SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 23, 2012

May 23, 2012 at 5:02pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft Turns Off Streetside Imagery In Germany Over Photo Blurring Concerns Here’s a shocker*: Microsoft’s Streetside service has hit a bumpy road in Germany. The company says it’s shut down Streetside [...]

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Microsoft Turns Off Streetside Imagery In Germany Over Photo Blurring Concerns

May 23, 2012 at 2:52pm ET by Matt McGee   

Here’s a shocker*: Microsoft’s Streetside service has hit a bumpy road in Germany. The company says it’s shut down Streetside imagery in Germany after complaints about the way the company was handling blurring requests. Microsoft spokesperson Thomas Baumgartner tells PCWorld that he’s not sure if or when Streetside will be reinstated in Germany. A Microsoft [...]

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New Design & Features Come To iPhone Google Search: Version 2.0

May 23, 2012 at 1:25pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Google has announced a new version of the Google Search iPhone app. The new version is version 2.0 and was completely redesigned focusing on speed, usability, new features and making it beautiful. Here are the main new changes you will find in version 2.0: Complete App Redesign Full Screen Mode Option Faster Search Autocompletion Faster [...]

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Who Has Search Engine Marketers’ Backs? No One – We Need Lobbyists

May 23, 2012 at 11:40am ET by Tony Wright   

Did you know that Google spent $5 million to influence politicians just last quarter? And that was doubled from the quarter before and may double again this quarter. Facebook spent a boatload too, but not as much Google. Microsoft spent even more. Issues like the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA  which received so much [...]

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Google’s Latest Interactive Logo: The Moog Synthesizer

May 23, 2012 at 9:53am ET by Barry Schwartz   

People absolutely love Google Doodles and today Google has went way over the top to pay respect to Bob Moog, the man who is credited for revolutionizing modern day music. He invented the first electrical music device, he named the Moog Synthesizer. The Moog Synthesizer was first introduced at the Audio Engineering Society convention in [...]

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Bing’s Visual Search Is Gone (Has Been For A While, Actually)

May 22, 2012 at 7:30pm ET by Matt McGee   

The fact that almost no one noticed might be one reason why Bing has dropped its Visual Search feature … something that apparently happened months ago. To be clear, this isn’t traditional image search that we’re talking about; that’s still available at bing.com/images. We’re talking about the “Visual Search” tool/interface that Bing launched in 2009 [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 22, 2012

May 22, 2012 at 5:00pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Provides Competitive Information In New Auction Insights Report AdWords marketers’ days of regularly refreshing on all their keywords may be over — or at least that activity may not be [...]

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Networking, Solutions, Special Sessions and More: The Network Pass at SMX Advanced

May 22, 2012 at 1:00pm ET by Search Engine Land   

Meet nearly 40 leading solution providers. Attend 2 sessions on emerging search engine marketing topics. Attend Matt Cutts’ keynote via simulcast. Connect with your next client, employer, vendor or mentor at three networking events. Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced hits the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle June 5-6. Be part of this exclusive [...]

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Former Yahoo Executive Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud Charge Related To Microsoft Deal

May 22, 2012 at 12:06pm ET by Pamela Parker   

The Search Alliance between Yahoo and Microsoft had some unintended beneficiaries (now casualties). Yahoo’s former senior director of business management, Robert Kwok, has pled guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, after being accused that he told a mutual fund manager in July 2009 that the deal between Yahoo and Microsoft was imminent. Among its [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 21, 2012

May 21, 2012 at 4:59pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: “Ads Related To…” Text Officially Rolls Out On AdWords’ Top Ad Block We’ve seen “Ads related to…” followed by the search query before, but now it’s at the top of the [...]

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Bing Offers Advice On Google’s Penguin Update: Diversify

May 21, 2012 at 9:40am ET by Barry Schwartz   

Duane Forrester, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, wrote a blog post on the Bing Search blog named Penguins & Pandas Poetry. The post is about Google’s latest Penguin update and how SEOs and webmasters need to be better prepared for such updates. The basic advice is simple, SEOs and webmasters need to do one [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012 at 4:35pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: LinkedIn Bike, Chrome Watch & Facebook @ Google In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at [...]

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Dylan Hoffman’s Pirate Times Doodle 4 Google Wins Pirate Booty

May 18, 2012 at 9:10am ET by Barry Schwartz   

Google announced the winner of the Doodle 4 Google competition and today that winner’s logo is on Google home pages around the world. The Winner is Dylan Hoffman of Caledonia, Wisconsin for his Doodle named “Pirate Times.” The Doodle won him a $30,000 college scholarship, a Chromebook computer and a $50,000 technology grant for his [...]

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Google Improves AdSense Reporting And Bolsters Smart Pricing With New Research

May 17, 2012 at 6:32pm ET by Pamela Parker   

Google has introduced several new reporting improvements for AdSense publishers, and it has released new research that shows publishers make more money with “smart pricing” — even though their revenue-per-click is discounted as compared with search ads — than they would without it. One reporting improvement is that AdSense publishers can now view “all time” [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 17, 2012

May 17, 2012 at 5:02pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Search API Now On Paid Platform About a month ago, Microsoft informed us the Bing API would no longer be free and today is the day they migrated the Bing [...]

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Bing Search API Now On Paid Platform

May 17, 2012 at 2:04pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

About a month ago, Microsoft informed us the Bing API would no longer be free and today is the day they migrated the Bing Search API to the paid platform. Microsoft said for the time being, the Bing API will still be free – to try out. But those with over 5,000 queries per month [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012 at 5:04pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Launches Knowledge Graph To Provide Answers, Not Just Links Hinted at for months, Google formally launched its “Knowledge Graph” today. The new technology is being used to provide popular facts [...]

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Did Google Drop 100+ Small Directories?

May 16, 2012 at 9:44am ET by Barry Schwartz   

Yesterday I covered a WebmasterWorld thread where SEOs were complaining that Google has been removing tons of free web directories from their index. I conducted some random tests and did notice some of these free web directories not coming up in Google. Later in the day, Terry Van Horne began running larger tests on 500+ [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 15, 2012

May 15, 2012 at 5:05pm ET by Barry Schwartz   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: A Glossary Of 15 Really Useful International Search Marketing Terms A conversation with a number of international search marketers recently showed that their range of experience ranged from expert to beginner, [...]

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Funny Google Matt Cutts Mashup Video

May 15, 2012 at 10:49am ET by Barry Schwartz   

It has been a long couple months for the search marketing community between the Penguin update, a Panda refresh, the link notifications and the parked domain bug – you guys need a laugh. Sam Applegate put together a hysterical parody video of Matt Cutts talking about how to achieve number one ranking in Google. The [...]

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