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Still in testing, AMP pages are set to see their public debut in Google search in early 2016.
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SearchCap: Yahoo Gemini, Google Search Console & Penguin Update
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 Prep For The Pending Penguin Update & Ensure You’re Penalty Free In 2016Nov 17, 2015 by Erin Everhart The next Penguin update is coming soon, according to a Google […]
SearchCap: Google News Apps, Android Marshmallow & Doodle For Hedy Lamarr
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 6 Things To Know Before Using Facebook For Local Search, And 6 Reasons FB Search Can DominateNov 9, 2015 by Wesley Young Now that Facebook’s Universal Search includes public posts, columnist […]
Graphiq Search: FindTheBest Becomes Knowledge Graph Engine
The world’s most extensive “knowledge graph” may not be at Google. Vertical search site FindTheBest (FTB) has rebranded and relaunched as Graphiq, a data visualization or knowledge graph search engine. Using a huge volume of data sources, automation and human editorial oversight, the company says that it has created “the world’s deepest and most interconnected Knowledge Graph, featuring 1,000 collections, 1 […]
SearchCap: Google Maps iOS App, Apple iOS Deep Linking & Gay Pride 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: Gay Pride Month Gets Google’s Support With Rainbow-Colored Images For LGBT Searches For the month of June, LGBT-related search terms will deliver a Google results page with a rainbow-colored heart and […]
SearchCap: Bing App Index, Apple Maps Transit, Google Shopping Ads & Nearby Businesses
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 “Nearby Business” Mobile Ad Format For Location-Related Searches Up to four paid business listings will display with direction and click-to-call links. Is There Hope For Your Prospective PPC Client […]
SearchCap: Google Buy Now, Cortana & Apple Coherent Navigation
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Uber Teams Up With Baidu For HERE Maps, Apple Buys More Coherent Navigation HERE mapping unit could fetch more than $4 billion in new bidding war. When Google’s In Your Brain: […]
Copie Editor Wantd, Applie Within
If you have a burning desire (and the strong skills) to correct typos and grammatical errors, we may have the perfect opportunity for you.
SearchCap: Google UX Not On Desktop, Link Building & Keyword Research
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 Build A Customer-Centric Keyword Strategy Columnist Casie Gillette explains how to tap into the questions prospective customers are asking, learn the language they’re using, and use that intelligence to […]
SearchCap: Google Mobile Winners, Google Maps Hack & Disavowing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Enterprise Paid Media Campaign Management Platforms: New Market Intelligence Report Do you need an paid media campaign management platform? Act Now: SMX Advanced Early Bird Rates Expire Saturday Search Engine Land’s […]
SearchCap: Google Mobile Update Rolling, Bing Detailed Answers & Google Action Cards
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 Action Cards For Android & Search Integration Google search now better communicates with your Android phone for taking notes, setting alarms, finding your phone and getting directions. Bing Providing Detailed […]
SearchCap: Google Mobile Algorithm Live, Bing Image Search Explained & Emojis
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: IAB: Search Was 50% Of US Digital Ad Spend In 2014, Desktop Still Bigger Than Mobile Search was $24.6 billion of digital ad spend last year. Desktop outpaced mobile search spend […]
SearchCap: Google Mobile Friendly Rolling Out, Yahoo & Bing Deal
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 There Are 4.7% More Mobile Friendly Websites Today Than Two Months Ago The fear of Mobilegeddon encouraged many webmasters to make their sites mobile friendly. Google says there was […]
Mobilegeddon & Me: My 20-Year-Old Website Is About To Get Zapped By Google’s Mobile-Friendly Update
Will Google demote highly-trusted content that's not mobile friendly, replacing it with less-trusted content that looks good on a smartphone?
SearchCap: Mobilegeddon Is Coming, AdWords Campaign Reporting, France Wants Open 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: Google Web History Adds Download Option & Drops Filter Options Google makes two large updates to Google Web History, you can no longer filter the results but you can now export […]
SearchCap: Google News Mobile Algorithm, Mobile Queries Up, Product Ratings In AdWords
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: Mobile Search Queries 29 Percent Of Total But Growth Modest Search query percentages don’t line up with overall usage trends. Google Expands Product Rating Stars In Google Shopping Ads To […]
SearchCap: Google FireFox Notice, AdWords Speeds Up Data, Cortana On iOS & Android
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 Tests New “Favorites” Feature That Lets Users Bookmark Images Still in beta, the new feature is available only for users signed in to their accounts on a desktop. AdWords Search […]
SearchCap: Google Webmaster Tools Upgrade, Yoast Plugin Bug & Mobile Growth
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin Vulnerable To Hackers Millions of WordPress sites may be exposed to a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability due to a security hole in the very popular Yoast SEO […]
Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin Vulnerable To Hackers
Millions of WordPress sites may be exposed to a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability due to a security hole in the very popular Yoast SEO plugin. The plugin has been updated, make sure to update your plugin.
