SearchCap: Google+ Authorship, Bing Mobile Problem & The New Foursquare App
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: “Right To Be Forgotten” To Blame For Removal Of 50 Wikipedia Links From EU Search Results According to a release today from the Wikimedia Foundation, 50 links to its Wikipedia site […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- “Right To Be Forgotten” To Blame For Removal Of 50 Wikipedia Links From EU Search Results
According to a release today from the Wikimedia Foundation, 50 links to its Wikipedia site have been removed from Google search results in Europe on account of the recent Right to Be Forgotten legislation. From the release: As of July 18, Google has received more than 91,000 removal requests involving more than 328,000 links; of […]
- Google Maps Currently Taking Users To The Moon & Mars
Google Maps used its Google+ profile yesterday to announce a new out-of-this-world feature, allowing users to explore the craters on Mars and take a virtual trip to the moon. The announcement marked NASA’s Curiosity Rover expedition to Mars, which has spent the last two year’s roaming the red planet’s surface. To find the moon and […]
- New Foursquare App Bets The Company On Personalization
After months of anticipation, the new Foursquare app has finally arrived. It will be available this morning from the three major app stores. The new app is built around two principal concepts: Tips and Tastes. It attempts to create a better “local search” experience using data (in the background) and personalization. Taking aim at Yelp […]
- Google+ Authorship Images Live On
Search engine optimization professionals were caught off-guard back in June when Google’s John Mueller announced that the search giant would be “simplifying” the way authorship is displayed in search results. This simplification involved the removal of profile photos and circle counts from the search listings of pages with authorship enabled. We all know the author […]
- Bing Mobile Domain Returns Service Unavailable 503 Error
If you try to access Bing Mobile at m.bing.com, you will be presented with an error message. The error will read: The page you want isn’t available We’re working to restore service as soon as possible. The server error code also returns a major error, specifically a 503 error code which means the service is […]
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Search News From Around The Web:
Industry
- Rae Hoffman: SEO Myths, and the Damage They Cause – Episode 7, Stone Temple
- Tycoon Can Sue Google Over Autocomplete Suggestions for His Name, The SEM Post
Local & Maps
- How To Add Multiple Names Or Acronyms To Your Google Maps Business Listing, Search Engine Roundtable
- SEO Firm Impersonates Google, Claims Local Listing to be Deleted, Bill Hartzer
- Yelp Coming Under Fire For Review Take Downs From Its Reviewers, Mike Blumenthal
SEO
- 5 Advantages to Yandex over Google in Russia, SEMrush Blog
- 8 Crippling SEO Tactics To Avoid [Garbage In-garbage Out], Search Engine People Blog
- Are Parallax and Infinite Scrolling Hurting Your SEO?, SEMrush Blog
- Getting Started With SEO Competitor Analysis, koozai.com
- Retaining SEO Value in Syndicated Content and Partnerships, Moz
- Three Famous Writers on Crafting Better Content, ISOOSI Blog
- UC Berkeley Having Major Google Indexing Issues, Search Engine Roundtable
SEM / Paid Search
- Australian Tax Time: What You Need To Know To Optimise Your Tax Related Campaigns, Bing Ads Blog
- Microsoft Advertising UK Finance Industry Insights: August 2014, Bing Ads Blog
Search Marketing
- Does Your SEM Company Fail at Mobile Marketing?, The SEM Post
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