Google can keep Chrome, but exclusive search deals must end
A federal judge in the DOJ antitrust case ruled that Google must share its search data and end its use of exclusive contracts.
Topic: Gabriel Weinberg
DOJ’s push to sell Google Chrome sparks industry debate over web’s future
Marketers and tech experts warn of unintended consequences while questioning Chrome's viability as standalone product.
U.S. vs. Google antitrust trial: Everything you need to know
The landmark court case brought by the US Justice Department could spell huge changes for Google and the future of Search.
Apple has 19 billion reasons not to build a Google Search rival
"Apple Search" is not in the works as the company believes its deal with Google works better for its customers.
This day in search marketing history: March 12
Go inside a Google search quality meeting, plus: Google core search ranking algorithm update, how Google prices and ranks ads and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 14
What happened when we turned off AMP, plus: Shopify's chat bug, comment spam, mobile first, missing tweets and more.
Google drops the auction from its search choice screen
Giving in to pressure from regulators and competitors, Google’s updated screen will roll out in September and search engines will appear based on market share instead of bidding per user.
Google’s search choice screen had virtually no effect on search market share, perhaps by design
Auction participants say the model favors ad-heavy search engines and redirects their profits to Google.
DuckDuckGo a new ‘default search’ option for Chrome, is it time to start paying attention?
The upstart search engine's visibility has been growing.
DuckDuckGo CEO testifies: Privacy legislation isn’t ‘anti-advertising’
Gabriel Weinberg also believes that privacy legislation can make the internet more competitive.
DuckDuckGo reaches 30 million queries per day
DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, keeps growing steadily.
DuckDuckGo Surpasses 10 Million Daily Queries
DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, hits a major milestone - reaching 10 million daily queries.
SearchCap: Google Structured Snippets, DuckDuckGo Blocked In China & Ask.com Arbitrage
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Will Ask.com Google Arbitrage Ever Stop? Google has been steadily cracking down on sites with poor quality content, both on the organic and the paid side. So why does Ask.com continue […]
China Blocks DuckDuckGo, The Privacy Search Engine
China has blocked DuckDuckGo, the privacy search engine, that recently made big news when Apple added them as a default search option to iOS and their upcoming desktop operating system. The Founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo, Gabriel Weinberg, confirmed that his search engine was blocked by Chinese regulators. He confirmed this yesterday on Twitter and […]
SearchCap: Google Webmaster Tools & Guidelines Updates, Bing Ads Opportunities & DuckDuckGo Settings
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 Webmaster Guidelines Update Calls “Low Quality Guest Blog Posts” Spam Google has updated their webmaster guidelines, specifically in the little or no original content guideline, to add “low-quality guest blog […]
DuckDuckGo Revamps Settings Page Design
DuckDuckGo, the privacy search engine, has announced on Twitter that they have launched a new version of the DuckDuckGo settings page. Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, told us they “revamped the look & feel of the settings page to match the entire site.” The new look now matches the revamp from this May. Here […]
SearchCap: Google My Business, Bing Sitemaps & Not Provided Reporting
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 My Business: A Visual Tour Of Google’s New Tool For Local Businesses & Brands Google My Business is Google’s new unified interface designed to make life easier for local businesses […]
Yummly Partners With DuckDuckGo To Serve Up Recipes For The Growing Search Engine
Yummly announced today it will be powering the results for recipe searches performed on DuckDuckGo, the search engine built on protecting the privacy of its users. “Yummly’s technology understands recipe search queries and we’ve worked together to create a great recipe instant answers experience,” said DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg. According to the announcement, […]
DuckDuckGo Passes 2 Million Daily Searches
DuckDuckGo, the upstart search engine that hangs it hat on protecting its users’ privacy, hit a new milestone on Monday: its first day with two million direct searches. According to the company’s traffic page, DuckDuckGo saw 2,211,203 direct searches on Monday — up about 400,000 over Sunday’s searches. The phrase “direct searches” refers to humans […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 3, 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: How Search Retargeting Is Bridging The Gap Between Search & Display Recently, Harvard Business School published a working paper, Do Display Ads Influence Search? Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising. While […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 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: Bing Webmaster Tools Reports Adds Percentage Changes Bing has added percent changes, deltas, to some of the various reports within Bing Webmaster Tools. The percent changes show the difference from the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 1, 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: Video: Google Speaks About Search Quality Raters Google’s head of web spam, Matt Cutts, has published a video talking about a topic that Google has never really talked about publicly before […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 16, 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: How To Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO A number of websites are (or were) planning to “go black” this week while the U.S. Congress discusses issues related to […]
DuckDuckGo Relaunches With New Visual Design
DuckDuckGo has just relaunched with a new visual design across its home page and search results pages. Founder Gabriel Weinberg has been taking feedback and tweaking the design for at least three-plus weeks in the site’s community forum, where he announced the new look and layout early Friday. The home page (shown above) is clean […]
Google Puts A Price On Privacy
Earlier this week, Google made a significant change purportedly to better protect the search privacy of users. In reality, it specifically — and deliberately — left a gaping hole open to benefit its bottom line. If you pay-to-play, Google will share its search data with you. Google’s a big company that goes after revenue in […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 24, 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 Health To Be Shuttered On January 1, 2012 Google Health, the company’s attempt to improve health care by letting consumers move medical data online and control who can access it, […]
DuckDuckGo Adds Yelp, The Free Dictionary To Search Results
DuckDuckGo has added two new content providers to its “zero-click” search results: local business listings from Yelp and definitions from The Free Dictionary. Zero-click results are similar to the “one box” or “quick answers” that other search engines offer. Do a search for a specific local business, and DuckDuckGo may show its basic business info […]
Upstart DuckDuckGo Challenges Google With Strong Privacy, Cool Tools & Quackpot Name
Here at Search Engine Land we regularly hear from people who have created “radical,” innovative,” “next generation” search technology, promising to “fix” the “broken” search we all allegedly pitifully struggle with today. In virtually every instance that I can remember, these promises over-hype and under-deliver, rarely offering something that becomes part of my regular search […]
DuckDuckGo Challenges Google On Privacy With DontTrack.us
DuckDuckGo, a small search engine that’s largely flown under the public radar, has started the new year by taking a public shot at Google on the issue of search privacy. The company has launched DontTrack.us, an illustrated guide showing how Google tracks its users … and how DuckDuckGo doesn’t. The site: shows how a search […]
Demand Media’s IPO: The Google & SEO Aspects
Demand Media has filed for an IPO. The company, known as a content farm to some, produces much of its content on sites like eHow and others in direct response to what it determines people are searching for on the web. Its filing shed new light on how much it depends on SEO and Google, […]