Search & Society: General
YouTube sees 90% lift in searches for football highlight videos during the last year
According to YouTube, sports fans are watching more sports-related videos than...
What Bernie Sanders Can (Kind Of) Teach Us About SEO In 2016 & Beyond
Columnist Tom Demers shows how some websites supporting Sanders are gaining organic search visibility -- and how these principles can apply to...
Dissecting Google Conspiracy Theories
Time to break out your tin foil hat? Columnist Clay Cazier finds the elements of truth in the ideas SEO pros talk about in their most paranoid...
What’s The Most Searched Thing On Google? Turns Out It’s “Google”
Webmaster Trends Analyst Gary Illyes said the most searched term on Google is "Google" itself during SMX West...
Doodle Equality: In 2014, Google Features Women In Special Logos Nearly Half The Time
If you haven’t noticed, the Google Doodle team — which creates those special Google logos — has been making up for lost time...
Google Says New Parents Perform Twice As Many Searches As Non-Parents
According to a recent survey conducted by Google’s Think Insights, new and expecting parents perform 2.7 times the number of online...
Study: Researchers Blame Google Flu Trends Inaccuracies On Ongoing Algorithm Updates
Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston claim the regular overestimation of flu cases by Google Flu Trends can be blamed on...
McDonald’s & Cadillac’s Sochi Olympics TV Ads Spark Nearly 500K Online Searches
Television advertising analytics firm iSpot.tv evaluated a number of key metrics for this year’s Olympic advertisers and found ads from...
Nelson Mandela Ranks #1 On Google’s Top Trending Searches For 2013
Google has published its top ten global trending searches of 2013, with the recently deceased South African leader Nelson Mandela ranking No....
This Holiday Shopping Season, Searching Google For “Pearl Necklace” Leads To NSFW Surprise
Those using Google to find the perfect pearl necklace for their significant other this holiday season may be in for a rude surprise. If you...
See The Top 10 Most Searched Ad Campaigns On Bing For 2013
Following up on the release of the Bing’s 2013 search trends, which culled the top search queries across a range of categories, the Bing...
Yahoo’s Year In Review Includes Top Searches For 2013 & First Ever Posting Of Top Tumblr Trends
Yahoo has assembled an impressive list of search trends for 2013, covering 38 different “Top Searched” lists on everything from top...
Bing Posts Its Most Popular Searches For 2013, Naming Beyonce The Most Searched Person Of The Year
Bing has released its most popular searches for 2013, including more than 20 “Most Searched” lists, from most searched persons,...
Google Maps Makes Exception & Speeds Up Process To Replace Image Of Shooting Victim
Google Maps is making an exception to its process for reviewing image removal requests, and speeding up the actions needed to replace a...
New Search Engine Indexes Thousands Of Radio Stations With Artist, Song, Genre & Show Search Filters
A beta version of RadioSearchEngine.com launched this week after more than a year in development. According to its creator Michael Robertson,...
Are Google Searches The Best Way To Highlight Discrimination Against Women?
The United Nations is continuing its admirable and proper work of highlighting discrimination against women around the world; but, is using...
What The Government Shutdown Means For .gov SEO
As part of the US government shut down, many .gov sites have also shut down, replaced by messages like this: “Due to the lapse in federal...
You Probably Think This Search Is About You: Survey Says 56% Of Internet Users “Google” Themselves
To mark Google’s 15th birthday, the PEW Research Center released a survey conducted between April and May of this year to evaluate the...
Lily Collins: 2013’s Most Dangerous Celebrity To Search For
Move over Emma Watson. Actress Lily Collins has taken the title as 2013’s most dangerous celebrity to search for online. McAfee, the...
Starting Today Bing For Schools Is Giving More Than 800,000 Students An Ad-Free Search Experience
Bing For Schools officially launched today, a program created by Bing to promote digital literacy to students in kindergarten through 12th...
