5 international SEO tips that don’t include hreflang
Hreflang tags are not enough to ensure a country-specific site ranks in its local market. Follow these tips to boost your international SEO.
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11 Google Sheets formulas SEOs should know
Sometimes the best SEO tools are free. Learn how to use these formulas to save time and reduce manual errors.
Social Shorts: TikTok’s future, Quora lead-gen ads, Facebook’s India plans
TikTok and LinkedIn under one roof? “Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions, as President Trump said on Friday that he was considering taking steps that would effectively ban the app from the United States,” The New York Times reported Friday. The […]
Social Shorts: Google’s ShopLoop, Instagram Shop overhaul, Snapchat brand pages
ShopLoop: Google’s mobile commerce experiment Google’s experimental lab Area 120 is out with a new e-commerce experience for mobile web that incorporates social feed engagement and video product demos common on YouTube. Shoploop features a feed of short (90-seconds max) videos from creators using or talking about products. Every post links out to the relevant […]
Google ordered to submit search index to state sponsorship in Russia
Google has a 45 percent search market share in Russia, second only to Yandex.
Report: Google’s Chinese search project ‘Dragonfly’ ends (for now)
A combination of internal and external pressure has apparently prevented the project from going forward.
Opinion: Google can’t resist China’s 800 million internet users
Despite moral and ethical concerns, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends company's potential re-entry into China.
Report: Google building China search query ‘blacklist’ with aid of 265.com
The site was purchased by Google in 2008 and has been used to compile lists of keywords and websites that will be banned.
Report: Google plans to re-enter China with government-approved search app
Company reportedly has been meeting with officials and developing prototype search apps that comply with Chinese censorship demands.
Google’s Gboard for Android keyboard now supports 300+ languages
Google says Gboard for Android now covers 74% of the world's population.
Latest updates to Gboard for Android include a ‘search all media’ feature
Reports indicate the latest refresh for the Google-designed keyboard comes with a new interface that allows users to search all categories.
SearchCap: Google image bug, starting SEO & AdWords keyword matches
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 to fix reverse image search bugJan 15, 2018 by Barry Schwartz “Pages that include matching images” section is not showing image thumbnails as it should. 3 ways to kick-start your […]
Zhou Youguang Google doodle honors Chinese linguist known as the ‘Father of Pinyin’
Youguang's work helped bridge multiple Chinese dialects into a written language.
SearchCap: Google AdWords addiction ads, Bing on links & Google Home mini
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: Google to debut ‘Home Mini’ smart speaker for $49 on October 4Sep 19, 2017 by Greg Sterling The device is Google’s answer to the low-cost Amazon Echo Dot. SMX East […]
Two major changes potentially coming to EU’s Right to Be Forgotten with global implications
Authorities in France considering automatic delisting for "sensitive personal data" and forcing global index removal.
5 A/B testing resolutions you should embrace in 2017
A year’s beginning is the most ambitious of times for teams and businesses — lots of reflection, planning, strategizing, revamping approaches, right? To get you off to a good start, we have listed five A/B testing resolutions that should take in 2017. A/B testing is a relatively young practice, yet it only takes a Simple […]
Google studying ways to deal with offensive search suggestions & results
Facing criticism over "fake news," inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking for long-term and comprehensive solutions.
What are Google’s Gary Illyes’ favorite ranking signals?
Gary Illyes from Google loves Penguin, Panda and localization algorithms.
Chinese scrutiny of Baidu ads after bogus cancer treatment causes death
Advertising regulation in China currently doesn't cover paid search.
French privacy regulator fines Google for not removing RTBF links outside of Europe
CNIL in France refuses to compromise on demand that Google remove all Right to Be Forgotten content from its entire index.
NORAD Santa Tracker Starts Its Countdown
Celebrating its 60th anniversary, this year's NORAD Santa Tracker program includes a website with holiday-themed games, movies and music.
Microsoft Translator App Comes To iOS & Android With Wearable Support
Microsoft launches a new mobile app for real-time translation to compete with Google's Google Translate app.
