SearchCap: Google Mobile Winners, Google Maps Hack & Disavowing

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

From Search Engine Land:

• Enterprise Paid Media Campaign Management Platforms: New Market Intelligence Report

  Do you need an paid media campaign management platform?

• Act Now: SMX Advanced Early Bird Rates Expire Saturday

  Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced rates increase at the end of the day Saturday! Register now, save $200 and guarantee your seat at the search marketing conference of the year. SMX Advanced features one-of-a-kind sessions for experienced search engine marketers. See the agenda. Nearly 70 of the world’s most knowledgeable search marketers will present. They’re […]
• To Grow Your Career, See The Whole Customer Experience

  It’s important for SEO professionals to be well-versed in search, but columnist Nathan Safran reminds us that true leaders understand the bigger picture as well.

• Your First Steps In Content Marketing

  New to content marketing and not sure where to begin? Columnist Eric Enge provides a helpful outline for SEOs (or anyone) looking to start incorporating this crucial digital marketing tactic.

• When Disavowing Links At The Domain Level, Don’t Let Your Machete Turn Into A Guillotine

  We SEOs can sometimes get a bit overzealous when disavowing links. Columnist Glenn Gabe outlines his process for carefully reviewing your disavow file to ensure that strong domains haven’t been added in error.

• Are These The Winners & Losers Of Google Mobilegeddon?

  Was Reddit the biggest loser? Early results say yes, while TV Tropes and Entertainment Tonight are seen as winners.

• Google Maps Hack Shows Android Mascot Relieving Itself On Apple Logo

  VentureBeat chronicles another episode in the sometimes delightful, sometimes cringe-worthy history of off-color, user generated content on Google Maps. The subject of the hack today is the image of an Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo. Here’s the image as it appeared earlier today via VentureBeat: Google subsequently removed the image. The company also […]

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

• Apple Beats Expectations With $58 Billion In Revenue, Sells 61 Million iPhones
• Up Close With Amazon Echo: It’s Early, But This Personal Assistant Shows Promise
• WordPress Issues 4.2.1, Another Critical Security Update
• Act Now: SMX Advanced Early Bird Rates Expire Saturday
• Brand Alignment And Content Strategy: Synergies That Sell
• Google Plus Is Small, But Still Not Dead Yet
• Pinterest Launches “Marketing Developer Partners” Program
• How To Turn Data Into Dollars: 3 Stages To Activate Your Data
• Facebook “Evaluating” Whether To Make Apple Watch App
• How To Use Twitter & Instagram On The Apple Watch; Facebook Is MIA
• Plum Organics’ #ParentingUnfiltered Campaign Eschews Unrealistic Portrayal Of Parenthood For Blunt Realism
• Chrome Notifications, “The Physical Web” And Google’s War On Apps

Search News From Around The Web:

Industry

• Google Pays Returning Chief Business Officer $130 Million, Wall Street Journal

Link Building

• Happy Third Birthday Google Penguin Algorithm, Search Engine Roundtable

Searching

• Find 360-Degree YouTube Videos, Google Operating System
• YouTube Tests Borderless Search Box, Google Operating System

SEO

• Are Directories Bad for SEO? A Fact Driven Answer, Ignite Visibility
• Extract SEO Value from SERPs with Knowledge Graph and Answer Boxes – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
• Google Says The Doorway Algorithm Has Launched But Webmaster Did Not Notice, Search Engine Roundtable
• Video: Google Mobilegeddon Live, Penguin Three, App Indexing & Emojis In Search, Search Engine Roundtable

SEM / Paid Search

• The Hierarchy of PPC Account Realization, PPC Hero