This day in search marketing history: March 25
Google Panda patent granted, plus: Microsoft starts IndexNow push, mobile-friendly update details, AdWords remarketing and more.
Topic: Google China
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: January 22
Google deduplicates featured snippets, plus: Facebook and Twitter signals, blacklisting domains, Wikipedia nofollows links and more.
The Great Chinese E-Commerce Gold Rush
China recently relaxed its regulations on allowing foreign companies to operate e-commerce businesses within the country. Columnist Chris Liversidge provides some advice and insights for businesses thinking of expanding into this new market.
Google Is #4 In China As It Continues To Lose Market Share
Google continues to lose marketshare in China after pulling out of China years ago. New market share reports from Marbridge Consulting puts Google in forth place in terms of search market share. Google trails Baidu, Qihoo 360, and Sogou with only 4.72% share in China. Baidu has 72.97%, Qihoo 360 has 9.64% and Sogou has […]
Google’s Gags Go Worldwide For April Fool’s Day 2012
It was right about this time last year when we gave Google the winner’s trophy for a series of gags that put all others to shame. We could do the same again right now, because Google has tried to top itself with another round of April Fool’s Day jokes that pretty well span the globe […]
Yandex Expands To Turkey, First Shots Fired In New Google, Baidu & Yandex Stand Off
Did you think the search engine war was over and that Google had won? Perhaps you believed that there were a few outposts still resisting the Google conquest, but expected that they’d give in eventually? If so, you’d better sit down and take a strong drink as the first salvos in the new Search Engine […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 2, 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: 7 Reasons Why Nixing Branded Keywords Is Not The Fix For CPC Inflation “If your friend jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” While this classic parenting question is […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 26, 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: 50 Percent Of Those Exposed To Mobile Ads Took Action Google today released findings of a smartphone-user study that the company did with Ipsos OTX at the end of 2010. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 9, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: YouTube Topic Search Offers Way To “Explore” Related Videos Around 6pm tonight Pacific Time, YouTube will be making YouTube Topic Search available through its TestTube “labs” area. The new feature allows […]
Google Legal Headaches Roundup: Angry Chinese Resellers, Toolbar Snooping, Texas Conspiracy Theories
No stranger to lawsuits and regulatory complaints, Google is dealing with a trio of new claims and contentions. Ad reseller partners in China are suing Google for lost commissions and other damages tied to Google’s recent pullout of that market. According to an article in Shanghai Daily: Seven former advertising resellers for Google China in […]
Google Affirms Commitment To China As It Ends Relationship With Local Ad Resellers
At a technology conference in Bejing Google representatives restated that the company has a long-term commitment to the Chinese market and would continue to operate there. According to an AFPs report, Google vice president John Liu said China was a “very important market for Google.” Google has displayed tremendous ambivalence about China over the past […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 29, 2010
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 No Longer Redirecting Google China To Google Hong Kong Google announced they are no longer allowed under Chinese law to redirect Google.cn to Google.com.hk. The Chinese government told Google that […]
Google No Longer Redirecting Google China To Google Hong Kong
Google announced they are no longer allowed under Chinese law to redirect Google.cn to Google.com.hk. The Chinese government told Google that they won’t renew their license to operate in China if they continue to do the redirect. Google’s solution? Create a landing page on Google.cn, which appears to be a search box, but when clicked […]
Impact Of Leaving China? Google Loses Paid Search Share
Google’s share of the paid search market in China fell a little more than 13% in the first quarter of 2010, marking Google’s first drop in that category since Q2 of 2009. The stats come from the Beijing-based research company Analysys International and are being reported today by Bloomberg. Google’s share of China’s paid search […]
Google Shows Colorless Logo To Chinese Users Over Qinghai Earthquake
This afternoon, I mentioned at the Search Engine Roundtable that Google Hong Kong was showing a white Google logo. The logo showed up a week or so ago on Google Poland as well. A Google spokesperson told me the logo is only displayed when Google wants to recognize a “current loss or tragedy.” Today the […]
Google Bug & Slow PR Leads To Chinese Hack Rumors
Yesterday, several blogs noticed that the Google executives page was showing up in Chinese language. The initial suspicions was that someone upset about Google’s decision to redirect Google China to Google Hong Kong and they hacked the page to show in Chinese. As more reports came out, some users noticed the page was also coming […]
So Now Google Thinks Everyone Should Care About Chinese Censorship?
