This week in search, we had Google go after yet another link network, this one named Anglo Rank. Yandex announced they are not going to use link data in their algorithm for commercial queries in Moscow. Google’s Matt Cutts talked about the issue with guest blogging and how to disavow bad links. Webmasters are now even afraid of linking to charity web sites. Google’s Knowledge Graph is testing ads. Google AdSense now has custom ad sizes. Google launched a new display ad type named +Post Ads. Google’s structured data dashboard now reports errors. Google had a very not safe for work search result for pearl necklace. Facebook updated their news feed and it is more Panda like. Google is letting original Glass owners to swap up to the replacement version. A baby’s first word was Google, can you imagine? That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- Google's Matt Cutts Calls Out Nailing Another Link Network
- Google Penalty Notifications Sent To Anglo Rank Link Buyers
- Link Spammers Beat Yandex, Forcing Yandex to Change Algorithm
- Google Scares Webmasters Even When Linking To Charity Sites
- Google's Matt Cutts Agrees, Guest Blogging Is Getting Out Of Hand
- Google's Matt Cutts: Disavow Links Aggressively
- Google Knowledge Graph Gets Ads
- New: Google AdSense Custom Ad Sizes
- Google+ To Power Google +Post Ads For Display Network
- Google Structured Data Dashboard Adds Error Reports
- Google's NSFW Pearl Necklace Search Result Removed
- Facebook's News Feed Gets It's Own Google Panda Algorithm
- Google Inviting Glass v1 Explorers To Upgrade Before Christmas
- Baby's First Word: Google
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