SearchCap: Bing Ads Redesign, Tumblr GIF Search & Thumbtacks Google Penalty
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Confirmed: Google Capital-Backed Thumbtack Hit With Manual Action For Unnatural Links Thumbtack’s co-founder confirms the company received a Google manual action for links, vows to take the necessary steps to reverse […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Confirmed: Google Capital-Backed Thumbtack Hit With Manual Action For Unnatural Links
Thumbtack’s co-founder confirms the company received a Google manual action for links, vows to take the necessary steps to reverse it.
- Google Shopping Feed Spec Updates Announced
Most requirements go into effect in September, 2015.
- Want To Speak @ SMX East? Here’s How
The agenda is live, and we’re now accepting submissions to speak at Search Marketing Expo – SMX East 2015. To increase the odds of being selected, be sure to have read the agenda. Understand what the sessions are about. Ensure that your pitch is on target to the show’s audience and the session. Please also […]
- Advanced Link Auditing & Best Practices For Acquiring Authoritative Links
Contributor Chris Silver Smith shares highlights and takeaways from link building experts at SMX Advanced.
- Google Testing Large Images In Mobile Search Results
Google is caught testing image thumbnails in the mobile search results again. This time on the left side of the snippets description.
- 4 Hidden Treasures In RLSA Campaigns
Contributor Lori Weiman shares some insights gleaned from analyzing thousands of remarketing ads over the course of several months.
- Women’s World Cup Google Logo Marks Today’s FIFA Match-Up Between U.S. & Australia
This first game for the U.S. women’s team is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Winnipeg.
- Tumblr’s New GIF Search Engine Takes The Pain Out Of Having To Use Actual Words
Users now can easily search for GIFs indexed on Tumblr’s platform, with images automatically credited when placed in a post.
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- How Busy Local Businesses Can Leverage Data & Technology For Content Marketing
- 5 Keys To Improving Your A/B Tests
- Report: Mobile Ads Drove 80 Percent Increase In Store Visits Within 24 Hours
- 13 Mobile Marketing Stats You Need To Know
- Snapchat Displaces Google+ App From ComScore Top 15 Chart
- Survey: Few National Retailers Take Apple Pay Or Intend To This Year
Search News From Around The Web:
Local & Maps
- Building better maps in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Turkey, Google LatLong
- Check URLs in Bing Places for Business, The SEM Post
- Panoramio Gets Reprieve from Google, Google Earth Blog
- Relax, Cortana makes air travel easier, Bing Search Blog
Link Building
- Through the Google lens: Search trends May 29 – June 5, Official Google Blog
- Alexander Sadovsky about low quality links and Yandex SEO, russiansearchtips.com
- Building Links With Images: Where To Start And How To Automate It?, blog.ahrefs.com
Searching
- Bing Ads "Related Products" Annotation in Search Results, The SEM Post
- Google Displaying Knowledge Graphs for Trending News, The SEM Post
- Google Now Indexing & Display Emoji Based URLs In Search Results, Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Testing Flight Search Box in Sidebar Above AdWords, The SEM Post
- How Google Is Taking Search Outside the Box, Backchannel – Medium
SEO
- 4 Reasons Your Company Ignores SEO (And How to Correct), www.practicalecommerce.com
- Google Plans to Make HTTPS Ranking Signal Stronger, The SEM Post
- Google Traffic Referrals A Quality Signal For Google?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Google: 429 Error Code Same As 503 Error Code For Crawling, Search Engine Roundtable
- My 15 Favorite SEO Tools, www.lunametrics.com
- Parasitic SEO: InstallAware’s Competitor Attacks Using Negative SEO Tricks, SEMpdx
- Why is Building Your Brand an SEO Strategy? – Here’s Why with Mark & Eric, Stone Temple
SEM / Paid Search
- 2015 update to Google Shopping Feed Specification and Google Product Taxonomy, Inside AdWords
- 4 Insanely Easy-To-Implement Features For Ecommerce Retailers, PPC Hero
- How PPC Creates Synergy Throughout The Marketing Program, PPC Hero
Search Marketing
- How To Choose The Best Page To Optimize For Your Keyword, Search Engine People
- How to Create Data-Driven Content That Drives Millions of Visitors: Part II, SEMrush Blog
- Mobile Testing Beyond Google’s Responsive Web Design Test Requirements, The SEM Post
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