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.
Topic: German language
New with Google multisearch, Google Maps, and more previews of Bard
Google Lens is now used over 10 billion times per month.
This day in search marketing history: February 3
How Google uses AI in search, plus: an unconfirmed Google algorithm update, Amit Singhal leaving Google, bad ads and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 29
Google penalizes a link network, plus: paid search spending, Google warns about article directories, Yelp ratings in Google AdWords and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 24
Google Ads experts managing your campaigns, plus: favicons, Google organic search CTRs decline, Bing Ads Automated Imports and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 12
Google Panda becomes a core ranking signal, plus: R.I.P. link command, Google Japan’s PageRank penalty expires and more.
How Google uses NLP to better understand search queries, content
Learn the role that natural language processing plays in making Google search even more semantic and context-based.
5 international SEO tips that don’t include hreflang
Hreflang tags are not enough to ensure a country-specific site ranks in its local market. Follow these tips to boost your international SEO.
Google steps up featured snippets with MUM; reducing false premise results by 40%
Google is using general consensus for callouts, expanding content advisories and about this result in Google Search.
Google adds structured data support for pros and cons on product markup
Even if you don't use this markup, Google may still show pros and cons in the product search result snippets.
Google MUM update: What can SEOs expect in the future?
Is MUM Google's next step toward becoming a purely semantic search engine? Learn what MUM could mean for the future of SEO.
Google adds Journeys to Chrome: search your history by topic
Want to resume searching for topics you did days or weeks ago? Google Chrome's new Journeys feature makes it easy to do.
MUM’s the word, and it’s 1,000x more powerful than BERT; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, updated phrase match will roll out to all languages in July
Australia’s showdown with Google has profound implications for domestic businesses and other digital platforms
The proposed legislation could create an untenable position for search engines in Australia, and Google’s threat to shut down search could affect traffic and domestic businesses across sectors.
Apple’s Siri gets first major redesign in years
Plus there is a new Apple Translate app that is private and on-device.
Google Merchant Center updates rolling out ahead of holiday push
Automated feeds, Surfaces on Google and automated image corrections are among the latest features for sellers.
How one in-house SEO team is taking on industry incumbents
A look at HomeToGo’s Search Engine Land Award-winning initiative to gain media coverage and increase organic visibility.
Bing Ads multiple language targeting: What you need to know
There are important nuances to ensuring your ads reach users in the languages they understand.
Google Lens goes live for search on iOS: We tested it out
Now that Lens is no longer buried in Google Photos we'll see more rapid adoption of visual search.
SearchCap: Google right to be forgotten, Google Word Coach game & German ruling
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: German court: Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displayingFeb 27, 2018 by Greg Sterling The court held that Google can’t be held liable before being notified […]
Google Assistant to get multiple new languages, distribution and skills
The Assistant will soon speak 30 languages and be able to offer mobile carrier customer support.
Google revamps its SEO Starter Guide
This is the first update of the SEO starter guide in several years.
Robert Koch Google doodle honors German physician awarded the 1905 Nobel Prize in medicine
Koch is credited with ushering in the Golden Age of bacteriology.
Hole punch history Google doodle celebrates 131-year-old product of German engineering
The doodle celebrates a tool that has remained mostly unchanged since its introduction 131 years ago.
Oskar Fischinger Google doodle honoring the filmmaker & visual artist doubles as musical instrument
To mark what would have been Fischinger's 117th birthday, Google has designed a digital instrument that lets users create musical compositions.
Google formally changes AdWords price extension format to swipeable cards
Price extensions are also rolling out for more languages and currencies.
Google expands Now on Tap to translate app screens, discover button & barcode scanning
Google Now on Tap has added three new features for Android devices.
German Publisher Group Sues Google Again Under Draconian Copyright Law
A group of German publishers has filed a civil complaint against Google. The group, constituted as VG Media, claims to be enforcing Germany’s “Ancillary Copyright” Law, passed in 2013. This is the latest episode in an ongoing dispute between German news publishers and Google. Essentially, the publishers are suing to get Google to pay them […]
NORAD Santa Tracker Starts Its Countdown
Celebrating its 60th anniversary, this year's NORAD Santa Tracker program includes a website with holiday-themed games, movies and music.
Pinterest Aims Internationally With Localized Search Update
Company is serving customized search results for French, German, Portuguese and Japanese users.
Microsoft Translator App Comes To iOS & Android With Wearable Support
Microsoft launches a new mobile app for real-time translation to compete with Google's Google Translate app.
Google Translate App Adds 20 More Languages To The Instant Visual Translation Feature
The Google Instant Translation app gets a lot more powerful.
Report: Nokia Sells HERE Maps For $2.7B To BMW, Mercedes, Audi Group
According to Bloomberg and CNBC, Nokia has found a buyer for its HERE mapping unit. The company had sought as much as $4 billion for the platform. However, the reported purchase price is roughly $2.7 billion (€2.5 billion). The winning (and perhaps only) bid was made by a German consortium of car manufacturers, which had always […]
SearchCap: SEO Support, SEO Mistakes & DuckDuckGo Answers
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo Now Supports Instant Answers In French, German, Czech & Polish Languages Now you can get 9 million answers in French, German, Czech & Polish from DuckDuckGo. AMA: Common Local SEO […]
DuckDuckGo Now Supports Instant Answers In French, German, Czech & Polish Languages
Now you can get 9 million answers in French, German, Czech & Polish from DuckDuckGo.
Google Translate App Gets Improved Picture & Conversational Translation
The new Google Translate app for iOS and Android brings real-time camera based translation and conversational translation to iOS.
SearchCap: Bing Talks Search Share, Matt Cutts On Future With Google & Major Drop In Traffic After Loss Of Snippets
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: It’s Unlikely That We’ll Take Search Share Away From Google Microsoft’s Director of Search admitted this week that Bing isn’t likely to put a significant dent in Google’s search market […]
German Publisher Axel Springer: Loss Of Snippets Caused 80 Percent Traffic Drop
Axel Springer, Germany’s largest publisher and the owner of Europe’s largest newspaper, has said it wants back in to snippets. According to Reuters, the German publishing giant revealed that traffic to its four largest online properties from Google search results “had fallen by 40 percent” and referrals from Google News had dropped “by 80 percent in the past […]