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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: Beginners’ guide to Bing Ads management Jun 6, 2017 by John E Lincoln Considering advertising on Bing but not sure where to start? Columnist John Lincoln provides a handy guide for […]
Google and Bing already offer similar indoor maps.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Business profile and review best practices from TripAdvisor and YelpJun 2, 2017 by Greg Sterling Businesses that complete their profiles see 5x the customer leads each month. Gilbert Baker Google doodle […]
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 adds ‘Personal’ search filter, then drops itMay 30, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google tests a personalized version of their search results for signed-in Google users. Did you see it? 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: Bing launches bots for local businessesMay 22, 2017 by Greg Sterling Bots are created automatically from data in Bing Places and will soon work with Facebook Messenger and Cortana. [Podcast] 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 is rolling out changes to AdWords Ad Rank thresholds: What you need to knowMay 15, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Bids can carry more weight in Ad Rank thresholds based 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: Google’s ‘Project Owl’ — a three-pronged attack on fake news & problematic contentApr 25, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Google hopes to improve by better surfacing authoritative content and enlisting feedback about […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 4 ways brands are losing store traffic — and how to use location marketing strategies to reverse courseApr 24, 2017 by Wesley Young Many national franchise stores are failing to appear […]
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: No comment on possibility of a Feb. 7 algorithm updateFeb 13, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Did your rankings in Google get better or worse over the past week? Many webmasters […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Google AMP results in Google News more than doubleJan 30, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Want your content to be found by mobile users in Google News? Well, it seems like […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Top 10 local search insights of 2016Dec 5, 2016 by Wesley Young Columnist Wesley Young of the Local Search Association looks back at 2016 to find the top 10 insights that […]
Drones will collect data, shoot images and video, according to an FAA filing.
With new activity alerts, GMB sync and reputation management, the expanded Moz Local is intended to equally serve the small business, agency and direct enterprise markets.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Rethinking today’s attribution problem in digital marketing Oct 12, 2016 by Christi Olson Proper attribution modeling is one of the biggest challenges facing marketers today. Columnist Christi Olson discusses the common […]
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 My Business testing advanced verification process for spammy map categoriesOct 5, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google tests a new spam prevention technique for local results called advanced verification. It uses […]
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 Penguin doesn’t penalize for bad links – or does it?Sep 28, 2016 by Barry Schwartz You technically no longer need to use the disavow file to help fix your Google […]
Apple places URLs appear to be for the purpose of sharing with non-Apple users.
SMX East workshop on Monday takes a deep dive into all things local 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: Setting up AdWords website call conversion tracking just got a bit easierSep 22, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Track calls from the phone number on your website with a couple of pieces […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AMP now supports A/B testing and other experimentsAug 25, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Check out the new amp-experiments component that lets you easily test different variations of your AMP pages. 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: Google officially throttling Keyword Planner data for low spending AdWords accountsAug 13, 2016 by Greg Finn Not a big AdWords spender? You may notice a lack of data in your Keyword […]
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 adds 2016 Rio Olympic Games search feature & “Events to Watch” prediction toolAug 1, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Powered by Bing Predicts, the new “Events to Watch” tool will 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: Google returns special presidential candidates box that previously omitted Donald TrumpJul 27, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google blames “technical bug.” Sanders continues to show as having Google: There is no PageRank […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: After buying Yahoo for nearly $5 billion, Verizon is now in the search businessJul 25, 2016 by Greg Sterling With the acquisition, Verizon now has advertising deals with both Google 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 Maps showing how long people typically spend at a store or venueJul 18, 2016 by Barry Schwartz New feature shows you time based on crowdsourced location data. Google rolling out […]
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 Search Console bug sends re-verification notifications to usersJul 8, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Don’t panic, says Google — That verification email from Google Search Console was an accident, but it […]
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 says keywords in the TLD part of your URL are ignored for ranking purposes Jun 15, 2016 by Barry Schwartz After a controversial sponsored post on Search Engine Land, Google […]
The survey data seem to contradict statements made by Apple and others about Apple Maps' dominance on the iPhone.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Apple Maps becomes a platform with new extensions for third-party appsJun 13, 2016 by Greg Sterling The move parallels Apple’s decision to open up Siri and Messages to developers. Here’s my […]
The move parallels Apple's decision to open up Siri and Messages to developers.
There's a new SERP in town, the search engine results page generated by Gboard. And it's not just mobile search results reformatted in a horizontal layout.
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 widely testing the title links in black, instead of the traditional blue hyperlink colorMay 9, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google testing going from blue hyperlinks to black hyperlinks, and searchers […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Don’t trust Google to structure your local dataApr 11, 2016 by Andrew Shotland As Google increasingly incorporates direct answers and other types of featured snippets into search results pages, columnist Andrew […]
Carmaker consortium seeks additional funds, resources to further develop and grow the mapping platform.
Google adds ride-sharing tab to maps to enable more options, faster time to destination.
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 Search iOS App Adds “I’m Feeling Curious” To 3-D TouchFeb 1, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google adds a cute surprise to the Google search app on iOS, the “I’m Feeling […]
Google Street View is a dramatic and sometimes useful feature of Google Maps that helped set it apart from competitors such as Nokia Maps and Bing Maps a few years ago. Now, there’s evidence that Apple may be seeking to create its own version of Street View. The following posting appears on Apple’s site: It […]
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 Search Console Adds AMP Error Report Jan 20, 2016 by Barry Schwartz A new report was added to the Google Search Console under the Search Appearance tab for AMP errors. […]
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 Provides An Interactive Bubble Level In Their Search Results Dec 16, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Google has a new feature where you can search for bubble level and use the […]
With the release of iOS 9, search marketers may now have to consider Apple Search in their quest for greater search visibility. Columnist Adam Dorfman explains.