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SearchCap: Apple Maps Connect, Foursquare Data & Yahoo Search Personalized

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Search Now Shows Your Flights, Events & Packages In The Search Results Yahoo announced that Yahoo Search, as well as Yahoo Mail‘s Today section will now show you your upcoming […]

Barry Schwartz on October 22, 2014 at 5:00 pm | Reading time: 5 minutes

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

From Search Engine Land:

Yahoo Search Now Shows Your Flights, Events & Packages In The Search Results
Yahoo announced that Yahoo Search, as well as Yahoo Mail‘s Today section will now show you your upcoming flights, events and package deliveries. To see this, you need to sign in with your Yahoo username on your phone, tablet, or PC and then search on Yahoo Search for [package], [events], or [flights] and you may […]
Nokia Makes HERE Maps Available To All Android Users
Nokia’s HERE Maps app, which had previously just been available for Samsung Galaxy Android phones is now available to all Android users. However it’s not in Google Play; users have to download it directly from the HERE site. In order to install the HERE app, you’ll need to go into settings –>security and enable installation of apps from […]
Clicks On Google Search Ads Show Elsa Is Tops, While Mr. Blobby Ranks Among Least Popular Halloween Costumes
Just as Google saw when looking at overall search data, AdGooroo discovered by looking at ad clicks on Google: Frozen’s Elsa is this year’s golden child of Halloween in the U.S. Of the $2.9 million advertisers spent on 1,128 Halloween costume keywords, paid search research firm AdGooroo found that Elsa dominated the $2.9 million advertisers […]
Google Webmaster Trends Team Wants To Visit Your Office
Gary Illyes from Google announced on Google+ that the Google Webmaster Trends Analyst team is looking to observe you and your company, while you work. Gary said Google is looking to sit with companies, agencies, and website owners at their office and watch them as they work on “managing their sites’ content and infrastructure.” This […]
Foursquare: 55 Million Users, 54 Percent Lift Since Relaunch
Whether it’s all part of the master plan or more opportunistic, Foursquare is undertaking a “multimillion-dollar effort” to brand and differentiate itself from Yelp and other local search apps. The campaign will appear in out-of-home locations in New York and Chicago as well as online in other cities. I believe branding is important for Foursquare, so this […]
Industrial Strength Link Analysis With LinkResearchTools
In a competitive niche? Columnist Stephan Spencer explains how to use one tool to uncover the good, the bad and the opportunities.
Factors Affecting Pigeon — A 5,000 Page Case Study
How did Pigeon impact local business websites? Contributor Adam Dorfman shares his data and insights.
Apple Launches “Maps Connect” Self-Service Local Listings Portal
This afternoon, Apple notified us of a new self-service portal to add or edit local business listings: Apple Maps Connect. It’s intended for small business owners or their authorized representatives (though not agencies) to be able to quickly and easily add content directly into Apple Maps. The service is free and the listings (or corrected listings) appear […]