SearchCap: Google Adds 2015 Oscar Nominations To Knowledge Graph, Local Search Challenges For Franchises & More
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 2015 Oscar Nominations Now Showing In Google Knowledge Graph & Bing Carousel Searches for “Oscar nominee” and “Oscar nominations” on both Google and Bing deliver results for this year’s best picture […]
Amy Gesenhues on January 16, 2015 at 4:16 pm | Reading time: 2 minutes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- 2015 Oscar Nominations Now Showing In Google Knowledge Graph & Bing Carousel
Searches for “Oscar nominee” and “Oscar nominations” on both Google and Bing deliver results for this year’s best picture candidates. - The Franchise Challenge: How Do You Stand Out When You’re One Of Many?
Local search marketing can be a challenge for franchisees, but columnist Rachel Lindteigen has some tips. - Google’s Knowledge Graph May Show For 25% Of All Search Queries
Google’s Knowledge Graph shows for about 25% of all Google queries, which can pose a threat to the publishers who are the source of much of that data. - Google Still Doing At Least 1 Trillion Searches Per Year
Company is sticking with figure it gave in 2012 but stresses it’s “over” that amount. How much over, Google’s not saying.
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- Mind Your Email Marketing “ABCs” To Move Forward In 2015
- Google Says It Has Addressed “New Type of Spam” That Hit AdSense Publishers
Search News From Around The Web:
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- Video: Google Feedback, Structured Data, Social Links, News Images & AdSense Hijacking, Search Engine Roundtable
SEM / Paid Search
- How to Use Regular Expressions to Better Track Your UET Conversions in Bing Ads, Bing Ads
- Manage Your PPC Clients More Effectively, PPC Hero
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