Dex Media acquires YP Holdings to expand its SMB marketing automation platform
New company, to be called DexYP, says it will keep YP.com local search directory...
Matt McGee
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.
LISTEN: Danny Sullivan reflects on 21 years covering the search industry
In this week's podcast, our outgoing co-founder Danny Sullivan talks about the beginnings of his career documenting the search marketing industry,...
‘SEO: The Movie’ aims to trace the rise of internet marketing
Documentary features stories from the early days of SEO, as told by some of the industry's well-known...
Google’s mobile-first index likely not coming until 2018 at earliest
At SMX Advanced, Gary Illyes says Google will "communicate a lot" before rolling out the mobile-first...
SMX Advanced keynote: Google explains mobile-first, featured snippets data & more
Google's Gary Illyes sits down with Search Engine Land's founding editor, Danny Sullivan, for a keynote conversation covering a wide range of Google-...
Bing Visual Search lets you search specific objects within images
Bing joins Google, Pinterest and others in upgrading its image search...
[Podcast] The Google I/O 2017 recap: Lens, Assistant & more
In our latest podcast, we recap some of the bigger news and announcements from Google I/O 2017, with audio from the company's main keynote on...
Google Assistant comes to iPhone, adds alerts, hands-free calling & more
Google's virtual assistant gains a number of new features and expands to Apple's iPhone as competition for Siri &...
Google announces Google Lens, an AI-powered visual search tool
At today's Google I/O 2017 conference keynote, Google introduces a new visual search tool coming to Google Assistant and Google...
Google’s rocky road: Fake news, extremist videos & bad search results [Podcast]
In this week's podcast, we discuss Google's efforts to combat hyperpartisan and extremist content, fake news and misinformation on YouTube and in its...
Google Maps Timeline finally comes to iOS
Feature available on Android and desktop since 2015 hits iOS; Google's main iOS search app also gets a small...
Local search ranking factors: What’s working in 2017 [Podcast]
In our new episode, we chat with Darren Shaw about the just-released Local Search Ranking Factors survey and discuss what marketers need to know...
Just released: 2017 Local Search Ranking Factors survey results
After taking a year off, latest version of survey again features educated opinions from almost 40 local search...
Bing has a chatbot answering local search questions
Skype-powered chatbot is showing up as an assistant to help searchers learn about restaurants in the Seattle...
SMX West: What Google’s exact match changes mean for AdWords advertisers [Podcast]
In our latest Marketing Land Live, listen in to clips from the "flash session" at SMX West as our panel answered audience questions about Google's...
Google’s mobile-first index is (still) months away
At SMX West, Google's Gary Illyes said the company is still experimenting with its mobile-first index and doesn't have an exact timeline for...
SMX West keynote: Google talks about ranking, more in Google Assistant
Google's Jason Douglas shares what marketers and developers need to know about Actions on...
Google is testing a new way to report offensive Autocomplete suggestions
Feedback tool is currently in limited testing, but company hopes to launch it worldwide...
Google’s updated iOS app pulls in YouTube videos, menus & more
Version 22 gives searchers fewer reasons to need to leave the...
Search Engine Land’s Top 10 News Stories Of 2016: Goodbye right-rail ads, goodbye visible PageRank & more
Our annual year-in-review coverage starts with a look at the most popular news stories we covered in...
