SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 5, 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: If Search Results Were NCAA Championships, Then All Bets Would Be On Louisville The data analytics firm Chitika has created an infographic showing search volume for the final four teams in […]
Barry Schwartz on April 5, 2013 at 3:59 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:
- If Search Results Were NCAA Championships, Then All Bets Would Be On Louisville
The data analytics firm Chitika has created an infographic showing search volume for the final four teams in this weekend’s NCAA basketball championship tournament. If search interest has any influence on game results, we’ll all be watching the University of Louisville men’s basketball team beating Michigan next Monday night at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. […] - How To Measure Content Engagement And Effectiveness With Analytics & WordPress
For many of us that own blogs and generate excellent relatable content, engagement seems to linger just beyond our reach. We write well, there’s praise, tweets, shares, +1′s – but just how much of your content is being read? Going beyond the search and keyword into how those keywords bring the visitor into content they […] - Search In Pics: Brin’s Pink Bat Tesla, Google Self Driving Lexus & eTown Awards
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. Sergey Brin’s Pink Bat Tesla (April Fools Prank On Him): Source: Google+ Google Chromebooks In Google […] - “Advertisers Deserve Control” Bing Ads Responds To AdWords Enhanced Campaigns
Reiterating statements he made at SMX West last month, David Pann, general manager of the Search Network at Microsoft, is making it clear that Bing Ads will not go the way of AdWords Enhanced Campaigns in reducing device targeting options. He spoke to advertisers at a San Francisco Forum yesterday about the concern and addressed […]
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Business Issues
Local Search & Maps
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Link Building
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Searching
- Bing Home Page Image Chosen To Keep Users Happy, ubergizmo.com
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- Digitization: George Eastman House is the First Photography Museum to Join Google Art Project, 50 Images Now Online, LJ INFOdocket
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SEM Industry
- Video: Google Places Design, Facebook Home & Google User Interface Changes, Search Engine Roundtable
SEO & SEM
- One year later, Google’s Penguin update is helping public relations, PR Daily
- Don’t Cheat The System: 5 SEO Tactics You Should Avoid At All Costs, Daily SEO Tip
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