Goodbye, Google Toolbar PageRank In 2016, Google confirmed that it would be removing Toolbar PageRank. Google would still continue using…
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Google adds landing page load time to Quality Score In 2008, Google AdWords confirmed a new addition to Quality Score: landing page load…
Read More »Google’s John Mueller was asked about a domain name purchased several months ago but still does not rank well in…
Read More »Google Webmaster Tools adds user administration In 2012, Google Webmaster Tools added a much-wanted feature: user administration. Site owners could…
Read More »Matt Cutts confirms Vince, calls it a ‘minor change’ In 2009, Google’s Matt Cutts created a video to answer many questions about…
Read More »Sheryl Sandberg named Facebook Chief Operating Officer In 2008, Facebook announced Sheryl Sandberg as its new Chief Operating Officer. At…
Read More »Google Panda name revealed In 2011, Google’s Amit Singhal and Matt Cutts revealed that Google Panda was the true name…
Read More »Happy birthday, Yahoo! (or is it?) In 1995, Yahoo! was incorporated. I was very close to using our March 1…
Read More »Google publishes Search quality rating guidelines In 2013, Google published Its Search Quality Rating Guidelines. Previous versions of the document…
Read More »R.I.P., DMOZ In 2017, DMOZ – The Open Directory Project that used human editors to organize websites — announced it…
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