Google Launching Payday Loan Algorithm 3.0 Targeting Spammy Queries This Week

Google’s head of webspam, Matt Cutts, announced at SMX Advanced tonight that the third version of PayDay Loan algorithm is launching this week, as soon as tomorrow. This algorithm specifically targets “very spammy queries” and is unrelated to the Panda or Penguin algorithms….

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Google Reconsideration Rejection Requests More Details

Google’s Matt Cutts, the head of search spam, announced at SMX Advanced that they are updating how they handle reconsideration rejection requests with more details from Google Search Quality analysts. That means when a Google search quality representation reviews and responds to a…

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Optmyzr Launches Bid Management Solution For Google Shopping Campaigns

Google’s new Shopping Campaigns offer many benefits over traditional PLA campaigns, including granular performance benchmarks, but bid optimization can still be cumbersome. Optmyzr, the company that provides automation tools for Google AdWords management, has launched a new tool to help…

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SearchCap: Doodle 4 Google Winner, Right To Be Forgotten Disclosure & World Cup Ads On Google

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How A PPC Fraud Ring Impersonated 300+ Advertisers In May 2014 Did you know that your paid search ads are susceptible to the same type of fraud that affects other…

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After 5 Years In Dispute, Greece Approves Google Maps Street View Images

ABC.com reported yesterday that Google Maps has launched street view images in Greece. According to the story, Greece authorities blocked Google Maps Street Views five years ago because of privacy issues. According to ABC.com: Company officials said the service went live after extensive and…

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Google Updates Documentation & Guidelines On Moving A Site

Google Webmaster Trends Analysts, Pierre Far and Zineb Ait Bahajji, posted on the Google Webmaster blog today that they’ve updated their official guidelines for moving your web site and having Google in mind when doing so. They broke out the process based on two ways of moving your site: (1)…

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Search In Pics: Google Analytics Bot, Larry & Sergey Aging & Google’s Don’t Be Evil Room

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google Analytics Android Figurine: Source: Google+ Google Analytics Chinese…

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Why You Don’t See “World Cup” Ads On Google

Google is on the cusp of a search volume siege from soccer (aka football) fans as the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ nears. A look at Google Trends data shows we’re on the upswing what Google can expect when the tournament starts on June 12, based on the volumes the last two times the World Cup was…

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Google Introduces New Content API For Google Shopping

Today, Google introduced a new version of the API that allows retailers to manage product feed content programmatically, as opposed to through manual updates to Google Merchant Center. It’s the first version update of the API since Google first launched it in 2010, before Google Shopping…

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SearchCap: Google On Site Moves, Google Shopping API, Greece Okays Google Maps Street Views

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Takes Down Japan’s Honinbo Shusaku Doodle On Google UK On D-Day, Offers Apology The Telegraph reports Google has taken down a Google Doodle, aka…

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