This day in search marketing history: March 9
Google's Fred update, plus: people also ask, personalization, Google puts bad merchants on notice and more.
Topic: Gboard
This day in search marketing history: March 6
Google Webmaster Tools adds user administration, plus: no click search study, Trusted Stores program shuttering and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 23
Google penalizes Natural News, plus: Google AdSense separates YouTube earnings, BrightEdge acquires Oncrawl, florist war on AdWords and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 21
Google Search Console sends alerts for big drops in clicks, plus: CTR myth resurfaces, poor grammar and typos impact Bing rankings and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 17
Microsoft introduces the Bing Network, plus: Standard Shopping campaigns, Google Panda eats Demand Media, Google Social Search and more.
SearchCap: SEO at Google, Sitelink ad tips & SMX Munich
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 avoid a site migration disaster Jan 11, 2019 by Chris Sherman There are many reasons you might be considering a site migration: introducing a new CMS, changing hosting providers […]
SearchCap: Bing in SwiftKey, Google My Business API & Intent Lab search insights
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 teams up with Intent Lab to add deeper AI-powered insights to searchNov 29, 2018 by Robin Kurzer The partnership aims to provide deeper insights to help marketers align their messaging […]
Bing competes with Google’s Gboard with SwiftKey partnership
Google's Gboard has some competition for its search-enabled keyboard now.
April Fools’ Day 2018: Google, Amazon & more have fun over the weekend
April Fools' Day 2018: Google, Amazon & more have fun over the weekend
SearchCap: Bing JSON-LD, Google Search app & Gboard update
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Conductor will help WeWork offer ‘holistic’ proposition to enterprise customers Mar 6, 2018 by Greg Sterling It will now be able to manage customers’ physical and digital presence. Optimize your search, […]
Google’s Gboard for Android keyboard now supports 300+ languages
Google says Gboard for Android now covers 74% of the world's population.
Google is extending Search capabilities to iMessage and other browser apps on iOS
New extensions bring the search engine into more apps on iOS.
SearchCap: Google mobile-first index expanding, Google reviews spam & Gboard update
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 to move more sites to mobile-first index in coming weeksFeb 21, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google plans to roll more sites into the mobile-first index in the near future. Are […]
Latest updates to Gboard for Android include a ‘search all media’ feature
Reports indicate the latest refresh for the Google-designed keyboard comes with a new interface that allows users to search all categories.
Google adds 30 languages to voice search & makes it possible to use emojis with voice typing
Included among the new languages are Swahili and Amharic, two of the most popular African languages.
SearchCap: Gboard update, Locadium launch & EPIC privacy
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Privacy group files flawed complaint against Google Store Sales MeasurementJul 31, 2017 by Greg Sterling EPIC gets the basic facts wrong about the data being used in Google program. Locadium: a […]
Latest Gboard iPhone updates include access to Maps, YouTube & a new drawing feature
Gboard also now supports Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi languages.
SearchCap: SEO success factors, Google News spam, Bing Ads device bidding
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 Periodic Table of SEO Success Factors: 2017 edition now released Jun 12, 2017 by Danny SullivanMobile, direct answers & site speed factors gain greater weight. Gboard for Android gets new […]
Gboard for Android gets new ways to search for emojis & phrase suggestions
The Android version of Gboard will now anticipate what phrase you're about to type and offer possible suggestions.
SearchCap: Google Assistant, Bing Ads merchant promotions & AdWords settlement
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Google Assistant bests rivals for questions answered and overall accuracyApr 27, 2017 by Greg Sterling Cortana was second for questions answered, Alexa second-best for accuracy. What your paid search KPI […]
SearchCap: Google search app, PPC titles & AdWords DSAs
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 App for iOS gains Gboard, trending widget & 3D TouchMar 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz An update to the iOS Google Search app gives you more features and bug […]
Google Search App for iOS gains Gboard, trending widget & 3D Touch
An update to the iOS Google Search app gives you more features and bug fixes.
SearchCap: Google algorithm update, Gboard update & mobile speed
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New, unconfirmed Google ranking update ‘Fred’ shakes the SEO worldMar 9, 2017 by Barry Schwartz The webmaster and SEO community, along with the automated Google tracking tools, all show strong signs […]
Google adds emoji & GIF suggestions, translations & more to GBoard for Android
The latest updates give Android users access to emoji and GIF suggestions as they type and the ability to share GIFs in supported apps.
SearchCap: Google penalty, the KKK & Gboard
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Natural News was not banned from Google over fake newsFeb 23, 2017 by Barry Schwartz A Google webmaster violation is the reason this web site was penalized by Google, not because […]
Gboard adds new languages, voice typing, new emojis & doodles
Google has upgraded their iOS keyboard extension to support voice dialing and 15 more languages.
SearchCap: Google mobile-friendly bug, emojis are back & Google app update
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 back emojis in the search results snippets for relevant queriesFeb 17, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google has brought back displaying emojis in the search results when the query thinks […]
Google iOS app gets new local search filters, more AMP support & Gboard access
The latest update is part of version 23.0 for the Google iOS app.
Google launches Gboard keyboard features on Android devices
Originally launched in May, Google's iOS keyboard features will now be available to Android users.
SearchCap: Gboard update, Google local reviews & 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 app now delivering restaurant reviews & best-of-lists for local searchesAug 4, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Released today in the U.S., Google says food and drink related searches will now return […]
Gboard gets first major update with internationalization, smart GIF suggestions & custom keyboards
Google upgrades their iOS keyboard, Gboard, to roll out to five new languages and adds more GIF support.
SearchCap: Gboard SEO, Google PLAs & Project Tango
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 Product Listing Ads officially launch in Image search, among announcements for retailers May 16, 2016 by Ginny Marvin New features for Local Inventory Ads and an update on Purchases on […]
SEO for Gboard? How Google’s new keyboard search for iOS ranks content
There's a new SERP in town, the search engine results page generated by Gboard. And it's not just mobile search results reformatted in a horizontal layout.
SearchCap: Google sitemaps, Gboard ads & Sitelink card 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: Bug? Google Sitemap index counts drop across Search Console reportsMay 13, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Many publishers and webmasters are seeing huge drops in the reported index count in the Google […]
Google: “No current plans” for ads in Gboard
But the new iOS keyboard app from Google sure looks like a big new opportunity for mobile search ads.
Search in Pics: Gboard team, Google Boston’s vintage arcade room & new weight training 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’s Gboard team photo: Source: Twitter Google Boston’s vintage arcade game room: Source: Twitter Google London’s […]
SearchCap: Google mobile friendly, Search Console update & Bing Ads bans
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 mobile-friendly algorithm boost has rolled outMay 12, 2016 by Barry Schwartz The new Google mobile-friendly algorithm is supposed to give an additional ranking boost for mobile-friendly websites in the mobile […]
Google launches iOS keyboard that lets you search in any app & more
Gboard, a new keyboard app for iOS, was launched today by Google to enable searching directly in your iOS keyboard - without leaving the app.
Search Year 2007: Search News, In Review
Each month, I compile Search Month — a recap of all the stories that have happened relating to search, categorized by topic. I thought it would be fun to take all the Search Months over the past year and produce this edition of Search Year 2007. It was far more work than I imagined, but […]