SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 13, 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: “Shortlists,” 360 Degree Product Views, And Promotions Added To Google Shopping As consumers prepare to get serious about their holiday shopping, Google is introducing new features to its pay-for-play Shopping search […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- “Shortlists,” 360 Degree Product Views, And Promotions Added To Google Shopping
As consumers prepare to get serious about their holiday shopping, Google is introducing new features to its pay-for-play Shopping search engine, including 360 degree product images, deals and discounts, and a collaborative shopping list. 360 Degree Views Start With Toys The company has started its effort to get 360 degree images of products with the […]
- Google Releases Search App For Microsoft Surface & Windows RT
Exciting news for Google users who have upgraded to the Microsoft Surface device & Windows RT operating system. You can now download the Google Search App, which is specifically optimized for the Windows Surface and Windows RT. Google announced this on their Google+ page saying: If you just got a new Windows RT tablet and […]
- Link Building Scam Alert: When Links Are Held Hostage
On November 1st I reached the 19 year mark as a content publicist/link builder. Nineteen years. I won’t bore you with how we went after links back then by rubbing two sticks together and sending up smoke signals. Smoke signal spam was not a big problem yet. I poke fun at myself but at the […]
- What Google’s Webmaster Tools Tells Us About CTR In European Markets
Last time, I was talking about the analysis of click through rates by position based on data from Google’s Webmaster Tools and I promised we’d look at a wider range of countries. The chart below shows you exactly that data extracted from a wide range of webmaster data to give some relatively consistent averages. The […]
- Study: 39% Of Google Search Referrers Now “Not Provided”
It is just over a year since Google began encrypting search by default for signed-in users. A new study finds that as a result, 39% search-related traffic from Google to web sites now has search terms withheld. Optify conducted a study over eleven months with 424 web sites, involving 17,143,603 visits and 7,241,093 referring keywords, to see […]
- A Search Marketer’s Guide To Google Display Advertising
Google has been hard at work again on the AdWords interface to the Google Display Network (GDN), adding all sorts of new feature and interface updates. Take a quick glance at the AdWords help files online and you may be surprised at how many of the GDN targeting help pages have been updated just within the […]
- Search Engine Land’s Must Attend Social Media Marketing Conference in 3 Weeks!
Calling all internet marketers! Search Engine Land’s SMX Social Media Marketing is coming to Las Vegas in just 3 short weeks. Immerse yourself in two days 100% dedicated to social media marketing – it’s an investment you’ll be pleased you made in 2013 and beyond. Here’s why: Content: Over forty-five brand managers and social media […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Two Helpful Add-Ons For Measuring Video Campaign Success
- Google: Government Requests To Remove Content Spiked In First Half Of 2012
- The ABE Approach To Content Marketing
- Marketing Land’s Must Attend Social Media Marketing Conference in 3 Weeks!
- Mozilla’s Popcorn Maker Lets You Remix, Edit & Enhance Videos, All On The Web
- Are ‘Hot’ Google+ Posts More Targeted Since They’re Also ‘Recommended?’
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- Along With New Homepage, Yahoo Also Set to Launch a “Gmail-Like” Email Reboot to Slow Gmail Gains, AllThingsD
- Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 Preview, LiveSide
- Root users: Samsung S-Memo is insecurely storing your Google Account credentials, phonearena.com
Business Issues
- Twitter Snags Ex-Google DGC For Legal Team, thenextweb.com
- Another Google AdWords Advertiser Defeats Trademark Infringement Lawsuit–CollegeSource v. AcademyOne (Forbes Cross-Post), Eric Goldman
- Google Commits €1M To German Startups Via Berlin Start-up Center, The Factory, TechCrunch
- Microsoft Announces Leadership Changes to Drive Next Wave of Products, microsoft.com
- Zynga’s CFO Leaves For Facebook, Business Insider
Local, Maps & Mobile
- "A Google User" Google Maps Review Issue?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Adds Mirror Dice to G+ Local Pages, Mike Blumenthal
- Let indoor Google Maps be your guide this holiday shopping season, Official Google Blog
Link Building
- 7 Uncommon and Powerful Link Building Techniques, Search Engine Journal
- How does Google consider site-wide backlinks?, YouTube
Searching
- Facebook News Feeds Now in Yahoo! Japan Search Results, Search Blog Asia
SEO & SEM
- Bing Ads How-To: Use Location Exclusions to Hide Your Ads From People Who Aren’t in Your Target Audience, Bing Ads Blog
- 5 Bing PPC Optimization Tips for the Holidays, Search Engine Journal
- 5 Local Blogging Ideas to Supercharge Your Local Marketing, Search Engine People
- A Week in the Life of 3 Keywords, SEOmoz
- AdWords Editor 9.9 is now available, Inside AdWords
- Curation is the SEO Temptation on the Path to Frustration, SEO Theory
- Google WTF! An absurd story, I Love SEO
- Optimize for Where: The Secret to Natural Site Conversions for Usability and SEO – Part II, internetmarketingninjas.com
- SEO for Baidu: Optimising for China, State of Search
- SEO for University Websites, distilled
- The truth about SEO & duplicate content, SEO Copywriting
- Using Google Analytics Event Goals for PPC Success, Certified Knowledge
- Video SEO for Wistia & Vippy, yoast.com
Social Media
- Quora Gets Answers For Your Urgent And Mobile Questions By Suggesting You Ask Experts “Online Now”, TechCrunch
Video, Music & Image Search
- Making it easier to watch YouTube videos on TV, YouTube Blog
Other Items
- Google staffers, janitors pair up for ESL, San Francisco Chronicle
Related stories
New on Search Engine Land