Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 3 local SEO tips that deliver business resultsFeb 7, 2017 by Ryan Shelley Looking to optimize your business website for local search, but not sure where to start? Columnist Ryan Shelley […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Unconfirmed Google algorithm update may be better at discounting links and spamFeb 3, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Did Google update their Penguin algorithm? Did Google block private blog network links? Something […]
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 local knowledge panel testing promotion boxFeb 2, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google is testing a new Google local knowledge panel layout with owners promotions. Want To Speak At SMX London? […]
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 AMP results in Google News more than doubleJan 30, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Want your content to be found by mobile users in Google News? Well, it seems like […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Commercial success: 3 last-minute PPC tips to pump up the effectiveness of Super Bowl LI TV ad buys Jan 27, 2017 by Purna Virji Columnist Purna Virji shares her tips 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: Google Maps will tell you how hard it will be to find parkingJan 26, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Now you can plan enough time not just for driving to your destination […]
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 My Business revamps photo management for Google Maps listingsJan 25, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google aims to make it easier for business owners to manage their photos within Google My […]
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: Google Q4 search growth aided by changes other than ETAsJan 24, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Overall paid search growth remained steady in Q4. Separate device bidding among the drivers of […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Attention search marketers: ALL keywords are branded keywords!Jan 23, 2017 by Larry Kim Columnist Larry Kim explains how brand affinity impacts both paid and organic search performance — and how you […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Former Google search chief Amit Singhal joins Uber Jan 20, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Singhal will become a senior vice president of engineering, overseeing Uber’s Maps & Marketplace departments. Google AMP […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Matt Cutts officially resigns from Google Jan 19, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Matt Cutts is the new director of engineering at the US Digital Service. He has been on leave with […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Mind the store: Using AdWords to drive offline salesJan 17, 2017 by Matt Lawson Store visits from online ads can be reported in AdWords. Columnist and Googler Matt Lawson explains what […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: A year in review: Search Engine Land’s top 10 columns of 2016Dec 30, 2016 by Jessica Thompson Which topics drew the most attention within the search industry this year? From infographics […]
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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 reviews schema guidelines to prohibit vulgar or profane languageDec 16, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Make sure your reviews don’t contain profane or vulgar language. If they do, Google can remove […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo introduces ‘Answers Now’ app but will users respond?Dec 9, 2016 by Greg Sterling The company hopes to address historical quality problems with a matching algorithm. Three steps to customer experience […]
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 testing movie and TV show ratings with like and dislike buttonsDec 6, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google is now asking searchers to rate movies and TV shows. Google confirmed […]
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 Google might not be able to stop “fake news”Nov 22, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Google says it wants to prevent fake news from spreading, but the search giant has serious […]
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 take on Showcase Shopping ads? Categories of used items showing for retailer outlet queriesNov 18, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Similar to the Showcase ad format introduced this summer, the 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: Registration for MarTech San Francisco is open!Nov 16, 2016 by Scott Brinker MarTech San Francisco is back and better than before, with twice the number of sessions, speakers and exhibitors! With […]
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 Partner Program expands to agencies and technology partners, rolling out to more marketsNov 15, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Customers that meet certain engagement criteria can become eligible for program benefits. […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Meet a Landy Award winner: For its work with Scotts Miracle Gro, Acronym wins Best Overall Enterprise SEM InitiativeNov 11, 2016 by Greg Finn This year’s Best Overall Enterprise SEM Initiative […]
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 9 hard truths about linksNov 8, 2016 by Julie Joyce Link building is difficult, and columnist Julie Joyce reminds us that there are no risk-free, fool-proof tactics within this discipline. Where […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: For answering questions, Google Home bests Amazon Echo & AlexaNov 3, 2016 by Danny Sullivan If you’ve always wanted someone around the house to answer all the questions you have during […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yext Reviews product is pre-optimized for Schema, balances reviews across sitesNov 2, 2016 by Greg Sterling Company says that capturing more reviews will help with local ranking. Yandex launches new algorithm […]
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: AMP causing monetization frustration among some news publishersOct 28, 2016 by Greg Sterling Some publishers, such as CNN and The Washington Post, are having good experiences, however. Due to a […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: It’s scary how many ways SEO can go wrongOct 27, 2016 by Patrick Stox In search engine optimization, sometimes even small errors can have a large and costly impact. Columnist Patrick […]
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: After big increases in mobile inventory last year, paid search growth slows a bit in Q3Oct 26, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Still, mobile spend increased significantly year over year, 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: Google Panda demotes or adjusts your rankings down — it does not devalueOct 14, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Gary Illyes from Google told us Google’s new Penguin 4.0 algorithm devalues spam, […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Within months, Google to divide its index, giving mobile users better & fresher contentOct 13, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Currently, Google has a single index of documents for search. Google’s Gary […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Exploring a newly-granted Google patent around social signalsOct 7, 2016 by Dave Davies Columnist Dave Davies takes a deep dive into a recently published Google patent for clues on how 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: After 4 months & 125M+ pages indexed, where are we with AMP?Oct 6, 2016 by Kristi Kellogg Contributor Kristi Kellogg recaps a session from SMX East 2016 in which Google, Condé […]
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 My Business testing advanced verification process for spammy map categoriesOct 5, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google tests a new spam prevention technique for local results called advanced verification. It uses […]
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 iOS search app adds Touch ID for reentering your private searchesSep 27, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google’s iOS search app can unlock your incognito mode private searches using Touch ID. […]
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 roll out cross-device retargetingSep 26, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Cross-device remarketing for signed-in users will roll out over the next few months. Case study: JavaScript blocking Google’s view of […]
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 updates Penguin, says it now runs in real time within the core search algorithmSep 23, 2016 by Barry Schwartz The latest announced release, Penguin 4.0, will also be the last, […]
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 — Accelerated Mobile Pages — begin global rollout in Google mobile search resultsSep 20, 2016 by Greg Sterling Google reiterated that the move does not include a rankings change. New […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: What is Google Data Studio and how can you use it?Sep 19, 2016 by Sherry Bonelli Currently in beta, Google Data Studio allows you to create branded reports with data visualizations […]
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 downplays the Google algorithm ranking update this week as “normal fluctuations”Sep 16, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Was there a major Google algorithm change this week? Many webmasters believe so. Google […]