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Google UK Showing US Based Spelling Suggestions

On January 14, 2010, In SEO, by rustybrick

If you search at Google UK for keywords such as [search engine optimisation] or [personalised napkins] or the like, you will get US based spelling suggestions from Google.

Here are some screen captures:

The old S vs Z in US vs UK English.

As you can imagine, this is not just annoying for UK searchers but also can be a bit insulting. So far, Google has not commented in any of the threads I have seen report this.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld, DigitalPoint Forums & Google Webmaster Help.

Update: Google seemed to quietly fix this in the past 24 hours.

Update 2: Here is a statement from Google over 24 hours later:

We recently introduced a change to the spell correction feature on the google.co.uk domain. This change introduced a bug where we were suggesting American English spelling refinements. We have temporarily rolled back the change while we fix the problem.

If you search at Google UK for keywords such as [search engine optimisation] or [personalised napkins] or the like, you will get US based spelling suggestions from Google.

Here are some screen captures:

The old S vs Z in US vs UK English.

As you can imagine, this is not just annoying for UK searchers but also can be a bit insulting. So far, Google has not commented in any of the threads I have seen report this.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld, DigitalPoint Forums & Google Webmaster Help.

Update: Google seemed to quietly fix this in the past 24 hours.

Update 2: Here is a statement from Google over 24 hours later:

We recently introduced a change to the spell correction feature on the google.co.uk domain. This change introduced a bug where we were suggesting American English spelling refinements. We have temporarily rolled back the change while we fix the problem.

Vote For The Doodle 4 Google UK Winner

On December 10, 2009, In SEO, by rustybrick

Voting is open for the UK’s edition of the Doodle 4 Google competition. Google has run this competition in both the US and UK for four years now.

This years competition:

We’re asking young people aged 5–16 from across the UK to design their own doodle. This year’s theme is ‘My Hero’. We’d love to see the figures young people look up to represented in their doodles, whether family, friends, people in the community, or world figures. We’re interested in the people considered heroes for the 21st century and how entrants represent them using images.

To vote, go to this page. You can vote for each of the four brackets, 5-7 years old, 7-11 years old, 11-14 years old and 14-16 years olds.

Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help.

Voting is open for the UK’s edition of the Doodle 4 Google competition. Google has run this competition in both the US and UK for four years now.

This years competition:

We’re asking young people aged 5–16 from across the UK to design their own doodle. This year’s theme is ‘My Hero’. We’d love to see the figures young people look up to represented in their doodles, whether family, friends, people in the community, or world figures. We’re interested in the people considered heroes for the 21st century and how entrants represent them using images.

To vote, go to this page. You can vote for each of the four brackets, 5-7 years old, 7-11 years old, 11-14 years old and 14-16 years olds.

Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help.

December 2009 Google Webmaster Report

On December 9, 2009, In SEO, by rustybrick

This is the last Google Webmaster Report of 2009 and it was a pretty busy month. The main changes this past month was Caffeine going live on one data center, the new user fade in interface is live, personalized search becoming the default and Google’s attempts to appease the news business.

You can read last months report in the November ’09 webmaster write up. The new WebmasterWorld thread does not have a lot of new chatter going on. The normal ranking fluctuations discussions are going on. One person said the UK results match the US results on November 4th. But overall, not much chatter in that thread going on.

Here are the Google highlights for the past month:

Google UI Changes:

Google Policy Change:

First Five Click Free Program: Google Revises FCF Program

Google SEO Related:

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

This is the last Google Webmaster Report of 2009 and it was a pretty busy month. The main changes this past month was Caffeine going live on one data center, the new user fade in interface is live, personalized search becoming the default and Google’s attempts to appease the news business.

You can read last months report in the November ’09 webmaster write up. The new WebmasterWorld thread does not have a lot of new chatter going on. The normal ranking fluctuations discussions are going on. One person said the UK results match the US results on November 4th. But overall, not much chatter in that thread going on.

Here are the Google highlights for the past month:

Google UI Changes:

Google Policy Change:

First Five Click Free Program: Google Revises FCF Program

Google SEO Related:

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 27, 2009

On November 27, 2009, In SEO, by rustybrick

There seems to be a major Google update going on, some suspect it is Caffeine related while others do not. Google said comment spam can hurt you bad. Rich snippets are now showing in other Google properties, such as Google UK and Canada. Don’t waste your time with a banned domain. Bing and News Corp try to team up to bait Google on indexing their content. Is Bing now handling 301 redirects properly? If you are banned in AdWords, you likely will never be unbanned. Google opened product ads to all U.S. advertisers and then showed off all their new ad styles. Google Maps bug removed the local pack for web design like searches. Google AdSense bug showed weird HTML characters in the ads. Google is testing related search results in the top navigation bar. The Michelle Obama racist image reappeared and Google could not remove it, so they placed an ad as to why not. Finally, we posted all the Thanksgiving logos from Google, Yahoo, AOL, Ask.com, Bing, Dogpile and others – so check it out. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

Make sure to subscribe to our video feed or subscribe directly on iTunes to be notified of these updates and download the video in the background. Here is the YouTube version of the feed:

For the original iTunes version, click here or to see the YouTube version in higher quality, click play & hit “HD.”

