Google updates links in AI Mode and expands Web Guide test in all tab
Google AI Mode now has more useful inline links while Google's expanded Web Guide is faster and surfaces smarter, deeper results.
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Google AI Mode rolling out to second batch of users now
For the first hour or so, the invites to try out AI Mode from Google did not work - but now it does.
Google’s AI Mode: Here’s what matters for SEOs and marketers
Discover how Google's new AI mode impacts search results, citations, and visibility –plus key insights for SEO and marketing.
Google planning new search engine while working on new search features under Project Magi
Project Magi will help searchers complete transactions while incorporating search ads on the page.
This day in search marketing history: March 14
Learn what happened on this day in search marketing history – including developments in SEO, PPC, search and digital marketing.
This day in search marketing history: March 13
Google hides organic search listings plus: broad core search algorithm update, Panda updates, author rank, incremental ad clicks and more.
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: March 8
RIP Google PageRank score, plus: member of SEO community killed in Ukraine, Google's Full Coverage feature, Google penalizes itself, and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 19
Google removes right sidebar ads, plus: Bing Webmaster tools refresh, YMYL ranking weights, hreflang notifications and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 14
Google Webmaster Tools comes out of beta, plus: Chrome's personal blocklist, AdWords video ads and quality score updates and more
This day in search marketing history: February 13
Google AMP stories launch, plus: unconfirmed algorithm updates, faceted navigation and infinite scroll, AdWords display URL policy and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 2
Google's revamped Partners program, plus: Bing again denies copying Google results, YouTube using Amazon's algorithm and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 30
Jumpshot shuts down, plus: Google publishes featured snippet guide, Universal Search expands, local reviews in Google search 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 19
Google's page layout algorithm, plus: Matt Cutts resigns from Google, Top Stories deduplication, mobile usability warnings and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 9
AdWords Managed Accounts got shared negative lists, plus: a Google knowledge graph hack, Google’s advertiser growth and more.
We’re all in this together: The partnership between marketing and automation; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, the local SEO problem of 1-star, no-comment reviews
Happy 15th birthday to Google Maps, the company’s second most important product
Google updates the app that embodies its commitment to local search.
SearchCap: Google AdWords UI, Bing camera search & Google Assistant continued conversations
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 updates to give users easier access to privacy controlsJun 21, 2018 by Robin Kurzer Will easier access to privacy controls cause headaches for marketers who rely on activity-related […]
SearchCap: PPC policies, Google Assistant failovers & voice interfaces
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Voice agents and interfaces will require many new marketing strategiesApr 19, 2018 by Barry Levine Marketers are only now getting a glimpse of the many approaches that will be required for […]
SearchCap: Google new video ad format, SEO checklists & 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 launches Outstream Ads to boost video reach beyond YouTubeApr 18, 2018 by Greg Finn A new video ad format brings video to mobile devices, in locations where no YouTube videos […]
SearchCap: Bing Entity Search API, Yelp’s new ad customization & Google’s Holi doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Community Corner: Spotlight on Search Engine Land Award Winners Brainlabs & Trimark Digital Mar 2, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues An interview series highlighting 2017’s Award winners: A look at the work […]
Google Bulletin: Hyperlocal news, Nextdoor competitor or both?
Google has already proven it can crowdsource local content at scale through its Local Guides program.
SearchCap: Bing Hotel search ads, AMP rankings & SEO AI
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 Hotel Ads moving out of beta to general release with KoddiJan 23, 2018 by Susan Wenograd The release opens up another paid channel for hotel marketing. How AI can uncover […]
Google & NORAD Santa Trackers show St. Nick already in flight for his 2017 trip around the world
The two sites will be tracking Santa's whereabouts for the next 24 hours.
Google Maps gets brighter UI, new category icons and more color-coding
Changes designed to make it easier to find relevant content and destinations.
SearchCap: AdWords second line, Bing ad extensions & Google AdWords Editor 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: AdWords Editor update supports Shopping Showcase AdsSep 20, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Create and edit the newest Shopping ad format in Editor. Looking at marketing automation platforms? We compare 14 vendorsSep […]
SearchCap: Amp links at large, Google AdWords demographic targeting & 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: AMP links at large: What’s a publisher to do?Sep 14, 2017 by Barb Palser If you’re a publisher that’s implemented Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), you’ve likely seen views on those pages […]
SearchCap: Google’s new save feature, SEO mistakes & AdWords presentations
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: This script creates Google Slides with AdWords data to automate your presentation-makingAug 2, 2017 by Frederick Vallaeys Last week, Google announced they had added the Google Slides API as an Advanced […]
SearchCap: Google My Business dash, AMP for SEO & duplicate 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: Google tests a Google My Business dashboard within the web search resultsJul 11, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google is testing a method to get more business owners to update their data […]
SearchCap: Google Maps accessibility, Google Posts expire & link problems
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 Maps will use crowdsourcing to identify wheelchair-accessible locationsJul 6, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Anyone can now add accessibility information to places on Google Maps or business listings in search. Fix […]
Google Maps will use crowdsourcing to identify wheelchair-accessible locations
Anyone can now add accessibility information to places on Google Maps or business listings in search.
SearchCap: SEO success, AdWords spreadsheets & July Fourth
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: This script automates adding any AdWords data to a Google spreadsheetJul 5, 2017 by Frederick Vallaeys Feeling bogged down by all the reports you need to create for your AdWords campaigns? […]
SearchCap: AMP e-commerce, SEO audits & content consumption
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Why one e-commerce company is going all-in on AMP (Hint: conversions)Jun 22, 2017 by Ginny Marvin With significant conversion lifts over responsive design, Event Ticket Center has been pushing the AMP […]
SearchCap: EU to fine Google, SEO reputation & PPC planning
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EU sources say $1.17 billion antitrust fine against Google coming in weeksJun 16, 2017 by Greg Sterling Shopping search penalty is the first of three potential fines against the company. SEO: […]
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 […]
SearchCap: AMP, YP SEO product & PPC budgeting
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Do SMB websites matter anymore? YP doubles down on ‘yes’ with new ‘pro’ SEO productJun 9, 2017 by Greg Sterling Company says program resulted in a page one ranking on Google […]
SearchCap: Siri disappointment, link referrers & LiveRamp IdentityLink
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: WSJ: How Siri went from virtual assistant market leader to laggardJun 8, 2017 by Greg Sterling Internal cultural issues and employee departures have impacted Siri’s evolution. Voice search becomes voice action: […]
SearchCap: Retail SEO, B2B searches & green Google logo
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Three ways B2B manufacturers can capitalize on ‘Made in the USA’ searchesJun 5, 2017 by Dianna Huff In the third and final installment of her three-part series on marketing American-made products, […]