Emotional Design and SEO

Emotional Design and Search Engine Optimization (SEO): "When it comes to search, users face three problems: 1) Inability to retarget queries to a different search strategy; 2) Inability to understand the search results and properly evaluate each destination site’s likely usefulness; 3) Inability to sort through the SERP’s polluted mass of poor results, whether from blogs or from heavily SEO-optimized sites that are insufficiently specific to really address the user’s problem Given these difficulties, many users are at the search engine’s mercy and mainly click the top links — a behavior we might call Google Gullibility. . . . "

Narrow Your Google Searches with a Custom Date Range
PCWorld
By Rick Broida, PCWorld May 14, 2012 10:27 AM Like many folks, I rely heavily on Google Search; I probably use it dozens of times per day. Of course, wonderful as it is, it doesn't always give me exactly the results I'm looking for.

Google Search Results Test Adds More Instant Answers
Search Engine Watch
by John Rampton, May 14, 2012 Comments Some Google users in a test group are seeing a big change to their search results. Search queries for movies, TV shows, people, sports teams, music, books are among those triggering these instant answers directly ...

Google EU Investigation Delayed by 'New Elements,' Almunia Says
Bloomberg
Google Inc. (GOOG)'s antitrust probe by European Union regulators has been delayed by “new elements,” EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said today. Almunia hasn't received a preliminary report from officials working on the probe because they ...

Bloomberg

Google Penguin 1.1 Update Underway? Google Says No.
Search Engine Roundtable
There are some reports of major shuffling going on in the Google search results as of yesterday. I believe from the reports that it may be a Penguin update - but I do not have confirmation from Google on this yet. Update: A Google spokesperson told me ...

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Report Dismisses Competitors' Complaints of Search Bias
WebProNews
The report, which follows a different one from last week that argued Google's right to free speech, pokes holes through all of recommendations from Google's competitors that were offered to reduce the alleged bias in Google search results.

Second Google-Sponsored Legal Report Argues Government Would Lose Antitrust Case
Search Engine Land
Google is playing a sophisticated form of “head games” with antitrust regulators. A second legal report-cum-brief (embedded below) has appeared. It argues that antitrust challenges against Google are  
Search Engine Land

LG Previews Google TV At Internet Week
PR Newswire (press release)
NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA is conducting live demonstrations of LG's highly anticipated Google TV models at Internet Week New York, which starts here today. LG's Smart TV with Google TV (G2 Series) combines the power of ...

Google EU Probe Delayed by 'New Elements,' Almunia Says
BusinessWeek
By Aoife White on May 14, 2012 Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG)'s antitrust probe by European Union regulators has been delayed by “new elements,” EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said today. Almunia hasn't received a preliminary report from ...

Baidu to launch low-cost smartphone
Financial Times
The move will extend Baidu's rivalry with Google beyond search and into software through which users navigate their mobile devices. Robin Li, Baidu chief executive, told the Financial Times last year that he envisioned a Baidu-run smartphone that ...

Google Webmaster Tools Gets a Facelift
Search Engine Watch
The Google Webmaster Tools home page lists all the sites you're authorized to manage in Webmaster Tools. The large gray and white interface recently adopted by search, Gmail and other properties is very prevalent. When viewing your list of sites, ...

Google's Tim Reis Reveals 'Mobile Playbook'
MediaPost Communications
by Mark Walsh, over 1 hour ago Tim Reis, head of mobile and social solutions for Google, broke out the mobile playbook for marketers Monday in a keynote at MediaPost's OMMA Mobile event. The mobile strategy guide, which Google unveiled last month ...

Google boosts online search share in Russia
Chicago Daily Herald
By Bloomberg Google Inc.'s share of the Russian Internet searches rose in the week to May 13, while the portion for competitor Mail.ru Group Ltd. fell and Yandex NV's stake was unchanged, data compiled by Liveinternet.ru showed.

Google Tops College Grads' Top Job Choices
LiveScience.com
Recent college graduates may have just entered the work force, but that isn't stopping them from having high expectations when it comes to their job search. According to new research, Google was the most desired employer for business and information ...

Bing goes social in Microsoft's search war with Google
Techworld.com
By Sharon Gaudin | Computerworld US | Published: 14:50, 14 May 2012 Microsoft's move to boost Bing's social networking feaures could finally give it an opportunity to truly take onGoogle's dominant search engine, analysts say. The updated Bing search ...

How does secure search affect b2b marketers?
BtoB Magazine
Last November, Google unveiled the secure search feature on its ubiquitous search engine. Identifiable by the “https://” prefix, Google said secure search was designed to protect online privacy during searches, so less personal search information was ...

