Newsletter Archive: 2012


Google Rolls Out Panda 3.4 Update
Through an unexpected source, namely Twitter, Google has officially announced the release of the latest update to its ranking algorithm, Panda 3.4.

Date: 2012-03-30
SEOs Eliminates Competitor In Google
Google, continuing on its battle against spammy link/blog networks, has taken down BuildMyRank. Along with the blog network, the sites linking with it have also been penalized and some deindexed by Google completely.

Date: 2012-03-29
Google Takes Another Swipe At Site Search Facilities
I am used to seeing Google try to siphon off traffic that once went to site search engines. It makes sense, from Googles point of view, to grab as much search traffic as they can"the better to show their ads and put a few more pennies towards the bottom line.

Date: 2012-03-28
Firefox Switching To Google Secure Search By Default
Bing has revealed in a Bing Search Quality Insights blog how the search engine cleans its search results of junk links. This is another information insight in the new series started by Bing to provide users with search quality insights and the workings of Bing.

Date: 2012-03-23
Yahoo! Sues Facebook Over 10 Patent Infringements
Yahoo! Search scientists have built a new search platform with machine learning technology which allows the search engine to better anticipate the queries of the individual user. This technique has enhances Yahoo!s vertical intent triggering system leading to better assessment of search needs.

Date: 2012-03-20
Google Plus Pages Replace PPC Ads
Google search results are now showing Latest Posts from Google+ pages/profiles where one usually saw the PPC ads. The top half of the search page has Google+ pages and profiles alongside its regular results.

Date: 2012-03-19
Yahoo! Sues Facebook Over 10 Patent Infringements
Bing has taken a clear stance on mobile SEO with its post on the Bing Search Blog. Bing is going ahead with the "one URL per content item" strategy.

Date: 2012-03-15
Bing Proposes To Follow One URL Per Content Item Strategy
Bing has taken a clear stance on mobile SEO with its post on the Bing Search Blog. Bing is going ahead with the "one URL per content item" strategy.

Date: 2012-03-14
Bing Launches Search Quality Insights
Close on the heels of Google "Search Quality Highlights" series launched in December 2011, Bing has now come up with their own Search Quality Insights series.

Date: 2012-03-12
1 Billion People Use Mobile As Primary Internet Point
At the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona Googles Head of Mobile Sales, Jason Spero, announced some new global Smartphone user survey data and 2012 predictions.

Date: 2012-03-07
Panda 3.3 Update & 40 Search Updates
Shortly after the search industry recapped the 1st year of the Google Panda, Google has confirmed that they have rolled out the Panda 3.3. This confirmation by the search engine came in with its announcement of 40 more search updates that happened in February.

Date: 2012-03-01
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