On December 18th, Google announced that all searches performed by users who are signed into their Google accounts would be ‘more secure’. Essentially, for those users who are signed into their Google account, no data will be passed to Google Analytics regarding who they are or what they did on a site. Without getting into [...]

Recent minor updates to how Google interfaces with searchers indicate an increasing importance placed on user experience and avoiding the dreaded visitor bounce when arriving through organic search.

Rising from the ashes of the failed Google Buzz and Wave initiatives, Google’s social media savior was finally revealed this week, triggering equal amounts of anticipation, interest and skepticism. So is Google Plus the ‘Facebook Killer’ that years of speculation and secrecy might suggest?

Sending digital shockwaves through the tubes of the internet, Google recently announced its big venture into social with the +1 button. Is this the death toll for the ubiquitous Facebook ‘Like’ button?

It has been a few weeks since Google Instant was launched and we wanted to measure the impact it has had on a sample of the sites that we monitor.

The new blue arrow in Google SERPs represents the ability to browse search results using only keyboard commands.

We noticed a blue arrow graphic appearing on the 1st Google SERP result, either organic or paid, and occasionally on the 2nd result. Is this driven by page rank, most clicked link or just an HTML5 test?

As predicted yesterday, most of the results we are seeing today are weighted heavily on the searcher's location.

Google Instant, a new search enhancement that shows results as you type, was launched today for users searching while signed into their Google accounts. We review the benefits and potential implications to paid and organic search.

Users have begun noticing that some brands are dominating the search results page with a single domain and Google confirmed a change had been made in its algorithm. We examine the ramifications to brands and searchers.