May 19, 2012

US Jury Finds Google Infringed Oracle’s Java Copyrights in Android

Posted on 08. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

If the judge finds that APIs are copyrightable, it is going to trigger off a lot of litigation. Everyone who has copyright on the original implementation of an API that has become widely used will sue someone. I find it hard to imagine APIs can be copyright without protocols also not being copyright. Of course, [...]

Google’s 52 Search Quality Highlights For April

Posted on 07. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

Increase base index size by 15%. [project codename "Indexing"] The base search index is our main index for serving search results and every query that comes into Google is matched against this index. This change increases the number of documents served by that index by 15%. *Note: Were constantly tuning the size of our different [...]

May 2012 AdSense Earnings and Observations

Posted on 06. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

Did it happen? I thought you posted you had stabilised out again? 1st May was my best day in two weeks thanks to a better performance from the USA and some nice valued clicks…I’m assuming AdWorders who got their decimal point in the wrong place! UK click volume was absolutely dire dragging down my overall [...]

Google Updates and SERP Changes

Posted on 05. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

Checked a few key phrases and have found the same as others. Low quality sites ranking high in the SERPs. These sites are generally updated rarely, and offer little in the way of content. For one phrase, I found a competing site listed on page one, while mine is on page five. I have hundreds [...]

Google Analytics Adds Social Reports, And Tracks Links To Your Content

Posted on 04. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

Have you ever wondered which other pages on the web link to your own? Wouldnt it be nice to know which sites are talking about your content, and in which context? Well, a problem no more: now you can see all the backlink URLs, post titles, and more right within the new Social reports. The [...]

WebmasterWorld Weekly Roundup May 3

Posted on 03. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

WebmasterWorld Weekly Roundup May 3

For four years we have operated Webmasterworld under the quiet terms of a contributionware site. It continues to be our goal to raise the quality of material available on Webmasterworld and to remain an independent site that serves the community. It has been by the generosity of our members we have not only been able [...]

Bing Updates Template – Layout

Posted on 02. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

but they’re just following Google’s example. Oh, I think Google is going entirely the other way. Google has: – added tool bar with social nags at top of screen (interrupts search) – added mouse over preview (distracts focus and place holder ‘pointing’) – the seizure inducing update of Google Instant that flashes the screen as [...]

Google Changes AdWords Ad Rotation To 30-Day Period

Posted on 01. May, 2012 by in Webmaster World

This is ridiculous Google! This shows that CTR is still king at Google. We are running almost all of our tens of millions of Adwords clicks with the “Rotate: Show ads more evenly” option to test WEBSITE CONVERSIONS. This will indeed cost lots of TIME to reset this options every 30 days. What is the [...]

ICANN Plans To Notify All Applicants Over TLD System Data Breaches

Posted on 30. Apr, 2012 by in Webmaster World

“We’re very apologetic for the inconvenience to any applicants,” ICANN chief executive Rod Beckstrom told Reuters. “Clearly, we’re going to take every step that we can to make sure that no one takes advantage of any information they may have obtained,” he said in a telephone interview, declining to detail exactly what steps could be [...]

ALERT: The Google Anti-SEO Update

Posted on 29. Apr, 2012 by in Webmaster World

To conjecture about the “Again” part of the title… for me, anyway, these ongoing narrowly-targeted updates confirm more than ever that AI (Artificial Intelligence) is actively being used in the algorithm. Why do I say that?… because, when using AI, it’s important for engineers to correlate what they’re targeting with the effects they see. Thus, [...]