Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Basic Econometric Modeling: Measuring The Offline-Online Effect Of TV Advertising On Search Spend Multi-channel advertisers often ask me how to measure the effect of their TV ads on their online 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: Five Key Learnings From A Local Marketing Success Story One of our most compelling speakers at the 2012 Local Search Association annual conference was Mary Boysman, VP Brand Marketing and Advertising […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: StarCraft Themed Google Easter Egg “Zerg Rush” Calls An Attack On Your Search Results Google’s newest Easter egg, a search for “zerg rush,” forces to to fight an onslaught of invaders […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 8 Products That Might Be On Yahoo’s Chopping Block Yahoo’s product teams are officially on notice. Shortly after announcing Q1 earnings yesterday, new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson dropped a bomb during […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Foursquare Hits 2 Billion Check-ins, 20 Million Users It’s April 16th … otherwise known in some circles as Foursquare Day. (Get it? 16 is four squared. And April is the fourth […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Group: Google Should Halt All Online Dating Ads Until They’re Sure None Are Fronts For Human Trafficking Google says it’s spending “millions of dollars” to police AdWords ads to ensure they’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: Google’s March Updates: Anchor Text, Image Search, Navigational Search & More Google’s latest round of search quality updates is now available, and — at the risk of sounding like a grumpy […]
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 Traffic Estimates Even For Many Roads Any person who knows their neighborhood well, knows which streets to avoid when driving around town. But for those who are just visiting […]
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 Android Maps Cleaner, More Personal If Siri is the differentiating feature of iPhones, then Google Maps (and Navigation) are that for Android. It’s the most popular Android app as […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Move Over, Wikipedia: Amazon May Be The King Of Google Rankings While the SEO industry has spent years decrying how well Wikipedia seems to dominate Google’s rankings, it may be that […]
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 Ad Status Info Added To AdWords Google is providing AdWords users with a new way to figure out whether their ads are approved, or not, and why. The new feature […]
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: Demographic Bidding Being Eliminated To Clear Way For New AdWords Features Though it hasn’t been announced, a few eagle-eyed folks have noticed a change to Google’s Help pages that says […]
The US FTC has subpoenaed Apple to provide documentation and information about Google’s presence on iOS as the default search engine. According to Bloomberg the FTC is also seeking similar information from handset makers and carriers. This arises in the context of the US government’s broad anti-trust investigation of Google. These “default search” deals are […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Ask.com Launches New Visual Q&A App “Pollroll” It seems like there are a million apps launching or promoting themselves in connection with the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. Among them […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: When The Going Gets Tough, The Links Get Blamed Links are usually the first thing that people look at when something happens in the SERPs. Surely, if your rankings fall, you […]
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 Confirms Panda 3.3 Update, Plus Changes To How It Evaluates Links, Local Search Rankings & Much More Google has confirmed a new Panda update at the same time that it’s […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is SEO Killing America? Last week at the Tools of Change conference, Clay Johnson, author of the new book The Information Diet gave a keynote talk titled “Is SEO Killing America“. […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Scroogle Says Google Is Blocking Their Privacy Search Engine If you try to conduct a search at Scroogle, the portal that lets you search Google in private, Scroogle will tell you […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 7 Key Mistakes That Cost Advertisers ‘Mobile Super Bowl I’ By now, you may have already put Super Bowl XLVI in the history books. But let’s remember: this was the first […]
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 Paid Search Uncertainty Principle In 1927, Werner von Heisenberg documented what he referred to as an “Uncertainty Principle” governing quantum mechanics. The Uncertainty Principle holds that an observation cannot precisely […]
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 Testing New Search Results Design Bing is testing a new design for the search results layout. The new design seems a lot cleaner, fresher and more organized compared to 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: French Court Fines Google $660,000 Because Google Maps Is Free Google faces a $660,000 fine after a French court ruling that the company is abusing its dominant position in mapping by […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Major Entertainment Groups Accuse Google, Bing Of Directing Users To Illegal Content Several major UK entertainment industry groups are accusing Google and Bing of directing searchers to illegal content, and have […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Infographic: How Much Does SEO Cost? How much does SEO cost? How much time do you have to discuss the various models and prices out there! However, a new survey sheds […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo’s Co-founder Jerry Yang Resigns Yahoo announced its co-founder Jerry Yang has formally resigned after 17 years on the job. Yang co-founded the company in March 1995, and has been on […]
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 Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO A number of websites are (or were) planning to “go black” this week while the U.S. Congress discusses issues related to […]
The wide-ranging Federal Trade Commission investigation into Google’s potential anti-competitive practices has been expanded to include its Google+ social networking service, according to a Bloomberg report citing “people familiar with the situation.” The news is likely to please critics like the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which earlier this week called for the FTC 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: Google’s SPYW, Kenya Imbroglios An “Ink Blot” Test For Google As Good Or Evil? I woke up this morning to discover some fairly outrageous allegations against Google in Kenya. Local search/directory […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Blekko Expands: Bigger Index, More Slashtags & New Design Blekko is closing out 2011 with a round of updates that affect the search engine’s front- and back-end — both how it […]
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 Removes Author: Search From Google News You can no longer search for articles from specific authors in Google News. As Barry Schwartz reported this morning on Search Engine Roundtable, using […]
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 Buys Clever Sense: An Answer To Siri? As is being widely reported Google has bought startup Clever Sense, which earlier this year launched the local-mobile recommendations app Alfred. Alfred is […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Seven Mobile SEO Myths Exposed Not too long ago, the article Mobile SEO is a Myth got a lot of people fired up about the foolish notion that mobile SEO is […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Two New Bing UI Tests Spotted The folks at Liveside.net, an independent blog that covers Microsoft’s online efforts, have posted screenshots of two new Bing user interfaces that some of their […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SMX West Super Early Bird Rates Expire Soon – Register Now, Save $400 February 28 – March 1 in San Jose, CA Attend SMX West and get expert insights and real-world-proven […]
It’s being reported today (originally by VentureBeat) that Verizon has blocked implementation of Google Wallet on the new Galaxy Nexus handset. Verizon is the exclusive US carrier of the heavily anticipated device. According to a statement issued to Bloomberg, Verizon is citing security as the rationale: Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, blocked Google Inc.’s […]
In-House SEO Operations: How Things Get Done Presentations from SMX East – NYC, NY, September 2011 In this session we’ll talk about SEO operations (the systems, templates, worfklows, etc.) when doing SEO in-house. This session will be less about SEO tactics and tools you hear about, and more about the integral workings of in-house SEO […]
Google Is Target of ShopCity Antitrust Complaint to FTC from Bloomberg News reports yet another FTC antitrust complaint was filed against Google. This time the complaint was filed by ShopCity, a service aimed at helping local businesses sell products online. The complaint was filed on November 11th by Gary Reback, an antitrust lawyer at Carr […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: ‘Think Insights’: Google’s New Research Hub Offers Data Porn For Marketers Lest you think that Google’s product streamlining has completely stifled any new developments, the company has announced a new research […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: US Government Makes Most Content Removal Requests To Google So Far in 2011 The US government sent Google 5,950 content removal requests in the first half of 2011, more than triple […]
IRS Auditing How Google Shifted Profits from Bloomberg News reports Google is undergoing a an audit with “more than typical scrutiny.” The audit is reportedly specifically about how Google shifts profits to offshore subsidiaries to possibly avoid taxes in the United States. The Internal Revenue Service, IRS, has requested additional information from Google, specifically on […]