This day in search marketing history: March 2
Happy 28th birthday, Yahoo!, plus: Semrush plans IPO, click to call ads, Google's About 260 problem, Steve Ballmer yelling at SMX and more.
Topic: Dublin
SearchCap: Bing Entity Search API, Yelp’s new ad customization & Google’s Holi doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Community Corner: Spotlight on Search Engine Land Award Winners Brainlabs & Trimark Digital Mar 2, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues An interview series highlighting 2017’s Award winners: A look at the work […]
Search in Pics: Google Dublin snow, dog racing & Noogler handbook
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 Dublin got some snowy weather: Source: Instagram Source: Instagram Source: Instagram Source: Instagram Dog racing […]
SearchCap: Net neutrality, AdWords grants & EU licensing fees
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: European press agencies push for licensing fees for their content from Google, FacebookDec 15, 2017 by Greg Sterling It remains to be seen whether European legislators and regulators will pick up […]
Search in Pics: Google movie theatre sign, rooftop subway car & wacky office room
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 Chicago has a subway car on their rooftop: Source: Twitter Google movie theatre signage: Source: […]
iProspect, Razorfish, Wolfgang Digital earn multiple wins at 2016 Landy Awards
For iProspect, it's the second straight year with multiple awards as Search Engine Land again honors the best in search marketing.
SearchCap: Santa, Google NCR & SEO Success
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Authoritative Links: Search Engine Land’s 10 Top Link Week Columns Of 2015Dec 28, 2015 by Jessica Thompson Though naysayers continue to predict the death of link building, it’s still going strong. […]
Search In Pics: Google Robot Reindeer, Star Wars Gifts & Dublin Office Gift Box
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 Dublin Office & The Christmas Gift Box Entrance: Source: Twitter Google’s Boston Dynamics Robot Reindeer […]
Google: We Acted Quickly On Right To Be Forgotten Requests To Avoid Litigation
Although there was little guidance on how to handle “Right To Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests, Google’s PR Chief in Europe says the company acted quickly to process those requests and remove some URLs out of a fear of being sued. Peter Barron, the head of Google’s European communications, told a packed session today at the […]
Search In Pics: Grayson Perry At Google, Red Bing Street View Car & I Danced At Google Shirt
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.
Search In Pics: Steve Jobs Pre Google+, Nest Fire Truck & Google Fiber Bunny
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 Celebrates 2013 Gay Pride Month With Rainbow Search Box For LGBT Searches
For a number of years, Google has recognized Gay Pride Month by adding gay pride-inspired art to the Google search box on the results page of LGBT searches. This year, Google is marking Gay Pride Month 2013 with a 3D-styled rainbow encasing the search box: Google’s past support for Gay Pride month include rainbow-themed search […]
Google’s 3 Steps To Optimizing Your Web Site (One Page Cheat Sheet)
Kaspar Szymanski a Search Quality Strategist based in Google’s Dublin office posted the official one page Google SEO cheat sheet designed to dumb down webmaster and SEO related techniques. The Google SEO cheat sheet is in three steps: (1) How to make your search results look good in the search results. Google recommends you craft […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 8, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Priceline To Buy Travel Search Engine Kayak For $1.8 Billion Priceline is a public company that owns several other travel brands, including Booking.com, Agoda.com, Cheaptickets.com, Rentalcars.com and a few other travel […]
The Google Dracula Logo: Bram Stoker Books
Is that Dracula on Google’s home page today? Yes it is. Today is the 165th birthday of the late Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, a gothic novel. Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 8, 1847 and died at the age of 64 in London on April 20, 1912. To celebrate his […]
Search In Pics: Google Truck Containers, Chrome Switch Ball & Google Docks
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.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 23, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is SEO Killing America? Last week at the Tools of Change conference, Clay Johnson, author of the new book The Information Diet gave a keynote talk titled “Is SEO Killing America“. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 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: Blind Social Sharing & Its Effect On Personal Credibility Social media may seem like ‘information overload’ for some, especially since there are now thousands of tweets sent per second and millions […]
Google Hiring Spam Fighters In Dublin
Kaspar Szymanski from Google’s search quality team announced on the Google Webmaster blog that his office is hiring Search Quality Associates to work in the Dublin, Ireland office. Search Quality Associates are basically Google web spam fighters. They are responsible for digging deep into site code, investigating site issues, looking for search quality issues and […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 11, 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: Game On: Google+ Now Offers Games You knew it was coming: Google+ now includes games. According to a screenshot posted on Google’s announcement, there are currently 16 games available at launch, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 10, 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: Yahoo Gives Image Search A New Look Yahoo’s Image Search is sporting a fresh look today that presents the image results in a cleaner, more organized fashion. Do a search and […]
Search In Pics: Google Search Cupcakes, Google Heros & Yahoo Gay Pride
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.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 17, 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: Up Close With Google’s Search By Image: Hits, Misses & More Earlier this week at its Inside Search event, Google announced a new way to search the web called Search By […]
Friday Fun: A Street View Car Made Of LEGOs … And It Works!
From the you-knew-it-would-happen-at-some-point department: a “street view” photography car made out of LEGOs that actually works! The car/toy (frankly, I’m not sure what to call it) is the work of Mark Crosbie, a software architect based in Dublin, Ireland and self-described “big LEGO kid by night.” It uses Lego’s NXT (a programmable robotics system), a […]
In Europe Google Discovers All Politics Is Local Too
The NY Times reports on Google’s charm (and spending) offensive in Europe to try seem less like an American intruder and more like a Europe-friendly purveyor of internet search and other services. Against the backdrop of an European Commission antitrust investigation and criticism from public officials and cultural figures alike, Google has been trying to […]
Google Adds More Trike Views To Google Maps Street Views
Google announced they have added trike-view imagery to the Google Street Views. In 2009, Google introduced Google Bikes to pedal around the world capturing pictures of streets where cars could not venture. It has been over a year now and Google has added many of these “trike views” to the Google Maps Street View database. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 15, 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: The State Of Online Marketing In Russia For online marketers, Russia offers two appealing qualities: It’s one of just five countries in the world where Google isn’t the market leader, and […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 19, 2010
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 Hires Ex-MSFT Blake Irving For ‘Product Vision’ One could argue that Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz cut lots of fat at Yahoo and stabilized the organization after a period of takeover […]
Google To Fly Stranded Googlers In Europe Out Via Private Jets
Business Insider reports that Google is planning on flying out some of their employees who are stranded in Europe due to the volcanic ash distributing scheduled air travel. Google will reportedly be using private jets to fly them out from European Google offices such as Dublin, London, and Zurich. Business Insider received this tip via […]
Report Proposes ‘Google Tax’ To Subsidize Local Media In UK
The massive Pew State of the News Media report, which Matt wrote about briefly, alludes to findings (previously published) that only 19 percent of online news consumers would pay for content. That number is actually larger than some figures coming out of consumer surveys. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project’s survey findings: […]
Google Posts Official Webmaster Help Group Chat Recordings, Transcript, & Presentations
Google has posted the official blog post summarizing last week’s live chat event. Yes, we did post the unofficial version on Thursday night, but now we have the official version live for viewing. Q&A Transcript available via Google Groups John’s Personalized Search Presentation via Google Presentations Maile’s Case Sensitivity in Web Search via Google Presentations […]
Upcoming Search Marketing Events: March-April 2007
Got some time on your hands? Want to get out and meet people, talk search marketing or improve your search marketing skills? There are plenty of upcoming events if you’re wanting to get out and learn more. Below, a rundown on some of the conferences and training events happening in the next two months.