SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 27, 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: WordStream Launches PPC Landing Page Creator, Lead Management Tool For SMBs Successful PPC lead generation campaigns demand good landing pages. Yet many small business marketers are left without the resources to […]

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scap240pxBelow is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web.

From Search Engine Land:

  • WordStream Launches PPC Landing Page Creator, Lead Management Tool For SMBs
    Successful PPC lead generation campaigns demand good landing pages. Yet many small business marketers are left without the resources to create solid landing pages that will convert visitors into leads. WordStream, a PPC platform designed specifically for small and mid-sized businesses and their agencies, sees this problem up close every day. In response, the company […]
  • Live @ SMX East: The Coming “Entity Search” Revolution
    Yesterday, at Google’s 15th birthday celebration Google revealed its new “Hummingbird” search algorithm. Many observers believe that this may be the most significant change that Google has made in years—and it’s a change no serious search marketer can afford to ignore or overlook. What is Hummingbird? In short, it’s Google’s new approach to move beyond […]
  • “100% Not Provided Is Not The End Of SEO” Insider Opinions On Google’s Move To Withhold Data
    Earlier this week, Google revealed it would be encrypting all search data, rendering website owners unable to see search term information previously offered through the “referrer” system. While Google had encrypted the data two years ago for searches performed by users signed in to their Google account, and then earlier this year for any searches […]
  • Local Voice Search Wars And The Opportunity For Businesses
    Since the official inception of mobile voice search with Apple’s launch of Siri in 2011, consumers, search professionals and businesses have watched for the rise of voice search in local. Despite Siri’s initial inadequacies and obvious voice recognition challenges, savvy multitasking mobile consumers are finally adopting the technology to find the best nearby restaurant, an […]
  • SEO Talent In High Demand — How To Hire An SEO
    Quality people to fill high-profile SEO jobs are in high demand. There is a talent war ongoing between advertisers and tech companies that compete ferociously for SEO people who have data science knowledge. That talent is scarce and comes at a premium price. One of the reasons this talent is so rare is because the […]
  • Bing(ing) It On At A Seattle Seahawks Football Game [Photos]
    I’m not sure why I was surprised to see a small army of uniformed Bing reps standing around a big booth before the Seattle Seahawks game this past Sunday at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. After all, Bing has been sponsoring the Seahawks for a few years now. The players wear Bing logos on their practice […]
  • Google Celebrates 15th Birthday With #GoogleBirthday Piñata Logo & Game
    The world’s most popular search engine turns 15 years old today. Started in 1998 by Stanford PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google has grown to be the leader in search, owning more than 70 percent of the worldwide desktop search market share. To celebrate its 15th birthday, today’s Google logo is an interactive […]
  • FAQ: All About The New Google “Hummingbird” Algorithm
    Google has a new search algorithm, the system it uses to sort through all the information it has when you search and come back with answers. It’s called “Hummingbird” and below, what we know about it so far. What’s a “search algorithm?” That’s a technical term for what you can think of as a recipe […]

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Matt McGee
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Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.

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