Bing previews new Bing Search APIs
Bing adds tons of features to their Bing Search APIs, which now are REST APIs.
Topic: Bing Maps
SearchCap: Google AdWords Columns, Apple Street Views & FairSearch Funds
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 Adds Lottery & Powerball Numbers To Search ResultsJan 27, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Did your odds just increase? Bing added winning lottery numbers to their quick answer box. Brand Bidding […]
Is Apple About To Launch A Competitor To Google Street View?
Google Street View is a dramatic and sometimes useful feature of Google Maps that helped set it apart from competitors such as Nokia Maps and Bing Maps a few years ago. Now, there’s evidence that Apple may be seeking to create its own version of Street View. The following posting appears on Apple’s site: It […]
SearchCap: Google AMP, Bing Maps & AdWords App Upgrade
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Local Traffic “Diversion”: Google Claims It’s A Bug, Yelp Says It’s Intentional Nov 24, 2015 by Greg Sterling Local search represents between 30 and 40 percent of mobile search results. Local […]
Bing Maps Adds Traffic Cameras To Map
You can now see live traffic cameras directly on Bing Maps.
SearchCap: Yahoo Directory Dies, Mobile-Friendly Yandex & Bernie Sanders
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 Is Finally Absolutely Dead Nov 20, 2015 by Barry Schwartz The Yahoo Directory now redirects to Aabaco. Marketing Analysis: Unlocking The Power Of Descriptive Statistics For SEM & […]
Bing Brings On Halloween With a Spooky Map, Cortana Costume Suggestions & A Horror Movie Game
Ask Cortana "What should I wear for Halloween?" or "Guess the horror movie" to play Bing's Halloween-themed game.
Bing Maps Partners With 20th Century Fox To Promote “The Martian” With Guided Tour Of Mars
Microsoft is giving moviegoers an advanced look at the film, as well as offering new Bing in the Classroom lesson plans focused on space exploration.
Mount McKinley Becomes Mt. Denali On Google Maps; Bing Stays With Old Name
Restored to its native name by US President Barack Obama, the transformation has yet to fully complete on the major search engines.
SearchCap: Google Hotel Finder, Google Maps Timeline & Bing Revenge Porn
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 Device Launch Campaigns: Key Insights For Online Advertising Success About to launch your first device-specific paid search campaign for smartphone, tablet, wearable, or something else entirely? If so, columnist John […]
SearchCap: Cortana Out For Android, Featured Snippets & Local Marketing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Cortana For Android Available For Download Ahead Of Official Launch A few days ago, Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana, became available for download. This is not the official launch, and it’s not […]
Bing Brings Search To The Forefront Of The New Bing Maps Preview
Bing has made several search specific improvements to the Bing Maps Preview, that is currently in beta.
SearchCap: Google Map Maker, Bing Ads Shopping & Search Console Notices
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SEMPO Names 20 Leaders From Locations Around The World To Drive SEMPO Cities Initiative The new leadership will be charged with creating local communities to help educate and support search marketing […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads Updates, Google Cross-Device Benchmarks & Niche SEO Specialists
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 Microsoft “Three Generations” Campaign Packs Emotional Punch Microsoft has a long and checkered history when it comes to product advertising. Perhaps you recall the cringeworthy yet bizarrely compelling “Bing Goes […]
Bing Adds New Tools, Enhanced Content To Mapping Upgrade
Earlier today Microsoft announced the next version of Bing Maps will offer many new features, enhanced content and multiple design enhancements. Users can see that version of the new Bing Maps in action today by opting in to Bing Maps Preview. There’s an emphasis on context, exploration and planning, rather than isolated lookups, which is currently the dominant […]
Bing Pares Its Mapping Image Operations, Sells Some Assets To Uber
To focus on "core business strategy," Bing will stop gathering its own mapping imagery and instead license data from third parties.
SearchCap: Bing App Index, Apple Maps Transit, Google Shopping Ads & Nearby Businesses
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 Adds “Nearby Business” Mobile Ad Format For Location-Related Searches Up to four paid business listings will display with direction and click-to-call links. Is There Hope For Your Prospective PPC Client […]
SearchCap: Google Quality Algorithm Update, Tweets Live On Google & Links Via 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: The Google-Twitter Deal Goes Live, Giving Tweets Prominent Placement In Google’s Results Tweets now appear for trending topics in a new carousel format. Twitter doesn’t earn directly off display but will […]
Report: Uber Makes $3 Billion Offer For Nokia’s HERE Maps
The mapping acquisition would be the second for Uber this year.
SearchCap: Google Restaurant Delivery, Yelp Selling & Mobile Friendly Begins
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Mobilegeddon Is Beginning, Not Ending The Mobile Friendly Update has now “fully rolled out” according to Google, but columnist Bryson Meunier believes this is only the beginning. WSJ: Yelp Seeking A […]
SearchCap: Twitter On Google, Bing Maps Transit & Search Behavior Study
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 Mobile Search Tests Colored Dots In Result Snippets Yet another user interface being tested in the Google Mobile search results… 6 Search Tips For Travel Advertising Success Advertisers in the […]
Bing Maps Covers 3,000 Transit Agencies Across 30 Different Countries
Bing Maps shared their global footprint of transit directions available within the mapping software. They claim they add more and more weekly.
