This day in search marketing history: January 3
Why Google penalized Google Chrome, plus: DuckDuckGo launches Donttrack.us, Google challengers, Google newspaper ads and more.
Topic: Baidu
This day in search marketing history: January 2
Google uses paid links and thin content to promote Chrome, plus: why people click on search ads, search quality raters guidelines and more.
The modern search landscape: How and where to reach your target audience
Today's web users go beyond traditional search engines to search. Learn about the platforms that should be on every search marketer’s radar.
Keyword rank tracking software – 6 tools compared
We have looked at some of the most popular rank tracking tools to see how they differ and what features each one offers for position tracking.
5 international SEO tips that don’t include hreflang
Hreflang tags are not enough to ensure a country-specific site ranks in its local market. Follow these tips to boost your international SEO.
Could Google passage indexing be leveraging BERT?
How Google leverages BERT depends on the use of the term ‘Passage Indexing’ (although it’s identified as a ranking update).
5 tips for starting international PPC
Be ready to watch for nuances of your targeted regions and adapt your strategy on a regional basis as you begin to track performance.
Martech Spotlight: How Kenshoo does digital commerce ad management
At a time when digital commerce is more important than ever, we're profiling vendors that help retailers scale their ads on e-commerce marketplaces.
E-commerce ad spend on search and social product ads keeps growing
Product ad spend growth on social outpaced search in the third quarter, Kenshoo reports.
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: SEO for Google Home Hub, Google Ads segmentation & Bing Ads insertion orders
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 impact of ‘close variants’ in exact match typesOct 31, 2018 by Frederick Vallaeys A look at 4 ways Google Ads Scripts can help restore control for some advertisers. Bing Ads […]
SearchCap: Google recipe clipboards, ad testing and negative SEO
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 tests showing clipboard icons next to search suggestions for recipes queriesOct 11, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google is experimenting with a new recipe clipboard feature, what it does and how […]
Your Complete Guide to PPC (Pay-Per-Click) Advertising
PPC has become shorthand for advertising that appears on search engines. bought through Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising to advertise on Bing, but many other ad platforms also support pay-per-click or cost-per-click ad buying, including Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat, Quora and LinkedIn. Advertisers can buy display, video, social and native ads on a pay-per-click […]
SearchCap: Voice assistant study, SEO audits & PPC budgets
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Surefire tactics to get the most value out of budget-limited campaignsApr 27, 2018 by Amy Bishop Since few people have money to burn, contributor Amy Bishop shares how to get the […]
SearchCap: Google bringing AMP benefits to web standards, musicians on Google Posts & Google Lens rollout
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 working to integrate AMP benefits into future open web standardsMar 8, 2018 by Michelle Robbins Standardization will allow sites to implement, and benefit from, AMP features without adopting the framework. […]
SearchCap: Google mobile design, Google News breaks RSS feeds & Baidu hack
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 rolling out new curved mobile search results interfaceNov 2, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Are you seeing a new look for the Google mobile search results page? You are not alone! […]
SearchCap: Google search location changes, GOOG earnings & Facebook marketplace
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 searches now correspond to user location instead of domainOct 27, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Users can still change their search settings to select a country service if desired. Mobile-first updates […]
Why going global is essential to your business
There are 7.5 billion people in the world. Are you reaching all of your potential customers with your search marketing campaign?
