Google will pay Canadian publishers $73m a year to keep news links in search
The search engine threatened to stop serving news in response to a new law forcing tech companies to pay for news content.
Topic: Boston Celtics
The Guardian accuses Microsoft of damaging its reputation with offensive AI-generated poll
The poll asked readers to vote on what could have caused the recent tragic death of 21-year-old Lilie James; murder, accident or suicide.
Microsoft calls deceased NBA player ‘useless’ in AI-written obituary
The MSN article that was supposed to pay tribute to the late NBA star Brandon Hunter was offensive and incomprehensible.
NY federal court decision threatens embedding and linking across the web
The judge's decision disregards existing law and if upheld could expose bloggers and publishers to potential copyright lawsuits.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 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: Consumer Watchdog Claims Google Shopping Makes Consumers Pay More, Further Evidence Of Google’s “Search Monopoly” Consumer Watchdog has lodged a new complaint about Google’s “search monopoly” with the US Federal Trade […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 21, 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: Bing Integrates TripAdvisor Tools, Content Into Search Results Travel site TripAdvisor made two Microsoft-related announcements today. The company announced a Windows 8.1 app. But more significantly TripAdvisor and Bing are now […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 18, 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: Don’t Duplicate Your Meta Descriptions Google’s Matt Cutts, the head of search spam, released a video today providing an SEO tip on meta descriptions. Matt said, do not […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 23, 2011
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 New Happy Holidays Logo: Dancing Christmas Lights & Jingle Bells For Christmas and the holiday season, Google has a new musical logo out that plays Jingle Bells and ends by […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 8, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook’s Zuckerberg To Charlie Rose: “We Just Do One Thing” Asked to reflect on the cultural differences between Google and Facebook, current Facebook COO and former Googler Sheryl Sandberg told Charlie […]
Twitter’s Top Trends Of 2010
Twitter released their top Twitter trends of 2010. They have a nice reviews page of trends at yearinreview.twitter.com/trends/. Here is the break down: OVERALL TOP TRENDS Gulf Oil Spill FIFA World Cup Inception Haiti Earthquake Vuvuzela Apple iPad Google Android Justin Bieber Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pulpo Paul NEWS EVENTS Gulf Oil Spill […]
Who Does Twitter Love? Breaking Down The Twitter Suggested Users List
In some ways, it’s the Who’s Who of Twitter — the Twitter Suggested Users list. These are the 241 people Twitter currently suggests that new people should follow. Below, a look at who makes it by categories, such as media or sports. Who’s getting Twitter’s love (such as the New York Times) and who’s not […]
An Insider’s Look At SMX Advanced: Matt Van Wagner
We often get asked how we pull together our Search Marketing Expo conferences. We strive to make things look effortless, but in reality there’s a lot that goes into organizing an SMX event. To get the logistics right, we hold weekly meetings with our operations staff, relentlessly assuring that all details that make a great […]