SearchCap: Bing Xiaolce, Google Sitelinks Search & EU-Google Deal Problems

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 Launches Xiaolce Chinese Chatbot With Cortana Smarts For Windows Phone
  After taking its Windows Phone 8.1 with Cortana to China last month, Bing announced today the launch of XiaoIce (“little ice”), a Chinese-speaking social assistant chatbot for Windows Phone users. According to the announcement on Bing’s search blog, XiaoIce’s technology is far beyond a normal chatbot. The announcement goes on to say that XiaoIce is […]
• What’s A Good PPC Account Structure, Anyway?
  Is there an ideal way to structure an AdWords account, or is every case special? Contributor Sam Owen explores the issue.
• Search In Pics: Google Gumball Machine, Google Bike & Server Rack 1,000
  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+ Sponsors Maraton CDMX 2015: Source: Google+ Google Server Rack 1,000: Source: Google+ Google Gumball Machine: […]
• Use Holiday Search Data To Prep Your SEM Campaigns For The Upcoming Season
  What are people searching for and when are people searching on Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday?
• Latest Google AdWords PLA Test: Segmenting Products By Brand
  Google has been running several experiments on the way it displays product listing ads (PLAs) in the search results. We’ve seen ads grouped in pricing buckets, PLAs showing in knowledge panels, and now, PLAs segmented by brand. While researching Chromebooks, Samuel Edwards at Tenthwave Digital saw the result below which groups product listing ads by […]
• Google Allows Developers Integrate With Search Within Site Feature
  Google announced a few changes to the search box you find within the Google search results. Often, when you search for a brand name, Google will add a search box within the search snippet result for that site. That box allows you to search within that specific site only. The results are similar to the […]
• EU-Google Antitrust Deal May Be Collapsing
  Since the first Google antitrust settlement proposal was announced in 2013 the company’s rivals and critics have complained loudly that it doesn’t go far enough to remedy what they see as Google’s unjustified “diversion” of their traffic to Google’s own “vertical” properties. They’ve lobbied regulators and produced white papers and PR campaigns aimed at undoing […]

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

• Report: Smartphone Shares Flat Ahead Of iPhone 6 Launch
• Facebook Gives App Developers A Simpler Way To Integrate With The Platform
• Baidu Invests $10 Million In “Indoor GPS” Provider IndoorAtlas
• OOPS! McDonald’s Tweets That Its Own Video Is “Bad Information” About Chicken McNuggets
• Forget The New iPhone. IKEA Introduces The Most Amazing Device Ever
• The Holiday Prep That Email Marketers Should Be Doing Now
• Why So Pushy? Why Social Networks Push Non-Friend Content In Your Streams
• Emoji App From Former Twitter Chief Scientist Converts User Activities Into Cute Pictures
• Best Gift Ever: The Right Data Delivers Holiday Search Campaign Success
• Self-Serve Twitter Ads Touch Down In 11 New Countries
• Facebook Rolls Out Privacy Checkup For All Users
• No, Pinterest I’m Not Getting Married

Search News From Around The Web:

Industry

• Google Used to Be the Company That Did ‘Nothing But Search’, TIME
• Publishers urge European Commission to reject Google antitrust deal, PC World
• Roche’s Levinson Resigns from Board, Wall Street Journal
• SMX East 2014: The Conference, The Liveblog Schedule & More, BruceClay.com

Link Building

• How to Create the Right Link Building Strategy, linkresearchtools.com

Searching

• New BBC Search Engine, BBC
• YouTube’s Experiment for Related Searches, Google Operating System

SEO

• Are You Ignoring this Important SEO Strategy?, ProBlogger
• Google’s Browseable Fact Repository – an Early Knowledge Graph, SEO By The Sea
• Google Shifting Domain Clustering Algorithms?, Search Engine Roundtable
• How Long Is Too Long For A 503 Error With Google, Search Engine Roundtable

SEM / Paid Search

• Mark Your Calendars: Free Bing Ads Holiday Webinar on September 9th, Bing Ads Blog
• Getting Started with Mobile Bid Modifiers, Portent

Search Marketing

• Keyword Research and Targeting Without Exact Match – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
• Reviewing Negative Keywords, PPC Hero
• Video: Google SEO, AdWords Callouts & Bing Image Widget Getty Images Suit, Search Engine Roundtable