Report: Uber Makes $3 Billion Offer For Nokia’s HERE Maps
The mapping acquisition would be the second for Uber this year.
Topic: Google Maps
Google Adds Link To Place Food Delivery Orders, Make Doctor Appointments & More
Shortly after Bing launched food delivery ordering through Bing Maps, Google does the same but adds appointment booking and other delivery options.
SearchCap: Mobile Searches Rank, No Google Update & AdWords Announcement
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 Official: Google Says More Searches Now On Mobile Than On Desktop Company officially confirms what many have been anticipating for years. Google AdWords Announces New Tools & Formats As Mobile […]
New: Google Lets You Bookmark Local Places From Search Results
Clicking on the star icon adjacent to a place name in local box saves the location to Maps and directions suggestions.
SearchCap: Twitter On Google, Bing Maps Transit & Search Behavior Study
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 Mobile Search Tests Colored Dots In Result Snippets Yet another user interface being tested in the Google Mobile search results… 6 Search Tips For Travel Advertising Success Advertisers in the […]
SearchCap: Google Mobile Winners, Google Maps Hack & Disavowing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Enterprise Paid Media Campaign Management Platforms: New Market Intelligence Report Do you need an paid media campaign management platform? Act Now: SMX Advanced Early Bird Rates Expire Saturday Search Engine Land’s […]
Google Maps Hack Shows Android Mascot Relieving Itself On Apple Logo
VentureBeat chronicles another episode in the sometimes delightful, sometimes cringe-worthy history of off-color, user generated content on Google Maps. The subject of the hack today is the image of an Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo. Here’s the image as it appeared earlier today via VentureBeat: Google subsequently removed the image. The company also […]
Facebook’s Hello App Another Incremental Step Toward Local Search
Facebook continues to take baby steps toward offering a local search product. Yesterday the company announced Hello, a new dialer/caller ID app that also offers local business search: You can also search for people and businesses on Facebook and call them with just one tap. So if a friend tells you about a new restaurant […]
Apple Moving Closer To Adding Public Transit Routing To Maps
Apple has been talking about adding public transit data to its mapping product for a very long time. My understanding is that the company has had access to the transit data itself for some time, but for reasons that remain obscure has not has not been able to get transit directions into Maps yet. AppleInsider reports that Apple […]
SearchCap: Google Mobile Friendly Rolling Out, Yahoo & Bing Deal
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 There Are 4.7% More Mobile Friendly Websites Today Than Two Months Ago The fear of Mobilegeddon encouraged many webmasters to make their sites mobile friendly. Google says there was […]
Loch Ness Monster Google Logo Marks 81st Anniversary Of Famously Hoaxed Loch Ness Photograph
Google Doodle offers theory of how the "Surgeon's Photo" came to be, while Google Maps lets you keep searching for the legendary monster.
SearchCap: Bing Mobile Friendly, Google EU, Yandex Links & Google 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: Announcing “The Landy Awards” Presented By Search Engine Land Search Marketing Industry Awards Program Launches To “Celebrate The Power Of Search” – Recognizing Excellence In SEO & SEM, Profits To Benefit […]
Google To Sunset Their Old Version Of Google Maps
The original version of Google Maps is being shut down soon and a new "lite mode" of Google Maps will replace it.
How A Long-Standing Google Maps Loophole Let This Man Put Edward Snowden In The White House
Bryan Seely campaigned against Google Maps loopholes last year by making fake listings for the FBI & The Secret Service. He's back again warning against them with his latest demonstration.
SearchCap: Flickr Search, Yahoo Knowledge Graph, Bing Ads App & EU vs 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: Reports: EU To File Formal Antitrust Charges Against Google This Week Company could face billions in fines if Commission decides to impose them. Identify and Eliminate Your R.O.T. Content – April […]
Google Japan Ordered To Remove Negative Reviews Based On Thin Evidence
Ruling appears to be based largely on affidavit signed by the doctor in question.
SearchCap: Advanced SEO Guide To Mobilegeddon, Measuring Local SEO Success & 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: The Advanced SEO’s Guide To Mobilegeddon If you’re so far ahead that you’ve scoffed at other articles about preparing for Google’s upcoming mobile algorithm update, columnist Bryson Meunier has tips on […]
SearchCap: April Fools, Bing Ads Tools & Yahoo/Bing Ads Grow
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: Q1 US Paid Search Growth Strongest In 3 Years Yahoo Bing Network gains share for third straight quarter. April Fools’ 2015 For the Search World: From Super Smart Google Panda […]
April Fools’ 2015 For the Search World: From Super Smart Google Panda To Backwards Google
Google, Bing and Kenshoo are bringing the funny today, polluting the web with gags galore.
Google’s PAC-Maps Gets April Fools’ Ball Rolling Early, Turns Google Maps Into Pac-Man Video Game
Today's PAC-Maps release is most likely the first of many April Fools' Day gags from Google.
