SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 16, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: SMX Advanced Agenda Posted – Register Now & Save with Early Bird Rates! Join the most accomplished search marketers in the world at SMX Advanced, June 11-12 in Seattle. Check out […]
Matt McGee on April 16, 2013 at 4:57 pm | Reading time: 4 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:
- SMX Advanced Agenda Posted – Register Now & Save with Early Bird Rates!
Join the most accomplished search marketers in the world at SMX Advanced, June 11-12 in Seattle. Check out the agenda, featuring two days of expert-only sessions, keynotes and the highest-level networking anywhere. Six in-depth workshops offered on June 13. SMX Advanced has sold out since its start in 2007. Secure your spot – register now! - Google Quick View Badge Field Trial
Google announced a new Google field trial experiment for a feature they’ve been quietly testing named Quick View. The Google Quick View badge is found on a select number of sites when a searcher uses Google Mobile search from their smartphone. The feature is currently working for Wikipedia on searches done in English on Google.com. […] - 9 Netiquette Reminders For Today’s Link Builders
For many years, email was one of just a few ways you could share a URL with another person. And, people were far less accepting of link request spam than they are today. So, for today’s column, let’s talk about the ancient concept of net etiquette and link building. In many ways, it’s come full circle and […] - Bing Updates Windows 8 Apps Enhancing News, Finance, Weather, Sports, Maps & Travel
Microsoft announced they have made major updates to the Bing Apps for Windows 8 across most of their apps including News, Finance, Weather, Sports, Maps and Travel. The video below walks you through the changes, but here are some highlights of the core changes to each section. News: You can now customize the type of […] - Live @ SMX Advanced: Think You Know Good Content? Fuggedaboutit. Here’s What Really Counts
Ever since Google “pandalized” the rankings of many sites, the mantra of many publishers and search marketers has been “content, content, content.” Wise words: the now ongoing Panda updates are designed to reward websites that offer valuable information and penalize sites that are using old-school optimization techniques like keyword stuffing, “pretending” to offer insights about […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Google Analytics Dashboard Gets 4 New Real-Time Widgets
- Record Breaking Quarter: Digital Ad Revenues Cross $10 Billion Mark For The First Time
- Facebook Home Rolling Out Internationally Today
- Foursquare Wants To Be “The Location Layer For The Internet”
- Enhanced: Today’s Pain, Tomorrow’s Love
- Conducting Content: From Dissonance to Harmony
- Report: Twitter Seeking Partnerships With NBC & Viacom For Online TV Distribution
- It’s Gettin’ Real: Google Glass Ready For Shipping, API Live & Specs Revealed
- Facebook To Lose Three Electronic Arts Game Titles In June
- Report: Automotive Sector Saw a 377% Increase In Social Video Shares This Quarter
Search News From Around The Web:
Business Issues
- American Photographic Artists (APA) Joins Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Google, PR Newswire
- Baidu to Report First Quarter 2013 Financial Results on April 25, 2013, PR Newswire
- Why FairSearch Can’t Find Anyone To Listen To Its Anti-Google Tirades, ReadWrite
Link Building
- Bucket Tutorial: Efficient Link Management, Majestic SEO Blog
- Disclosed: The Search Engine Roundtable’s Reconsideration Request For Selling Links, Search Engine Roundtable
- How to spot a bad backlink, Econsultancy
- Your Links Suck and Your Content Stinks: Now What?, SEO Theory
Local Search & Maps
- Google Category Tool Updated To Include new Places for Business Dashboard Categories, Mike Blumenthal
- Google Maps 1.1 for iPhone Not Well Received, Mike Blumenthal
- Google Maps Navigation (Beta) for Mobile now in 4 more African Countries, Official Google Africa Blog
- Happy #4sqDay, and a huge thank you to our incredible community!, Foursquare Blog
Paid Search
- A healthy advertising ecosystem, Inside AdWords
- Keyword Advertising Presentation to Students and Faculty at Old Dominion University, Web Search
Searching
- Bing Testing Showing Fewer Results Again?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Bing Suggests You Search for ‘Sex Games for Kids’ and a Bunch of Other Questionable Queries, WebProNews
SEM Industry
- The Heroes And Villains Of SEO (Infographic), koozai.com
- Takeaways from Hero Conf 2013, Overit
SEO & SEM
- 3 Quick Fixes to Enterprise-Level Technical SEO, Search News Central
- Google Warns Us About Bad SEO Companies, Mary Bowling
- Here is why SEO is not for Small Business Owners, webanalyticsworld.net
- How to Breathe New Life Into Your Google Search Results With Rich Snippets, HubSpot
- International SEO Strategy for Travel, RKG Blog
- SEO Tips for Infinite Scrolling, Adam Sherk
- AdWords Quality Score, PPC Chat Streamcap
- The SEO’s Toolbox: Keyword Eye, Stoked SEO
Video, Music & Image Search
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