2008 9:35 AM

Google is updating toolbar PageRank. Google shows off a kid being educated. Google updates cache design, dates and explains the importance. Google time stamps Sitelinks and Yahoo makes their Quick Links more like Google. Does Google forgive and forget penalties?...

Posted on July 27, 2008 10:45 AM

Just to liven things up a bit, we decided to put up a special theme for today. Today is supposedly National Hot Dog Day, so hence, the hot dog theme. Here is a picture for archive purposes: Doesn't that make...

Posted on July 23, 2008 7:36 AM

Google reveals the technology behind their rankings. Google AdWords links up keyword campaigns to placement targeting. Google gets slapped with a class action lawsuit over $136. Google search results continue to yo-yo. Google drops in traffic are due to links?...

Posted on July 20, 2008 9:15 AM

This may be the quickest recap I have done. I typically have to keep it under 10 minutes, due to the YouTube restrictions but this is even shorter. Why? Because I produced it on Friday, the day I got the...

Posted on July 13, 2008 11:15 AM

I thought I post this week's video recap on July 4th, because it is a special day. Happy July 4th Americans! In this week's video I show off the various July 4th logos from Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and other...

Posted on July 4, 2008 1:15 PM

Happy July 4th everyone! We have special logos and themes from across the search industry, including a special logo from Google, Yahoo and even a pretty neat theme from us, the Search Engine Roundtable. Here is the logo from Google:...

Posted on July 4, 2008 10:00 AM

You love basketball? I do. This video recap, I play some basketball and you can score some great schwag by watching me play. Learn how by watching. So what did I chat about? Google proves to everyone out there that...

Posted on June 29, 2008 10:40 AM

In this week's video recap, I announced the special Father's Day winner of the schwag, plus told you how to win this week (it's easy). I showed off the Father's Day logos from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Dogpile and others. I...

Posted on June 22, 2008 10:15 AM

Happy Father's Day fathers! We have a special video edition for you, where you can win schwag from Google, Yahoo, Live Search and others. In any event, I hope all the fathers out there have a wonderful day. Here...

Posted on June 15, 2008 9:59 AM

Happy Father's Day to all pops out there! Only dad's can win today's schwag, to find out how to win, listen to the video and comment at SERoundtable.com with the correct answer. In this week's recap, I discussed the pros...

Posted on June 15, 2008 9:50 AM

SMX Advanced was the topic of this week, but included in that was discussion on many other search topics. I chatted about using the Google News first click free program for web search, Google's new SEO documentation and the cloaking...

Posted on June 8, 2008 10:25 AM

Last week was Memorial Day and I showed off the logos, minus Googles'. I discussed a Yahoo update, which went unnoticed. I explained how Google dropped .info TLDs and Blogspot blogs. I begged you to take my nofollow poll. Did...

Posted on June 1, 2008 9:20 AM

Historically, most search engines do not place a special logo up on their home page for Memorial Day. I am not sure why, I know it is just a U.S. holiday - but typically, the lack of a special logo,...

Posted on May 26, 2008 8:33 AM

In this Memorial Day weekend recap, I discuss the recent Google changes, floating fours, case sensitivity, minus X penalties and the local universal search change. I mock Microsoft Live Search's Cashback program. I looked into Ask.com's search update and then...

Posted on May 25, 2008 10:28 AM

In the past week, we covered Mother's Day logos, Yahoo redirecting users to localized versions of their home page and Yahoo showing the location of an ad to searchers. Google is testing a green user interface on the search results...

Posted on May 18, 2008 9:58 AM

Yesterday was Mother's Day and the search engines and search industry blogs/forums had special themes and logos up for the day. Here is a compilation of the logos I found: Google: Yahoo (Flash): Dogpile: Ask.com Cre8asite Forums Search Engine Roundtable...

Posted on May 12, 2008 7:17 AM

In this special Mother's Day video recap, I discussed that landing page load time is coming to the AdWords quality score algorithm. The AdWords display URL policy is now being enforced. We noticed Google changes in terms of the floating...

Posted on May 11, 2008 9:38 AM

I have created a 15 question reader survey that I hope you can all take. The purpose of the survey is to learn more about you and what you like best about the site. I basically want to learn your...

Posted on May 5, 2008 2:35 PM

In closing out April and moving into May, we had a fairly slow week of search forum news. We discussed how Google leaked AdWords ranking scores, a Google PageRank update and a Sitelink update. We also saw how GoogleBot is...

