SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 3, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 Common Tracking Problems: How To Troubleshoot & Fix Them I spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly what is wrong with some clients’ analytics installs. Unlike types […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- 5 Common Tracking Problems: How To Troubleshoot & Fix Them
I spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly what is wrong with some clients’ analytics installs. Unlike types or broken code, or misspelled words – issues with tracking scripts don’t always raise their hands and scream, “Hey dummy, you deleted the </script> tag!” I thought it would be handy for the beginners […]
- Chrome’s Market Share Drops In January; Was It Due To Google’s Penalty?
After 17 straight months of gains in market share, Google’s Chrome web browser dropped 0.17 percent in January, and the company that tracks browser market share suggests that it’s because Google penalized Chrome after a botched sponsored blog post campaign. The figures come from Net Applications, which says it tracks about 160 million unique visits […]
- Czech Republic Gives Google Green Light To Resume Street View
After more than two years, and a few important concessions from Google, the Czech Republic is letting the company resume its Street View service. As Czech Position reports, Google has agreed to several conditions put forth by the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection: Google will take photos closer to ground level to avoid photographing […]
- StumbleUpon Responds To Concerns About Links & Iframing
On Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012, we published an article discussing some changes StumbleUpon made during their recent redesign which removed source links from their content pages and forced all users to view content from the site through an iframed toolbar, which they could not close if they were logged in. One of the things I have […]
- Recent Findings On Captcha & The User Experience
The opinions on what makes a form or Web application user friendly may vary but most everyone dislikes Captcha fields. Some Captcha’s are so difficult to decipher they actually increase form and page abandonment. Along with the freedom the Internet provides humans, it is unfortunately humans who also created barriers to our free flow of […]
- How To Use The AdWords Search Term View To Optimize Keywords & Negatives
Optimizing Keywords and Negatives is a task I recommend to my clients that they do regularly. In this How To, I will include some real-world experience along with the basics of how to use the AdWords Search Term View to optimize keywords and negatives. What Is Search Terms View? The AdWords Search Terms View shows […]
- Search In Pics: Obama’s Google Hangout, SEO Cake & Zuckerberg’s Desk
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. Bing Drink In A Glass: Image via Flickr. Behind The Scenes On President Obama’s Live Google […]
- Google’s New Privacy Policy May Violate HIPAA, Congresswoman Says
Several members of Congress continued to express reservations about Google’s new privacy policy after a closed-door meeting on Thursday, with one House member saying that Google’s handling of sensitive medical searches may violate HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Members of the House Energy and Commerce committee grilled Pablo Chavez, Google’s director of […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Social Media Ad Spend: 89% On Facebook, 39% On Twitter & 18% On Google+
- Europeans, EPIC Bring More Scrutiny To Google Privacy Changes
- 5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Affiliate Program Today
- Study: More Facebook Users Comment Rather Than Like Content & Power Users Drive Activity
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- Google changes enable ‘per country’ blog takedowns, BBC News
- What is the mystery “entertainment device” Google is testing?, GigaOM
Business Issues
- Facebook Is Valued at $94 Billion in Auction on Private Market, BusinessWeek
- The New York Times’ About.com: From All-Star To Albatross, paidContent.org
- Zuckerberg Tops Google Founders With $28.4 Billion Facebook Haul, BusinessWeek
Paid Search & Contextual
- Finding Lost Impressions with the Share of Voice Report in Microsoft Advertising adCenter, adCenter Blog
Searching
- Analyzing Super Bowl 46 with Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram|Alpha Blog
- Bing: Our Favorite Features, www.bing.com
- I Switched to Bing on the iPhone and It Didn’t Kill Me, thenextweb.com
- New England Patriots Rush Ahead of New York Giants with 50% More Yahoo! Searches, Yahoo Search Blog
- Why Google Thinks SPYW is a Good Idea and You Probably Don’t, www.wolf-howl.com
- Yahoo! Brings the Super Bowl to You, ycorpblog.com
SEO & SEM
- 4 Social SEO Mistakes to Avoid, Search Engine People
- Exclusive: Amazon.com buys TeachStreet, GeekWire
- Google News Submissions Can Take "Several Weeks", Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Plus will build your search traffic, Conversation Marketing
- How Ads Can Affect Organic Search Results, Search Engine People
- How Affiliate Sites Can Best Exploit SEO, Search Engine Watch
- Keywords Tool Update, Wordtracker
- Kick-Start Your PPC Campaign in 6 Easy Steps, Search Engine Watch
- SEO – The Optimized Future: SEO in the Year 2022, BruceClay.com
- SEO Impact of Google’s Search Plus Your World, www.practicalecommerce.com
- Small Business SEO: Bridging the SMB/Vendor Gap, Outspoken Media
- The Hidden Factors in Accomplishing Your Online Marketing Goals – Whiteboard Friday, SEOmoz
- Video: Google Webmaster Report, Title Tags Missing, AdSense & Facebook IPO, Search Engine Roundtable
- What Time Does The Super Bowl Start, He Wrote As A Headline To Game The Google Results, deadspin.com
- Why Aren’t More People Talking About Google+ Direct Connect?, www.portent.com
- Why Focusing on CPL is a Really, Really Bad Idea, PPC Associates
Social Media
- Facebook Tests Photo Viewer That Encourages Comments, Google+ Comparisons, TechCrunch
- The Super Simple Guide to Using and Marketing Through Pinterest – Part Two, Search Engine Guide
Video, Music & Image Search
- Flickr Trends – January 2012 (page 1), www.flickr.com
- Flickr Trends – January 2012 (page 2, www.flickr.com
- Trover: Local Search and Discovery Through Images, Search Engine Watch
Web Analytics
- Super Cool Data Visualizing Tool Views for Exploratory SEO Analysis, internetmarketingninjas.com
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