Yesterday, the IAB released a report that seeks to “rehabilitate” the mobile web. Based on a Harris survey of 2,000 US mobile internet users, it argues that despite the gap in time spent, mobile users value and heavily utilize the mobile web. Interestingly survey respondents perceived themselves to be using the mobile web and apps equally despite significant, […]
According to new data from StatCounter, Yahoo has seen a nearly 2 point search market share gain in the US in the past month. Attributing it to the recent Yahoo-Firefox default search deal, StatCounter reported that Yahoo had a share of 10.4 percent vs. 8.6 percent a year ago. Google had a December share of […]
US House of Representatives majority whip says Google not being "available" in 2002 prevented vetting his speaking to group of white supremacists. But Google and other popular search engines did exist.
Last month, Yahoo announced that it was replacing Google as the default search engine in the next/latest version of Firefox: Firefox 34. That position is now paying dividends for Yahoo according to new data from StatCounter released earlier today. The analytics firm said that “Yahoo search was used three times more on Firefox 34 than on Firefox 33.” The installed […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Paid Search Revenue Gains Outpaced Retailer Ad Spend On Black Friday, Cyber Monday Over the Thanksgiving week, retailers increased ad spend on paid search by 49 percent compared to 2013, according […]
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. […]
Google saw its share of the US search market drop slightly in October, while both Bing and Yahoo saw corresponding gains. That’s according to comScore’s October 2014 search engine rankings. ComScore estimates Google’s US market share at an even 67 percent for October, down from 67.3 percent in September. Yahoo was up the same 0.3 […]
Microsoft’s Director of Search admitted this week that Bing isn’t likely to put a significant dent in Google’s search market share. Stefan Weitz appeared Tuesday at the Web Summit conference in Ireland, where he told attendees that Bing instead wants to focus on making its search technology an important part of mobile apps and other […]
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 Now Lets You Search By Emoji Want to search for something using popular emoji characters? Microsoft’s Bing search engine now supports this. Bing announced the news in a post today, […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Reports: Google Pirate Update Has Rolled Out This Week Last week, we reported that Google will be pushing out an update to the Google Pirate Update in the upcoming weeks. It […]
Google analytics launched a new set of tools for Tag Manager users, including new APIs, third-party templates and a refreshed user interface. According to Google, the new Tag Manager API lets users customize their infrastructure and better manage bulk user access. [blockquote cite=”Google Analytics Blog”]From creating and managing users to previewing and publishing containers and […]
While SEOs debate Google’s recent addition of structured data in its search results, Bing is making a similar — and perhaps more significant — change to its search results: Full song lyrics are now showing on Bing’s search results page in the US, and Bing says it plans to expand this outside the US in […]
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 Rolls Out New Updates For Its iPhone App Bing has released new updates for its iPhone app, adding a Bing Translator button, as well as including Bing’s image of the […]
Last week, comScore released its August U.S. search market share rankings report. It appears Google has permanently plateaued at 67 percent (or so). In Europe, Google’s share is above 90 percent, which is why all the antitrust activity. Back in the U.S., Microsoft and Yahoo combined for 29 percent, which is where the Search Alliance […]
Android Police points out that Google has expanded navigation for Google Maps to 20 additional countries. These are mostly in Africa, the Caribbean islands and South America. From Algeria to Venezuela, the addition of these 20 brings to an impressive 104 the total number of countries where Google Maps offer navigation services. Google Maps is the fifth most […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: ComScore: Yahoo Bounces Back From All-Time Low In Search Share After dropping below a 10% market share for search for the first time in June, Yahoo creeped back above that threshold, […]
After dropping below a 10% market share for search for the first time in June, Yahoo creeped back above that threshold, according to ComScore’s July search engine rankings. Yahoo checked in with a 10.0% share, a 0.2 percentage point gain over its record low in June. Yahoo had 1.8 billion searches in the month, a […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: For More Accurate Shipping Rates In Google Shopping, Merchant Center Gets Shipping Configuration Tool Google launched new features today to help merchants customize the shipping rates that display in Google 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: Yahoo Search Share Falls Below 10 Percent For “All-Time Low” We’re on the cusp of new comScore U.S. search market share data for June. According to financial analyst notes, releasing the […]
We’re on the cusp of new comScore U.S. search market share data for June. According to financial analyst notes, releasing the numbers early, desktop search declined for the fifth consecutive month after a period of growth in mid-2013. The big headline, however, is what we’ve been anticipating: Yahoo’s share has now fallen below 10 percent. […]
