This day in search marketing history: March 25

Google Panda patent granted

In 2014, a patent (Ranking search results) written by Google’s Navneet Panda and Vladimir Ofitserov – probably describing the Google Panda algorithm update, or elements of it – was granted.

Nonetheless, the truth that Google was granted this patent didn’t essentially imply it was being utilized by Google on the time, or that it hadn’t been modified for the reason that utility was filed. 

Learn all about it in Google Granted Patent For Panda Algorithm and dive deeper into Invoice Slawski’s Google’s Panda Granted a Patent on Ranking Search Results and Is Ranking Search Results the Panda Patent? on SEO by the Sea. And right here’s the patent.

Briefly, it was about inbound hyperlinks and what number of search queries have been made a couple of explicit web page/useful resource, and it modified the “preliminary scores” for the pages/assets being ranked.

Slawski defined the patent had many elements that labored collectively:

• Figuring out, for a lot of teams of assets, a depend of unbiased incoming hyperlinks to assist in the group
• Deciding, for every of the plurality of teams of assets, a depend of reference queries
• Selecting, for every of the plurality of teams of assets, a respective group-specific modification issue, whereby the group-specific modification issue for every group get primarily based on the depend of unbiased hyperlinks and the depend of reference queries for the group
• Associating, with every of the plurality of teams of assets, the respective group-specific modification issue for the group, whereby the respective group-specific modification for the group modifies preliminary scores generated for assist in the group in response to obtained search queries

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Microsoft proposes method to automatically submit URLs from WordPress to search engines

2021: Microsoft wished to construct into the core of WordPress the flexibility to mechanically push new and up to date URLs to Bing and different engines like google.

Microsoft Advertising introduces more automation via ad suggestions with auto-apply

2021: Advert options marked as auto-apply would begin serving after 14 days if no motion was taken.

Google Podcasts gets a redesign and iOS rollout

2020: The brand new design featured an Discover tab with suggestions primarily based on the listener’s pursuits.

Google turns on ‘mark a business temporarily closed’ for business owners on GMB

2020: The device was below ‘Shut this enterprise on Google.’

SEOs talk pivoting and planning for a future after COVID-19

2020: What veteran SEOs have been doing to assist shoppers adapt to enterprise throughout and after the pandemic.

COVID-Consumers: Pessimistic, but spending more online

2020: A big majority of shoppers anticipated a recession subsequent yr however have been spending as much as 30% extra on-line, in keeping with a survey.

Social platforms cut streaming quality as ‘social distancing’ wages on

2020: The push to downgrade streaming high quality was primarily centered in Europe with regulatory mandates to cut back community pressure.

Video: Hamlet Batista on scaling and automating SEO with code

2020: And a bit about utilizing Python.

Google webspam report: Hacked sites, user-generated spam, bad linking topped 2018 priorities

2019: Google launched its annual webspam report final week to spotlight advances in opposition to content material that seeks to govern rating algorithms and hurt customers.

Google AMP, mobile-friendly testing tools support code editing

2019: Google introduced that its AMP and mobile-friendly take a look at instruments supported the flexibility to edit code and rerun the take a look at, dwell.

Bing Ads bad account takedowns doubled in 2018

2019: Third-party tech assist scams, cryptocurrency and weapons advert content material topped the areas of consideration.

TravelTime maps API lets users search by time rather than distance

2019: Customers might search by time and make journey or transportation choices accordingly.

AdWords now applies recommended bids to new DSA categories automatically

2016: The characteristic was designed to assist managers arrange a whole lot of dynamic search advert classes shortly.

Contradicting other data, Compete says search traffic growing on the desktop

2016: Agency argued variety of searchers and searches per person have grown considerably on the PC since final yr.

Search in Pics: Google hammocks, “Star Wars” wall stickers & Matt Cutts playing with pandas

2016: The most recent photos displaying what folks eat on the search engine corporations, how they play, who they meet, the place they communicate, what toys they’ve and extra.

Google Adds Subdomain Support To Change Of Address Tool In Google Webmaster Tools

2015: You may now talk subdomain strikes in Google Webmaster Instruments Change of Tackle device.

Google Clarifies “Mobile Friendly Update” Will Roll Out Over A Week, Be Yes/No Response & More

2015: There have been no levels of mobile-friendliness on this algorithm.

Google Launches Major Push To Get Local Businesses Online, Improve Data

2015: New web site supplied instruments, content material and solicited enterprise house owners to replace info.

