SearchCap: AdWords Bugs, Roll The Dice On Google & Product Search With The Target 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 Search Will Now Let You Roll The Dice

  Ever want to roll a dice but not have one handy? Now you can just go to Google and search for [roll a dice] and Google will roll one for you. You can do this via voice search in the Google Search App, by typing it into the Google search box and likely on Google […]

• 58% Of Local Marketers Will Change Tactics After Pigeon Update

  Columnist Myles Anderson shares the results of an InsideLocal survey detailing the impact of Google’s recent local algorithm update, Pigeon.

• Buried Gems: 6 Important AdWords Reports You’ve Never Heard Of

  Every paid search marketer has their “pet” reports. Some are obsessed with quality score, others with queries, and some chase sheer numbers of active keywords. Over the years, I’ve developed a set of “go to” reports where I always find meaningful insights and account improvements. You probably already know what some of them are — […]

• AdWords Glitches? Google Says Shopping Campaigns Access Issues Have Been Fixed

  Paid search management is demanding enough without platform connectivity issues. Over the past weeks, several AdWords users have taken to Twitter to complain about ongoing issues with what’s come to be known as the “red bar of death”. The red banner looks like this: Last week, there was a widespread issue that affected user’s ability […]

• Target App Now Features In-Store Product Search And Inventory Maps

  Just in time for the frenzied holiday shopping season, Target is introducing product inventory search into its mobile app. The functionality is powered by PointInside but doesn’t rely on beacons or other indoor location technologies. Following a 40-store trial earlier this year, PointInside announced this morning that Target will be rolling out its “StoreMode” product inventory search and mapping […]

Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:

• Interactive Kate Spade Ad Features Brilliantly Bored Anna Kendrick
• If Facebook Organic Reach Is Dead, What Does It Mean For Marketers?
• Care & Feeding Of Creatives
• Boehner Says Online Sales Tax Won’t Pass This Year
• Stop Wasting Time & Money On Your Content Marketing
• Report: Facebook Targeting Professionals With Secret “Facebook At Work” Product
• Facebook News Feed Will Throttle Pages’ “Promotional” Posts

Search News From Around The Web:

Industry

• Have We Reached Peak Google?, SEO Book

Link Building

• 6 Reasons Why Penguin Has Been A Great Success AND An Epic Failure, Ahrefs Blog
• Why Private Blog Networks & Microsites Are Dangerous – Here’s Why with Mark & Eric, Stone Temple

Searching

• Through the Google lens: search trends November 7-13, Official Google Blog
• Why Is Bing Such a Bad Search Engine?, SEO Theory

SEO

• 4 Recent Bing Updates You Should Understand before 2015 Hits, www.highervisibility.com
• Announcing the Google Algorithm Changes Tool, advancedwebranking.com
• Google Not Indexing Click To Expand Content Now?, Search Engine Roundtable
• The Coming Integration of PR and SEO, Moz
• The Web Is Dying; Apps Are Killing It, m.wsj.com
• What to Expect From SEO Reporting, icanagency.com
• Why SEO Still (And Always) Matters, www.searchenginejournal.com

SEM / Paid Search

• Bots And Spiders Causing Unusual Spikes in Analytics Traffic, www.e-nor.com
• Google AdWords Customer Gets Courtesy Credit: Calls AdWords Defaults Sneaky, Search Engine Roundtable
• Holiday Preparation Overview: Are Product Ads Right for Your Business?, Bing Ads Blog
• Making Good Use Of Those Location Extensions, PPC Hero