Google Fights France To Prevent Globalization Of The Right-to-Be-Forgotten
Google has formally appealed France’s data protection authority’s order that Google apply Right-to-Be-Forgotten (RTBF) removals to its global index. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) had protested Google’s Europe-only removal policy and threatened to fine the company €150,000 ($169,000) for failing to apply the rule on a worldwide basis. Previously Google said […]
Report: Nokia Sells HERE Maps For $2.7B To BMW, Mercedes, Audi Group
According to Bloomberg and CNBC, Nokia has found a buyer for its HERE mapping unit. The company had sought as much as $4 billion for the platform. However, the reported purchase price is roughly $2.7 billion (€2.5 billion). The winning (and perhaps only) bid was made by a German consortium of car manufacturers, which had always […]
Google Maps Hides Search Bar, HERE Struggles To Sell
Google Maps has made some minor changes that improve usability, while Nokia appears to be struggling to sell its mapping service HERE. Google Maps now will hide the search bar on the top and explore bar on the bottom of the map screen to create a larger visual field. One tap causes those bars to […]
The Great Chinese E-Commerce Gold Rush
China recently relaxed its regulations on allowing foreign companies to operate e-commerce businesses within the country. Columnist Chris Liversidge provides some advice and insights for businesses thinking of expanding into this new market.
Apple Brings Public Transit, New Search Capabilities To Maps
As anticipated, at its WWDC conference today, Apple introduced public transit routing as part of iOS 9 Apple Maps upgrades. It also introduced new local search capabilities, which are part of a broader search initiative that we discuss separately. The company did not announce anything new regarding indoor mapping however. Enhanced indoor location capabilities and […]
Lunar New Year Google Logo Ushers In The Year Of The Sheep – Or Is It Goat?
Many English speakers question whether the Chinese zodiac sign for "horned animal" translates to sheep, goat or ram.
China Cuts Access To Google Search & Other Google Properties
Chinese users report they are no longer able to use Google for search. Google's transparency report confirms this.
Chinese Search Giant Baidu Reports $2.2 Billion In Revenue For 3Q 2014
China’s leading search engine Baidu posted its 3Q 2014 earnings yesterday, reporting $2.2 billion (RMB13.520 billion) in total revenue, a 52 percent year over year increase. According to Baidu chairman and CEO Robin Li, the site’s mobile traffic surpassed PC traffic last quarter, with mobile revenue representing 36 percent of total revenue. “In the third […]
App Search Engine Quixey Annouces China Deal With Alibaba
App search engine Quixey has announced a relationship with Alibaba in China that will bring its search capabilities to the latter’s mobile operating system YunOS. Quixey enables users to search for content within apps — essentially what Google does for PC search Quixey is doing for apps. Quixey calls this “functional search.” It depends on […]
SearchCap: Bing Xiaolce, Google Sitelinks Search & EU-Google Deal Problems
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 Launches Xiaolce Chinese Chatbot With Cortana Smarts For Windows Phone After taking its Windows Phone 8.1 with Cortana to China last month, Bing announced today the launch of XiaoIce (“little […]
Bing Launches Xiaolce Chinese Chatbot With Cortana Smarts For Windows Phone
After taking its Windows Phone 8.1 with Cortana to China last month, Bing announced today the launch of XiaoIce (“little ice”), a Chinese-speaking social assistant chatbot for Windows Phone users. According to the announcement on Bing’s search blog, XiaoIce’s technology is far beyond a normal chatbot. [blockquote cite=”Bing Search Blog”]XiaoIce is a sophisticated conversationalist with […]
Microsoft’s Catapult Project To Power A Bing Data Center Next Year [Updated]
After a successful test, Microsoft says it will expand its Catapult server project to all Bing servers in one of its datacenters in 2015. Microsoft told a microprocessor conference Tuesday about the results from its early testing. The PC World article gets into fairly technical details about the Catapult boards and their use of “field-programmable […]
SearchCap: Google Weekend Update, Rogue Google Ads Settlement & Our New Site
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Indian Govt. Rages At Google Maps Outing Of Secret Bases In 2013, Google imitated a “mapathon” project in India, offering prizes to encourage people to help fill in gaps and improve […]
Chinese Man Sues Baidu Over “Gay Conversion” Ad In SERP
A gay Chinese man sued search engine Baidu in Bejing for allowing an undisclosed ad for an allegedly unlicensed psychological counseling center to appear at the top of search results. He underwent “gay conversion” therapy and was traumatized by the experience. Without the benefit of knowing Chinese law, the case appears to raise two issues: […]
China Engaged In Total Censorship Campaign Against Google
The cat and mouse game between China, Google and the internet continues. Today and tomorrow are the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Fearing another anti-government uprising, every year at this time China cracks down on its citizens’ ability to access information about the event online. However this year, China is going to greater […]
Google App Indexing Now Supports Eight New Languages
Google announced that their App Indexing protocol, the ability for Google to link search results to your mobile apps direct deep content now supports eight new languages. App Indexing lets developers markup their content so that if a searcher has an Android app installed on their phone, and the search result comes up, it would […]