Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin. http://www.seocentro.com/seo-archives/author/Danny+Goodwin.html Danny Goodwin http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=71414 It's been less than 24 hours since Google Penguin 2.0 went live, but there are already several reports of big changes. There are also many reports that, despite Penguin, Google is still ranking spam sites. You can now report this directly to Google. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:50 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=71387 Today's Google Doodle was created by a 12th grade Wisconsin student in honor of her best day: the day she was reunited with her father who returned home after 18 months of service in Iraq. It is the winner of this year's Doodle 4 Google competition. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Thu, 23 May 2013 04:29:35 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=71263 In conjunction with the arrival of "Star Trek Into Darkness", Bing has added a couple of features that fans should appreciate: a home page Easter egg when you search for "beam me up" and a new language option to Bing Translator: Klingon. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 17 May 2013 18:14:13 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=71154 A new Easter egg turns Google Images into a playable classic arcade game with a Google twist. Head to Google Images and type "Atari breakout" to fire up "Image Breakout" and start destroying rows of images by bouncing a ball into them. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Tue, 14 May 2013 16:58:55 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=71087 There has been much speculation this week about some kind of major Google update. Google Penguin 2.0 was not the blame. But you can expect the next Penguin update in the next few weeks, Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts has confirmed. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 10 May 2013 20:21:59 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70942 Google has removed the link to Places search. The link, which had been located in Google's "More" drop-down menu option, is no longer there, meaning local businesses can only be found via search (paid or organic), Google+ Local, or Google Maps. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 06 May 2013 17:48:00 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70799 Not getting the search traffic you were hoping for? In a new Webmaster Help video, Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts reveals five of the biggest basic SEO mistakes webmasters make, and suggests a few ways to improve your website. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:53:11 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70769 Bing may be getting a new logo. Microsoft revealed a few new logo design concepts during a Design Day presentation in Norway, including a white and gold "boomerang" logo for its Bing search engine. Could this logo soon become Bing's logo? Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:54:51 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70750 One page out gives Mozilla trouble with Google. Enhanced campaigns get Google+ annotations and an upgrade center. And it sure was hard not to see Eric Schmidt. Here's a quick recap of search and social marketing news and tips from the past week. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:46:07 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70727 Google Instant Previews, which gave searchers a sneak peek of a website by hovering over a magnifying glass icon, has been removed due to low usage. Now Google has added a drop-down to view Cached or Similar results, or Share a page on Google+. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:53:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70709 The European Commission is now seeking feedback on Google's cosmetic search result changes that aim to settle a years-long antitrust investigation. The EC also revealed some images illustrating what Google's results might soon look like. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:19:53 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70696 The "Queen of Jazz" is on the spotlight today on Google's homepage. A colorful Google Doodle pays tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who was born on this date 96 years ago. The American jazz vocalist won 13 Grammy awards and sold 40 million albums. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:24:06 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70582 Google Image Search traffic is down 63 percent on average. Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding. Bing calls a search malware analysis "wrong". Here's a quick recap of search and social marketing news and tips from the past week. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:49:20 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70580 Today's Google Doodle for Earth Day 2013 has a lot to experience. So much, in fact, Google created a "sightseeing checklist" to make sure you don't miss anything. You'll find all four seasons, animals, rain, wind and snow, and much more. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:53:11 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70513 Search ad revenues once again broke records in 2012. Search remained the revenue leader at $16.9 billion, accounting for 46 percent of all Internet advertising revenue, although this figure doesn't even include mobile search ads in the IAB's report. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:44:16 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70478 A month after hitting its highest U.S. search market share in February (67.5 percent), Google saw both Bing and Yahoo steal away what essentially amounts to crumbs from the giant pie that is Google's dominance, according to comScore. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:14:55 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70433 Ever been watching a HD YouTube video and wondered what it would look like in crappy VHS quality? Me neither. But someone at YouTube did, and now we have a new YouTube Easter egg. Enable tape mode has been added to honor the first VCR's birthday. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:54:45 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70412 Google's Matt Cutts and former ex-Googlers talk spam, rankings, and SEO tips. Google has safer results than Bing, Yandex, and Blekko. GM likes Facebook ads again. Here's a quick recap of search and social marketing news and tips from the past week. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:35:55 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70249 Google's Matt Cutts answers SEO questions. Bing hits back on AdWords enhanced campaigns. Lots of advertising revenue forecasts. A new Google Places for Business interface rolls out. Here's a quick recap of search and social marketing news and tips. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:20:07 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70233 With another successful SES New York in the books, the SES Conference & Expo is now gearing up to head north to Toronto from June 12-14. The SES Toronto agenda is live, and the SES team is still accepting speaker proposals until April 12. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:03:39 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70128 Marketing and advertising professionals all converged on the Big Apple last week for SES New York, the ultimate conference to get educated on all things search and social. Here's a roundup of live blogging and coverage of SES New York 2013. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:09:55 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=70102 Smells like April Fools' Day. You know, immature and cheesy, with a quick, bright finish. At least according to Google Nose, one of the latest additions to Google's long line of new technologies that never seem to quite make it past April 2. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:45:13 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69976 Remember Google's search feature that let you block websites? The one that launched in March 2011, expanded globally in September 2011, and then vanished and became useless by January 2012 and forgotten soon after? It's now officially discontinued. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:24:57 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69945 Marin Software went public today. The online advertising management platform's initial public offering (IPO) raised $105 million, as the company sold 7.5 million shares of stock at $14 per share - exceeding expectations of 7 million shares. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:14:06 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69942 If you want to include a phone number in your AdWords ad, you'll need to use the call extensions feature. Starting in April, Google will begin disapproving any ads that include telephone numbers in the ad text, according to a recent policy update. