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: New Penguin Algorithm Update Not Happening Until Next YearDec 3, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Webmasters and SEOs need to have a bit more patience, as Google is not releasing the […]
With Bing now at the center of Microsoft's consumer monetization strategy, executives display a new level of confidence when sharing plans for growing the search business.
October desktop search data from comScore came out late Friday afternoon. Google appears to have “stabilized” at roughly 64 percent market share, while Bing and Yahoo are also mostly unchanged from September. Search market share was in nearly the same place in October 2008. Google controlled roughly 64 percent of search query volume, and the […]
Yahoo's foray back into search advertising faces a mountain of challenges, from volume to functionality. Industry executives share their thoughts on Gemini’s trials, promise and future.
Deals expand reach for Bing Ads advertisers in search results on US and UK digital properties.
This week at SMX East, I moderated a session called The New Search Landscape, which asked what the near-term future of search will look like. It was a lively and interesting discussion. For a full overview of the session, read Casie Gillette’s recap. At the outset, comScore’s Eli Goodman presented some overview data. It was […]
Mapquest has introduced a new look and a new retro-chic, 1970s-style logo. The changes are part of a series of upgrades begun prior to the Verizon-AOL acquisition and are largely a result of a new Mapquest partnership with Mapbox. The promised and enhanced features include or will include: A faster, more responsive Mapquest.com for mobile […]
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 Maps Partners With 20th Century Fox To Promote “The Martian” With Guided Tour Of Mars Sep 15, 2015 by Amy Gesenhues Microsoft is giving moviegoers an advanced look at the […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: The Search Engine Land App Now Live For iOS & Android Download the new Search Engine Land app, plus the Marketing Land sister app for iOS and Android devices now. Google […]
In the simplest terms, the world of organic search is roughly two-thirds Google, one-third Bing. Those are the July 2015 “powered by” numbers provided by comScore for the US search market. In terms of non-network share, Bing saw a tiny 0.1 percent gain in July, and so did Ask. Google was flat with 64 percent, […]
The world’s most extensive “knowledge graph” may not be at Google. Vertical search site FindTheBest (FTB) has rebranded and relaunched as Graphiq, a data visualization or knowledge graph search engine. Using a huge volume of data sources, automation and human editorial oversight, the company says that it has created “the world’s deepest and most interconnected Knowledge Graph, featuring 1,000 collections, 1 […]
Google and Ask each drop 1/10 of a percentage point in comScore's monthly rankings of the domestic search market.
New ad formats for mobile users, big tests for PLAs, and a new search deal paves the way to managing three search platforms.
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 Panda 4.2 Is Here; Slowly Rolling Out After Waiting Almost 10 Months Google says a Panda refresh began this weekend but will take months to fully roll out. AdWords Brand […]
Paid search ad spend growth continued to decelerate and clicks rose just 3 percent in Q2, according to Merkle RKG.
Study finds rates of brand bidding highest on Bing desktop/tablet, but lowest on Bing Mobile.
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+ Brand Posts Have Been Stripped From Knowledge Graph Cards Brand posts on Google+ will no longer be displayed in the Knowledge Graph cards, instead they’ll be treated like all other […]
Google still at 64%, while Bing holds on to the 20% share it reached in March.
Google loses deal it held since 2002, but AOL matters far less than it once did.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Why You Should Be Using Google Analytics Smart Lists For Remarketing Are you using Smart Lists in your remarketing efforts? Columnist Rebekah Schelfhout believes you should consider doing so if you’re […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Give Yourself A Grade In AdWords Columnist Frederick Vallaeys shares his favorite tools and methods for evaluating your AdWords performance. Right-To-Be-Forgotten One Year Later: 70 Percent Of Requests Refused The most […]
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 Build A Customer-Centric Keyword Strategy Columnist Casie Gillette explains how to tap into the questions prospective customers are asking, learn the language they’re using, and use that intelligence to […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Reports: EU To File Formal Antitrust Charges Against Google This Week Company could face billions in fines if Commission decides to impose them. Identify and Eliminate Your R.O.T. Content – April […]
BrandVerity's Q4 study looks at trademark usage in paid search across 10 industry verticals.
Firefox deal powers second straight month of growth for Yahoo 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: EBay Dumps Google Syndicated Ads For Bing Ads On Mobile Devices Quietly, eBay has dumped Google AdWords sponsored text ads from mobile devices in favor of Bing Ads. The move was […]
Brands are often struggling with other advertisers encroaching on their trademark terms in search ads. Sometimes brand trademarks are used by “friendly” advertisers such as resellers, but a study released today from BrandVerity shows that search arbitrage accounts for the majority of branded search competition. The study analyzed how core brand terms of more than […]
The attitudes of European policy makers toward Google seem to have hardened of late. On various regulatory fronts, Google faces vocal critics and well-organized opposition. Google’s Eric Schmidt gave a speech earlier today in Berlin seeking to change some of those hardened hearts and minds. Schmidt argued that Google is not only not a monopoly […]
The second-annual U.S. Search Awards were handed out last night during Pubcon Las Vegas. The awards were presented to agencies and individuals for outstanding achievements in the US search and digital marketing industries. Entries were judged by a panel of search industry experts such as David Szetela, CEO of FMB Media, Anne Kennedy, Managing Partner […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Yahoo Directory — Once The Internet’s Most Important Search Engine — Is To Close For some, it may seem like there has always been Google, and it’s always been the […]
Just last month, six international tech support scam operators were ordered to pay more than $5.1 million as a result of charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission in 2012. The scammers typically posed as representatives of major technology companies, convinced consumers that their computers were loaded with viruses and got them to fork over […]
Once again Google has come out on top of the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The survey measures consumer satisfaction across a broad range of business and product categories including “e-business,” which covers ‘internet portals and search engines.” With the exception of 2007 Google has won the category every year since 2000, although its […]
Everyone knows how important reviews are — they factor in to the local algorithm and they play a huge part in click-throughs and building trust. Good reviews can make you, and bad reviews can break you… so businesses do everything they can to get positive reviews. Since Google doesn’t allow on-site reviews, we have to […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Reputation VIP Launches Link Removal Service In Response To EU “Right To Be Forgotten” Ruling In response to the European Court’s “right to be forgotten” ruling last month, online management company […]
A newly released report from Shareaholic claims the top five search engines — Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask.com and AOL — have all experienced a decline in search traffic since December of 2013. Using data from December 2013 through May 2014, Shareaholic evaluated aggregate organic search traffic numbers from more than 300,000 publishers reaching an audience […]
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 Says New Parents Perform Twice As Many Searches As Non-Parents According to a recent survey conducted by Google’s Think Insights, new and expecting parents perform 2.7 times the number of […]
A few years ago, I did some work for a comparison shopping/coupon website. Curious about how well the site was doing in regard to their SEO, I did a few search queries for some of the terms I remembered being big traffic drivers. I didn’t see my former client on page one for the first few queries, […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Enterprise SEO in 2014 – Webcast this Thursday This Thursday, May 1, at 1 PM EDT, our sister site, Digital Marketing Depot will host a webcast to help you better understand […]