SearchCap: Google job search, metrics on search update & cheese doodle

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

• Is Google testing its own jobs search engine?
  Apr 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz

  In the market for a new job? Google appears to be testing a new search feature just for you.

• Google launched more than 1,600 new changes in search last year
  Apr 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz

  Google has been busy with 1,653 launches, 9,800 live traffic experiments, 18,015 side-by-side experiments and 130,336 search quality tests.

• 6 key paid search trends from Merkle’s Q1 2017 report
  Apr 28, 2017 by Ginny Marvin

  Here’s a look at what’s happening with Shopping ads, expanded text ads, device bidding and more.

• Google doodle celebrates Marie Harel, the inventor of Camembert cheese
  Apr 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz

  Check out the cheesy Google logo on their home page today.

• The future of local discovery
  Apr 28, 2017 by Brian Smith

  Columnist Brian Smith discusses some of the recent developments and technology that will impact local search, both in the short term and the long term.

• Search in Pics: Bing body painting, Google airplane seat room & hallway race track
  Apr 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz

  In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google meeting room that looks like an airplane: Source: Instagram Bing body painting: Source: Twitter Google […]

Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:

• Report: Google Assistant beats rivals for questions answered and accuracy
• How to Create the Ultimate Marketing Plan
• Brandwatch, Crimson Hexagon join Twitter’s channel partner program
• IBM enlists Watson to define customer segments and insights
• Someone reposted your Page’s Facebook video? You can now take some of their ad $
• How to secure buy-in for your content marketing program expansion
• Are you grateful for digital? Part 2: Q&A
• Amazon beats expectations in Q1 2017 with 23% jump in revenue
• Microsoft reports $23.5 billion in revenue but misses Wall Street expectations
• Facebook pixels get upgrade to track actions & page data
• Alphabet reports $24.75 billion in Q1 revenues, beating expectations
• SMB trust survey: Amazon No. 1, Google No. 3, Facebook No. 20
• Audiences: It’s not just ‘who’ — it’s ‘where’ and ‘when’

Search News From Around The Web:

Industry

• Vote Now For The 2017 Top 25 Influential PPC Experts, PPC Hero

Local & Maps

• Google Maps Glitch, WCAX

Link Building

• Time for Google Processing Removed URLs from Disavow Files, The SEM Post

Searching

• The High Five: new discoveries in space and fashion, Google Blog

SEO

• Google Mobile Results Testing Removing AMP Results Completely?, Search Engine Roundtable
• Pop-Ups, Overlays, Modals, Interstitials, and How They Interact with SEO – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
• SEO for B2B and B2C – what are the differences?, Yoast
• SEO: Creating the Perfect URL, or Not, Practical E-Commerce

SEM / Paid Search

• Clean Out & Kickstart Your AdWords Campaigns For Spring, Cypress North
• Edit Keyword Opportunities Before Accepting, Bing Ads Blog

Search Marketing

• Video: Google Owl & Updates, AMP Bugs & How Search Works, Search Engine Roundtable