Topic: Beyoncé

SearchCap: Google testing tool, DuckDuckGo features & 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: With lots of unknowns, SEM experts weigh in on the biggest AdWords announcements of last weekJun 2, 2016 by Ginny Marvin What do advertisers need to start thinking about now, and […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 2, 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: French Court Orders Google, ISPs To Block Or Delist Video Sites The High Court of Paris recently decided that French ISPs and search engines (Google, Yahoo and Bing) must completely block […]

Bing Posts Its Most Popular Searches For 2013, Naming Beyonce The Most Searched Person Of The Year

Bing has released its most popular searches for 2013, including more than 20 “Most Searched” lists, from most searched persons, sports stars and teams, to most searched TV shows and movies, social sites, entertainment electronics and apps. Beyonce topped two lists, winning the No. 1 spot for most searched person of 2013 and most searched […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 5, 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’s Matt Cutts Awarded Patent On Detecting Hidden Text & Hidden Links A new Google patent was awarded today named Systems and methods for detecting hidden text and hidden links. The […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 4, 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: The Zen Of PPC Campaign ReportingOkay. It’s February. We’ve finally got all the year-end reporting and summaries for our clients done and delivered, and have set forth to meet our new […]

2011 Yahoo! In Review: Top US Searches In 30 Categories

Now celebrating a decade of recapping annual search trends, earlier today, Yahoo! released the 2011 list of most popular searches in the US in 30 different categories, topping last year’s extensive list. This year marks the first full year Yahoo! used has used the Bing search engine to primarily power Yahoo! search results, with Americans […]

Searching For Answers On Ask.com In 2011

It’s been about a year since Ask went back to its roots as a full Q&A site and at the end of last year, we offered up its most popular questions of 2010. In that story from 2010, note that Ask.com claimed 90 million users at that time, and in this year’s followup release of […]

Bieber Tops Bing’s List Of Most Popular Searches In 2011

First out of the gate this year in the annual rush to declare search winners is Bing, who earlier today unveiled the top searches of 2011 at BingTrends.com. Bing.com also created an original video to recap the year in search, ending the clip with the Twitter hashtag #My2011. Video: Bing Originals: Decisions That Shaped 2011 […]

YouTube Releases Top Videos & Searches For 2010

YouTube has announced their top watched videos and top search queries. The top watch videos are broken out by major label music videos and excluding major label music videos. First the top search queries: January – haiti February – luge March – eclipse trailer April – ipad May – eminem not afraid June – shakira […]

Ask.com In 2010: Now Giving Answers

Less than a month ago, we reported that Ask.com was giving up on search technology (see: Ask.com To Focus On Q&A Search, End Web Crawling, opting to return to its roots as a Question & Answer site. Now, Ask.com’s sending off the year (and their search offering) for good (maybe) by releasing the first ever […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 15, 2010

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 Expanding Its Hotel Prices Experiment In Google Maps You may remember, or maybe you’ve seen, the Google Maps test that involves showing room prices as part of a hotel’s local […]

YouTube Searchers: It’s All About The Music

You can learn a lot about a web site by peeking below the hood of its internal site search. And, based on Hitwise data out today, YouTube is a surrogate music video search engine. Hitwise research suggests that 72% of the site’s Top 50 search terms from December 2008 are music-related — from L’il Wayne […]