Apparently, Google’s Sergey Brin now believes that the US government should make fighting Chinese censorship a high priority, is disappointed with Microsoft for continuing to censor and is surprised that some question Google’s sudden U-turn in China. I’d say Google needs to get a little time under its belt being outside of China and setting […]
Google Stops Censoring In China, Hopes Using New Domain Meets Legal Requirements
Beginning today, Google is no longer censoring results on its Chinese search engine, the company has announced. But rather than the expected “pullout” from China, Google hopes to continue operating within the country. It all comes down to whether the Chinese government decides operating off a Hong Kong domain — rather than the main Chinese […]
Google Looks To Shutter China Search Operation As Talks With Government Reach “An Impasse”
Yesterday I speculated about whether Google would be able to have it both ways: to remain in the Chinese search market and still live up to its bold proclamation that it would no longer comply with Chinese government censorship rules. The Chinese, all along, have given no indication that they intend to change their hard-line […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 24, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Yelp Alleging “Extortion” It must be the season for litigation. Two class action law firms have filed suit in Los Angeles federal court claiming that Yelp […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 22, 2010
From Search Engine Land: Google Adds More Answers & Info To Search Results Google has announced a pair of changes to its search results pages that make its search results pages more informational and give searchers information they’re looking for without having to click away from Google.com. […] comScore: US Has Most Searches; China Slowest […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 20, 2010
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 Buys Search Ad In Response To The China Decision The Wall Street Journal noted that Google has purchased search ads for queries done on Google.com for “Google Leaves China” or […]
Google Buys Search Ad In Response To The China Decision
The Wall Street Journal noted that Google has purchased search ads for queries done on Google.com for “Google Leaves China” or “Google vs. Baidu.” Clearly, Google wants people to read their position on the recent move for them ending the censorship of Google China. Here is a picture of the ad: Google, on occasion, will […]
Chinese Gov’t Offers Bland Statement On Google, Google.cn Employees Given Indefinite Holiday
It’s an open secret that the Chinese government and related Chinese companies conduct espionage against Western governments and companies operating both in and outside China. The Google GMail attacks represent a kind of “last straw” scenario. And it’s all but certain that this episode was either initiated by the government or done with government knowledge […]
Baidu: The Official Google Blog You Seek Does Not Exist (& Don’t Even Try Looking For It)
Looking for the official Google blog post about Google deciding to to leave China over censorship? Don’t try finding it on China’s leading search engine, Baidu. It doesn’t appear to exist. Google’s post was titled “A new approach to China.” A good search engine, at least the American-based ones that I’m familiar with, will generally […]
Google Just Says No To China: Ending Censorship, Due To Gmail Attack
Google has revealed that the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists were targeted last December in a hacking attempt. That, along with other issues, has convinced the company that it will no longer censor results China as the Chinese government wishes. In particular, Google has willingly allowed self-censored its search results since January 27, […]
April Fools’ Day 2009: Google CADIE & More From Search Industry
It is days like this I dread as a reporter. Today is April Fools Day, and you need to be on the lookout for what is real news and what is fake news. Below, a roundup of some of the April Fools hoaxes from the search industry, starting with Google. With Google, it all starts […]
Google’s Logo Makes A Big Bang For Large Hadron Collider
Today the first beam was circulated through the Large Hadron Collider, world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex, to test the “big bang” theory or the Standard Model. So Google is sporting a logo of the collider on their homepage:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 20, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 14, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 15, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Wants To Be Market Leader In China Within Five Years
Google Seeks a Leading Role in China from the Wall Street Journal reports that Google China’s president, Kai-Fu Lee, wants Google to be a market leader in China in five years. Kai-Fu Lee said, “Certainly, we would like to aspire to be a market leader in five years.” His plans to achieving that goal is […]
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 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 14, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Guge Vs. Google Chinese Court Hearing Begins
Chinese Company Takes Google to Court from the AP reports the case between Guge and Google has begun this week. Beijing’s Guge Sci-Tech Co. took Google China to court for infringement over their name. Guge Sci-Tech Co. registered the name on April 19, 2006 with Beijing Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Google China didn’t register […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 6, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
iGoogle Gets New Themes; Google China Gets New Home Page
Google has added five new themes to iGoogle. Google Blogoscoped and Google Operating System both have posts on the new themes, which include a Solar System theme, an Autumn theme, a Hong Kong theme, a JR The Monster theme, and an Aja Tiger theme. Google China is also testing out a new home page according […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 5, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 25, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.