This day in search marketing history: March 12
Go inside a Google search quality meeting, plus: Google core search ranking algorithm update, how Google prices and ranks ads and more.
Topic: British Columbia
A guide to machine learning in search: Key terms, concepts and algorithms
Want to understand how machine learning impacts search? Learn how Google uses machine learning models and algorithms in search.
Canada’s Supreme Court orders Google to de-index site globally, opening door to censorship
Decision is dangerous to free speech and the free flow of online information.
Canadian Appeals Court Orders Google To Censor Globally
Ruling comes in same week that France demands that Google institute worldwide censorship.
SearchCap: Google News Spain Lives, Bing Predictions & Google Mobile Thumbnails
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 Releases Update To AdWords Editor Version 11 With CTR Bug Fix Fix comes just a week after the initial roll out. Bing Predicts 2015 To Be The Year Of The […]
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 city images and new high resolution aerial images. Bing Maps now has over a 100 cities that support Streetside imagery available across America. The images are available in these cities: Alameda County, CA Fresno, CA Richmond, VA, Anaheim, CA […]
SearchCap: Canada Orders Google Content Removals, Amazon Fire Phone & Bing Ads Landscape Estimator
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 Google Product Feed Specs Going Live Sept. 30, Including A Mobile Landing Page Attribute If you’re running Google Product Listing Ads, it’s time to revisit your feed. Google has updated […]
Canadian Court Orders Google To Remove Sites Worldwide
On the heels of Europe’s “Right to Be Forgotten” ruling, a British Columbia court in Canada has ruled Google must block a group of websites worldwide. The case was opened by industrial networking devices manufacturer Equustek Solutions, Inc. to block a network of websites it claims are owned by former associates who stole trade secrets […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 9, 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: Building Empathy For Googlebot With one persona, copywriters and designers will gain a better understanding of Googlebot and do a better job of creating a site that will appeal to him. […]
Search Technology Behind iPad Magazine “Zite”
Discovery Engine Worio has taken its search technology and reinvented itself as an iPad magazine along the lines of Flipboard. Called Zite (after Zeitgeist), the iPad app uses the same search and machine learning capabilities developed at the British Columbia-based Worio to create a personalized magazine that “gets smarter” as you use it. (CEO Ali […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 16, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: How The Internet Has Changed Music Consumption Music file sharing services have always been a mutant species of search, offering different tools and methods for finding and listening to tunes. […]
Microsoft Taking Click Fraud Battle To Court
The New York Times reports that Microsoft is taking the click fraud battle to court. “Microsoft filed the civil complaint on Monday in United States District Court in Seattle against Eric Lam, Gordon Lam and Melanie Suen, of Vancouver, British Columbia, along with several corporation names they were believed to have used, and several unnamed […]
“Google Earth Town” Nanaimo Wires Self To Google Maps To Drive Tourism
How Google Earth Ate Our Town from Time Magazine highlights Nanaimo, a British Columbia town on Vancouver Island, also known as “Google Earth Town” or “the capital of Google Earth.” Nanaimo has been plotting virtually all of their town’s data directly on Google Maps and Google Earth. From real-time firefighter calls on Google Maps to […]