SearchCap: Improving link equity distribution, recent Google My Business updates & 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: 10 AdWords copywriting hacks Sep 22, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot The holiday season is quickly approaching, and competition for ad clicks gets more competitive each day leading up to Black […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords addiction ads, Bing on links & Google Home mini
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 to debut ‘Home Mini’ smart speaker for $49 on October 4Sep 19, 2017 by Greg Sterling The device is Google’s answer to the low-cost Amazon Echo Dot. SMX East […]
SearchCap: Google EU offer, SEO mistakes & YouTube ads
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 proposes a new version of ‘rival links’ to remedy shopping search antitrust violationSep 18, 2017 by Greg Sterling Submission appears similar to its earlier, unsuccessful settlement proposal. Keys to Driving […]
SearchCap: Amp links at large, Google AdWords demographic targeting & 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: AMP links at large: What’s a publisher to do?Sep 14, 2017 by Barb Palser If you’re a publisher that’s implemented Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), you’ve likely seen views on those pages […]
SearchCap: SEO success factors, Google News spam, Bing Ads device bidding
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 Periodic Table of SEO Success Factors: 2017 edition now released Jun 12, 2017 by Danny SullivanMobile, direct answers & site speed factors gain greater weight. Gboard for Android gets new […]
SearchCap: Bing Visual Search, Microsoft expands Bing Rewards to UK & 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 Visual Search lets you search specific objects within images Jun 1, 2017 by Matt McGee Bing joins Google, Pinterest and others in upgrading its image search capabilities. Microsoft expands its […]
SearchCap: Search trademark issues & search pictures
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Initial Interest Confusion rears its ugly head once more in trademark infringement caseMay 26, 2017 by Chris Silver Smith Columnist Chris Silver Smith details recent trademark infringement cases in which site […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads standard text ads, canonical tags & relevancy
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Relevance vs. authority: Which link has more value? (Part 2)May 11, 2017 by Andrew Dennis In part two of his three-part series on authority versus relevance in link building, columnist Andrew […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords Quality Score metrics, redirects & SEO challenges
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 1,000 ways to redirectApr 13, 2017 by Patrick Stox What’s in a redirect? Columnist Patrick Stox provides a primer on redirects, showing why this critical technical SEO task can often trip […]
SearchCap: CRO tips, local search proximity & paid search analytics
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Getting the most bang for your buck: 11 CRO opportunitiesMar 31, 2017 by Amy Bishop Stumped on ways to improve your conversion rate? Columnist Amy Bishop has you covered — check […]
SearchCap: Baidu AMP, paid search bids & Google Maps ads
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 Maps ad traffic steadily growingMar 30, 2017 by Andy Taylor Columnist Andy Taylor of Merkle shares data on the growth of ad traffic from Google Maps, including conversion rate and […]
SearchCap: Fred report, Bing Ads budgets & Google rich cards
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 it has now tracked 4 billion store visits from adsMar 29, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The company says thousands more advertisers will gain access to store visits data as […]
SearchCap: Google Posts expands, technical audits & site 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: Are technical and content audits still relevant?Mar 22, 2017 by David Freeman SEO audits are very useful in identifying website issues and areas for improvement, but columnist David Freeman believes the […]
SearchCap: Google algorithm update, Gboard update & mobile speed
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New, unconfirmed Google ranking update ‘Fred’ shakes the SEO worldMar 9, 2017 by Barry Schwartz The webmaster and SEO community, along with the automated Google tracking tools, all show strong signs […]
SearchCap: AMP expands, Flickr similar search & Google AdWords conversions
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Flickr’s new ‘similarity search’ feature makes it easier to find visually similar photosMar 7, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Flickr says its new search option uses advanced technology to surface similar photos […]
AMP — Accelerated Mobile Pages — rolling out to 1 billion more people in Asia
Baidu, Sogou and Yahoo Japan are adopting the mobile framework.
SearchCap: Local SEO, links via content & 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: 3 local SEO tips that deliver business resultsFeb 7, 2017 by Ryan Shelley Looking to optimize your business website for local search, but not sure where to start? Columnist Ryan Shelley […]
SearchCap: Google AMP URLs, Google Maps traffic & Super Bowl search ads
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 makes it easier to see and share publishers’ real URLs from AMP pagesFeb 6, 2017 by Danny Sullivan New anchor button enables copy-and-paste of URLs directly to publisher sites. SMX […]
SearchCap: Google link command, mobile-first index & SEO problems
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 has officially killed off their link commandJan 12, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google tells webmasters and SEOs to stop using the link command, that it is officially dead and not […]
SearchCap: Google Home Services ads mobile, live popular times in Maps & SEO KPIs
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 Maps adds a live view for popular times at venuesNov 21, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google Maps makes the popular times feature work in the now, with a real-time view. […]
SearchCap: Vote says Google, link truths and 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: 9 hard truths about linksNov 8, 2016 by Julie Joyce Link building is difficult, and columnist Julie Joyce reminds us that there are no risk-free, fool-proof tactics within this discipline. Where […]
SearchCap: Google Flights updates, SEM testing & MarTech Today launch
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 Flights now shows expected airfare cost increases & filter for hotel discounts Oct 17, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues During the coming weeks, Google Flights will also roll out email notifications […]