Search Topics of Discussion:
Google SEO:

Bing:

Google AdWords:

Google Maps:

Google Bug Removes Web Designers in Local Pack

Google AdSense:

Google AdSense Bug Displaying Weird Characters in Ads

Misc Google:

Community:

Thanksgiving Greetings 2009 From Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask & Search Industry

Please do subscribe via iTunes or on your favorite RSS reader. Don’t forget to comment below with the right answer and good luck!

There seems to be a major Google update going on, some suspect it is Caffeine related while others do not. Google said comment spam can hurt you bad. Rich snippets are now showing in other Google properties, such as Google UK and Canada. Don’t waste your time with a banned domain. Bing and News Corp try to team up to bait Google on indexing their content. Is Bing now handling 301 redirects properly? If you are banned in AdWords, you likely will never be unbanned. Google opened product ads to all U.S. advertisers and then showed off all their new ad styles. Google Maps bug removed the local pack for web design like searches. Google AdSense bug showed weird HTML characters in the ads. Google is testing related search results in the top navigation bar. The Michelle Obama racist image reappeared and Google could not remove it, so they placed an ad as to why not. Finally, we posted all the Thanksgiving logos from Google, Yahoo, AOL, Ask.com, Bing, Dogpile and others – so check it out. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

Make sure to subscribe to our video feed or subscribe directly on iTunes to be notified of these updates and download the video in the background. Here is the YouTube version of the feed:

For the original iTunes version, click here or to see the YouTube version in higher quality, click play & hit “HD.”

Search Topics of Discussion:
Google SEO:

Bing:

Google AdWords:

Google Maps:

Google Bug Removes Web Designers in Local Pack

Google AdSense:

Google AdSense Bug Displaying Weird Characters in Ads

Misc Google:

Community:

Thanksgiving Greetings 2009 From Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask & Search Industry

Please do subscribe via iTunes or on your favorite RSS reader. Don’t forget to comment below with the right answer and good luck!

Rich Snippets Now in Google UK & Other Non-US Properties

On November 27, 2009, In SEO, by rustybrick

First blogged at BigMouthMedia, Google’s Rich Snippets feature which went live in the U.S. in May is now showing up in other Google properties, such as the UK, Canada and other English based language countries.

When it first launched, it was only based in the US. But now if you try to bring up sites that provide rich snippets to Google outside of the US, some show them. For example, Google UK, Google Canada and Google Ireland all show them, but Google Israel, Google Mexico and Google Italy do not. I believe it has to do with the language of that country.

A screen shot of Rich Snippets now showing in the Google UK:

A screen shot of Rich Snippets not showing in Google Mexico:

This was first spotted in a thread we covered earlier that felt rich snippets were coming to smaller sites, still not sure if that is true.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

First blogged at BigMouthMedia, Google’s Rich Snippets feature which went live in the U.S. in May is now showing up in other Google properties, such as the UK, Canada and other English based language countries.

When it first launched, it was only based in the US. But now if you try to bring up sites that provide rich snippets to Google outside of the US, some show them. For example, Google UK, Google Canada and Google Ireland all show them, but Google Israel, Google Mexico and Google Italy do not. I believe it has to do with the language of that country.

A screen shot of Rich Snippets now showing in the Google UK:

A screen shot of Rich Snippets not showing in Google Mexico:

This was first spotted in a thread we covered earlier that felt rich snippets were coming to smaller sites, still not sure if that is true.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

Veteran’s Day 2009 Logos from Google, Bing, Ask But Not Yahoo

On November 11, 2009, In SEO, by rustybrick

Today is Veteran’s Day and the search engines, well most of them, are commemorating the day. We have logos from Google, Bing, Ask.com, AOL and even here but not from Yahoo, at least not yet. Here are the logos.

Google:

Bing:

Ask:

AOL (Flash):

Search Engine Roundtable:

For the past logos for this holiday, see 2008 Veterans logos (no Yahoo there also), 2007 Veterans logos and then we skipped to 2007 Veterans logos.