SearchCap: Yahoo & Microsoft, Blekko Now At IBM & Link Spam Analysis
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Moz Open Site Explorer Adds Spam Analysis For Risky Links Popular SEO tool software company, Moz, launched a spam analysis feature within their link analysis toolset. 10 Practical Tips For Using […]
SearchCap: Google News Mobile Algorithm, Mobile Queries Up, Product Ratings In AdWords
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: Mobile Search Queries 29 Percent Of Total But Growth Modest Search query percentages don’t line up with overall usage trends. Google Expands Product Rating Stars In Google Shopping Ads To […]
Google Launches Major Push To Get Local Businesses Online, Improve Data
New site offers tools, content and solicits business owners to update information.
SearchCap: Bing Ads Device Targeting, Google Knowledge Graph Color & Yahoo Mortgage Calculator
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 Search Adds A Mortgage Calculator Now both Yahoo and Google have search based mortgage calculators. The last one to hold out is Bing. Bing Ads Unified Device Targeting Is Here: […]
Map Moves: Uber Buys deCarta, Maponics Grabs UMI, Google Ends Maps Engine
Acquisitions remove two independent mapping companies from the market.
SearchCap: Google Feud, AdWords Top Movers & Mobile SEO Ranking
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 Top Movers Report Gets A Makeover Google is updating the Top Movers report with a summary to make it easier to spot areas for AdWords improvement. 3 Keys To Understanding […]
SearchCap: Link Building In 2015, Google’s New Doorway Page Penalty Algorithm & Anna Atkins 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: What’s The State Of Link Building For SEO In 2015 & Beyond? The rules regarding link building are seemingly always changing, so columnist Jayson DeMers lays out thoughts about what’s safe, […]
Google Local Pack Displaying Logos In Web Search Results
Google testing a new local pack in the web search results that display not just maps, but also logos and pictures of the business listing.
SearchCap: Google Webmaster Tools Upgrade, Yoast Plugin Bug & Mobile Growth
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin Vulnerable To Hackers Millions of WordPress sites may be exposed to a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability due to a security hole in the very popular Yoast SEO […]
Study: Growing “Mobile Fanatics” Segment Search More, Increasingly Shun PCs
New consumer survey data from Thrive Analytics (for the Local Search Association) reflect the emergence of a large and growing mobile user segment dubbed “mobile fanatics.” Just over 40 percent of the U.S. smartphone population, these mobile users search more and rely more on their mobile devices than conventional smartphone users. The segment is defined […]
SearchCap: YP Launches Local Search Marketplace, 2015 Search Predictions & Content Marketer’s SEO Guide
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: YP Launches New Local Search Marketplace For National Advertisers Once dismissed as the exclusive concern of small businesses, brands and national advertisers are recognizing the importance of location data and local […]
YP Launches New Local Search Marketplace For National Advertisers
Once dismissed as the exclusive concern of small businesses, brands and national advertisers are recognizing the importance of location data and local search. Often, however, they have trouble operationalizing local SEO and other tactics. YP has built a new PPC platform to appeal to these national-locals called “ypSearch Marketplace.” It’s a paid-search, bidded marketplace that […]
SearchCap: Google Adds Hotel Info To City Searches, Winning Local Search & Yahoo’s Search Share Drops
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 City Searches Now Include Hotel Booking Info In Knowledge Graph Average star rating and costs for city hotels are listed, along with “View hotels” link that delivers results page for […]
Search In Pics: Android Caveman, Google Ski Trip & Rope Logo
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
SearchCap: Google Business Photos & Chat, AdWords Spring Cleaning & Google Unwanted Downloads
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 Search Tests “Chat” Button In Local Business Box Google is testing showing a live chat button in the local search box within the web search results for some businesses. No […]
Google Search Tests “Chat” Button In Local Business Box
Google is testing showing a live chat button in the local search box within the web search results for some businesses.
Google Gives Businesses More Photo Control With My Business Upgrade
New photo section includes the ability to choose between profile, logo and cover images as display for maps and search.
Local Search Provider YP Offers All-Inclusive PPC Search Product For SMBs
Local search provider YP has launched a one-stop-shop local PPC solution targeting small and medium businesses. It combines YP’s own PPC-search inventory with paid-search ads on Google, Yahoo and Bing. The company has been a Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner for years, as well as a Yahoo Bing Network Strategic Ambassador. Now it’s adding its own PPC search inventory to […]
SearchCap: AdWords Updates & Innovations, Local SEO & Google Electric 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: See All Of The New Google AdWords Updates On One Web Page Google creates a new page that acts as a release notes document for showing advertisers the latest updates and […]
Why You Should Attend Local Search And Geo-Marketing Intensive At SMX West
SMX West is coming up fast. On March 2 there are a number of workshops and intensives being held before the main conference starts on Tuesday, March 3. One of those is the Local Search Advantage. In truth every digital marketer should be interested in location-based search and marketing — 94 percent of conversions happen […]