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 stops showing zero search results for time, calculations & conversionsMar 20, 2018 by Barry Schwartz After only a week of experimenting with showing only a single answer, Google is putting […]
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 launches cost-per-sale Shopping Actions, unified shopping program across Search, Assistant & ExpressMar 19, 2018 by Ginny Marvin In its answer to Amazon, Google’s new umbrella program will extend existing relationships […]
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 update: Captions added to images, pulled from the page title tagMar 13, 2018 by Michelle Robbins To add more context to image results, Google will now display a caption […]
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 confirms core search ranking algorithm updateMar 12, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google acknowledged the suspected update but says there is nothing webmasters can do to fix their sites if they […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: International Women’s Day Google doodle honoring females around the world arrives a day earlyMar 7, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues The doodle is a collective of 12 stories from female artists, each […]
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, […]
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 antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors tell European Commission Mar 1, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Four months in, 19 rivals say too little has changed. You’ll love what the […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Keeping your edge sharp with AdWordsFeb 26, 2018 by Chris Sherman These are days of plenty for advertisers, with Google rolling out a new AdWords interface, AMP for ads and landing […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Keyword Planner update appears to be rolling out in the new interfaceFeb 22, 2018 by Ginny Marvin The latest version features streamlined workflows and reflects the design updates in the […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Invest in a killer PPC campaign by using these smart budget strategiesFeb 16, 2018 by Jeff Baum Contributor Jeff Baum discusses how allocating funds and developing smart budgets brings focus to […]
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 Image Search removes View Image button and Search by Image featureFeb 15, 2018 by Barry Schwartz After making a deal with Getty Images, Google has revamped some of their image […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AMP Stories: The new Accelerated Mobile Pages format from GoogleFeb 13, 2018 by Michelle Robbins Does this doubling down on the mobile framework by adding the new, heavily visual and interactive […]
This year’s Search Engine Land Awards will mark the fourth consecutive year the SEO and SEM community has come together to celebrate the best and brightest in the industry. The 2018 event will be hosted in Seattle, Washington, on June 12 in conjunction with the SMX Advanced Conference, and it has been expanded to include […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Express launches notifications for calls from search adsFeb 7, 2018 by Susan Wenograd Advertisers can now rate calls and be notified of missed calls. Google now wants larger images for […]
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 explains how AI-powered intelligent answers can show users two points of view for the same queryFeb 6, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Multi-perspective answers is another example of how Bing is […]
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 new SEO Audit category to Chrome’s Lighthouse extensionFeb 5, 2018 by Michelle Robbins The popular auditing tool used by developers and search marketers now enables users to run basic […]
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 Page Speed Update does not impact indexingJan 31, 2018 by Barry Schwartz In response to questions raised in the community, here’s clarification about how indexing is impacted by the Google […]
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 publishes comprehensive guide to featured snippetsJan 30, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Learn more about how Google’s featured work, the variations and some of the challenges Google faces with these 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: Merkle Q4 2017: Search ad click growth fell, ad spend rose 23% across Google, Bing, YahooJan 29, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Bing and Yahoo saw search ad spend jump 32 percent […]
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 Bulletin: Hyperlocal news, Nextdoor competitor or both?Jan 26, 2018 by Greg Sterling Google has already proven it can crowdsource local content at scale through its Local Guides program. Survey: People […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Looking at marketing automation platforms? We compare 14 vendors Jan 25, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot Virtually every marketing automation platform provides three core capabilities: email marketing, website visitor tracking and […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Side by side: Comparing two performance marketing tools/agenciesJan 24, 2018 by Andreas Reiffen Columnist Andreas Reiffen shares his method for testing two different AdWords tools/agencies — a process which could also […]
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 keyword functionality to the AdWords appJan 18, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Advertisers can make more on-the-go changes. The unique selling proposition: A key element for SEO successJan 19, 2018 […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Study: 80% of Google Home results come from snippetsJan 18, 2018 by Greg Sterling But they aren’t always the source of answers for Google Home. Turn finger traffic to foot trafficJan […]
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 fix reverse image search bugJan 15, 2018 by Barry Schwartz “Pages that include matching images” section is not showing image thumbnails as it should. 3 ways to kick-start your […]
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 test prominently showcases Google Express in mobile search resultsDec 29, 2017 by Ginny Marvin A test includes a new callout and ad treatment for the shopping program in mobile search […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 (less obvious) PPC trends to watch in 2018Dec 28, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Here are several trends that will affect nearly every search marketer in the year ahead. Google again […]
Survey results will be shared during the "Holiday Retail Search Strategies" webcast on January 18.
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 launches new Rich Results testing tool with some rebrandingDec 19, 2017 by Barry Schwartz In addition to the new testing tool, Google is grouping all the names for these types […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: European press agencies push for licensing fees for their content from Google, FacebookDec 15, 2017 by Greg Sterling It remains to be seen whether European legislators and regulators will pick up […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords advertisers can use phone numbers & addresses for Google Customer Match targetingDec 11, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Google Customer Match becomes more accessible to advertisers that don’t have large customer […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: ‘Purchases on Google’ Shopping ads test is running on iOS devicesDec 8, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The quick-payment mobile Shopping ads have previously been limited to Android. Bing Ads now supports […]
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 Santa Tracker is live, counting down the days until Christmas with holiday games & resourcesDec 4, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues This year’s Google Santa Tracker comes with coding games, an […]
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 officially increases length of snippets in search resultsDec 1, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Company says change is meant to provide more descriptive snippets. Merkle: Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales from […]
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 AdWords promotion extensions, custom intent audiences & ad variations for testingNov 16, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The new features are all available in the new AdWords interface. The […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SEO in 2018: What’s hot, what’s not?Nov 14, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot Voice search. AMP pages. Gap analysis. Algorithm updates. Local SEO. SEO is constantly changing, and what worked well […]
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 promises to improve accuracy of tweets shown in search resultsNov 7, 2017 by Barry Schwartz After misinformation surfaced in the Google search results under the Twitter section for the Texas […]
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 home services ads program rebrands, expanding to 30 cities by end of 2017Oct 31, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The program is now in 17 cities. A new app helps businesses […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft search revenue grew 15% last quarter, after hovering around 10% previous 4 quartersOct 30, 2017 by Ginny Marvin LinkedIn sessions increased again by more than 20 percent. How to ensure […]
Here's the full list of winners from last night's third annual awards event, sponsored by Google, Acronym Media and Stone Temple.