SearchCap: SEO Support, SEO Mistakes & DuckDuckGo Answers

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

From Search Engine Land:

• DuckDuckGo Now Supports Instant Answers In French, German, Czech & Polish Languages

  Now you can get 9 million answers in French, German, Czech & Polish from DuckDuckGo.

• AMA: Common Local SEO Mistakes Made By Businesses Big & Small

  Have questions about local SEO? Columnist Andrew Shotland has anticipated these questions and is answering them, Reddit-style!

• 3 Keys To Gaining Company-Wide SEO Support

  Securing buy-in from other departments has always been a challenge for SEO professionals, but columnist Casie Gillette has some tips to help you achieve this.

• Why You Should Attend Local Search And Geo-Marketing Intensive At SMX West

  SMX West is coming up fast. On March 2 there are a number of workshops and intensives being held before the main conference starts on Tuesday, March 3. One of those is the Local Search Advantage. In truth every digital marketer should be interested in location-based search and marketing — 94 percent of conversions happen […]

• Want To Speak @ SMX Advanced? Here’s How

  The agenda is live, and we’re now accepting submissions to speak at Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced 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 […]

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

• Facebook Relaunches Marketing Partner Site
• Organic Valley Plants Tongue Firmly In Cheek With Hilarious #SaveTheBros Protein Shake Campaign
• With TweetDeck Teams, Twitter Gives Groups Secure Access To Accounts
• SPONSOR MESSAGE: The Performance Marketer’s Retargeting Guide
• Dynamically Promote Products With Facebook’s New ‘Product Ad’ Unit
• Mobile Drives Nearly Half Of E-Commerce Traffic, But PC Still Rules Sales — Report
• 5 Pinterest Strategies That Drive Big Traffic
• The Most Important E-Commerce Marketing Trends Of The 2014 Holiday Season & What They Mean In 2015
• US Spending On E-Commerce Platforms To Reach $2.1 Billion By 2019 [Forrester]
• Reversal Of Facebook: Photo Posts Now Drive Lowest Organic Reach

Search News From Around The Web:

Industry

• SEO Interview: Famous Philippino SEO Venchito Tampon, Ahrefs Blog

Local & Maps

• Hunting for Movie Locations on Bing Maps, Bing Maps Blog
• Routing on OpenStreetMap.org, OpenStreetMap Blog

Link Building

• HUGE: Backlink Checker introduces Top Backlinks for each Referring Domain, Majestic Blog

Searching

• Google tests again hide the URL in search results, All Google Testing
• Who’ll get it right on Sunday – the Academy? Bing? You? Bing puts you in the picture, Bing Search Blog

SEO

• 13 Point SEO Checklist for Your Blog, Renegade Search
• 7 Lessons Learned From 7 Years in SEO, State of Digital
• Don’t Skip the Side of Sitelink Optimization, The SEM Post
• Everything You Need to Know About Mobile App Search, Moz
• Free On-page Optimization Tool Improves Organic SEO, BruceClay.com
• Google Gives Tips On What To Do After Your Hijacked Site Is Returned, Search Engine Roundtable
• Google Webmaster Tools International Targeting Reports Very Delayed, Search Engine Roundtable
• More On Google How Redirecting Penalized Sites To Other Sites, Search Engine Roundtable
• Optimize for Customer-Centric Keywords to Grow Revenue 300%, SEMrush Blog

SEM / Paid Search

• Bing Ads Power Tools Series: Use Auction Insights to Analyze the Competition, Bing Ads Blog
• Don’t Forget The Basics! Audit Your Account, PPC Hero
• Start Your PPC Client Relationships Right, PPC Hero
• Timing is Everything in PPC and Social Media Marketing, SEM Geek
• Website Down? 3 Easy Ways to Combat Wasted Spend, PPC Hero

Search Marketing

• Google Fixes Data Issue With Google Webmaster Tools & Google Analytics, Search Engine Roundtable
• How We Increased Mobile Conversion Rate 40% and Revenue by 86% in one Month, ignitevisibility.com
• Where is Digital Marketing Headed in 2015? – Part 1- Here’s Why with Mark & Eric, Stone Temple