Russia-based advertisers can no longer reach global audiences on Google properties and networks

This latest policy change takes widespread ad suspensions from platforms across the industry into new territory by targeting businesses in Russia.

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Google says 100+ ad networks support AMP, releases 3rd-party technology support

Real-Time Config component enables integrations with other technology partners such as data management platforms and server-side header bidding without impacting speed. The post Google says 100+ ad networks support AMP, releases 3rd-party technology support appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Private blog networks: A great way to get your site penalized

Columnist Kevin Rowe explains what private blog networks (PBNs) are, how to identify them, and why you should steer clear. The post Private blog networks: A great way to get your site penalized appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Aruba Networks Enables “Blue-Dot” Indoor Navigation With Beacons

WiFi provider Aruba Networks used to offer retailers and others “blue-dot” indoor navigation using WiFi triangulation. However Apple’s recent decision in iOS 8 to randomize the iPhone’s MAC address changed all that — and may have effectively killed WiFi as an indoor…

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Google’s Knowledge Graph Finally Shows Social Networks Not Named Google+

Years after a controversy over a decision to promote its own social network, Google+, in search results, Google has begun linking to other social networks in its Knowledge Graph. As first spotted by Bernd Rubel and reported by Search Engine Roundtable, Google is now showing icons for social sites…

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Google Penalizes Italian & Spanish Link Networks

As promised, Google has taken manual action to penalize link networks in Italy and Spain. It was just four days ago that Google warned webmasters in those two countries about its rules on paid links and willingness to take action against websites that violate those rules. The penalties were…

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Google Penalizes Two German Link Networks; One Being efamous

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced on Twitter today that they have penalized and taken action on two additional German link networks. He mentioned one by name: efamous. efamous looks like a typical ad network, but I guess they passed PageRank through their link network, which…

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Study: Google Adds 1,200 Search Sites & 750 ISP Client Networks In Less Than A Year

A study published by researchers at the University of Southern California unintentionally discovered Google has dramatically increased the number of sites and ISPs it uses to serve client queries. According to the findings, between October 2012 and July 2013, Google increased the number of…

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