Smartphone Bot Case Study: The Google Smartphone Bot On Holiday In Australia
Search Engine Land
While Google's new smartphone bot has been announced, it does not appear to be widely deployed yet; at least that is what I said during a recent presentation in Sydney, where I had the pleasure of meeting Alistair Lattimore (Al). Al does CRO,SEO and ...

Search Engine Land

Yahoo's Search Extends Market Share Losing Streak to 8 Months
Search Engine Watch
For April, comScore reported Bing-powered searches held steady, accounting for 25.9 percent of all searches, but still nowhere near the 68.7 percent of searches Google powered in April. Speaking of Google, the dominant search engine saw slight gain as ...

Google fears hit Moneysupermarket.com
Telegraph.co.uk
By Emily Gosden Google has recently launched its own financial price comparison site, which appears embedded with search results, noted David McCann, an analyst at Numis. This has potential to become a “credible direct competitor” – which could pose a ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Google Doodle Hugs Itself for Mother's Day
PC Magazine
By David Murphy If you haven't yet called your parents for Mother's Day – and we apologize in advance if that's not an option for your particular situation – Google's doing its part to tug on your heartstrings should you try to search for things on the ...

A Better Bing: Personalized Search That Doesn't Suck, the Best File ...
Lifehacker
Bing, Microsoft's fancy search engine, received a major overhaul. For the most part, it integrates the kind of "Search Plus Your World" Google claimed would be part of its results. Microsoft actually did it right where Google mostly failed, giving Bing ...

Google, Under Scrutiny, Lobbies Harder
Multichannel News
The search company and video distributor — You- Tube, Google TV — has been under a microscope in Washington for months over how it treats all the information it wants to famously organize and distribute, using the wireless spectrum it has long pushed ...

Google shoves cybersquatter off 763 Googletastic domains
Register
By Kevin Murphy • Get more from this author Google has seized over 750 domain names from a cybersquatter who used them to drive traffic to a series of "gay interest" websites and now wantsGoogle's trademark cancelled. The company has won a complaint ...

Should The Google Penguin Update Hit Sites Like WPMU.org?
WebProNews
In fact, the site has actually done well throughout Google's series of Panda updates. Farmer tells WebProNews, “We did great after Panda, it was like that update recognized we were decent folk… you can't win them all huh?” “Apart from not being able ...

Google Is An Unprecedented Hit All Over Africa
Business Insider
Google can take a lot of the credit. The American search-and-advertising colossus may even be the single biggest private-sector influence on Africa. It is not just that its internet-search and e-mail are transforming Africa. Take maps.

Business Insider

'Satyamev Jayate' grows more popular than Aamir!
New York Daily News
New Delhi, May 14 — Bollywood star Aamir Khan's teleshow "Satyamev Jayate", where he deals with sensitive social issues backed by statistics, has surpassed his own popularity, indicates a survey on online Google searches. The first episode of ...

5 Local Linkbuilding Ideas For The Post-Penguin/Panda Era
Search Engine Land
I have been fielding a lot of calls from sites big and small that believe they got hit by Penguin, Google's “over-optimization” algorithm. Or maybe it was Panda? Who knows? Traffic is down and everybody is freaking out. I have a particular soft spot in...

Search Engine Land

Will Dimon's Very Public Mea Culpa Bring On JPMorgan Lawsuits? Or Prevent Them?
Forbes
A Google search this morning doesn't turn up a securities lawsuit against JP Morgan over its $2 billion trading miscue, but give the lawyers time. They'll sue, and the question is whether JPMorgan Chief Jamie Dimon's very public apologies will give ...

Test your search skills with A Google a Day now on Google+ - Inside ...
By Inside Search
A Google a Day is the trivia game where searching for the answer on Google is not only allowed but encouraged. Since launching A Google a Day a year ago, millions of people have played and learned new trivia facts along with new ways to ...
Inside Search

Google's Important Month of Change | UK SEO | QueryClick
By bob@queryclick.com (bob)
It may be the middle of May, but a lot of people who work in SEO and other aspects of the online industry are still reflecting on April, a month that saw a huge amount of changes being made to Google's search algorithm, most importantly the so- called ... But this was not the only change made to Google search last month, because as we were all a little sidetracked by Google Panda wandering into our midst and causing a bit of a stir as Panda had done a year previously, and another big ...
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Thinkfinity: Do You Google?: Search Education
By noreplies@thinkfinity.org
Our students use the Internet for so many things. Playing video games, communicating with friends and looking for information are just a few. Recently, Google launched Search Education which includes materials to help teach your students ...
Do You Google?

