Submit Express Search Engine News http://www.submitexpress.com/news/dispall.php As the dominant search engine in the world, Google decides whether your site will gain top rankings in the organic results of its search engine. And while the company offers general guidelines on how to create a Google-friendly website, it doesn't offer any secrets that will guarantee high rankings, which is why the industry nearly went insane when some of the company's top secrets leaked out. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1648 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1648 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0800 Getting a website ranked in search engines is a high priority for any business. Increasingly, the Web is the first place people turn to when they seek information, services, or an object to purchase. If you're offering any of those things online, then it behooves you to pursue the well-known fruits -- within the industry, and ever-more often outside of it -- of search engine optimization. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1645 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1645 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 Google has launched an algorithmic update that evaluates the layout of a webpage. The latest change looks at the layout of a page as well as the amount of content featured on a page, and will negatively affect sites that don't have enough content "above-the-fold," such as sites where users have to scroll down the page past several ads to find content. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1644 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1644 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 On January 18, some of the web's largest companies as well as many smaller sites rallied together in protest against two anti-privacy bills, SOPA and PIPA, currently under consideration on Capitol Hill. Some companies, such as Wikipedia, blacked out for 24 hours, while others, such as Google and Craigslist, featured links on their pages with information about the bills. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1643 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1643 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 In conjunction with the tech industry's blackout movement planned for January 18, TechCrunch confirms that Google's U.S. homepage will feature a link to highlight the company's opposition to the Stop Online Privacy Act and the Protect IP Act, two anti-piracy bills that are currently going through Congress. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1642 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1642 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 The Los Angeles Times reported that more than 500 million Chinese citizens used the web last year, according to a tech-industry firm, changing the way people process and discuss information and news in the communist-controlled state. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1640 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1640 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 Google continues to be inundated with complaints over its new search feature, Search Plus Your World. The Los Angeles Times reports that the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Washington-based public interest research center, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on January 12 over the new feature, saying it invades the privacy of users while shutting out rivals. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1639 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1639 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 With the recent launch of Search Plus Your World, Google has made it possible for users to find their own information on the web, including photos and content shared by them and other members of their network. However, most of this "personal" information comes not from Twitter, Facebook, or other sources but from Google Plus, which is why Google's social networking site has just become one of the most important tools for marketers. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1638 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1638 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 Google Search just got personal. The tech giant has unveiled a major change to its search results with the addition of "Search Plus Your World." The new transformation makes it possible for users to find their own information on the web, including information about people they know and the content they've shared with them. Search Plus Your World will be rolling out over the next few days to users signed in on Google.com in English. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1637 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1637 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 As search engines give more and more weight to social signals such as likes, tweets, and Google +1s, search marketers do, too. Marketing Charts reports that 84 percent of search marketers say social signals will be more important to their SEO efforts this year as compared to last year, while 31 percent said social signals will be much more important this year as compared to 2011, according to a new survey by BrightEdge. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1636 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1636 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 As part of a new monthly series recapping the updates it has made to Search, Google announced a list of 30 improvements it made in December, 21 of which have never been announced. Among the new tweaks, which are given unique "codenames," a few stood out as interesting, including the way Google picks sitelinks (Megasitelinks), digs up images, and offers dates to bylines. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1635 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1635 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 Yahoo Inc. has appointed Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, as its new CEO. Thompson will be replacing Tim Morse, effective January 9, 2012, and represents the fourth CEO for Yahoo! in less than five years. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1634 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1634 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 Marketing Charts reports the Google Chrome has increased its share of the U.S. browser market to 18.7 percent in December 2011, representing a 50 percent increase from one year earlier, and following closely behind Firefox, which fell to 20.1 percent for the second rank, according to statistics from StatCounter. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1633 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1633 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800 In celebration of its 5th birthday, the news and information site Search Engine Land announced yesterday the launch of a new sister site, Marketing Land. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1632 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1632 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0800 As part of its algorithmic transition to Bing, Yahoo! shut down Site Explorer on Monday November 21, 2011; webmasters can now access Site Explorer services using the Bing Webmaster Tools. http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1631 http://www.submitexpress.com/news/shownews.php?article=1631 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:00:00 -0800