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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: Danny Sullivan joins Google, leaves advisor role at Third Door Media Oct 6, 2017 by Michelle Robbins Search industry veteran journalist begins new role at Alphabet’s core business division on Monday […]
The scope and feature list of the open-source project continue to expand.
AMP isn’t quite a household acronym yet, but it has big implications for virtually everyone with web access. The Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project, the brainchild of Google announced just two years ago, is already impacting millions of users’ experience. And it’s growing fast. The downside — arguably a temporary one — is that not […]
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 Ads announces new Editor features for ad extensionsSep 28, 2017 by Susan Wenograd Now available: Support for scheduling and Shared Libraries for call and location extensions Canonical tags gone wildSep […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: CSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search resultsSep 27, 2017 by Ginny Marvin To provide “equal treatment” in the ad auction, Google Shopping will operate as a separate […]
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 switches back to Google search results for iOS & MacSep 25, 2017 by Barry Schwartz After serving Bing web search results in iOS and Mac for a few years, Apple […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on and from other places across the web.
All advertisers will be able to point mobile search text ads to Accelerated Mobile Pages.
Utilizing "Fast Fetch" ad request and rendering, ads served on AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) will now be faster, and potentially will improve viewability rates.
Not that Google wants you to take these steps, but if you really wanted to drop supporting AMP on your site, here is how to do that.
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 begins rolling out messaging feature within Google My BusinessJul 12, 2017 by Barry Schwartz You can now message with your customers directly via your Google local panel in mobile search. […]
Site owners really don’t know the full story about who, or what, is crawling their sites until they analyze their server logs. Columnist Glenn Gabe shares a case study that illustrates some insights to be gleaned from a server log file analysis.
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 it lost 20 days of data of new Google Search Console usersJul 12, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Did you recently sign up for Google Search Console? Well, you might […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EU sources say $1.17 billion antitrust fine against Google coming in weeksJun 16, 2017 by Greg Sterling Shopping search penalty is the first of three potential fines against the company. SEO: […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Dear Google: 4 suggestions for fixing your massive problem with fake reviewsJun 15, 2017 by Joy Hawkins Columnist and local search expert Joy Hawkins notes that unless Google My Business gets […]
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 great reasons to attend SMX Advanced in 2 weeks May 31, 2017 by Search Engine Land Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced is just 2 weeks away. Don’t miss your only […]
Google has no single authority metric but rather uses a bucket of signals to determine authority on a page-by-page basis.
The threat of negative SEO is remote but daunting. How easy is it to for a competitor to ruin your rankings, and how do you protect your site? But before we start, let’s make sure we’re clear on what negative SEO is, and what it definitely isn’t. Negative SEO is a set of activities aimed […]
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 ad traffic steadily growingMar 30, 2017 by Andy Taylor Columnist Andy Taylor of Merkle shares data on the growth of ad traffic from Google Maps, including conversion rate and […]
Baidu, Sogou and Yahoo Japan are adopting the mobile framework.
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 Assistant might take weeks to reach your Android phoneMar 3, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Google Assistant is officially available for my Android phones this week, but the rollout will take […]
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 brings back emojis in the search results snippets for relevant queriesFeb 17, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google has brought back displaying emojis in the search results when the query thinks […]
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 refreshes weather search results with interactive slider to see forecasts throughout the dayFeb 9, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Snowbirds can also get quick results for snow conditions at U.S. ski […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 3 local SEO tips that deliver business resultsFeb 7, 2017 by Ryan Shelley Looking to optimize your business website for local search, but not sure where to start? Columnist Ryan Shelley […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Former Google search chief Amit Singhal joins Uber Jan 20, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Singhal will become a senior vice president of engineering, overseeing Uber’s Maps & Marketplace departments. Google AMP […]
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 replaces “in the news” box with “top stories” on desktopDec 7, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google has replaced the “in the news” title with “top stories” on desktop to bring […]
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 confirms testing movie and TV show ratings with like and dislike buttonsDec 6, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google is now asking searchers to rate movies and TV shows. Google confirmed […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 9 hard truths about linksNov 8, 2016 by Julie Joyce Link building is difficult, and columnist Julie Joyce reminds us that there are no risk-free, fool-proof tactics within this discipline. Where […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yext Reviews product is pre-optimized for Schema, balances reviews across sitesNov 2, 2016 by Greg Sterling Company says that capturing more reviews will help with local ranking. Yandex launches new algorithm […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Direct answer fail: Google gives only one side of proposed gun ammo & magazine lawOct 21, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Want to know about California’s Proposition 63, a measure to control […]
There are now 600 million AMP pages on 700,000 domains.
Contributor Kristi Kellogg recaps a session from SMX East 2016 in which Google, Condé Nast and Vox Media share successes and challenges with Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).
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: Using search marketing to amplify TV buys: SMX East 2016Oct 4, 2016 by Erin Everhart Columnist Erin Everhart provides key takeaways on a session from SMX East 2016 detailing the relationship […]
Need a reminder that a lot of business owners are still in need of basic SEO? WordPress.com's "advanced" tools offer exactly that.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: What’s new and cool at Google from SMX East 2016Sep 30, 2016 by Mark Traphagen At this year’s SMX East, Googlers Jerry Dischler and Babak Pahlavan shared recent updates and what’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: AMP — Accelerated Mobile Pages — begin global rollout in Google mobile search resultsSep 20, 2016 by Greg Sterling Google reiterated that the move does not include a rankings change. New […]
Google reiterated that the move does not include a rankings change.
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 premium-level Ad Grants program no longer accepting applicationsSep 1, 2016 by Ginny Marvin The Grantspro program offers non-profits up to $10,000 per month in search advertising grants. Want better data […]
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 debuts a brand new look for Merchant CenterAug 30, 2016 by Ginny Marvin A much needed face lift also includes some new features. Mastering Online-to-Offline Marketing: New Digital Strategies for […]