Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
Google has released the latest software update for Google Glass. Notable new features include drastic improvements made to the device’s search capabilities. Those fortunate enough...
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, published a video response today to a question about whether or not nofollow links can hurt a website when it...
In an announcement made yesterday, Microsoft and Local Corporation signed an agreement to provide location-based inventory data for Bing. Local Corporation’s Krillion shopping data platform...
Bing continues to upgrade their user experience with an announcement made today about changes to Bing News. In an attempt to modernize their search experience...
Michelle Stinson Ross, SEJ Alumnus and founder of her own agency Firestarter Social Media, recently announced a strategic partnership with Toronto-based digital marketing agency, Digital...
Today Bing made an announcement on their blog about upgrades to the user experience of their video search. The announcement promises these upgrades will provide...
Facebook adopted the use of hashtags for both personal and business pages earlier this year. Since hashtags have proven to be a useful tool on...
Search engine giants, Google and Microsoft, are set to sue the US government over transparency. Their goal is to win the right to reveal more...
In eMarketer’s latest look at the mobile ad market, we see that Google’s mobile search revenue accounts for 19.1% of its total US advertising revenues. Just two...
The Google Keyword Tool, used by SEO professionals the world over, has officially been retired. While the sentiments regarding this change have been mixed, there...
Marin Software, provider of a leading Revenue Acquisition Management platform for advertisers and agencies, today released a report showcasing the rise of Google Product Listing...
Up to 50 Facebook users can now contribute to the new shared photo albums that Facebook is starting to roll out. Each individual user can...
Bing recently posted an inside look from Senior Program Manager, Meenaz Merchant, describing the ways in which Bing is a better image search engine than...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, stated in a video response that page load speed is not any more important as a ranking factor...
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, refuted the latest Moz study that claimed to show a correlation between Google +1’s and high search engine rankings....
Google announced this morning in a blog post that the Google Maps and Waze teams are working to bring real-time traffic updates to the Google...
Google is testing a new feature that would allow more information to be shown in search results pages. The new feature displays an overlay with...
Recent data shows that Google is not only holding steady as the top search engine in the U.S., they are gaining market share after having...
Google is going to start providing a range of personalized “quick answers” in search results by bringing more of the capabilities of Google Now to...
Google’s chat service, Hangouts, is finally fulfilling its purpose of unifying messaging across all of the company’s services. An update to the Google+ mobile app...
Starting today, Facebook’s mobile pages are more functional for both businesses and consumers with the added ability to make reservations through a restaurant’s Facebook Page....
Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a video answer yesterday advising website owners with a recommendation that may help from getting penalized by...
Facebook’s stock price rose above the price of its initial public offering of $38 for the first time this past Friday, closing at $38.50. Facebook’s...
BlackBerry is currently in the process of exploring “strategic alternatives” for the company, which may include putting it up for sale. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins,...
