Microsoft Bing usage and revenue stats (new data)
Interesting Bing user stats. Includes data on visits, revenue, market share and more.
Topic: Fox News
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SearchCap: Google job schema, Google mobile first & the SEO movie
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’s job listings search is now open to all job search sites & developersJun 20, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Do you have job listings you want to surface higher in Google? […]
SearchCap: Bing local bots, Yelp conversion & Google I/O recap
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 bots for local businessesMay 22, 2017 by Greg Sterling Bots are created automatically from data in Bing Places and will soon work with Facebook Messenger and Cortana. [Podcast] The […]
SearchCap: eCPC AdWords Changes, Google event search & Google algorithm updates
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 rolls out new event search feature on app & mobile webMay 10, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Searches for events will now surface a list of activities that include location and […]
Google’s Candidate Cards Being Tested For Businesses?
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SearchCap: Google Knowledge Graph, Schema Markup & Local SEO
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 Adds Site URL In Knowledge Graph Box Sep 25, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Google has added a hyperlink to the brand’s web site in the knowledge graph box. A Guide […]
Google Adds Site URL In Knowledge Graph Box
Google has added a hyperlink to the brand's web site in the knowledge graph box.
SearchCap: Bing Ads Updates, Global CPC Benchmarks & Moz’s 2015 Search Ranking Factors
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Major Billing Improvements & Consolidated Billing Arrive On Bing Ads A new suite of Bing Ads billing tools will keep search marketers working on their accounts, not accounting issues. Is CTR […]
Report: Last Week’s Google Update Benefited News & Magazine Web Sites
Maybe the Google Trends update from last week is also used in Google's latest algorithmic update from last week? New SearchMetrics report shares some data around that.
SearchCap: Bing Opens EU ‘Forgotten’ Form, Marin Supports Google Shopping Campaigns & 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: Marin Software Adds Support For Google Shopping Campaigns Marin Software has added support for Google Shopping Campaigns, which will become the only way to manage Product Listing Ads (PLAs) in AdWords […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 25, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: McDonald’s & Cadillac’s Sochi Olympics TV Ads Spark Nearly 500K Online Searches Television advertising analytics firm iSpot.tv evaluated a number of key metrics for this year’s Olympic advertisers and found ads […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 9, 2013
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’s Matt Cutts: Link Spamming Google For A Specific Time Period? Then Mass Disavow Those Links. In a recent video released by Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, Matt answered […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 30, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook Now Let’s You Search Your Posts & Status Updates In Graph Search Facebook announced the launch of searching your posts and status updates within graph search. Facebook said, “Today, Graph […]
Japan Tells Webmasters Not To Use Google Maps Over Disputed Territory
Fox News reports Japan has instructed their government authorities and state-run universities to not use Google Maps on their websites because of a conflict over disputed territories. The territory is Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea. Apple Maps had a similar issue back in November of last year. The territory is based in […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 14, 2013
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 Brings More “Now” To Search With New Quick Answers Google is bringing more of the capabilities of Google Now to the search box and providing a range of personalized “quick […]
Google News Sources Grow 15% In 2012 & Continue To Climb With Patch.com In The Lead
After seeing a 15 percent increase in Google News sources last year, a recent study conducted by SearchMetrics discovered that a majority of the News integrations displayed in Google Universal Search results are coming from AOL-owned Patch.com. Analyzing several hundred thousand keywords, the study found that Patch.com made an appearance in the News integration results […]
Why Google “Personalizes” Results Based On Obama Searches But Not Romney
Do a search for “Obama,” and you might find your subsequent queries for things like “medicare” seemingly personalized based on your initial Obama search. Do the same for Romney, it is doesn’t happen. Is Google biased toward Obama, as some are now writing? No. Is it the “filter bubble” of personalization out of control? Perhaps […]
Google Panda Refresh On August 20: Version 3.9.1
Google has confirmed they have pushed out a Panda refresh this past Monday. This updated affected less than 1% of search queries and is a “minor” Panda refresh. We emailed Google, after hearing speculation of a Panda update and Google confirmed it by tweeting it. Here is that tweet: Panda data refresh this past Monday. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 15, 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: Search In Pics: Android Chandelier, Google Manhole & Google Discs In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the […]
Dear Google: Crappy Results Like This Don’t Give The Impression You Care About Search
The debate about what should — and shouldn’t — show in a Google search result for “santorum” has been well-documented, at this point. But I’d like to use this now famous search to illustrate something else: how it appears Google is taking its eye off the ball of being a search engine. Searching For Santorum: […]
Google Panda 3.2 Update Confirmed
Google has confirmed reports of a Panda update with us. The company told us they have done a data refresh of the Google Panda algorithm about a week ago, and added that there were no additional signals or algorithm changes. This was only a data refresh. I saw reports over the past week or so […]
Google’s Holiday Gift To Webmasters: No Panda Updates Till Next Year
Yesterday, I made an assumption that Google would put all Panda updates on hold until after the holiday season. Google tweeted yesterday afternoon that there would be “no major Panda updates until the new year.” The last Panda update we had was labeled a “minor” update on November 18th and since then, it has been […]
Google Panda Update 3.1: “Minor” One Made Live On November 18th
Google tweeted that they have pushed out a minor update to the Google Panda algorithm this past Friday afternoon. The update impacts less than one-percent of searches, which is why Google labelled this a “minor” update. There have been a number of updates since the 2.5 update on September 28th. We have been calling those […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 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: Search Engine Market Share Remains Steady In October, comScore Says There wasn’t much change in U.S. search engine market share during October based on the latest numbers that comScore is reporting […]
The Alphabet of Google+ Direct Connect
A new feature of Google+ is Google+ Direct Connect, where typing the name of a company preceded by a + symbol will make that company’s Google+ Page appear as a suggestion in the search box, in the right circumstances. Who are the lucky few, so far? Here’s an alphabetical rundown, which reveals a number of […]