$26K in safe bought on eBay

Bartlett man finds $26,000 in safe bought on eBay

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Finding more high-quality sites in search

Finding more high-quality sites in search

2/24/2011 06:50:00 PM

Our goal is simple: to give people the most relevant answers to their queries as quickly as possible. This requires constant tuning of our algorithms, as new content-both good and bad-comes online all the time.


Many of the changes we make are so subtle that very few people notice them. But in the last day or so we launched a pretty big algorithmic improvement to our ranking-a change that noticeably impacts 11.8% of our queries-and we wanted to let people know what’s going on. This update is designed to reduce rankings for low-quality sites-sites which are low-value add for users, copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful. At the same time, it will provide better rankings for high-quality sites-sites with original content and information such as research, in-depth reports, thoughtful analysis and so on....

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Page layout algorithm improvement

Page layout algorithm improvement

1/19/12 | 3:00:00 PM

In our ongoing effort to help you find more high-quality websites in search results, today we’re launching an algorithmic change that looks at the layout of a webpage and the amount of content you see on the page once you click on a result....

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17 search quality highlights: January

1. Fresher results
2. Faster autocomplete.
3. Autocomplete spelling corrections
4. Better spelling full-page replacement
5. Better spelling corrections for rare queries
6. Improve detection of recurrent event pages
7. High-quality sites algorithm improvements
8. Cross-language refinements
9. English on Google Saudi Arabia - google.com.sa
10. Improved scrolling for Image Search
11. Improved image search quality
12. More relevant related searches
13. Blending of news results
14. Automatically disable Google Instant based on computer speed

17 search quality highlights: January

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Algorithm Change by Google

How to identify and fix Google Panda in 2012

Panda basics

• * Panda is about dealing with bad content, not bad links. Bad content comes in different flavours: duplicate, weak, thin and template
  
• * Panda acts like a domain wide penalty: your whole site is affected and your good stuff is dragged down by your bad stuff
  
• * Web crawler accessibility issues affect how search engines see, and therefore assess, your content. Often, badly designed Information Architectures compound the problems with already weak content

Large sites that have many pages, templates content and lots of sub-categories are the most at risk. If you haven’t been monitoring and fixing your accessibility issues, as highlighted in Google Webmaster Tools, you are at risk....

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Google Analytics: New features for your Dec campaigns

Monthly Product Update   December 2011 Each month we work hard to improve your Analytics experience. Here is a quick snapshot of what we've been up to. Site Speed Reports  Learn which pages on your site load slowly. Slow loading pages often cause visitors to leave in frustration. Check out the Site Speed reports and you can see average load time by page. Simply go to the "Content" section and click "Site Speed". Visit ourHelp Center for more details. Webmaster Tools in Google Analytics  Understand more about your site's performance. Simply import information from Google Webmaster Tools into Google Analytics. Get SEO insights and understand how your site drives user engagement from Search (impressions, clicks, click through rate, and average position). Here is a link to step by step instructions. Expanded support for 40 Languages Google Analytics is now available in 9 additional languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Croatian, Hindi, Latvian, Romanian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.   Tools for Google Analytics Case Study: See how Fairmont Raffles Hotel simplified ecommerce reports across international sites. Tools that simplify international ecommerce reporting are particularly useful now that the holiday shopping season is in full swing. Holiday Ecommerce Tips from Bill Kee, Product Manager for Google Analytics   Education & Resources Reaching your Goals with Analytics Is your website performing as well as it could be? Do you want to get more out of your digital marketing campaigns, including AdWords and other digital media? With so much data, it can be hard to know where to look first. Here's a couple of resources to help you reach your goals with Analytics. Learn how to Set up Goals in our help center Review a short video: Google Analytics Engagement Goals (play time: less than 2 minutes) Watch on demand - Webinar: reaching your goals   Happy Analyzing, The Google Analytics Team Was this information useful? Share your thoughts with us. Log in to your GA account to see these updates.   Google Analytics Resources: GA YouTube Channel | Help Center | Developer Hub | GA Blog

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Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

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