SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 21, 2013

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 Experiments With Social Search By Adding New Bing Boards To Search Results Bing announced today that they are adding a new social element to their search results with the introduction […]

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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 Experiments With Social Search By Adding New Bing Boards To Search Results

    Bing announced today that they are adding a new social element to their search results with the introduction of Bing Boards. Currently being created by, “…a small group of food and lifestyle bloggers, experts and social influencers,” the Bing Boards are a collection of images, videos and links focused on a specific topic pulled together […]

  • Search In Pics: Google Internet Balloon At GooglePlex, Noogler Pinwheels & Penguin Candies

    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 Internet Balloon At GooglePlex: Source: Google+ Google Pinwheels For Nooglers: Source: Google+ Google Internship Kick […]

  • Dashboard Series: Creating Combination Charts In Excel

    I’m starting a series on dashboards because I think creating sexy dashboards is a critical skill every marketer needs to know. It’s going to be a long series — but by the time we’re finished, you’ll be able to create dashboards that excel in both form and function. Why Use Combination Charts? The first skill […]

  • PLAs: Cannibals? Allies? Or Both?

    The spectacular growth of Product Listing Ads (PLAs) over the past 2-1/2 years has been a boon for Google and advertisers as well as for consumers. This growth was spurred by the visual appeal of the ads themselves, by Google’s increasing sophistication in serving the right PLAs for the right queries and by Google’s decision […]

  • Google Advice On When To Submit Reconsideration Request & How To Clean Your Link Profile

    Google posted a new article today answering common questions about submitting reconsideration requests and managing your backlink profile. Google Search Quality representatives, Kaspar Szymanski and Uli Lutz, co-authored the article, going through the more common questions on this topic. Google says you should really only submit a reconsideration request when you receive a manual penalty […]

  • 3 Principles Of Future-Focused, No-Surprise Link Building

    Link building doesn’t really fit the mold with the rest of the online marketing world. It’s unique and always changing. Even after trying to understand it, most marketers still don’t get it, and many SEO agencies don’t even want to touch it. That’s because link building is a moving target that you can hit sometimes […]

  • Google Makes Splash With Christoph Niemann Illustration To Mark Summer Solstice 2013

    Today’s Google Doodle by Christoph Niemann marks the summer solstice for searchers in the Northern Hemisphere with an animated illustration of five swimmers in Google-logo colored swimming caps, bobbing along on a wave that splashes back and forth. Google users in the Southern Hemisphere get their own Google Doodle to mark the first day of […]

  • Tempo “Calendar Assistant” Uses Search Like Google Now

    Smart calendar app Tempo announced a $10 million “series A” funding round this morning. The app aims to replace the native calendar apps on smartphones. Needless to say, that’s a tall order. However, the technology behind the app is derived from the same US Defense Department (DARPA) SRI-led research that produced Apple’s Siri and Yahoo’s Summly, […]

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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is 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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