Last night I had my first experience with Google+ Hangout, the video chat feature that allows up to 10 people to talk simultaneously. Bradley Horowitz (pictured below in the big window) announced a public Hangout and very quickly the room filled up. People were waiting in line to get in. Sergey Hung Out Though it’s […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Official: Google Analytics Gets Social Engagement Reporting Google Analytics has just announced a new set of reports (and functionality) that will enable websites to track social interaction with their content. This […]
When I first logged into Google+ I was a bit underwhelmed, but the more I used and explored the site, the more I liked it. While it has already been deemed Google’s Facebook competitor, it is quite different. I want to share my opinion on the pros and cons of the site to help shine […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s Facebook Competitor, The Google+ Social Network, Finally Arrives Google’s long expected second shot at taking on Facebook in the social networking space has arrived in the form of the Google+ […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New: Google Now Showing Local +1 Counts Last week we confirmed Google was showing raw +1 counts in the search results and now today, Google seems to be testing showing location […]
In May 2011, the mantle of the most-trafficked food site according to comScore passed to Food Network from AllRecipes, who had held the position for over two years. What was its secret recipe? Buying an audience through the AdOn network – a recipe that apparently didn’t ultimately taste right to comScore. They determined the surge […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Googleopoly: The Definitive Guide To Antitrust Investigations Against Google We’re another step closer to the US Federal Trade Commission launching an expected antitrust investigation of Google. If it does, the FTC […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How To Use Occupational Targeting In Facebook For B2B Leads & Sales For many B2B marketers, mainstream social channels a la Facebook (FB) and LinkedIn remain the proverbial Wild West of […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Hot At Sphinn: Automated Tweeting Pros/Cons, Deleting PPC Keywords & More Another busy week of discussion last week on our sister site, Sphinn, with more than a third of the published […]
Do you remember that disturbing, Photoshopped image of First Lady Michelle Obama that made big news a couple years ago? It’s hard to find now in Google Image Search unless you know exactly what to type into the search box. Type “michelle obama” and you probably won’t ever see it. (More on that at the […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Up Close With Google’s Search By Image: Hits, Misses & More Earlier this week at its Inside Search event, Google announced a new way to search the web called Search 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: Google Expands Use & Display Of Related Searches Google has announced an interesting expansion of its related search capabilities. The updates to Google’s search results will show up in a number […]
Did you know that out of all social networking users 92% partake in Facebook, 29% participate on MySpace, 18% are on LinkedIn and Twitter is the least utilized network with just 13% usage? Or that males on LinkedIn nearly double the number of females, yet female usage of Twitter almost doubles male usage? Today Pew […]
Google has launched a new “Me On The Web” section within its Google Dashboard area, which seems designed to push more people toward creating Google Profiles, as well as create greater awareness of how things that leak out of Facebook and other social networks may end up on Google. The Facebook Factor Perhaps I’m reading […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Tweaks Interface For “Keyword Ideas” In AdWords Keyword Tool Google has changed the way it’s displaying “Keyword Ideas” in its AdWords Keyword Tool, breaking them into a separate tab so […]
While Facebook gets the lion’s share of attention, the overall adoption of social media is also lifting several sites to all-time traffic levels and there’s no sign that this will change anytime soon. According to a new comScore report, LinkedIn, Twitter and Tumblr — in addition to Facebook — all hit new highs for U.S. […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook IPO Coming In 2012, Could Be Worth $100 Billion Everyone knows that Facebook is going public. When was the only question. Now it appears that it will be early next […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search Market Share Static, 2.2 Billion Local Queries On Google ComScore released its May 2011 search market share rankings this afternoon. The data essentially show no change from last month in […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing’s “Honey Badger” – An Upgrade To Webmaster Tools This morning at our SMX Advanced conference, Bing’s Stefan Weitz announced “Honey Badger” — Bing’s latest upgrade to its Webmaster Tools. Weitz […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Where To Use Twitter’s New Follow Button This week, Twitter launched the instant follow button for websites to make it even easier to connect visitors to Twitter accounts. This button joins […]
Today, Search Engine Land welcomes two new contributing editors: Gary Price and Greg Finn, who will focus on search and social media for the site, respectively. I’ve known Gary for years, and it’s a pleasure to be working with him again. There is nothing related to search engines or research tools that Gary doesn’t know. […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Voice Search Coming To Xbox Later this year, Bing search will take on a new platform: the Xbox entertainment/gaming console. And to prove that it’s all cutting edge stuff in […]
The Google Search Blog announced two new user interface changes for image results on the Google web search results. Google has added a larger thumbnail image when you hover your cursor over image and Google will show more images when Google can detect your search intent asks for it. For example, a search for [flowers] […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 7 Reasons Why Nixing Branded Keywords Is Not The Fix For CPC Inflation “If your friend jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” While this classic parenting question is […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google +1 Analytics Coming Soon; Here’s What To Expect Although webmasters can install the new Google +1 button on their websites today, it may be a little while before the expected […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Size Does Matter: How Retailers Should Manage Campaigns For Big & Small Ticket Items Big retailers with a substantial store presence most often have a big online presence with thousands of […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is It Time For A New Compensation Model For Search And Digital Marketers? Pay for performance is certainly not a new concept. But a number of digital marketing industry pundits have […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Ireland Greeting A Google Street View Car Wouldn’t it be cool to know when a Google Street View car was planning on taking pictures of your office or home? Most […]
At search engine marketing conferences, I am often asked for advice on how to hire people for in-house search engine marketing jobs. Usually over lunch a business owner turns to me and says something like, I came here to learn more about all this search engine stuff and what I learned is that I need […]
Yandex NV, the parent of the Russian search engine Yandex, had a very successful debut on the Nasdaq market yesterday. The company raised more than $1.3 billion in its IPO. It follows last week’s similarly splashy but much smaller IPO from LinkedIn. As with the LinkedIn IPO last week many investors turned right around and […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Buys Sparkbuy: Comparison Shopping Site Now Closes, Team Remains Google has acquired Sparkbuy, a comparison shopping site that has focused on laptops. The site closed today as part of the […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Maps Vs. Bing Maps: Summer Vacation Planning Showdown Wouldn’t it be great if there was one mapping service that offers everything you need to plan a trip to somewhere you’ve […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Matteo Lopez Wins The 2011 Doodle 4 Google Competition Google has announced the winner of the 2011 Google 4 Doodle, “What I’d like to do someday.” The winner is Matteo Lopez […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Doctor Is In: Using An Unbranded Health Site Recently, I had an amazing experience. I was invited to be a part of an all agency partner meeting. Throughout the day, […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Tweaks iOS Search App With Bigger Font, More Speed If you’re an iOS device user, you’ll probably notice that the search results in Google’s search app look a little different […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Cracking Down On Toolbars Showing Too Many Ads Google has been notifying their AdSense for Search partners of a recent AdSense guidelines change that impact the use of the program […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Examining Facebook’s “Smear Campaign” Concerns About Google Social Circles I read the news today, oh boy. The Facebook army had just declared a war. Well, a smear campaign against Google. For […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Chromebooks Out June 15, $349 For Consumers, $20-$28 Monthly For Educators/Business At long last, the Google Chrome OS operating system is going prime time against Windows and Mac computers. On […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Just Weeks Away, A Preview Of The Google +1 Button For Websites Today at the Google I/O conference, Google gave developers a preview of how the Google +1 button can be […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New York Times Continues Paid Link Outing Stories, Looks At Online Flowers Industry Over the weekend, the New York Times published a story called Trying to Game Google on “Mother’s Day […]