Also, at Google UK today, they have a logo with a poppy for a belated Remembrance Day. Yes, Remembrance Day was a few days ago, but the Sesame Street logos trumped it.

Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums.

Today is Veteran’s Day and the search engines, well most of them, are commemorating the day. We have logos from Google, Bing, Ask.com, AOL and even here but not from Yahoo, at least not yet. Here are the logos.

Google:

Bing:

Ask:

AOL (Flash):

Search Engine Roundtable:

For the past logos for this holiday, see 2008 Veterans logos (no Yahoo there also), 2007 Veterans logos and then we skipped to 2007 Veterans logos.

Also, at Google UK today, they have a logo with a poppy for a belated Remembrance Day. Yes, Remembrance Day was a few days ago, but the Sesame Street logos trumped it.

Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums.

Google Celebrates Anniversaries For Sesame Street, Wallace & Gromit & Many Others

On November 4, 2009, In SEO, by rustybrick

So when I visited Google.com, I saw Big Bird’s legs. It is the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street and Google made a Doodle for it. But then I noticed other Google properties not only sporting Sesame Street but also Doodles for other learning programs that are popular in those regions. We have Google logos for the 20th birthday of Wallace & Gromit, and these other regional characters: Abigal, Boombah Chamki, Ieniemienie, Abelardo Montoya and Kami.

Here are the logos:

Big Bird’s Sesame Street found at Google.com, Google.ca, Google.es, Google.hr, Google.co.kr, Google.co.jp, Google.com.ly, Google.fr, Google.com.ph, Google.com.qa, Google.pl, Google.com.bh, Google.com.hk, Google.com.kw, Google.ps, Google.com.sa, Google.ae, Google.com.eg, Google.co.id, Google.jo, Google.com.lb, and Google.com.om.

Wallace & Gromit found at Google.co.uk, Google.com.tw, Google.co.th, Google.rs, Google.pt, Google.de, Google.ro, Google.ch, and Google.at.

Ieniemienie’ Sesame Street found at Google.be and Google.nl.

Kami from Sesame Street found at Google.co.za:

Boombah Chamki from Sesame Street found at Google.co.in:

Abelardo Montoya from Sesame Street found at Google.com.mx:

Abigal (אביגיל) from Sesame Street found at Google.co.il:

I don’t think I missed any, but you can check yourself at the bottom of this page.

Happy 40th Sesame Street and 20th Wallace & Gromit!

Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help.

Update: The Google Blog just posted about the peanut butter and sandwiches.

November 5th a Cookie Monster logo:

November 6th, an Ernie & Bert logo:

So when I visited Google.com, I saw Big Bird’s legs. It is the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street and Google made a Doodle for it. But then I noticed other Google properties not only sporting Sesame Street but also Doodles for other learning programs that are popular in those regions. We have Google logos for the 20th birthday of Wallace & Gromit, and these other regional characters: Abigal, Boombah Chamki, Ieniemienie, Abelardo Montoya and Kami.

Here are the logos:

Big Bird’s Sesame Street found at Google.com, Google.ca, Google.es, Google.hr, Google.co.kr, Google.co.jp, Google.com.ly, Google.fr, Google.com.ph, Google.com.qa, Google.pl, Google.com.bh, Google.com.hk, Google.com.kw, Google.ps, Google.com.sa, Google.ae, Google.com.eg, Google.co.id, Google.jo, Google.com.lb, and Google.com.om.

Wallace & Gromit found at Google.co.uk, Google.com.tw, Google.co.th, Google.rs, Google.pt, Google.de, Google.ro, Google.ch, and Google.at.

Ieniemienie’ Sesame Street found at Google.be and Google.nl.

Kami from Sesame Street found at Google.co.za:

Boombah Chamki from Sesame Street found at Google.co.in:

Abelardo Montoya from Sesame Street found at Google.com.mx:

Abigal (אביגיל) from Sesame Street found at Google.co.il:

I don’t think I missed any, but you can check yourself at the bottom of this page.

Happy 40th Sesame Street and 20th Wallace & Gromit!

Forum discussion at Google Web Search Help.

Update: The Google Blog just posted about the peanut butter and sandwiches.

November 5th a Cookie Monster logo:

November 6th, an Ernie & Bert logo:

Google UK Showing US Based Spelling Suggestions

Vote For The Doodle 4 Google UK Winner

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 27, 2009

Rich Snippets Now in Google UK & Other Non-US Properties

Veteran’s Day 2009 Logos from Google, Bing, Ask But Not Yahoo

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