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SearchCap: Bing Ads tracking, Google Home screen & Google Fred

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

Barry Schwartz on September 29, 2017 at 4:00 pm

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 ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo Show
    Sep 29, 2017 by Greg Sterling
    Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo’s shadow?

  • Targeting featured snippet and ‘People also ask’ SERP features
    Sep 29, 2017 by Marcus Miller
    Wondering how to obtain the elusive “position zero” in Google search results? Columnist Marcus Miller discusses how to target answer boxes and related questions.

  • The trouble with ‘Fred’
    Sep 29, 2017 by Kristine Schachinger
    Columnist Kristine Schachinger argues that Google’s shift towards less transparency with SEOs and webmasters isn’t beneficial to anyone — even Google.

  • Search in Pics: Google balloon statues, a Fiat Polski car & massage chair
    Sep 29, 2017 by Barry Schwartz
    In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google Polski Fiat car: Source: Instagram Google massage chair: Source: Instagram Google balloon statue art: Source: […]

  • Bing Ads adds URL tracking parameters for locations & extensions
    Sep 29, 2017 by Ginny Marvin
    The {TargetID} parameter also now captures more click source information.

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About The Author

Barry Schwartz
Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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