SearchCap: Google & Bing Honor Veterans, DuckDuckGo Added To Firefox & Google Shopping Traffic Insights

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 Honors Veterans On Both Sides Of The Ocean With The Tower Of London Image On Homepage To honor all veterans, Bing is featuring The Tower of London on its homepage […]

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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 Honors Veterans On Both Sides Of The Ocean With The Tower Of London Image On Homepage
    To honor all veterans, Bing is featuring The Tower of London on its homepage today. Bing acknowledged not only is today Veteran’s Day, but also marks Remembrance Day in the UK. Dating back to the eleventh century, The Tower of London is a historic English castle that is currently home to The Tower of London […]
  • MapQuest Brings Roadside Assistance Service To Mobile App
    MapQuest has integrated “Uber for roadside assistance” service Urgent.ly into its updated app. What this means is that consumers are able to summon a tow truck or other service provider directly through the app. Roadside assistance through MaqQuest is available 24 hours a day. Service fees are pre-negotiated and shown to consumers up front. There’s […]
  • AdWords Now Shows Up To 3 Business Locations In Google Mobile Search Ads
    Google has made an update to AdWords location extensions that allows multiple locations to display in mobile search ads. When several business locations are nearby, users may see up to three locations in an ad. The extensions can display the street address and distance from the user’s current location. Users can click to call or […]
  • Bing Ads Adds Competitive “Auction Insights” To Web UI
    Bing Ads advertisers will now find competitive auction data in the web interface. First launched earlier this year in Bing Ads Intelligence, Auction Insights is available from the Campaigns page on the web. Auction insights are available at the campaign, ad group and keyword level. There are minimum data thresholds for insights to be available. […]
  • DuckDuckGo Added To Firefox As Part Of Enhanced Privacy Options
    Firefox is celebrating its 10th anniversary. A new version of the browser includes two new privacy features. The first is the availability of DuckDuckGo as a new pre-installed search engine choice. The second is a “forget” feature that allows users to delete recent history. Forget enables users to easily erase the “last 5 minutes, or […]
  • Traffic Insights From Google Shopping Search Partners
    Google recently started distributing Google Shopping campaigns to selected partners. Columnist Rebekah Schelfhout explores what impact, if any, this has had on advertisers.
  • Veteran’s Day Google Logo Honors The Men & Women Who Serve In Our Armed Forces
    Today’s Google logo is in honor of Veteran’s Day, paying homage to the men and women who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Along with an illustration depicting men and women in uniform and a red, white and blue Google logo, Google has included a link on its homepage to a career recruitment site […]
  • Search Arbitrage Accounts For Largest Percentage Of Ads Competing On Brand Trademarks
    Brands are often struggling with other advertisers encroaching on their trademark terms in search ads. Sometimes brand trademarks are used by “friendly” advertisers such as resellers, but a study released today from BrandVerity shows that search arbitrage accounts for the majority of branded search competition. The study analyzed how core brand terms of more than […]
  • The Real Reason No One Wants To Link To You
    Wondering why no one is linking to you? Julie Joyce gives you the lowdown on why your site isn’t as linkworthy as it could be.
  • Pinterest Evolving Into A Personalized Search Substitute
    This evening, at its San Francisco headquarters, Pinterest hosted a talk and Q&A session with the company’s head of engineering, Michael Lopp. No one from Search Engine Land was able to attend on short notice; however the company shared a number of updated stats. Much more than a “scrap-booking” site (its origins) or even a […]

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Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Search Engine Land, MarTech and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.

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