Google's Matt Cutts: Anticipate The Query To Better Control Titles In Google

Google's Matt Cutts posted a video explaining why and when Google may use something other than your title tag for the search results title snippet.

Matt Cutts suggested that it is best for your to try to anticipate what the user will search for when crafting your title tags. When you do that and then when it matches the query, then Google will likely show your title tag.

Google uses three criteria when determining if they should use your title tag:
(1) Something that is "relatively" short
(2) Have a good description of the page and "ideally": the site that the page is on.
(3) And that it is relevant to the query.
If you fail on these criteria, then Google may use (1) content on your page, (2) anchor text links pointing to the page and/or (3) may also use the Open Directory Project.

 

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List of web analysis sites for Traffic and Domain Information

 WEB Analysis Sites

 
https://woorank.com
https://marketing.grader.com/
https://www.compete.com/
http://www.alexa.com/
http://popuri.us/
http://www.cubestat.com/
http://www.websiteoutlook.com/
http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/
http://www.webworth.info/
http://websiteshadow.com/
http://statcounter.com/
http://analyzer.pearanalytics.com/
http://www.spyfu.com/
http://search.lycos.com/
http://domainvader.com/
http://en.seo-ranking.com/
http://viewsiteslike.com/sites-like/
http://webmastercoffee.com/
http://www.similarpages.com/
http://www.sitealytics.com/
http://www.sitespeedlab.org/
http://www.sitetrail.com/
http://www.statduck.com/domain-analysis
http://www.statnames.com/domains/
http://www.storereviews.com/
http://www.urllookup.co/
http://www.webboar.com/optimize/
http://www.webmasterrock.com/www/
http://www.weboxi.com/add_site.html
http://www.webstatsdomain.org/domains/
http://www.wikidweb.com/wiki/
https://www.quantcast.com
http://www.domainwhoisinfo.com/
http://www.getsiteinfo.us/site/
http://www.mustat.com/el/
http://www.mystatinfo.com/
http://www.pagestats.info/
http://it.seo-ranking.com/site
http://www.mustat.com/el/
http://www.mystatinfo.com/
http://www.pagestats.info/
http://it.seo-ranking.com/site
http://www.mustat.com/el/
http://www.mystatinfo.com/
http://www.pagestats.info/
http://it.seo-ranking.com/site
http://www.mustat.com/el/
http://www.mystatinfo.com/
http://www.pagestats.info/
http://it.seo-ranking.com/site
http://www.mustat.com/el/
http://www.mystatinfo.com/
http://www.pagestats.info/
http://it.seo-ranking.com/site
http://www.mustat.com/el/
http://www.mystatinfo.com/
http://www.pagestats.info/
http://it.seo-ranking.com/site
http://www.mustat.com/el/
http://www.mystatinfo.com/
http://www.pagestats.info/
http://it.seo-ranking.com/site
http://www.mustat.com/el/

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Google Update - Google Keyword Planner Tool Gets New Features

Kim reports the keyword planner tool within the Google AdWords console has quietly added nine new features today.
The new features include:

• Specify a time period for keyword data
• Compare time periods over time
• View absolute and relative changes for each ad group and keyword’s volume comparing two periods
• Visualizing mobile trends
• See breakdowns by device and targeted locations
• Flexible time periods
• Device segmentation and bid adjustments
• Location breakdowns for sub-geos of your targeted location
• Visualizations and estimates for sub-geos

Kim has tons of screen shots and explanations of each new add-on to the keyword planner tool on her blog.

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Tips - Google's Matt Cutts On How To Buy Domain Names

Google's Matt Cutts posted a video on the question How can I research a domain that I may want to purchase?

Matt Cutts gave a few tips on what to do, what steps to take, when researching a domain name buy.

(1) Do a site command and if no content is found, that can be a bad thing. Of course, if the domain name was never registered or is new or is parked, then it is likely no content will be found. But if it is buying

someone else's domain name, then no content found is a red flag.

