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Facebook users worldwide are enthralled with the new Reactions the company recently unveiled. Instead of being shackled with just the option to “like” a post, users can now Love, Sad, Angry, Wow, or HaHa various user posts. We asked Facebook for comment and got the following reply: These new reactions are a huge step forward […] More
From: JJ<redacted>@microsoft.com To: T<redacted>@microsoft.com Hey T, I don’t know if you’ve seen all the news today, but GI, and JM opened their mouths again, saying absolutely nothing new, but what happens? All of the sites and social media go crazy over their utterances. It’s like all they have to do is say that clicking a link […] More
Today we’re pleased to sit down with well-known female SEO guru Christine Finkbeiner-Test. Christine is not only an SEO expert, she’s also a woman! So, naturally, we asked Christine about how gender has impacted her career. Christine, we’re honored to have you here. Thanks for taking the time to speak to us about SEO. Thanks […] More
A guy I know on my darts team, who knows a guy whose sister knows a guy, today confirmed that as a result of their foray into improving the speed and relevance of their search engine, Google’s experiments with embedding an emotion subroutine in the core algorithm has had unintended consequences. The search engine reportedly had a full emotional meltdown […] More
Rumors have been swirling lately about a possible new Google algorithm update. Several SEOs have been tweeting, posting in forums, and blowing up Owdy chat with stories of how their sites rankings have changed. We reached out to Google for a statement, and our confidential source (Ed – Is that still Ted the janitor?) has […] More
Another interesting question came up on Owdy Chat last week. The Search Engine Guy said that the content on the page is not as critical for ranking than having an actual functioning website. In short, he explained that the search engine can theoretically rank a page without any content, but without a website for them […] More
Veterans of SEO conference may have a hard time remember the joy and wonder they experienced at their first SEO conference. In order to help these old people remember joy, first time SEO conference attendee Jarvis Yoholski sat down with WTFSEO to provide his account of what he called “the best three days of my […] More
If you weren’t paying close attention to SEO blogs, you might have missed the fact that bing Bing recently updated their logo. Let’s be honest, you certainly didn’t do a search on Bing and notice it yourself. The new logo, seen below, represent’s Bing’s switch from Blue, to Yellow, and now Green – leaving them […] More
Today’s Google Doodle honors [a man or woman who was born on this date quite a few years ago] [a noteworthy event] [the anniversary of a noteworthy event] [a big holiday]! Hundreds of other publications are going to write about today’s logo, which is officially known as a Google Doodle, even though there is probably much […] More
Is Twitter seriously removing words from tweets? YUP! After removing ⭐ and share counts in recent weeks, it seems next on the ? block are these oddly-shaped things you’re currently reading – letters that we humans have been combining together for centuries to create words that convey ?. Nearly every person on the planet uses words, except […] More
After years of flippant jokes at conferences, the unthinkable has happened: A dead body was in fact found on Page 2 of a Google query. An ID on the victim is being withheld pending family notification, but sources say the deceased, like many SEOs, is a male in his mid- to late 30s. Due to the […] More
There’s trouble in paradise for Marketer and Content, long considered the Brangelina of digital promotion, after an unforgivable betrayal that leaves Content one of the industry’s most eligible bachelors. After a year of shocking high-profile breakups – think: Ben and Jennifer (Bennifer), Gwen and Gavin (Gwevin?), Blake and Miranda (Blanda?), Kermit and Miss Piggy (Don’t […] More