Archive for the “Google” category
Google Instant Search and its impact on SEO
by Hessam on September 10, 2010
During Tuesday’s major search event in San Francisco Google announced a new search feature called Google Instant which will significantly change the way users search for information on Google Search. Google Instant – Live updating search result page This new interface (…)
Google: “We Pay Our AdSense Partners 68%”
by Hessam on May 24, 2010
Today Google publicized the split of revenue they share with their hundreds of thousands of AdSense publishers worldwide. In short, Google pays out 68% for AdSense for Content (AFC) ads, and 51% for AdSense for Search (AFS) ads. Quote from (…)
Social Search Is Google’s Killer Feature
by Hessam on January 28, 2010
This is something which I’m really excited about and I believe is a real killer feature for Google Search. Unfortunately with the frantic hype around Apple’s announcement of the iPad, this news has not yet got the attention it really deserves. Back (…)
Google Stops Censoring in China
by Hessam on January 13, 2010
In a blogpost on Google’s official blog tonight the company is delivering a direct attack on the Chinese government and states that Google has had enough and will effectively stop censuring its search results in China. The firm lists three (…)
Does the German Government Hate Google?
by Hessam on January 9, 2010
Not a week goes by without new allegations and threats against Google from German officials. Recently there were reports of federal and state officials debating to make the usage of Google Analytics illegal because of fears that Google might create (…)
My name is Hessam Lavi, I'm a SEO & Web Analytics consultant and a former member of Google's search quality/webspam team. I'm an Iranian-born Swedish national living in Berlin. 