(2) Search for the domain name without the .com and see what people wrote about it. See if there are bad stories on it. See if someone went around and did a lot of spamming.

http://bit.ly/1fpgmYy Use archive.org to see the site before you owned it. Did it look spammy?

(4) Ask to see Google Webmaster Tools and look for messages and stats there.

(5) Ask to see Google Analytics or other analytics they may use.

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Google Penalizes PostJoint Over Guest Blog Links

It seems Google has gone after yet another guest blog network that is being used by SEOs for link building purposes. The link network is named PostJoint and has gone on record that they are different from MyBlogGuest, which was penalized a month ago.

Matt Cutts confirmed on Twitter in a round about way that PostJoint and likely all the publishers in the network, were penalized. I bet they will start seeing unnatural link notifications within Google Webmaster Tools Manual Actions Viewer this coming week.



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70% Said Google's Penguin 2.1 Update Hurt them

About six-months ago, Google unleashed a major update to Penguin, the Penguin 2.1 update.
The earlier feedback from that update was that is was a big impact to webmasters and mostly SEOs who used links in an aggressive manner.

So I posted a poll asking you how you did with the update. Being that six-months later there has been no reports of a new Penguin refresh or update, I figured I post the poll results today.

We had over 2,800 responses to the poll, and 70% said they saw a drop in Google referrer traffic after the update. So 70% seemed to have been negatively impacted by it. While only 7%, or just about 200 people, reported their sites recovered from a previous Penguin update with Penguin 2.1. 6% said they saw an increase in traffic, where one site goes down, another benefits. And 17% said they saw no change at all before or after.

Here is the pie chart:


Again, we are still waiting for a Penguin refresh for over six-months. I think we are due one soon.

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65% Prefer Google Manual Actions Over Algorithmic Demotions

A while back, we polled our audience asking if they prefer manual or algorithmic penalties by Google - that is, if you had to pick one or the other.

Imagine Matt Cutts coming over to you and saying, you're a bad boy. You deserve a penalty but I'll let you pick, you can have an algorithmic demotion or a manual action. Which would you pick?

I explain in detail the different between the two over here and the response was that 65% prefer a manual action, whereas 35% said they prefer an algorithmic demotion.


We had over 300 responses to the thread. Disclaimer: Please see my poll disclaimer post before coming to any conclusions on these results.
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Universal Analytics: Out of beta, into primetime

Universal Analytics is the re-imagining of Google Analytics for today’s multi-screen, multi-device world and all the measurement challenges that come with it. Since we launched UA in beta, we’ve seen some exciting use cases. Today we’re happy to finally announce: Universal Analytics is out of beta and everyone can use it with the same robust set of features you’re used to with classic Analytics!

Feature parity with Classic Analytics, new reports, better user-centric analysis

When we first introduced Universal Analytics and ran the beta trial, the number one request from our testers was for full access to all Google Analytics features and tools. Bringing Universal Analytics out of beta means that all the features, reports, and tools of Classic Analytics are now available in the product, including Remarketing and Audience reporting.

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Google Panda Refresh Or Softer Panda Update?

Let me start off by saying that I normally would wait another 24 hours before posting this because the chatter is so new, but I will be offline tomorrow and the day after and I am going with what I see now.
It seems, based on the very very early chatter that a Panda refresh started late last night or this morning. Some are asking if it is that version two of the softer Panda update that Google's Matt Cutts promised.
The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has posts from late yesterday and early this morning with questions about changes at Google that seem to relate to sites impacted by the Panda algorithm.

So the questions we have now:
(1) Is Google pushing out an update?
(2) If so, was it just a typical monthly Panda refresh?
(3) Or was it the softer Panda update that seems harder for many?

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http://goo.gl/VxAXgP

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Bing Ads To Give Agencies More Functionality To Manage Client Relationships

The way agencies manage their customer accounts using their agency login in Bing Ads is soon to undergo a revamp. Currently, client account lists are housed under the Agencies tab, but Microsoft acknowledges there have been limitations to the functionality offered. The update is meant to fix these shortcomings.

