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02/04/2012 09:52 AM
Google’s January Search Update: Panda In The Pipelines, Fresher Results, Date Detection & More
It’s the first Friday of the month, and that seems to be when Google has decided to push out its monthly update of search tweaks from the prior month. The January update is out and it contains a few interesting nuggets. Panda In The Pipelines There’s a mention of the Panda algorithm...

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02/04/2012 09:04 AM
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 3, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 Common Tracking Problems: How To Troubleshoot & Fix Them I spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly what is wrong with some clients’ analytics...

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02/04/2012 07:55 AM
5 Common Tracking Problems: How To Troubleshoot & Fix Them
I spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly what is wrong with some clients’ analytics installs. Unlike types or broken code, or misspelled words – issues with tracking scripts don’t always raise their hands and scream, “Hey dummy, you deleted the </script> tag!” I thought it would...

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02/04/2012 07:05 AM
Chrome’s Market Share Drops In January; Was It Due To Google’s Penalty?
After 17 straight months of gains in market share, Google’s Chrome web browser dropped 0.17 percent in January, and the company that tracks browser market share suggests that it’s because Google penalized Chrome after a botched sponsored blog post campaign. The figures come from Net...

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02/04/2012 06:14 AM
Czech Republic Gives Google Green Light To Resume Street View
After more than two years, and a few important concessions from Google, the Czech Republic is letting the company resume its Street View service. As Czech Position reports, Google has agreed to several conditions put forth by the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection: Google will take photos...

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02/04/2012 04:22 AM
StumbleUpon Responds To Concerns About Links & Iframing
On Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012, we published an article discussing some changes StumbleUpon made during their recent redesign which removed source links from their content pages and forced all users to view content from the site through an iframed toolbar, which they could not close if they were logged...

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02/04/2012 04:07 AM
Recent Findings On Captcha & The User Experience
The opinions on what makes a form or Web application user friendly may vary but most everyone dislikes Captcha fields. Some Captcha’s are so difficult to decipher they actually increase form and page abandonment. Along with the freedom the Internet provides humans, it is unfortunately humans who...

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02/04/2012 03:44 AM
How To Use The AdWords Search Term View To Optimize Keywords & Negatives
Optimizing Keywords and Negatives is a task I recommend to my clients that they do regularly. In this How To, I will include some real-world experience along with the basics of how to use the AdWords Search Term View to optimize keywords and negatives. What Is Search Terms View? The AdWords Search...

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02/04/2012 02:01 AM
Search In Pics: Obama’s Google Hangout, SEO Cake & Zuckerberg’s Desk
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Bing Drink In A Glass: Image via Flickr. Behind The Scenes On President...

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02/04/2012 12:55 AM
Google’s New Privacy Policy May Violate HIPAA, Congresswoman Says
Several members of Congress continued to express reservations about Google’s new privacy policy after a closed-door meeting on Thursday, with one House member saying that Google’s handling of sensitive medical searches may violate HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and...

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