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:53:36 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69876 Searching for the NCAA March Madness bracket? Search for [ncaa bracket] or [march madness] on Google and you'll see a giant box above the organic results dedicated to the latest scores and schedule - all leading to additional Google searches. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:22:58 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69868 The Internet was certainly talking about Digg today when people discovered the social news site was no longer appearing in Google's search results. Was it penalized? Did Digg have an issue with its robots.txt file? No. It was all Google's fault. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:17:09 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69801 An eBay study on the effectiveness of paid search advertising claims that brand keyword ads provide no short-term benefits and negative return on investment (on average). Our jury of PPC experts had plenty to say about this hotly debated topic. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:44:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69786 While the 60+ sessions on the agenda are reason enough to attend SES New York 2013, some of the greatest tips you may take home from the conference come after hours - during networking events with more than 100 speakers and your fellow attendees. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:52:26 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69775 Google is wishing users a happy St. Patrick's Day today with a cute animated Google Doodle featuring a group of six Irish step dancers (five girls and a boy) all dressed in green, with each bearing one of the letters making up Google's name. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:26:17 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69759 Google now owns 67.5 percent of the U.S. search market. After reaching 67 percent for the first time in November and repeating the feat in January, Google has topped its own record and strengthened its market share stranglehold, comScore reported. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:57:46 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69752 Google Panda will soon evolve from monthly (or so) manual refreshes to a constant part of Google's real-time algorithm, according to Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts. The latest (possibly final?) Panda refresh is expected today or Monday. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:46:56 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69701 Citing declining usage and a focus on fewer products, Google today gave notice to its loyal (but apparently too few in number) users that its RSS platform is going away permanently via a message in Google Reader and a couple of blog posts. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:24:32 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69662 You can expect another Google Panda update to roll out this Friday or Monday, according to Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts. Also, Cutts has revealed that Google is working on a significant change to the Penguin algorithm. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:22:41 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69627 Beverly Stayart has come up limp in her bid to hold search engines accountable for a search suggestion that links her to erectile dysfunction drug Levitra. The middle-aged woman is now 0-4 in attempts to prove her name has been misappropriated. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:44:20 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69620 Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts has hinted at an upcoming Google update that is aimed at protecting searchers by lowering the rankings of merchants. It's all still pretty vague at this point, but here's what Cutts said Friday at SXSW. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:42:47 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69621 Today's interactive Google Doodle featuring the famous words "DON'T PANIC" (in large, friendly letters on the cover) is in tribute to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and author Douglas Adams, who was born on this date in 1952. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:42:47 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69585 Many women are helping to shape the marketing world by sharing insights and expertise. We ask some of the smartest women in marketing to reflect on the women who helped or inspired them, and share some challenges women in our industry are facing. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:47:25 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69581 How do you create a Google Doodle that fairly represents women of all shapes and sizes? That was the challenge for Doodle artist Betsy Bauer, who designed today's tribute to half the world's population in celebration International Women's Day 2013. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:56:40 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69560 Facebook's news feed is evolving to feature larger photos and multiple feeds that are designed to reduce clutter. The social network today unveiled its redesigned, mobile-inspired look that puts a much bigger emphasis on visuals. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:39:19 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69557 Want to upgrade your marketing skills or discover new ideas, tools, and strategies from industry experts, or simply experience some amazing networking opportunities - all while saving money? Then you should book your trip to SES New York 2013 today. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:48:37 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69493 Google Maps for iPhone has been updated with new local search icons to help you more quickly find restaurants, coffee shops, bars, gas stations, and other places. Tap the search box, then tap an icon, and you'll get a list of local businesses. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:16:34 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69490 Forbes has released its annual list of the world's billionaires. While most of the richest people in the world remain the same, one noteworthy change is that Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are no longer tied for net worth. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:25:52 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69464 Scroogled, the attack ad campaign Microsoft launched to initially attack Google for switching its shopping results to a paid model and grew to include critiques about Google "reading" the emails of its users to serve ads, is on its last legs. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:18:14 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69460 UK flower delivery site Interflora, banished from Google's UK searches after it placed about 150 advertorials on regional news sites, is out of the penalty box after only 11 days - a timely return to the search results ahead of Mothering Sunday. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:42:38 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69461 Google has launched a new website called How Search Works. One feature SEOs may want to check out is the Fighting Spam section, which shares a stream of real examples of "pure spam" pages that Google has identified and removed from search results. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:42:38 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69457 By this point, pretty much everyone has done The Harlem Shake or been subjected to a rendition. Now YouTube, the site responsible for hosting the videos of the viral dance clips, does the Harlem Shake. No, not the employees, the website itself. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:51:55 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69147 A Google Doodle today celebrates Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer who pushed forward the (at the time) radical idea that Earth wasn't the center of the universe. Instead, he theorized Earth and other planets revolve around the sun. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:53:02 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69137 It's hardly headline news that Google is by far the most popular search engine for users in the U.S. and most of the world. But what is headline worthy: for two of the past three months, Google has owned 67 percent of the U.S. search market. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:56:59 GMT http://www.seocentro.com/cgi-bin/rss/go.pl?uid=69127 You won't be seeing an animated Google Doodle today on Google's home page. Meant to coincide with the passing of Asteroid 2012 DA14, the Doodle was pulled from Google's home page after a meteor blast caused hundreds of injuries in Russia. Danny Goodwin Danny Goodwin Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:37:54 GMT