Current View of the Agencies Tab in Bing Ads

Instead of a separate Agencies tab, the new update will offer a rolled up Accounts list under a simplified Accounts & Billing menu.

An upcoming update adds functionality for managing agency-client relationships.

From the Accounts tab, agencies will be able to do the following:
1. Link and unlink accounts from the full list of accounts managed by the agency.
2. Link individual accounts instead of an entire client by entering the client Account numbers that apply.
3. Specify whether the client or the agency is responsible for billing. When the agency starts the account linking process, a new Management Details section will include a Billing Method field.
4. Give users access to specific accounts rather than an entire client.

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Local Businesses Losing Reviews After Yelp-Yahoo Deal

The recent Yelp/Yahoo partnership has angered some local business owners who say years of positive reviews are now gone from their Yahoo Local business listings.

Some of their stories were told this week in the Wall Street Journal, including Colonial Hardwood Flooring of Lexington, Mass. The company says it had built up “six years of mostly positive feedback” on its Yahoo Local listing, but now it only shows one Yelp review that was posted on February 14, 2014.






As the WSJ explains, Yahoo will continue to show its own reviews on a Yahoo Local listing until a business gets a new Yelp review. When that happens, the Yelp reviews replace Yahoo reviews. So the fact that this one Yelp review is so new is what caused the Yahoo reviews to disappear from Colonial Hardwood’s listing.

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Twitter announced - Twitter Updating Profile Page Look

Twitter announced new profile page designs are rolling out to users over the next few weeks or so. People are calling the new design, Facebook-like.
The main changes include:

• Larger profile photos
• Best Tweets will be promoted to the top
• Pinned Tweet can be, pinned to the top
• Filtered Tweets from these options: Tweets, Tweets with photos/videos, or Tweets and replies.

Here is a picture:





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Google Says Our Algorithms Picked Up On Your Keyword Stuffed Page

Keyword stuffing is as cute as a teddy bear that is losing their stuffing - don't do it.

A Google Webmaster Help thread has one site owner complaining his site suddenly dropped in the rankings.

Why? Well, Google's John Mueller said it doesn't help that your site's home page has over 300 mentions of the term "batteries" throughout the page, especially in the footer. I viewed the source code of just the home page and there are over 600 mentions of the word "batteries," not counting the alternatives of the word.

Google's John Mueller said: to read more http://bit.ly/1eksNKn

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Google Changed his Privacy - Google Updates Its Privacy Policy

You may have noticed Google’s Privacy Policy has been updated as of March 31, with a red letter “Updated” call-out the site’s home page preceding Google’s Privacy & Terms link.

This is the first time the company has updated the policy this year, following an update in December of 2013. There were only two updates last year, one occurring on June 24 and the other on December 20.
Google posted a “Comparison” page to outline the most recent Privacy Policy updates, along with an archive of updates dating back to June 9, 1999.

“As you use our services, we want you to be clear how we’re using information and the ways in which you can protect your privacy,” claimed Google on the page listing its new Privacy Policy.

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Google’s April Fools Video: No We Won’t Stop Changing; While Shirt Constantly Changes

If you didn’t have enough April Fools day fun today, here is one more for you. 

In today’s video from Matt Cutts, Matt answered a real question from Dave in the UK, who asked, “When will Google stop updating its search results?” The answer was never! And to prove his point, Matt animated his shirt to change different colors and then overlay flowers on top of the shirt.

I made an animated GIF image to show the various colors and tricks with the shirt but the video is below. In short, Google won’t stop changing, like Matt’s shirt that day.

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It's Time To Get Creative With Your Link Removal Requests

Why is it harder? Well, asking for a link is a positive thing. People like positive things. You tell them they have a great site, you are wonderful, etc etc. But link removal requests are negative and people do not like negative things. You are asking a webmaster to remove a link you have to them because Google thinks it is low quality. How dare you tell a webmaster their site is low quality!

Shai Barel of Brilliance said it worked well and even shared three email responses from webmasters who complied with the link removal request.

To read more..  http://goo.gl/VOKwwb

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Did Google Do An Algorithm Update on 26 March 2014?

