SearchCap: Mac Spotlight Drops Google, DuckDuckGo Added To Safari & Google Eyes Free
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Big Win For DuckDuckGo: Apple Adding To Safari As Private Search Option DuckDuckGo, the search engine that positions itself as a completely secure and private search engine, is getting a big […]
Barry Schwartz on June 2, 2014 at 5:01 pm | Reading time: 5 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:
- Big Win For DuckDuckGo: Apple Adding To Safari As Private Search Option
DuckDuckGo, the search engine that positions itself as a completely secure and private search engine, is getting a big boost. Apple is making it part of Safari in the next versions of Mac OS and iOS as an option that users can choose. DuckDuckGo is now featured as an option that will be part of […] - Google AdWords Weekend Conversion Reporting Issue Now Fixed
Anyone else have @Adwords conversion tracking fail over the weekend? #ppcchat — Jason Manion (@JasonManion) June 2, 2014 Many AdWords users logged in to their accounts on Monday to find conversion and revenue stats were nearly non-existent starting Friday, May 30. Google has said the problem has been fixed and was merely a reporting issue, […] - Google’s Matt Cutts On Assessing Quality Of A Page Without Links
In the latest video by Google’s Matt Cutts, he talks about how Google may determine the quality of a page of content without there being many links. By Matt’s expression, he seemed to give off the feeling that without links, it is really hard for Google to determine the quality of the page. He said, […] - Mac “Spotlight” Search Drops Google For Bing; Becomes More Siri-Like In OS X “Yosemite”
It looks like Bing has gained another win with Apple, becoming integrated into a new version of Spotlight in Apple’s forthcoming Mac OS X “Yosemite” operating system. Spotlight will also tap into a wide-range of search resources similar to how Siri works on iOS. During Apple’s WWDC keynote today, the company shared how a revised […] - How To Run Single-Device Only Enhanced Campaigns. It Can Be Done!
When I speak about Enhanced Campaigns, I invariably get an audience question like this: “How can I create single-device campaigns? I know it’s possible somehow, tell me how!” I recently figured out the answer. Why The Need For Single-Device Campaigns? I am not usually a proponent of AdWords workarounds. I typically encourage businesses to work […] - Doonesbury Comic: We Need A Company Slogan; Don’t Be Google
Yesterday’s Doonesbury comic strip mocks Google’s company motto and slogan of Don’t Be Evil. The new “Z + Z Bud” company wants to add a company motto to their branding and they think long and hard about what it should be. They said, Google uses “Don’t Be Evil” and they get “called on it every […] - Google Comparison Ads Under Fire In UK
The UK financial services industry regulator Financial Conduct Authority is taking a closer look at Google Comparison Ads. UK price comparison sites have complained that Google is unfairly competing with them by placing its own “product” at the top of search results. Comparison Ads, which operate on a CPA basis, are one form of AdWords. Below […] - Google To Bring Always-On, “Eyes Free” Search To App
One of the most interesting and talked about features in the Motorola-made Moto X is always-on voice search. Activated by saying “OK, Google,” it permits totally hands-free search. Unfortunately this standout feature didn’t sell enough handsets to keep open Moto’s much-touted Texas smartphone factory. The “hotword” OK Google also currently works on the Google search app […]
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- 3 Ways To Change Your Thinking About Display Ads & Move Out Of Your Comfort Zone
- How Long Should Your Content Be? What Works On Blogs, Facebook & More
- Justin.tv Decides To Scrap Video Archives & Focus On Live Broadcasts
- Dueling Smartwatches: Google, Apple, Microsoft Have Designs On Your Wrist
- Is WhatsApp The Next Big Thing In Publishers’ Sharing Button Options?
- Google’s Right To Be Forgotten Form Gets 12,000 Submissions On First Day
Search News From Around The Web:
Industry
- Want To Scrub Google Search Results In The US? Tough–O’Kroley v. Fastcase, Eric Goldman
- Google Home IQ, Google Operating System
- If Google can get rid of personal data, why can’t it purge the pirates?, The Guardian
Local & Maps
- 30 Days Into Foursquare’s Great Schism: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Street Fight
- Online Sources of Clicks & Calls for Local Business, BrightLocal
Searching
- Through the Google lens: search trends May 23-29, Official Google Blog
- Believe it or not, these people actully use Bing – and here’s why, Tech Radar
- Business Reference: “Census Explorer: Retail Edition” Now Available From U.S. Census, LJ INFOdocket
- Go Back to a Specific Date in Google Web History, Google Operating System
- Google Web History, Back to Search History, Google Operating System
- Open Data: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Launches openFDA, LJ INFOdocket
SEO
- Panda 4.0: An Executive Overview for Lawyers, Law Firm Web Marketing
- Assembling the Big SEO Puzzle One Small Piece at a Time, Search Engine Guide
- Pandas, Penguins, and Popsicles, SEO Book
- Conspiracy Theory: eBay Penalized By Google For Dropping AdWords A Year Ago, Search Engine Roundtable
- How to Retain at Least 95% of Your Organic Traffic After a Site Redesign, quicksprout.com
- Is Google Panda 4.0 the Topical Authority Content Update of 2014? – Case Study, cognitiveSEO
- The Schema Markup Guide to Rich Snippets, BruceClay.com
- Three Easy Ways to Optimize YouTube Videos for SEO, Renegade Search
- Vivint vs. Google, SEMrush Blog
- Vulnerability found in the All in One SEO Pack WordPress Plugin, Sucuri Blog
- Webmaster Claims Panda Hit, Google Says Nope – You Rank As Should, Search Engine Roundtable
- What Happened to Press Release Sites?, IrishWonderâÄôs SEO Consulting Blog
SEM / Paid Search
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.