According to a story appearing in The Verge yesterday, Microsoft is not allowing users to set Google as the default search engine for mobile web browsing on new Lumia 8.1 devices (630 and 930). As the article points out, the search button on the handset uses Bing and cannot be switched. I reached out to […]
Google Maps has updated its app for iPhone and iPad. The new version adds features and content and even makes the app more visually appealing. The new version includes the following improvements: Search results appear with descriptions on the map Easy switching between map and list view of results Reservations via Gmail indicated on map […]
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 Analytics Now Separates Brand And Non-Brand PPC Traffic Brand and non-brand paid search terms typically perform very differently and most paid search teams analyze these sets of keywords separately. 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: Bing Now Accepting Entries For Its 2014 Homepage Photo Contest Bing announced on its Facebook page that it is currently accepting entries for its 2014 homepage photo contest. Coinciding with its […]
Microsoft’s Bing search engine has turned five this week. There are good reasons for some birthday celebrations at Microsoft. The company has created a solid competitor to Google, grown its market share and created a search platform for other Microsoft products. But when it comes to mindshare, Bing is still far behind rivaling Google 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: No, Google Says There’s Been No Penguin Update This morning, I noticed a lot of buzz around a possible Google Penguin update. The SEO space was noticing huge changes in the […]
How can publishers receive a greater percentage of search traffic from Google than the market share Google has in the U.S.? It’s likely due to what I call “The Recirculation Gap” and how Google probably “recirculates” searches back into itself less than Yahoo and Bing. Every month for ages, it seems the same. comScore releases a “U.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: Google Search Results Snippet Overlay Descriptions May Use DMOZ Description About a year ago, Google introduced a new feature in the search results that give you quick overlays on the search […]
When comScore releases its “May 2014 U.S. Search Engine Rankings,” we’re likely to see Yahoo’s market share slip below 10 percent. Today (in April) it recorded a 10 percent share, down 0.1 percent from March. Microsoft’s share was up 0.1 percent and so was Google’s. In July 2009 when the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal was first announced Yahoo […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Re-imagining Google: America’s Favorite Homepage Gets A Redesign By Letter Society Blog Early last month, the design blog Letter Society posted a challenge asking its select group of designers to submit […]
ComScore recently found that 78 percent of local-mobile searches resulted in an offline purchase (usually in a few hours). New consumer data from research firm Ipsos MediaCT (sponsored by Google) echo most of the comScore study data, underscoring the critical nature of local information to mobile users. Ipsos conducted the online survey of 4,500 consumers across […]
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 Releases New Beta Site With Redesigned Look & Added Features DuckDuckGo. the search engine known for protecting the privacy of its users, announced a new “reimagined and redesigned” beta 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: Google Slaps Another Guest Blog Network: PostJoint Google’s Matt Cutts somewhat confirmed on Twitter that Google has taken action on another guest blogging network. This network is named PostJoint and claims […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: States Threaten Action If Google Doesn’t Delist “Illegal Sites” According to the Washington Post, 24 state attorneys general are trying to pressure Google to discontinue ads and the indexing of sites […]
On the heels of Yahoo’s Q1 2014 earnings in which its search business showed signs of life, comScore released new monthly search market share figures for the US market. They show Yahoo with 10.1 percent of the market — a new low for the company. It would appear that Yahoo is continuing its long, slow, […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Official: Google Brings “Not Provided” To Ads, Will Withhold Search Query Data From Paid Clicks As suspected, Google is moving to secure search for clicks on paid search ads. In an […]
A few years ago, while others were investing in their mapping platforms, AOL was coasting with MapQuest. AOL’s sustained neglect of the online mapping pioneer cost the site its leadership in digital maps. Now, the company hopes to claw its way back with new content and functionality in what was described to me as phase […]
Today comScore, Neustar Localeze and agency 15 Miles released the findings from their latest Local Search Study. Now in its seventh year, the survey of nearly 5,000 US adults was conducted in December 2013. Respondents “were individuals who [had] conducted a local business search in the last twelve months.” There were also behavioral data captured […]
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 search results layout that changes the color of the logo from gray to the yellow/orange, changes the color of 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: How A Single Guest Post May Have Gotten An Entire Site Penalized By Google Google made it clear earlier this year that those doing guest posts “for SEO purposes” might be […]