We've been noticing a steady and consistent level of chatter in the forums and social networks from webmasters and SEOs around Google's search results fluctuations. 

The search results tracking tools all report heavy activity over the past couple days, this includes Mozcast, SERPs.com, SERPMetrics and Algoroo. Here are screen captures of those charts:

Truth is, my internal signals from all of this makes me believe there wasn't a major algorithm update but I can be wrong.

I just think there is a lot of manual actions going out this past week or so and a lot of SEOs and webmasters disavowing a lot of links, thus shaking up the search results.

I can be wrong but that is my gut feeling.

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Top 25 Great Blogger Widgets - Add to Blogger

Lots of people think that Blogger have lacks in all of the extra goodies you can add to other platforms like WordPress, but it simply isn’t true. By using these widgets you can customize your blog as much as you like by just adding little snippets of code to the sidebars.

One option of blogger allows users to talk/chat to you via IM, or even read news from sites. With these 25 widgets, you can create an even more powerful way of communicating with your visitors; just make sure you don’t overload them with too many!

What are some of your favorite widgets for use on Blogger?

Communications Widgets

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Google Talk – Give visitors the ability to talk to you via Google Talk directly from your blog sidebar.

Jaxtr – Create a widget that allows people to call you on the phone without revealing the phone number to them.

Meebo Me – Meebo Me will allow you to create a chat box that you can install on your Blogger page, giving you the chance to converse with visitors to your site.

Skype – The official Skype widget allows you to create various buttons that can show your current status and also allows people to just click it and give you a call.

Tag-Board – Allows you to add a real-time chat board to your blog that your visitors and you can use to converse.

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Social Widgets

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Delicious Linkrolls – Share your Delicious bookmarks with the world with this easy to install linkroll widget.

FriendFeed Widget – Share all of your FriendFeed activity with the readers of your site.

Google Friend Connect – A makeshift social network that runs across any site that has installed Google Friend Connect.  You can join a site, see the other members, play games and more.

LinkedInABox – LinkedInABox retrieves your LinkedIn profile to display on your blog, allowing people to look through things such as your specialties and experience.

MyBlogLog – If someone visits your blog that is also a member of MyBlogLog, their avatar and username will appear in the box.  You can then click on any person to check out their profile on the service.

Twitter – Add your Twitter stream to your blog and display anywhere from your last tweet to the last twenty. Also gives a link for people to be able to follow you.

Share on Facebook – A simple widget that allows your readers to share items from your blog on Facebook.

SocialFeed – A miniature lifestreaming widget that broadcasts your activities on sites such as Twitter, StumbleUpon, Last.fm and so on.  Has several different skins you can choose from.

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Utility Widgets

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Add This – The popular social bookmarking button is available for Blogger accounts.

Easy Comments – This widget allows you to add commenting to any page of your site by placing the widget at the bottom of a page.  Allows people to say if they liked the comment, includes comment threading and more.

Google Search – Add an AJAX powered Google search box to your blog that you can allow to search the web and your blog, or even just restrict it to the contents of your site.

Popular Posts – This widget will take a look at your comments, up to the last 5,000, and generate a list of which posts had the most conversation around them.

Recent Comments – Display the most recent comments on your blog in this widget so that readers can join in the conversation.

Related Posts – Not so much a widget as a hack, this will give you the related post functionality that so many WordPress powered blogs use.

ShareThis – The highly customizable green button that ShareThis is known for can be added to your blog.  Choose if you want it for social bookmarking, users emailing your posts and more.

Shout List Icons – Be the king (or queen) of social sharing with this widget that generates icons for over 30 social sites your blog can be added to.

Tag/Label Cloud – Gives you the ability to install a traditional tag cloud in your sidebar so people can see what you write about the most.

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Miscellaneous Widgets

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Flickr – You can generate an HTML or Flash based badge of your photo stream to share your images with your visitors.

Mashable – Yes, now you too can share the best web-related news on your blog with the Mashable widget.

Picasa Albums – Display your public Picasa albums in your blog sidebar with this handy widget.

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