Google expands financial services ad verification across 24 European markets
Google requires financial advertisers to complete new compliance checks or risk losing the ability to run some EU ads.
Topic: Finland
YouTube expands free editing app to 13 new markets
YouTube Create can be used to edit Shorts or longer videos, add soundtracks, captions, and more, directly from your phone.
Google faces $2.27 billion lawsuit by publishers over advertising practices
A group of 32 publishers in Europe filed the lawsuit, alleging Google's advertising practices have caused them financial losses.
Google Analytics 4 adds new consent mode setting section
Setting up consent mode and ensuring GA4 is receiving consent signals should now be a little bit easier and faster.
8 new and updated Pinterest products for advertisers
The new and improved tools have been designed to help brands better connect with the Pinterest audience.
This day in search marketing history: February 12
Google penalizes JCPenney for link scheme, plus: Google SEO certifications, Automated Bidding overhaul, canonical tag announced and more.
Pinterest for WooCommerce extension turns products into shoppable pins
Pinterest continues to expand its shopping features for retailers and improve the shopping experience for users.
Microsoft Advertising Shopping campaigns reporting enhancements
Plus Microsoft Audience Network, Similar audiences and in-market audiences have been expanded.
The Microsoft Audience Network expands to 18 new markets
Advertisers can now reach more audiences in Europe, Central and South America.
Microsoft Advertising: ETA deprecation, auto-generated remarketing lists and Audience Network updates
Microsoft Advertising’s October product updates include aligning with Google Ads’ ETA deprecation timeline, new view-through conversion metrics and more.
Keywords in generic top-level domains won’t help you rank better
Here’s how Google treats every type of TLD.
DuckDuckGo a new ‘default search’ option for Chrome, is it time to start paying attention?
The upstart search engine's visibility has been growing.
Where is Santa Claus? Your 2016 guide to Santa trackers from NORAD & Google
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus ... but where exactly is he? Our guide to Santa trackers helps you locate Jolly St. Nick in a flash.
Google adds Featured Snippets to 10 new European locales
Google expands featured snippets in 10 new European locales, expanding it to more than 20 different regions.
Google Adds Complete Content Of United States Constitution To Search Results
To celebrate Constitution Day and further the efforts of The Constitution Project, Google has added constitutions from 13 countries.
DuckDuckGo Adds Auto Search Suggest To 34 New International Regions
The privacy search engine, DuckDuckGo, expanded their auto suggest to many other international regions.
Microsoft AdCenter Rollout Comes To Three More European Countries
The paid search part of the Search Alliance has conquered three more countries. Both Bing- and Yahoo-owned and operated properties, as well as publisher networks, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are now powered by Microsoft Advertising’s adCenter, the company announced today. Now both the algorithmic and the paid search portions of the Alliance have been […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 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: Google Images Carousel For Tablets & Better Movie Results For Phones Google announced two new improvements to mobile interfaces. The first is a new look for image results on tablets called […]
Google Drops Tele Atlas & Uses Their Own Maps Data For UK Maps
Google announced on the Google Maps blog that they are now powering their own map data in the UK, Germany, Finland and Sweden. Google maps data in the U.S. and many other countries is powered by Google’s own data. But this week, Google dropped their third-party map data provider, Tele Atlas, and switched their map […]
Google Takes Top Floor In Silicon Roundabout & Builds Three Data Centers In Asia
Google boosts London’s Silicon Roundabout from BBC News reports Google has signed a ten year deal to lease the entire top floor of the seven floor building in what is known as the Silicon Roundabout. The Silicon Roundabout currently has about 300 firms in the area and it is located in the Old Street area […]
Yahoo Asia & More European Properties Transitioned To Bing Powered Results
The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have transitioned much of their Asian algorithmic search to be powered by Bing with the exception of Korea. Specifically, Asian Yahoo search users in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam will now get Bing powered results. In addition, they also migrated over more European countries […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 29, 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: Bing Users Are From Internet Explorer; Google Users From Firefox, Chrome & Safari While almost 75% of Bing visitors in North America use Internet Explorer, only about 40% of Google’s search […]
