SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 22, 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: Firefox To Use Google Secure Search By Default; Expect More “Not Provided” Keywords To Follow The popular Firefox browser is on track to use a secure method of searching Google by […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Firefox To Use Google Secure Search By Default; Expect More “Not Provided” Keywords To Follow
The popular Firefox browser is on track to use a secure method of searching Google by default, a change that will help prevent potential “eavesdropping” of what people are searching for. It will also further reduce the ability for publishers to know how people find their sites in Google — except for Google advertisers. A […]
- SEOmoz Industry Survey Now Open
SEOmoz has announced the SEOmoz Industry Survey is now open and ready for you to take. You can take the survey online over here. The last time SEOmoz ran this survey was two years ago, you can see the results of that survey over here. The survey has 54 questions and should take you about […]
- What People Do Is The New SEO
This article is all about the lies we tell. I know everyone loves when a post starts this way, but SEO is not dead, or dying for that matter. At least I certainly hope that’s not the case, considering I and many others reading this make a livelihood working in it. But SEO is certainly […]
- Microsoft’s adCenter Improvements Rolling Out Fast And Furiously
A year and a half ago, changes to Microsoft’s adCenter interface appeared maybe once or twice a quarter. This year, stay tuned for monthly updates bringing everything from Broad Match Modifier, a desktop version for the Mac, a special version for small businesses, and more integrated interactive ads on Bing. “When we talk about the […]
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- SMX Advanced Agenda Now Available – Register Today and Save!
- Biz Stone Keynotes Adobe Summit 2012: Live Blog
- Give It Up For Mobile Data
- Arianna Huffington Keynote From Adobe Summit 2012: Live Blog
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- Customize your search preferences, Blogger Buzz
- Google Voice for Android, now with Ice Cream Sandwich voicemail integration, Official Google Mobile Blog
- Smart Spell Checker in Google Docs, Google Operating System
- Upcoming Google Music Features, Google Operating System
Business Issues
- Google officially announces Indonesian office, dailysocial.net
- Yep, Google Just Patented Background Noise, The Atlantic
Local, Maps & Mobile
- Explore Poland on Street View, Google LatLong
Paid Search & Contextual
- Google Working on Better Ways to Measure Online Ad Impact, Forbes
- Heads Up: Anticipated Microsoft Advertising adCenter API Reporting Delay on Thursday, March 22nd, adCenter API Blog for Developers
Searching
SEM Industry
- Google Crawler Does Nothing Special For HTML5, Search Engine Roundtable
- Interview: Mike Blumenthal, trainsem.com
- SES New York 2012 – Day 2 Coverage #SESNY, Search Engine Watch
SEO & SEM
- 3 Reasons Why “WhiteHat” SEO is Far Riskier Than GrayHat…, thelazymarketer.com
- 25-point Web copy checklist: How to write for Google, SEO Copywriting
- 3 Natural Organic Listings – Is This The Future of SEO for Google?, hobo
- Do yourself a favor: learn to use AdWords filters, PPC Associates Blog
- Logic, Meet Google – Crawling to De-index, SEOmoz
Social Media
- Data Mining and Kids Part Two, Wired
- How To Tap Facebook Fans To Signal Search Engines, allfacebook.com
- TweetDeck Updated: Lists, Activity, Media and more, Twitter Blog
Web Analytics
- Google Analytics Adds PDF Option & Scheduled Email Reports, Search Engine Roundtable
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