SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 1, 2012
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 Testing New, Google-y Local Search Results
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the folks at Bing Local are paying Google a very nice compliment with a new display for local search results that looks quite a bit like what Google often shows. As first spotted by BrightLocal.com, Bing’s new local search results no longer consistently show a “pack” of […]
- Google Is Watching You (Or Not): New Privacy Policy Takes Effect Today
With several governments and regulatory bodies around the world saying that Google’s new privacy policy may violate their domestic rules (Europe, Japan), it goes into effect today. Advocacy group EPIC has been trying to block it saying that the consolidated privacy policy violates Google’s earlier settlement with the FTC in the Buzz case/investigation. However that […]
- Day Two: Search Marketing Expo West 2012 Live Blog Recap
SMX West day two is just about over and I wanted to post the live blogging I have found throughout the day. Here are some of the sessions that were live blogged today. Beyond The Google AdWords Tool: Advanced Keyword Research Tactics, BruceClay.com Building Buzz On Facebook: Getting Liked & Shared, Search Engine Roundtable Building […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- Google Releases "Your Personal Guide to the Internet", Search Engine Roundtable
- Spice up your iGoogle page with new, immersive, full-page themes, Inside Search
Business Issues
- Baidu About To Conquer South America: The Market To Be, State of Search
- Exclusive: Facebook seeking bigger credit line: sources, Reuters
- Yandex to Invest in TimeBooker, Online Service Booking Platform, Quintura blog
Local, Maps & Mobile
- foursquare is joining the OpenStreetMap movement! Say hi to pretty new maps!, Foursquare Blog
- Need A Hospital? Don’t Google Mount Sinai Hospital In New York City, Search Engine Roundtable
Link Building
- 12 Google Link Analysis Methods That Might Have Changed, SEO By The Sea
- Link Rot – and the Most Amazing Free Tool to Find and Fix Broken Links by @jimboykin, internetmarketingninjas.com
Searching
- Delicious Founder Creates New People Search Engine, Skills.to, Read/Write Web
SEM Industry
- [Interview] Changing Engines Mid-Flight: Q&A with Google Fellow Ben Gomes, Read/Write Web
- 5 Reasons Why Small Business Owners Distrust SEO, Search Engine Watch
SEO & SEM
- Does AdWords Cost More When Google Updates Organic Results, Search Engine Roundtable
- Drive Local Leads with Location Extensions in Microsoft Advertising adCenter, adCenter Blog
- Google how can you trust www.trustpilot.co.uk ?, David Naylor
- How To Succeed in a Competitive PPC Market, PPC Hero
- The Madness Of Keyword Monomania: The Pathological Obsession With A Single Keyword, Search Engine People
- Yext & Local SEO, Mike Blumenthal
Social Media
- Google+ Cleans Up Spam Comments By Grouping Them Together, thenextweb.com
- The story behind "Inside Facebook", Fortune Tech
Video, Music & Image Search
Web Analytics
- 11 Google Analytics Tricks to Use for Your Website, SEOmoz
- Refining the new Google Analytics, Google Analytics Blog
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