SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 24, 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:
- Google Glass Diary, Part 4: Local Search & Navigation
Remember that first Google Glass video? It was published a little more than a year ago and gave the world its first glimpse at what Google had in mind for Glass. Even though Google described it as “an early concept video,” you can clearly see that local search and navigation was a key aspect of […]
- Search In Pics: Google Robots With Lightsabers, Bloomberg Cutting Google Cake & The Simpsons Street View
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. Android Bathroom Signs: Source: Google+ Bike To Work Day At Google Germany: Source: Google+ Bloomberg Cuts […]
- Google Voice Search Coming To iOS, Chrome For Android Gets An Update
Google released a couple of new UI features with the latest Chrome update for Android yesterday and announced that voice search will be coming to Chrome for iOS “soon”. Android Updates With the Android update, the long search URL box is gone and search queries in Chrome display in the omnibox. And now, while browsing, […]
- 5 Excel Skills Every Marketer Should Know
One question I get asked a lot is this: what Excel skills are most important for marketers to learn? I have whittled that interminable list down to five skills that I believe are absolutely essential for marketers to know, presented below in order of importance. Table Formatting I believe that table formatting is the baseline […]
- Bing Officially Releases Bing XML Sitemap Plugin 1.0
After releasing a preview of the Bing sitemap plugin a few months ago, Bing is ready to officially launch the Bing XML Sitemap Plugin 1.0 to the public. This sitemap plugin allows webmasters to easily create XML sitemap files for their websites that can be submitted to Bing Webmaster Tools or other search engines. It […]
- Foursquare Updates Android & iOS App With New “Super-Specific” Search Filters
Foursquare has added new search filters that allow Android and iOS users to make “super-specific” searches, filtering by price, locations where users have or haven’t checked in before, locations ‘friends have checked in’, if a location is ‘open now’, and if a location is ‘offering specials’. To demonstrate how specific users can be when searching for […]
- Report: Google To Bid For Waze — To Shut It Down?
According to a just-published Bloomberg report, Google is preparing a bid for Waze. Earlier this month, rumors indicating Facebook was in late-stage acquisition talks with Waze for roughly $1 billion appeared online. Other parties (Apple, Microsoft) may now also be interested in the social mapping service. According to the Bloomberg report: Waze is fielding expressions […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Founder Of First Bid-Based PPC Search Engine Launches New Mobile Ad Solution
- Instagram Restores Blocked Accounts After “Temporary Glitch”
- Local Search On Google Glass: Part 4 Of The Google Glass Diary Series
- iAd Becomes First Mobile Ad Network To Earn Media Ratings Council Accreditation
- Defining Success On Pinterest
- New: Google AdSense Ad Code For Responsive Design, A/B Testing & More
- #DontDeleteMyAccount Panic On Instagram Over Account Deletion Rumor
- More Antritrust Pain For Google: FTC To Probe Display Ads Biz
Search News From Around The Web:
Business Issues
- Android’s Market Share Is Literally A Joke, Tech.pinions
- Google Follows Amazon’s Lead on New Shopping Site, Delivery, Other Services, Wall Street Journal
- Google Plans to Develop Wireless Networks in Emerging Markets, Wall Street Journal
- Microsoft emerges as Waze investor, as Google and Facebook weigh $1B bids, GeekWire
Local Search & Maps
- “Findery was best road trip tool!”, blog.findery.com
- How Google Now and Phone Sensors Might Change Search as We Know it, webimax.com
- I-5 bridge that collapsed into river is already gone from Google Maps, GeekWire
Link Building
- 10 traffic-driving link building methods you cannot ignore: Link Building, Receptional
- Feel The Fear And Disavow: Why You Have To Use The Google Disavow Tool, koozai.com
- Penguin 2.0: Organic Link Builders Have No Worries, Digital Always Media
- Plugging the link leaks, part 2 – site canonicalisation, SEOptimise
Searching
- Search me: online reputation management, The Guardian
SEM Industry
- How Much Effort Will Google Spend Trying To Help One Webmaster?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Video: Google Penguin 2.0, Bing Update, Sprint Penalized & Yahoo Buys Tumblr, Search Engine Roundtable
SEO & SEM
- 5 High Impact Tips for Creating Effective PPC Ads, blog.adstage.io
- Building Successful Low Budget PPC: Keywords, Portent
- Conducting Market Research Before Investing in Tactical Execution – Whiteboard Friday, SEOmoz
- Ecommerce Title Tags: Top 5 Ways to Increase Clicks, Search Engine Watch
- Google’s Penguin Update & The Confusion On Going "Deep", Search Engine Roundtable
- How To Do Keyword Research | Entry-Level SEO Tips, BruceClay.com
- May 22 Bing Search Update?, Search Engine Roundtable
- Partner PPC – Doing It Right, Beyond the Paid
- Penguin 2.0 Update: Google blending local results with organic?, WebpageFX Blog
- Synthesis: The Gap between Skills and Training in PPC – Occasional Blogging, Kahlil Corazo
- Understanding the Why in SEO | Golden Circle: Why, How & What, SEER Interactive
Video, Music & Image Search
- Search on the New Flickr Redesign, Social Media Today
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