Posted on May 4, 2008 10:15 AM

In this week's recap, I discussed my sickness with the flu, announced the winners of the Twing schwag and how to win Yahoo schwag. Also, I discussed Earth Day and Passover. Yahoo, Google & Microsoft announced earnings. Microsoft offers paid...

Posted on April 25, 2008 12:30 PM

Today is Earth Day and the search industry is sporting special logos for the day. Here is a run down for the 2008 logos: Google: Yahoo (Flash version): AOL: Ask.com: Cre8asite Forums: Search Engine Roundtable (our theme, it actually glows):...

Posted on April 22, 2008 9:13 AM

In this week's edition of the video search buzz, I talked about the Yahoo, Google and Live Search tax day updates. I also talked about the new Yahoo slap and a new AdWords slap. Google's bot is now crawling forms...

Posted on April 18, 2008 12:20 PM

In this week's video recap, I discuss the major business turmoil Yahoo is going through with Microsoft, Google, AOL and News Corp. I also go through Flickr adding video, Yahoo acquiring IndexTools, Google's new AdWords policy, the guy who trademarked...

Posted on April 13, 2008 8:20 AM

Over the past several weeks, I have been experimenting with producing weekly video recaps. You can view those recaps in the Search Buzz Roundup category. The main issue was that many folks were not able to sit and watch the...

Posted on April 9, 2008 6:01 PM

A couple days ago, I announced on my personal blog that I expanded the keyword list that triggers the Google Co-Op subscribed links from showing up. If you don't remember, the Google Co-Op subscribed links are a way for a...

Posted on April 2, 2008 7:56 AM

Listen up, you have a chance to win a prize by watching this video. If you spot a "prop" during the video, comment below and star the video at YouTube. The following week, I will pull a name out of...

Posted on March 23, 2008 1:20 PM

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone. In typical Search Engine Roundtable, here are a collection of logos from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, DogPile and various SEM communities celebrating St. Patrick's Day on the web. Let's start with Google: Yahoo has a Flash...

Posted on March 17, 2008 6:20 AM

Today is Pi Day, yes, March 14th, 3.14 and due to π being about equal to 3.14 (i.e. 3.1415926). Pi is a favored number by mathematicians and tech people - so I am a bit surprised there is no mention...

Posted on March 14, 2008 7:19 AM

It is not often we have a leap day so I knew Google would create a special logo for the day and they did. They actually went with what I thought they would go with, a frog. Simple but it...

Posted on February 29, 2008 8:07 AM

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day (more over here) and for the special day, we have a special theme live. Here is what it looks like: Google, DogPile and Ask.com also have themes up. Yahoo and Microsoft's Live seem...

Posted on January 21, 2008 6:46 AM

The holiday season is here, you can tell if you just browse the web and see all the sites sporting fun logos and themes. As you can tell, we have our holiday theme live now. Google has holiday logo number...

Posted on December 21, 2007 10:31 AM

Every day, Danny and I always make a note to each other about how busy the search marketing industry will be today from a news and forum posts perspective. We finally bit the bullet and designed a Facebook application that...

Posted on December 21, 2007 8:11 AM

Today, the Search Engine Roundtable is four years old. That is right, we have been writing about search engines, search engine optimization, ppc, spam, contextual and more for four whole years now! What makes us unique has remained true to...

Posted on December 2, 2007 12:00 AM

Gabs reported Google has done a Sitelinks update. He is indeed correct. The first Sitelinks update was in February 2007 and then we had a new recent one where Google expanded them to 8 sitelinks per result. Here is the...

Posted on November 29, 2007 2:56 PM

Can you believe it, this post is my 5,000th article here at the Search Engine Roundtable. I started writing here on December 2nd, 2003 - just under four years ago - and have kept up with it since. On average,...

Posted on November 28, 2007 11:35 AM

Today is Halloween and the search industry, from Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Dogpile, us at the Search Engine Roundtable and others, have decided to dress up for the day. Here are some of the logos and designs the companies have released...

Posted on October 31, 2007 7:47 AM

Tonight is the holiday of Sukkot, so Tamar and I will be offline starting tonight through the weekend. We have scheduled several posts to go live during our time offline. But we will also have live coverage from Ben, Chris,...

Posted on September 26, 2007 2:03 PM

Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day and some of the search players out there are posting special logos for the day. Of course, you can see our theme for this site is live now, here is a snap shot:...

