Paradigm shift: Has Google suspended defamation removals?
Columnist Chris Silver Smith takes a look at what could be a recent policy shift in Google's longstanding informal policy of granting court-ordered defamation removal requests.
Topic: Donald Trump
SearchCap: 2017 SEO, Google holidays & our top stories
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Improve your paid search & social through relationship marketingDec 23, 2016 by Jeff Baum Contributor Jeff Baum explains how you can nurture your prospect through the entire buying journey using search […]
Search in Pics: Google sock office, Google tea & Larry Page with Donald Trump
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google Gnomes: Source: Instagram Google office with socks on the wall: Source: Instagram Google bar: Source: […]
SearchCap: Google top searches, Cortana with Harman Kardon & image product schema
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, Amazon Echo & Google Home: Here comes Microsoft CortanaDec 13, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Cortana will be baked into a new smart speaker from Harman Kardon to be released […]
Google’s Top Searches in 2016: Pokémon Go & iPhone 7 outrank Donald Trump, Prince & Powerball
The site released a variety of its top search trends -- ranking everything from top searches overall to the most searched people and global news stories.
SearchCap: New Google design, Yahoo in review & top stories
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 replaces “in the news” box with “top stories” on desktopDec 7, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google has replaced the “in the news” title with “top stories” on desktop to bring […]
Yahoo 2016 Year in Review: ‘2016 Election’ top search term & ‘Election Day’ No. 1 news story
Yahoo says "Donald Trump" ranked as its second most popular search of the year, while "Hillary Clinton" barely made the top 10.
Have Google and Facebook become unwitting tools of extremism?
Google and Facebook are committed to facts and progress, but The Guardian argues they may be helping to undermine both.
Web giants Google and Facebook seek to cut off revenues from fake news sites
These ad policy changes don't guarantee fake news won't continue showing up in the Facebook News Feed or Google search results.
SearchCap: Google mobile index, move to Canada & repeat offender penalties
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: FAQ: All about the Google mobile-first indexNov 9, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Here’s everything we know about the Google mobile-first index. As Trump racked up Electoral College votes, searches about moving […]
As Trump racked up Electoral College votes, searches about moving to Canada spiked
Briefly overwhelmed by traffic from the US, the Canadian immigration website was also down last night.
SearchCap: Google Home, Possum changes & expanded text ads
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 answering questions, Google Home bests Amazon Echo & AlexaNov 3, 2016 by Danny Sullivan If you’ve always wanted someone around the house to answer all the questions you have during […]
SearchCap: Yandex Palekh algorithm, Yext reviews & more search
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yext Reviews product is pre-optimized for Schema, balances reviews across sitesNov 2, 2016 by Greg Sterling Company says that capturing more reviews will help with local ranking. Yandex launches new algorithm […]
SearchCap: Trump & Clinton Google space, SEO alive & Keyword Planner
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 Trump & Clinton have failed to use free space in Google for US presidential candidatesOct 18, 2016 by Danny Sullivan For a week, neither campaign used the special program giving […]
How Trump & Clinton have failed to use free space in Google for US presidential candidates
For a week, neither campaign used the special program giving them guaranteed listings in Google for their name.
SearchCap: Google Penguin recoveries, voice enabled maps & Landy Awards
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 says Penguin recoveries have started to roll out nowSep 28, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Have you been waiting two or more years to recover from your Penguin penalty? Google said […]
Google Trends Election Hub offers deep dive into search trends for 2016 candidates & political issues
Google says election-related searches for this election cycle are up 240% over 2012.
