Merkle: After big increases in mobile inventory last year, paid search growth slows a bit in Q3
Still, mobile spend increased significantly year over year, and Google product listing ads continue to drive growth.
Topic: Google Maps
SearchCap: Conductor’s Insight Stream, long-term SEO & Criteo’s Predictive 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: Conductor adds Insight Stream to its Searchlight platform Oct 25, 2016 by Barry Levine The new insight engine culls recommended actions from the platform’s streams of data, part of a marketing […]
SearchCap: Google featured snippet failure, Bing radio search & AdWords targets
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Direct answer fail: Google gives only one side of proposed gun ammo & magazine lawOct 21, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Want to know about California’s Proposition 63, a measure to control […]
Why are payday loan ads still showing on Google after the ban?
A deep look at how the payday loan industry is able to keep advertising despite Google's policy changes.
Google My Business testing advanced verification process for spammy map categories
Google tests a new spam prevention technique for local results called advanced verification. It uses a third-party company to verify the business.
SearchCap: Google Assistant & Google Home coming soon, Bing Ads device bidding & 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: Using search marketing to amplify TV buys: SMX East 2016Oct 4, 2016 by Erin Everhart Columnist Erin Everhart provides key takeaways on a session from SMX East 2016 detailing the relationship […]
SearchCap: Google Penguin recoveries, voice enabled maps & Landy Awards
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 says Penguin recoveries have started to roll out nowSep 28, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Have you been waiting two or more years to recover from your Penguin penalty? Google said […]
Google Maps app adds “Ok Google” voice command activation for hands free directions
Google improves voice search while using the Google Maps app.
Google My Business API adds features in version 3.1
Version 3.1 of the Google My Business API is now out. Here is what is new.
SearchCap: Google cross-device retargeting, science datasets & JavaScript SEO
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 […]
Google brings store visits to Google Display Network, debuts cross-device retargeting
Google says that it can deliver 99 percent location accuracy at 200 million stores globally.
Local Search Advantage: SEO, Linkbuilding, Voice Search, Mobile Wallets & More
SMX East workshop on Monday takes a deep dive into all things local search.
SearchCap: Google app deep links, AMP reports & the Possum 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: Google will show AMP URLs before App deep link URLs in mobile resultsSep 21, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Your readers download your mobile app? Well, Google won’t be sending them to […]
SearchCap: AMP live in Google, Bing partners with CBS & EU copyright
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 […]
SearchCap: SEO vectors, Google data studio & 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: 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 […]
There’s no Google Search widget for the iOS 10 Search screen: why that matters
Google search could be on the iOS Search screen with a widget, if it wanted. Why isn't it offering that option to its users?
SearchCap: Google images, mobile shopping & election hub
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is Google showing fewer image boxes in its search results?Sep 15, 2016 by Barry Schwartz You are now 50% less likely to see the image box show up in your Google […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords login, keyword planner bug & Bing Ads bulk editing
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: Access up to 5 AdWords accounts with one loginSep 13, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Also, no need to confirm user access invitations anymore. Seeing Google Keyword Planner down? You’re not […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords experiments, Google profiles & 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: AdWords Campaign Experiments (aka ACE) to sunset in favor of Drafts & ExperimentsSep 12, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Retirement of the legacy testing tool will begin the week of October 17. […]
SearchCap: Google widget links, ads & SEO
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 reminds webmasters that widget links are against their webmaster guidelinesSep 8, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Don’t be surprised if a new wave of unnatural link penalties are sent out via […]
Google adds ‘Reviews from the web’ to critic reviews in local search results
To be considered for inclusion, sites will need to use review snippet markup.
SearchCap: Not Google Penguin, Google local update & Shop the Look Google 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: Friday’s update was not due to the Penguin algorithmSep 6, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google’s John Mueller told us to cross off Penguin from the list of explanations for the […]
Is Google filtering your business in the local search results?
Seeing a shift in Google's local results? It's not just you. Columnist Joy Hawkins documents what appears to be a recent refresh to Google's local ranking filter.
Is a big Google search update happening? Chatter thinks so.
The SEO community is vigorously talking about two Google updates, one with the core web search results and one with the local pack results.
AdWords Express expands deeper click-to-call reporting, adds ad scheduling and more
Three new features arrive for small businesses using Google's automated ad service.
SearchCap: Google critic reviews, local positions & 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: Bing to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searchesAug 12, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues According to the announcement, Bing’s updated RTBF policy for the EU will use […]
Google lets any publisher apply to have “Critic Reviews” of local businesses
Initially open to five publishers, Google opens the doors to anyone to apply after criticism by Yelp and TripAdvisor.
SearchCap: Google Now, My Business insights, AMP notifications & Wifi Maps
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 Insights updates analytics while dropping Google+ source dataAug 9, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google My Business updates their analytics to show business owners the source of their views […]
Google My Business Insights updates analytics while dropping Google+ source data
Google My Business updates their analytics to show business owners the source of their views and how users found the listing.
Google Maps adds “Wi-fi only” feature & ability to save areas to SD card
In addition to the new offline features, Google Maps has added more international ride-service options to compare rates in a number of countries.
SearchCap: Google local pack ad, expanded AdWords ads & 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: First appearance of ads in Local Pack found in UK mobile search resultAug 7, 2016 by Greg Sterling The configuration showed three organic listings with one ad at the top. Expanded […]
SearchCap: Olympics Google logo, SEO KPIs & 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: KPIs for SEO: measuring SEO successAug 5, 2016 by Marcus Miller Wondering what metrics you should use to demonstrate value to your clients? Columnist Marcus Miller shares some of the most […]
SearchCap: Gboard update, Google local reviews & 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 app now delivering restaurant reviews & best-of-lists for local searchesAug 4, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Released today in the U.S., Google says food and drink related searches will now return […]
Google app now delivering restaurant reviews & best-of lists for local searches
Starting today in the U.S., Google says food- and drink-related searches will return reviews from top critics and include best-of lists.
Google My Business drops ability to edit business description field
Your Google local profile description field can now only be edited on Google+. You can no longer update it on Google My Business.
SearchCap: Google AMP in search, Search Analytics semantics & 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 breaks out of news into the main Google search resultsAug 2, 2016 by Greg Sterling The company says that AMP pages will not receive a rankings boost. New Google help […]
SearchCap: Bing & Google Olympics, Yahoo tests & 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: Bing adds 2016 Rio Olympic Games search feature & “Events to Watch” prediction toolAug 1, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Powered by Bing Predicts, the new “Events to Watch” tool will be […]
Google gears up for 2016 Rio Olympics with search updates & YouTube highlight videos
Olympic event information will be delivered via Google search, along with broadcaster videos on YouTube.
Google adds multi-stop support to Google Maps iOS app
Google Maps for iOS adds multiple destination support for driving directions.
SearchCap: AdWords reports, CTR data & Google Maps 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: Merkle’s early data on expanded text ad CTRs: Results are mixedJul 29, 2016 by Ginny Marvin The agency looked at expanded text ad performance from both brand and non-brand traffic. Excited […]