The Art of Google Link Building | Search News Central
By terry@reliable-seo.com (Terry Van Horne)
SEO Geekery. RDFa: The Inside Story from Best Buy. An Interview with Jay Myers Late last year, I approached Jay Myers, Lead Development Engineer for Best Buy, and asked him... GoogleRankings and LDA. The new LSI for 3rd Generation SEOs? .... The aftermath of the Over Optimization Penalty which is Googleze for link building with exact match anchor text and Panda'smachine learning algo assigning Quality Scores to sites and most link builders are scratching their heads ...
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Google Vs. Naver: Why Can't Google Dominate Search in Korea ...
By Alesia - Link-Assistant.Com
Although Google presently holds 83% of the global search market, there are countries that have been consistently slipping out of its grip. One such country is. ... Posted in category Search Engine Optimization Search Engines. Although Google presently holds 83% of... Ask any Korean what search engine they use, and, most likely, the answer will be... Naver. Naver - the profile ...
SEO Blog of Link-Assistant.Com

Google's Ever-Changing Algorithms - Resource Interactive
By jkocher
Jill Kocher, Senior Manager, SEO, May. 14, 2012 ... The Panda and Penguin updates received the most attention because they affected the most sites, but 50 other updates impacted search results as well. Most were focused on Google's crusade to improve the quality of sites that rank the highest in their search results, but others included updates to changes in indexing, spelling, sitelinks, sports scores features and more. Of course, April 1st also brought a new round of Google's April ...
Resource Interactive

Google Drive: Does It Matter? | NTEN
By Brett
On April 24, Google announced the much anticipated Google Drive service, a cloud-based "disk drive" where individuals and organizations can store there documents, spreadsheets and a host of other electronic files. That may sound like a ...
NTEN

Remedies Proposed in the Google Antitrust Inquiry: New Paper ...
By Marvin Ammori
Remedies Proposed in the Google Antitrust Inquiry: New Paper. by Marvin Ammori. On Wednesday, May 16, I will be speaking at an academic conference on competition, search, and social media. The list of speakers is impressive and it ...
Marvin Ammori

The Worst Kept “Secret” in Local Search: My Thoughts on the ...
By David Mihm
2) At our February SEMpdx meeting, members of Google's street team here in Portland indicated to our attendees that they were now focused heavily on increasing business adoption of GooglePlus in addition to Places (though perhaps this is ... Most of us in Local SEO would probably advise Google that the first step to overcoming this skepticism and outright antipathy among some business owners ought to be to cede ownership of the public Place-Plus Page to the business owner.
Mihmorandum: Local SEO + Web Design

International Entertainment News: LG Previews Google TV At ...
By EntertainmentNews
NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA is conducting live demonstrations of LG's highly anticipated Google TV models at Internet Week New York, which starts here today. LG's Smart TV with Google TV (G2 Series) combines the ... The chipset powers the TV's highly powerful Google TV Search across the Web and live TV, allowing consumers to quickly watch what they want, with little upload and lag time. Through the TV & Movies app, YouTube, Chrome, and ...
International Entertainment News

Google's “Mother's Day” doodle | TopNews Singapore
By Jimmy Peterson
Google's “Mother's Day” doodle Celebrating Mother's Day on Sunday, May 13, the home page of the Google search website featured a specially animated doodle to commemorate the occasion; and, on its blog, the company honored mothers ...
TopNews Singapore

Google Failed to Reduce Search Dependence - ExtraTorrent.com ...
The world-wide known search engine Google had a 5-year plan intended to reduce its dependence on search revenue to 65% by next year. Which apparently ...
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ben and birdy: Google Search Terms for benandbirdy
Google Search Terms for benandbirdy. "hirsute children" It's true that Ben has pink hair, and that it's very long. But, my gosh, he's not covered in it! "poutine ...
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Google Search Education For Schools | Local Find
The Google Search Education for Schools website has launched to help students learn how to ...
www.localfind.biz/google-search-education-for-schools

Google search page - AdWords Community
How would I go about getting my business image in the top right corner of a page when googlecarries out a search. I see other businesses with their ...
www.en.adwords-community.com/t5/Community.../22699

Not Happy with Any of the Ads on Your Google Search or Gmail ...
Have you seen irritating ads on Google Search or your Gmail? Did you see ads that are not appropriate or annoys you? Now you can remove those ads with ...
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