Posted on September 19, 2007 8:22 AM

Starting tonight is Rosh Hashanah, that means Tamar and I won't be doing live coverage of the search news and topics found within the search forums. It does not mean that there won't be any news published here. Ben, Chris,...

Posted on September 12, 2007 3:00 PM

Seems like Google, Yahoo, Ask.com and Microsoft Live Search all are not sporting anything exciting or new for Labor Day. They have not done anything special in the past either, so it is not too surprising. Dogpile is sporting the...

Posted on September 3, 2007 8:55 AM

One of the Search Engine Roundtable's trademark features is our extensive, quick and comprehensive coverage of the major search marketing conferences available to the community. Most of our readers see the hard work we put in time and time again...

Posted on July 26, 2007 4:30 PM

Happy July 4th! Today there will be light posting, we do have several articles scheduled to go live today, but this one is the most fun. Here is a look at the various logos around the search world, Google, Yahoo,...

Posted on July 4, 2007 8:06 AM

Yesterday was Father's Day and some of the search engines sported new logos for the special day. Google had: Dogpile had: Yahoo had flash: And here at the Search Engine Roundtable: Ask.com did not have a logo for the day,...

Posted on June 18, 2007 8:04 AM

This past Sunday I launched a new element for locating content at the Search Engine Roundtable, I launched the Search Engine Roundtable Tag Cloud. Ever since we upgraded to the new version of Movable Type, which supported tags, I have...

Posted on May 17, 2007 7:31 AM

Yesterday was Mothers Day and the search engines had their respective logos up. Here is a look at the various engines logos for the special day. Ask.com made a splash with their heart on fire background image. Here is...

Posted on May 14, 2007 6:49 AM

A few days ago, Danny spotted Google Product Search Results in the regular Google SERPs. The problem with this is that Google has asked others not to do this in the past, but they apparently weren't practicing what they preached....

Posted on May 4, 2007 10:20 AM

Gabs, a moderator at Search Engine Roundtable Forums, discovered an interesting way of determining how to find supplemental results on .co.uk domains. According to his blog post, if you click on "Search for Pages from the UK," you will see...

Posted on May 1, 2007 11:51 AM

March 7th we reported Google Link Update Within Webmaster Central's Link Tool. But Vanessa Fox informed us the update was not fully complete, that we saw the link count update only and not the actual links update. Meaning, Google showed...

Posted on March 9, 2007 7:02 AM

I just wanted to give everyone an update that the site design for the blog is complete, as far as I know. We launched version three Tuesday night and then received some incredibly feedback. Based on that feedback we made...

Posted on February 26, 2007 7:36 AM

Like the years before, the search engines and some of the search forums have done stuff with their sites to celebrated Valentines Day. This year here is what we have to show. + Ask.com places a small but yet very...

Posted on February 14, 2007 7:14 AM

Chris Boggs, our Associate Editor here, and AussieWebmaster (Frank Watson), are given the task of blogging at Search Engine Watch. Elisabeth Osmeloski, Forums Editor, writes; I'm happy to announce that two of our long-time Search Engine Watch forum moderators, Chris...

Posted on December 3, 2006 4:01 PM

Tomorrow, December 2nd is our birthday. We were born on December 2, 2003. It has been three years of blogging, almost 4,000 blog posts, about 5 blog posts per weekday. I thought it would be fun to look back at...

Posted on December 1, 2006 8:06 AM

As I posted at Cartoon Barry, Chris's comment has been selected by Ben P., Chris B. and myself as the winning contest idea. Chris's idea was that; the person who can take as many pictures of different people holding a...

Posted on November 28, 2006 6:09 PM

It has been a while since we ran a contest, so I figured I run a new contest. You can win a new RustyBrick Messenger Laptop Bag filled with a bunch of Search Engine Roundtable YoYos. Here are pictures of...

Posted on November 19, 2006 12:27 PM

We have put up our own Halloween logo and it looks like this for this year. Which reminds me of Google and Yahoo's past logos for this day. Check Halloween 2004 and Halloween 2005, which also sports Jeeves. Let's also...

Posted on October 31, 2006 12:18 PM

Rob Kerry is an SEO Consultant, living and working in London, UK. He previously headed up the Natural Search department at one of the UK's largest Search Engine Marketing companies. In order to further his knowledge and expertise, Rob decided...

Posted on October 11, 2006 12:54 PM