Google AdWords Manager Too Happy Over PageRank?
You often don't find Googlers talking much about PageRank outside of to confirm any questions about it. So when I saw an AdWords representative named Eric, who has nothing to do with the organic side of things, create a thread at the Google AdWords Help forum about their PageRank, I was a bit shocked. Eric from Google said he noticed that in the May 2012 PageRank update , the PageRank score for ...
Google Toolbar PageRank Gets An Update
For those of you still keeping track of your Google Toolbar PageRank, you might be happy to know that Google has updated it. Hat tip to Barry Schwartz for spotting discussion about this on the forums and Twitter. Here’s some …
Google PageRank Update: May 2012
Hold on to your seats - there is a Google PageRank Toolbar update happening right now! Twitter is going wild about it and we have some threads at DigitalPoint Forums on the topic - of course. The last PageRank Toolbar update we had was about 3 months ago in February . Before that was three months before February in November . See a pattern here? In any event, ranking changes have no direct ...
Comment Spammers: These Links Are Not Helping You
In light of Google’s Penguin update, it seems like a good time to suggest that you don’t spam blog comments. Even if you’re not technically spamming, and are leaving semi-thoughtful comments (but your ultimate goal is to get a link), …
The Blurry Lines Of Google’s Paid Links Policy
As you probably know, Google isn’t a fan of people paying for links that pass PageRank. It’s considered to be a manipulation of search results and a violation of Google’s quality guidelines, which are the focus of Google’s Penguin update. …
Researchers Use Google's Search Algorithms To Fight Cancer
MatthewVD writes "German scientists have modified Google's PageRank algorithm to scan tumors and learn more about how cancers progress. PageRank orders results based on how other web pages are connected to them via hyperlinks; the modified algorithm, NetRank, scans how genes and proteins in a cell are similarly connected through a network of interactions with their neighbors. This approach could ...
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 4, 2012
What a crazy couple weeks at Google, we can call it the Google Triple P. We had a Penguin release, two Panda refreshes and a PageRank update, let's not forget the parked domain bug (maybe a quad P). I posted the Google Webmaster report for May 2012. I also talked about feeling bad for Penguin victims, a poll of 65% were hurt by Penguin, and SEOs sharing tips to recover. I even shared what it ...
NCBI ROFL: How your brain is like Google.
Google and the mind: predicting fluency with PageRank. “Human memory and Internet search engines face a shared computational problem, needing to retrieve stored pieces of information in response to a query. We explored whether they employ similar solutions, testing whether we could predict human performance on a fluency task using PageRank, a component of the Google search engine. In this task ...
Link Building A-Z Guide – Definitions & Terms
For search engine optimization newbies (including people who are both learning about building links and clients who seek link services), this helpful glossary will help define some of the more common link building terminology, from A to Z.
What If The Google Penguin Update Inadvertently Killed The Web As We Know It?
Note: Perhaps the headline of this article is a little sensational, but don’t overlook the “what if” part. I’m not suggesting Google has some plot to kill the web. However, many businesses rely on Google and people are freaking out …