Topic: Amy Gesenhues

SearchCap: EU link tax, Google service area businesses & match types

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Update your match types and account structure to improve performance, here’s howFeb 14, 2019 by Amanda Farley The relationship between search terms matter and so does your choice between the funnel […]

SearchCap: Google XML sitemaps, Amazon ads & more

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Managing sitemap XML with Google Search ConsoleFeb 8, 2019 by Detlef Johnson What to look for in Search Console indexing reports, plus learn why and how to create a dynamic Sitemap […]

SearchCap: Local SEO survey, Moz domain authority and GOOG earnings

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 takeaways from Google’s Q4 2018 earnings for search marketersFeb 5, 2019 by Ginny Marvin Google executives discussed search experience, campaign, device and performance updates on Monday’s earnings call. Moz upgrades […]

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SearchCap: Super Bowl search ads, testing search ads & more

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 doesn’t show ads for queries around Super Bowl commercials, while Google doesFeb 4, 2019 by Barry Schwartz Were you interested in driving online traffic to your Super Bowl ad campaign? […]

SearchCap: Digital agency survey results, Bing Webmaster Tools, Google Search Console

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Client in-housing, competition for talent top digital agency concerns Jan 31, 2019 by Ginny Marvin Marketing Land’s first Digital Agency Survey finds the sector is weathering digital transformation well, but the […]

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SearchCap: Google Ads management, search click data & new writers

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Data: Google organic search CTRs decline on desktop, see big drop on phonesJan 24, 2019 by Greg Sterling Mobile organic clicks on declined roughly 10 points between 2016 and 2018. Google […]

SearchCap: Google blog comments & People also ask in Google

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Nofollow couldn’t save the Google webmaster blog from comment spamJan 14, 2019 by Barry Schwartz Google’s plan of “preventing comment spam” with the nofollow link attribute didn’t work for its own […]

SearchCap: Google Home is really smart, Google pronounce & Congress

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How to create landing pages that convertDec 21, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot If you’re looking to gather leads for your business, you need to have a landing-page strategy. Like every […]

SearchCap: Google mobile first indexing rolling, YouTube ads & Google Home for local

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’s mobile-first indexing now powers over half of Google’s search resultsDec 19, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google issued an update on the status of its mobile-first indexing initiative. 3 prospecting features […]

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SearchCap: Google Posts traffic changes, Google China & ABM metrics

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Google’s Chinese search project ‘Dragonfly’ ends (for now)Dec 17, 2018 by Greg Sterling A combination of internal and external pressure has apparently prevented the project from going forward. Google Posts […]

SearchCap: Google related searches, YouTube call to actions & Conductor Actions

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 updates related searches to show image thumbnails, featured snippet-style resultsDec 13, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Featured snippets are now used in the related searches section in Google’s mobile results. YouTube […]

SearchCap: Google Ads exact match name and brands in search

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Protect your brand in searchDec 12, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot 98% of your competition is brand bidding. Advertisers bid on each others brand and trademarked terms to steal website traffic. […]

SearchCap: Digital agency survey & more

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Help us understand how digital agencies are evolving: Take our surveyNov 15, 2018 by Ginny Marvin If you work at a digital agency, we want to hear from you. Recent Headlines […]

SearchCap: Google My Business app, Bing ads insights & web site trust

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 Ads’ Competition Tab offers new insights, recommendationsNov 14, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Now rolled out globally, advertisers can access deeper Auction Insights and machine learning-powered recommendations. Google releases improved GMB […]