This day in search marketing history: March 21
No more rel=next/prev support on Google, plus: CTR patent, neural matching versus RankBrain, Google wins KinderStart case and more.
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This day in search marketing history: February 14
Google Webmaster Tools comes out of beta, plus: Chrome's personal blocklist, AdWords video ads and quality score updates and more
This day in search marketing history: February 12
Google penalizes JCPenney for link scheme, plus: Google SEO certifications, Automated Bidding overhaul, canonical tag announced and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 30
Jumpshot shuts down, plus: Google publishes featured snippet guide, Universal Search expands, local reviews in Google search and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 17
The Google Speed Update, plus: links important for ranking, cross-device conversions, SOPA, Google Alerts and more.
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.
SearchCap: Streetmap Loses, Google SEO Certification & AdWords Automated Bids
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Streetmap Loses Anti-Competitive Lawsuit Against Google In UKFeb 12, 2016 by Greg Sterling Streetmap had sued on grounds that putting Google Maps at the top of search results was an “abuse […]
SearchCap: Google Store Data, AdWords Shopping Ads & Semantic 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: 3 Google Patents You Need To Know About In 2016Nov 25, 2015 by Pratik Dholakiya Columnist Pratik Dholakiya outlines three patents that Google is applying for and explains how they could […]
SearchCap: Google Maps Offline, App Indexing & Structured Data
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 Breakthrough: Search And Navigation Without A Connection Google continues to add features and capabilities that keep its maps that much ahead of the competition. Coming out of I/O yesterday […]
SearchCap: App Extensions Coming To Bing Ads, Apple’s Search Ambitions & How To Win At 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: App Extensions Coming To Bing Ads App extensions will be available to advertisers on Bing Ads starting next spring. Timed to coincide with the removal of explicit mobile OS targeting, app […]
SearchCap: Google HTTPS Study, Consolidated AdWords Billing & Google Quick Answer Failure
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 Quick Answer Fail: NSFW Advice On “How To Eat Sushi” Google continues to expand the number of quick answers it offers in its results, as well as the size of […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 7, 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: Penguin 5, With The Penguin 2.1 Spam-Filtering Algorithm, Is Now Live The fifth confirmed release of Google’s “Penguin” spam fighting algorithm is live. That makes it Penguin 5 by our count. […]
Top Search Marketing Columns & Contributed Features Of 2012
As an industry news publication, the majority of our visitor traffic comes to our site to read daily news updates, in-depth coverage of search engine technologies and ever-evolving search engine algorithms. On top of the hardest working full- and part-time editorial staff in search, we have over 100 guest columnists who dedicate a significant amount […]
SMX East 2012: Schema 101: Why The New Meta Data Matters
Schema 101: Why The New Meta Data Matters Presentations from SMX East, October 2012 Schema.org is a joint alliance between Google, Microsoft and others to provide a common foundation for microdata standards. In other words, provide trusted meta data that allow site owners to express important “facts” about their businesses that both inform searchers and […]
Google Becomes Answer Engine With Semantic Technology − Great News For Retailers
Google has been displaying more than blue links in search results for a while now. And soon, users will be able to find more facts and direct answers to their queries on top of search results. This comes from the Wall Street Journal, which reported on an interview with Amit Singhal, a top Google search […]