SearchCap: Bing Updates Android App, NameCheap’s New Domain Search & 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:

• Bing Updates Its Android App With A New Look & Faster Performance
  Bing has rolled out a new look and feel for its Android app, claiming the updates make it more streamlined and “optimized for performance.” According to the announcement on Bing’s search blog, the app is faster than its previous version, and now lets users track their Bing reward points natively within the app. Bing reminded […]
• Namecheap Upgrades Its Domain Name Search Interface
  Namecheap announced that is has upgraded its search functionality, aiming to streamline the process of finding, tracking and purchasing domain names. Now users searching for available domains on Namecheap are presented with a cleaner-looking interface, with domains placed into three extension tabs: Popular, New and International. Those tabs can be drag-and-drop reordered, and users can […]
• After Killing SES, Incisive Media Seems To Think “OMG” & Tries To Bring It Back
  Incisive Media, which purchased the Search Engine Strategies conference when it was near the height of attendance, killed the brand entirely last year in place of a new ClickZ Live event. But now, after what seems to have been a disaster of the first ClickZ Live show, the company is scrambling back to revive SES. […]
• Search In Pics: Remote Control Android, Google Self Driving Car In Parade & Android Soccer Ball
  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. Remote Control Androids At Google Offices: Source: Google+ Android Soccer Ball: Source: Google+ Google Ventures New […]
• SEO Smackdown: Download Time – Machine Speed Vs. Human Speed
  Perceived download time is more important to searchers than actual download time. So why do SEOs focus on technocentric optimization strategies?

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

• Marketers Should Jump Into Instagram Before It’s Too Late
• Top eBay Affiliate Sentenced To 5 Months In Prison For Wire Fraud
• Click-Through Rates On Mobile App Ads Reach New Heights, Lead To Record Downloads
• Why Google Plus Will Not Die (But May Change)
• YouTube Now Lets Channel Owners Add 3-Second Intros To Their Videos
• How Playing Devil’s Advocate Will Improve Your Content
• LinkedIn Beats The Street With $473.2MM In Q1 Revenue
• Using Geo-Location To Turn Mobile Traffic Into Off-Line Gold
• Smartphones To Reach 90 Pct. In US, UK By 2016 — Forecast
• The New VW Site: It’s Like Tinder For Cars

Search News From Around The Web:

Industry

• Software Bundlers Target Firefox—Is This Trademark Abuse?, BrandVerity Blog
• Foursquare Swarms Over Swarmly, TechCrunch
• In Foursquare’s ‘Unbundling,’ Does the Tail Wag the Dog?, Street Fight

Link Building

• 8 Factors That Should Be Included in Your Link Audit, blog.intrapromote.com
• Google Shares Examples Of Inorganic Links, Search Engine Roundtable

Search Marketing

• Video: IRS Slaps Bing, HARO Links Bad For Google, AdSense Leaks & Google’s Ethics, Search Engine Roundtable

SEM / Paid Search

• Bad #PPC Kitties! Systematic AdWords Structure Illustrated, aimClear
• Did Google’s ‘Not Provided’ Decision Slow Down Brand Bidders?, www.wordstream.com
• Picture This! Optimize Your Images For Google Shopping Campaigns, 3Q Digital
• PPC for Content Marketing: Audience Research, Beyond the Paid

SEO

• Black Hat Documents How He Went From Rags To Riches & Back To Rags, Search Engine Roundtable
• Don`t Rock Your SEO When Redesigning Your Website, Crazy Egg
• Google validates that PR is SEO in patent filing, shiftcomm.com
• How Google Knows What Sites You Control And Why it Matters – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
• Real Estate SEO: 7 Ways to Earn Traffic & Leads, BruceClay.com

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Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.