Changes To AdWords Geo-Targeting Coming Soon
If you’re accustomed to geo-targeting your AdWords campaign by drawing multi-point shapes around your targeted area, you’re out of luck after July 8, when Google is rolling out some changes to its geographical targeting capabilities. After that point, you’ll still be able to edit and delete existing shapes through 2011, but you won’t be able […]
Google To Open Office In Beverly Hills
The Hollywood Reported reports Google is opening an office in Beverly Hills, California. Google is opening a 13,465-square-foot office, which will be the space used by Google’s entertainment division. That includes some of the YouTube staff and others involved in that area. The location is at 331 Foothill Rd, Beverly Hills and the move is […]
AdWordsTargeting Getting More Geographically Granular in 17 Countries
AdWords advertisers seeking to target ad to cities in China, Brazil, Mexico and 14 other countries will soon get their wish. Google today will begin rolling out new city and regional targeting capabilities. The changes will allow advertisers to target, analyze and optimize ad campaigns based upon more granular geographic data. Retailers could, for example, […]
Too Late For Thanksgiving & Too Early For Diwali
So global search marketers, should you be studying major religious festivals to understand their impact on your peaks and troughs — after all they may explain why your seasonal patterns globally don’t match what you’re used to. Making notes of the major festivals which will take place during your campaign year in the markets you are targeting can help.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 15, 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: The New Twitter & Search, An Illustrated Guide Twitter’s rolling out a new design to users that makes the site more interactive and shows more information than before. What’s new for […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 9, 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: Bing, Google & Yahoo Gear Up For The 2010 Winter Olympic Games With the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada just days away, the engines are unveiling […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 28, 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: Google Gets Its Affiliates On, Summit-Style Watching Shawn Collins of the Affiliate Summit conference tweeting about a big party at the Googleplex last night, I wondered what was up. Turns out […]
Google AdWords Opens Up Trademarked Bidding To Most Countries
BrandVerity tipped me off to news that Google has modified its AdWords trademark policy to allow bidding on trademarked terms in 190 new countries. The policy is in line with the same trademark policy that we have in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland. I asked Google for a comment on this change, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 12, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Buys Paper Mill In Finland For New Data Center
Google plans data centre at old Finnish paper mill from Reuters reports Google purchased a Finnish paper mill from Stora Enso for $51.7 million dollars as a possible place to put a new data center. Google told Reuters, “We are currently considering to build a data centre at this site.” The location is in southeastern […]
Google Provides Answers Your Local Search Questions
In an earlier post, I solicited questions for Google about local search. My intention had been to present them at the What’s New in Local Search panel at SMX East this morning. But I didn’t get my act together to distribute them at the session. Google’s Eric Stein, who was on the panel, coordinated the […]
Microsoft Virtual Earth Adds New Imagery
The Virtual Earth Blog announced that they have released a bulk of new imagery to Virtual Earth and Live Maps. I am not going to list out all the new locations where you can find the new satellite, ortho, and bird’s eye imagery, but here are a few:
Google Mapplets: Google Endorses Mashups, Makes Some More Interactive
The Google Lat Long Blog announced a new feature available on Google Maps that enables you to add “Mapplets” directly on the “My Maps” section. These Mapplets, often referred to as mashups, allow you to add data on top of the maps. Some of the data overlays include real estate listings, jogging trails, events and […]
Nokia Jumps Into Mobile Ads With “Nokia Ad Service” Program
Nokia announced they will be entering the mobile ad space with a program for advertisers, Nokia Ad Service, plus a “white label” Nokia Advertising Connector a program for others who want to run mobile ad programs. This move positions Nokia against other mobile ad providers, such as Google, Yahoo and others. ZDNet takes a look […]