SearchCap: AdWords reports, CTR data & Google Maps ads
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Merkle’s early data on expanded text ad CTRs: Results are mixedJul 29, 2016 by Ginny Marvin The agency looked at expanded text ad performance from both brand and non-brand traffic. Excited […]
SearchCap: Google political bug, Google PageRank redirects & more
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 returns special presidential candidates box that previously omitted Donald TrumpJul 27, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google blames “technical bug.” Sanders continues to show as having Google: There is no PageRank […]
Google returns special presidential candidates box that previously omitted Donald Trump
Google blames "technical bug." Sanders continues to show as having
SearchCap: Google mobile usability, AdWords bidding & more
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 Console testing new mobile usability reportJun 21, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Leaked screen shots show the new Google mobile usability testing tool gaining the same interface as the mobile-friendly […]
Google says it’s not deliberately filtering “Crooked Hillary” suggested search to favor Clinton
Google offers an autocomplete suggestion of "Lying Ted" for "lying" but fails to do something similar for Clinton, raising questions.
SearchCap: Google mobile-friendly warning, Bing HackerRank & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft partners with HackerRank to deliver executable code in Bing search Apr 7, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Bing’s group engineering manager for UX features and shared tools calls the new feature […]
Google’s Candidate Cards Being Tested For Businesses?
A local business has been spotted using the equivalent of Candidate Cards to add content directly into Google's search results.
SearchCap: SEO In 2016, Missed Campaign Opportunities & Google Adds Animal Sounds
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 Agrees To Complicated Worldwide “Right To Be Forgotten” Censorship Plan Mar 4, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Google will ensure those within a country where a RTBF request was granted cannot […]
Live: Google Launches AMP Listings In Mobile Search Results, For Some
A day earlier than expected, Google has pushed AMP results in the Google mobile news carousel.
New US Presidential “Candidate Cards” Are A Disaster For Google’s Search Quality
An experiment to allow US presidential candidates to have an unprecedented guaranteed spot at the top of Google's search results turned into a megaphone for one.
SearchCap: Google Dance, Bing Logo & Amit Singhal Interview
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 Ads Updates Keyword Planner With Impression Share Comparisons And MoreJan 14, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Version 2 of the keyword planning tool is now available in all Bing Ads accounts. […]
Google’s Top Trends In 2015: Lamar Odom, Blockbuster Films & What Is Charlie Charlie?
Google's top trends show what piqued our interest most: from athletes and celebrities to the most-asked "how to" and "what is" questions.
Bing’s Satori Adds Timeline Data For About 500k Famous People
Satori, Bing’s knowledge index, is expanding with the addition of timeline-style facts about important individuals. The new “Timeline” section is now showing up in the right-side search results for famous people such as Abraham Lincoln and Isaac Asimov (shown above), along with athletes (Serena and Venus Williams), artists (Vincent Van Gogh), business people (Bill Gates, […]
How SEO Greed Can Ruin A Perfectly Good Linking Strategy
By now, you are likely aware of the Rap Genius “Tweet In Exchange For Anchor Text” link scheme, hencefore to be known as TieFating. Barry Schwartz reported last week on John Marbach’s exposé of the popular music site, Rap Genius, which had started an “affiliate” program in order to get links pointing to their website. After it was exposed, […]
Google Is Looking Into Rap Genius Linking Scheme Masked As Affiliate Program
Yesterday, John Marbach exposed the popular music side, Rap Genuis, for starting an “affiliate” program in order to get unnatural links pointing to their web site. After it was exposed, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, said, “we’re aware and looking into it.” Here is the Facebook post, which is still live, on their […]
How & When You Can Turn SEM From A Checkbox To A Core Business Component
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is no longer a “nice to have” for businesses, but rather a “must have.” This wasn’t the case 10 years ago, when SEM got dumped into the “test budget” if there was any money left over after TV, radio, print, out-of-home, display, email, SEO, PR and sponsorships. It turns out, however, […]
Google & The Death Of Osama Bin Laden
I remember distinctly how Google reacted during the 9/11 attacks. Miserably, having to resort to using its ad space and special links on its home page to keep people informed, because its results were so out of date. How things have changed, in so many ways. Google On 9/11 Recall Google back on September 11. […]