Google Misattributing Content From Major News Publishers

2014: It was unclear if the difficulty was with Google or with the publishers.

Five Days Later, It Looks Like Google Has Penalized Web Design Library For Selling Links

2014: An internet site that was utilizing Twitter to resume paid hyperlinks appeared to have earned a Google penalty.

BrandVerity Offers Feedback From Google, Bing On Paid Search Trademark Complaints

2014: BrandVerity added a course of to its paid search advert monitoring system to present shoppers direct suggestions from Google and the Yahoo Bing Community on trademark violation complaints.

Apple Broadening App-Store Search With Related Keywords

2014: Whereas this wasn’t completely useful it did supply some discovery potential.

Google Finally Discontinues The Blocked Sites Feature

2013: After over a yr of the blocked websites characteristic not working (and two months after Google promised it might return) Google formally declared they have been discontinuing the characteristic.

Google Streamlines AdWords Rules On Using Trademark Keywords

2013: Google introduced an replace to its AdWords trademark coverage that streamlined the principles on utilizing third-party trademark key phrases in campaigns.

Google Adds Publisher Opt-Out Tool For Shopping, Flights, Hotels & Local Search

2013: Google’s device was a results of an settlement with the US Federal Commerce Fee over antitust fees.

Bing Offers Recommendations for SEO-Friendly AJAX: Suggests HTML5 pushState

2013: Bing introduced assist for HTML5 pushState as a strategy to implement AJAX on a web site in a manner that helped Bing crawl and index the URLs and content material.

Facebook Graph Search Now Passing Keyword Data To Webmasters

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LinkedIn Is Getting Smarter With Enhanced Search Features & Improved Query Results

2013: LinkedIn launched a brand new unified search characteristic and a better question intent algorithm that constantly served up extra related outcomes.

Apple Buys Indoor Location Company, What’s It Up To?

2013: Did Apple see indoor location as a future a part of the iOS platform?

Was Android Tablet OS (Honeycomb) Rushed to Market?

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Updated: Is “FaceSense” Forthcoming?

2011: Fb was testing new advert concentrating on choices that displayed artistic beside content material that was contextually related, equally to Google’s AdSense.

Zuckerberg In Zion: Speaks To Senator Hatch, Students At BYU

2011: He spent a good period of time speaking in regards to the “false impression” that advertisers can entry your private info, however somewhat, that Fb does the concentrating on primarily based on advertiser choice.

Search In Pics: Yahoo Purple Door, Bus Stop & Google Honeycomb

2011: The most recent photos displaying what folks eat on the search engine corporations, how they play, who they meet, the place they communicate, what toys they’ve, and extra.

Google Bug & Slow PR Leads To Chinese Hack Rumors

2010: Google executives web page was displaying up in Chinese language language.

Google Now Offering “Remarketing” To All AdWords Advertisers

2010: Google had initiated a trial of remarketing for show and textual content adverts all through its content material community in March 2009.

Google China: Congressional Praise; Microsoft Supports Tyranny & Google Eats Poo Cartoon

2010: The reactions to Google’s partial withdrawal from China continued. 

Microsoft Announces Raft Of New Bing Features: Improved UI, More “Answers” And Of Course Foursquare

2010: Most of the enhancements have been centered on the UI, richer vertical experiences, maps and real-time info.

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Google Voice Search & My Location Now On Blackberry

2009: The My Location characteristic allow you to search without having to enter a metropolis identify or another geographic modifier.

Yahoo Closes The Cabin Door On FareChase

2009: An alert on the FareChase web site indicated it was the service’s closing day and inspired customers to as an alternative use Yahoo Journey.

Google’s Search Box Grows As Needed: Yahoo & Live Search Don’t

2008: Google would improve the width of the search field if a question was lengthy sufficient to warrant a wider search field.

White Spaces: Google’s Second Bite At The Wireless Apple

2008: Google didn’t win any of the 700MHz bandwidth, though it secured the fitting of open entry for third-party gadgets and software program on the C Block.

Is Yahoo Hoping For Justice Department Intervention To Stop MicroHoo Merger?

2008: Was authorities intervention the key hope of Yahoo administration?

OpenSocial Becomes More Open, Facebook Says No; AOL Flamed By Mag; Court Rules Against Clicking Minors

2008: Google, Yahoo, and Information Corp.’s MySpace joined forces to announce that OpenSocial, the social networking platform different to Fb’s platform, was going to turn out to be a non-profit basis.

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