Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'video'

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

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

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

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 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

The other day, I mocked Matt Cutts, by editing a video that caught him saying, "I watch porn all day." I did the video editing while sitting in the session, so the editing is subpar, to say the least. How...

Posted on June 9, 2008 7:12 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

Video search engine optimization has been a hot topic since the launch of Google Universal Search. A Google Groups thread I have been tracking for some time, gives us some insight into how to improve the visibility of your videos...

Posted on June 6, 2008 7:55 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

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

I didn't know that being electrocuted by solar panels was even possible, but apparently it is. Solar Dave made a really cute video about how it all went down: The idea behind the video, as Dave explains, was to illustrate...

Posted on May 21, 2008 10:56 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

The Google News Blog has announced that it is now incorporating YouTube videos with Google News results. As the blog post explains, "You'll see the prefix "Video" next to story titles, and clicking on these video links will open a...

Posted on May 13, 2008 9:41 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

RustyBrick, the company that runs Search Engine Roundtable, is pleased to announce that we finished launching the infrastructure of Storybids, a really unique service offering that enables video producers to monetize their videos through product placement techniques. In other words,...

Posted on May 7, 2008 7:26 AM

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

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

Update: It seems like Google Reader is showing embedded Flickr Videos, for me at least. I inserted a picture below showing the Flickr Video in this post, rendering in my Google Reader (on Apple Safari). A Google Groups thread has...

Posted on April 16, 2008 7:51 AM

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

Flickr has announced that it is supporting video in addition to the standard digital photograph or image. Videos are limited to 90 seconds in length and 150MB in size and will still inherit other Flickr features, including geotagging, comments, captions,...

Posted on April 10, 2008 10:00 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

YouTube and Google both announced YouTube Insights, a new way to see more detailed statistics on your YouTube videos. I did a detailed post at Search Engine Land on the topic. If you have YouTube videos, you can see the...

Posted on March 28, 2008 8:07 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

I am not sure why there isn't more discussion around this topic, but yesterday Google's YouTube announced new APIs to allow you to add YouTube's features, content and more to your own site. So let's say you wanted to create...

Posted on March 12, 2008 8:37 AM

Earlier, we announced that Google has begun testing video ads in the search results. It seems that Google's interest in video is far from over. Google is now pushing AdSense for video. This video explains: Reuters explains that Google has...

Posted on February 22, 2008 9:43 AM

According to Marketwatch, Nielsen is reporting that Google has only captured 56.3% of the US search market in December compared to 57.7% the previous month. The gain seems to be in Microsoft, which captured 13.8% of the search share compared...

Posted on January 21, 2008 9:29 AM

We reported an issue not allowing AdSense publishers post AdSense Video units not only once but twice, dating back to December 21st, I believe. A Google AdSense representative, AdSensePro Ashley, posted that the issue is now resolved. She said: Thanks...

Posted on January 11, 2008 7:18 AM

Google, on October 9th, launched Video AdSense units with YouTube. I then explained how to link up your YouTube account with AdSense to start displaying AdSense Video units. But as we reported on December 28th, there has been bugs with...

Posted on January 10, 2008 7:38 AM

Link building expert Jim Boykin announced on his blog that he's launched a series of training videos on all things Internet Marketing-related at Internet Marketing Ninjas. The training costs $2995/year and includes videos from Aaron Wall, Andy Beal, Bill Slawski,...

Posted on January 4, 2008 9:06 AM

There are two scientific papers or patent that were written about by Bill Slawski and Gary Price, who else. Bill wrote about How does Google Pick Snippets for Your Pages to Show in Search Results? and Gary wrote about How...

Posted on December 20, 2007 7:30 AM

If you have been logged onto Gmail in the last day or so, you might have seen a link where you can share your Gmail story. That's right. Google is looking for you to share your stories on how you...

Posted on December 11, 2007 9:58 AM

Have you noticed Google's homepage lately? Instead of the "Video" link, you'll now see "Products" instead. This must be Google's official acknowledgment of the holiday season. :) Philipp Lenssen has more. Forum discussion: Search Engine Watch Forums....

Posted on November 23, 2007 9:30 AM

Guess what, publishers? If you reside in the UK, Ireland, or in Canada, you can now try Google's video AdSense feature. Apparently, it has been a success in the US, and now the feature is being rolled out to additional...

Posted on November 20, 2007 9:14 AM

SES San Jose 2007 Multimedia Track: Video Search Optimization Speakers: (Moderator) Sapna Satagopan, Associate Analyst, JupiterResearch Gregory Markel, Founder/President, Infuse Creative, LLC Jeremy Clem, DoubleClick/Performics Sherwood Stranieri, Search Marketing Director, Catalyst Online Stephen Baker, Chief Revenue Officer, Everyzing Session Description:...

Posted on August 21, 2007 7:15 PM

Over at Google Groups, Gmail Guide has announced that Google is seeking videos that show how email travels from one end of the world to another. They have provided a cute video here: The deadline to participate in this video...

Posted on July 30, 2007 9:34 AM

Last week, Google Revamps Search Results Landscape with Universal Search. Part of that includes not just Google News results in the middle of the page, not just image results or local results but also video results. An example video result...

Posted on May 21, 2007 7:54 AM

A member at the Cre8asite Forums asks the inevitable question: will YouTube, which is succumbing under pressure from several media outlets for publishing videos containing copyrighted material, keep its membership as the videos themselves -- which are behind the success...

Posted on March 22, 2007 4:04 PM

August 10th, I reported at the SEW blog that Google replaced Froogle with Google Video as the links on the homepage and top of the Google search box on the search results pages and also that they added an expandable...

Posted on August 18, 2006 7:04 AM