SearchCap: Google Mobile Algorithm Live, Bing Image Search Explained & Emojis
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: IAB: Search Was 50% Of US Digital Ad Spend In 2014, Desktop Still Bigger Than Mobile Search was $24.6 billion of digital ad spend last year. Desktop outpaced mobile search spend […]
SearchCap: Importance Of XML Sitemaps, “Relevance” Of Citations More Important Than “Authority” & 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: The Importance Of XML Sitemaps In The Age Of Panda Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller reminds us that in an age of content syndication, a well-maintained XML sitemap is key to establishing […]
SearchCap: Google Business Photos & Chat, AdWords Spring Cleaning & Google Unwanted Downloads
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 Search Tests “Chat” Button In Local Business Box Google is testing showing a live chat button in the local search box within the web search results for some businesses. No […]
SearchCap: SEO Support, SEO Mistakes & DuckDuckGo Answers
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo Now Supports Instant Answers In French, German, Czech & Polish Languages Now you can get 9 million answers in French, German, Czech & Polish from DuckDuckGo. AMA: Common Local SEO […]
SearchCap: GoogleBot Locale Support, Bing Maps For Stadiums & Local Paid 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: Bing Maps Shows Super Bowl Spirit With New Venue Map, Streetside & Hi-Res Venue Imagery Recent image updates show University of Phoenix Stadium being prepped for Sunday’s Super Bowl. Quality Content […]
Bing Maps Shows Super Bowl Spirit With New Venue Map, Streetside & Hi-Res Venue Imagery
Recent image updates show University of Phoenix Stadium being prepped for Sunday's Super Bowl.
SearchCap: Google Search Queries, Mobile Snippets & Bing Ads Lag
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 Reduces Campaign Reporting Lag To 1 Hour Impression and click performance data is now delivered much faster. Thanksgiving Drove Retailers’ Highest Paid Search Revenue Gains Of The Holiday Season […]
SearchCap: Bing & Yahoo UI Tests, Lyric Sites Dive In Google & Google News More Trusted
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: What Time Is The State Of The Union? White House Uses SEO To Spread The Word President Barack Obama will deliver his 2015 State of the Union at 6pm PT tonight. […]
SearchCap: Google Pigeon, Google Lyrics & Bing Rehires Forrester
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 Pigeon Update Rolls Out To UK, Canada & Australia Google’s new local ranking algorithm that launched in the US earlier this year has rolled out to the UK, Canada and […]
SearchCap: Google Poland Penalty, Break Up Google & Black Friday Shopping
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 Proven Ways To Write Ads That Deliver More Conversions Now you know you need to change your paid search creative to keep it fresh. Contributor Frederick Vallaeys shares tips from […]
SearchCap: Search Market Share Report, Google Keyword Planner Adds Conversion Estimates & 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: Google Down Slightly, Bing-Yahoo Up In October comScore Search Report Google saw its share of the US search market drop slightly in October, while both Bing and Yahoo saw corresponding gains. […]
Bing Maps Helps Drivers Avoid Traffic Around The World
Previously only available in the U.S., Bing Maps is now helping travelers around the world avoid traffic jams with its Clearflow technology. According to Bing, Clearflow can predict traffic on roads that do not include live traffic data. [pullquote]This technology worked well in the United States, and now we will be using it in every […]
SearchCap: Bing Talks Search Share, Matt Cutts On Future With Google & Major Drop In Traffic After Loss Of Snippets
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: It’s Unlikely That We’ll Take Search Share Away From Google Microsoft’s Director of Search admitted this week that Bing isn’t likely to put a significant dent in Google’s search market […]
SearchCap: Germany Publishers & Google, Bing Ads Tracking & Search Mobile CTR
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Growing Your Business With Customer Reviews – October 30 Webcast Learn how capitalizing on the insights from customer reviews can increase search traffic and landing page conversion rates. Join Chris Silver […]
SearchCap: Google+ In Search, Bing Image Update, RTBF & Mistaken Google Penalties
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 Image Search Updates Include Touch Friendly Result Pages That Adapt To Screen Size & Resolution Over the next few weeks, Bing is rolling out new updates to its image search […]
SearchCap: Google Wins In Germany, Google Knowledge Vault & Bing Ads Close Variants
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 Launches Close Variants Test In US Earlier this month, Google made waves when it announced it is removing the option to turn off close variants targeting, making true exact […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords Conversion Optimization & Bulk Edits, Bing Maps Imagery Update & Google’s Mobile Revenues Hit $8B
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 Adds Hundreds Of Streetside & 3D City Images; Plus New HD Aerial Images Bing announced a large maps update today, where they have added hundreds of Streetside images, 3D […]