SearchCap: Yahoo Search Share, Google Red Slow Icons & Green Stars
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Study: Google Now Displays Rich Answers For 19.45% Of Queries Rich answers are now displaying for targeted queries at a rate of 19.45% for targeted queries, according to a new study […]
SearchCap: AdWords Updates & Innovations, Local SEO & Google Electric Logo
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: See All Of The New Google AdWords Updates On One Web Page Google creates a new page that acts as a release notes document for showing advertisers the latest updates and […]
SearchCap: Google Search Impact Report, Expedia Buys Orbitz & AdWords Topics
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Success for 2015: Conversion Tips from Inside Experts Is your AdWords campaign ready for success in 2015? 10 WordPress SEO Questions That Took Me 10 Years To Answer! Looking to […]
SearchCap: Google Back With Twitter, Apple & Google Deal To Expire & Google App Indexing Stats
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: As Apple-Google Deal Expires, Who Will Win The Safari Default Search Business? Will it be Bing, Yahoo or Apple itself that supplies Safari’s search engine? The Future Of Search Is Productivity […]
Google Answers Now Showing Blue Icons Linking To Publisher Sites Or More Google Answers
Google Answers now shows action links directing to publishers sites. This was done previous for easter eggs and Google's own content but now it works for third-party publishers.
Help Wanted: We’re Hiring An Associate Features Editor
Applications are now being accepted for a new, full-time position on our growing editorial team!
Google Still Doing At Least 1 Trillion Searches Per Year
Company is sticking with figure it gave in 2012 but stresses it's "over" that amount. How much over, Google's not saying.
SearchCap: Google Penguin Vibrations, Right To Be Forgotten Rules & Santa Tracker
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 3.0 Rollout Still Ongoing Google has confirmed with us that the shifts and changes reported throughout the industry on Thanksgiving day were a result of the Penguin 3.0 refresh […]
SearchCap: Google Maps Redesign, U.S. Election Searching & AdWords Reports
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 Redesigns Maps, Adds OpenTable Reservations, Uber Estimates Google continues to evolve its Maps for mobile. It has gone well beyond the rudimentary local search and navigation product it once was […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords Inventory, EU-Google Antitrust & MapQuest Commute App
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 Now Lets Travelers Know When Flight Prices Drop Google is helping travelers save money with a new Now card that tells users when a price has dropped on a flight. […]
SearchCap: Google Wins In Germany, Google Knowledge Vault & Bing Ads Close Variants
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 Launches Close Variants Test In US Earlier this month, Google made waves when it announced it is removing the option to turn off close variants targeting, making true exact […]
Introducing The New Search Engine Land!
Notice anything different today? I sure hope so, because we’ve just launched the new Search Engine Land website! This is Search Engine Land’s first redesign since March, 2011. Our sister site, Marketing Land, has also been relaunched. While both sites obviously look different (more on that below), let me begin by talking about what hasn’t […]
SearchCap: Google On Site Moves, Google Shopping API, Greece Okays Google Maps Street Views
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 Takes Down Japan’s Honinbo Shusaku Doodle On Google UK On D-Day, Offers Apology The Telegraph reports Google has taken down a Google Doodle, aka Google Logo, from Google UK and […]
SearchCap: Google Losing Mobile Ad Share, Google Sends Mobile URL Redirects Warnings & More
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 Marketing Expo (SMX) Advanced Begins Next Week – Join us! SMX Advanced takes place next week, June 10-12 in Seattle. Learn actionable new tactics, find inspiration, discover solutions to your […]
SearchCap: Bing’s 5th Birthday, Connect Google+ Pages & China’s Censorship
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: Connect Your Google+ Business Page To Your Google Maps Listing Google has now enabled those with Google+ business pages to connect their page to their local business listing on Google […]
Update Your All In One SEO Pack WordPress Plugin Now
The Sucuri Blog issued a notice that a popular SEO plugin for WordPress web sites had a major security vulnerability. The plugin name is the “All in One SEO Pack” and the fix is easy, just make sure to update the plugin immediately. The vulnerability opened up WordPress blogs that used the plugin, that had […]