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 men and women value online reviews differently? Dec 14, 2018 by Jamie Pitman New research suggests there is an opportunity for businesses to get ahead of their competitors by generating […]
Display advertisers can pay for conversions rather than clicks or impressions.
As Google promised, some of the old Google Search Console reports are now gone and replaced in the new Google Search Console.
Google enters India's massive market where Flipkart and Amazon have been battling for e-commerce dominance.
Each company will enable the other's customers improve visibility and local discovery in 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: Google updates related searches to show image thumbnails, featured snippet-style resultsDec 13, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Featured snippets are now used in the related searches section in Google’s mobile results. YouTube […]
Featured snippets are now used in the related searches section in Google's mobile results.
The call-to-action ad extension will be available for TrueView in-stream ads to start.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Protect your brand in searchDec 12, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot 98% of your competition is brand bidding. Advertisers bid on each others brand and trademarked terms to steal website traffic. […]
Though it was hard to see Matchy McMatchFace miss the boat, we do have a winner in our bid to rename the search company's not-so-exact match.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook starts testing ads in search resultsDec 11, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues The test inventory will be available in Facebook and Marketplace search results. Google Lens goes live for search on […]
Now that Lens is no longer buried in Google Photos we'll see more rapid adoption of visual search.
Sometimes humans and machines disagree about what content is duplicate content. Here's why--and how to beat the system when it happens.
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 a CDP? Does your company need one?Dec 10, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot Gartner predicts that the average US adult will own more than six smart devices by 2020, making […]
Google shopping competitors now 32 percent of results in UK, Germany, France.
For those under 55, the majority of review consumption now occurs on smartphones.
The personalized recommendations tool will be available in 130 countries on Android and 40 on iOS devices.
Beware, Google is making some changes to the AMP report - this is what you need to be on the look out 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 to redirect old Search Console reports to new ones Dec. 13 Dec 7, 2018 by Barry Schwartz It’s time to get acquainted with the new Google Search Console reports. Google […]
It's time to get acquainted with the new Google Search Console reports.
Google said it has fixed the bug that was active between Nov.12 and 13.
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 rolling out more features for responsive search ads, adding 10 languagesDec 6, 2018 by Ginny Marvin New tools in the web interface are designed to make creating RSAs easier. Missed […]
New tools in the web interface are designed to make creating RSAs easier.
The company is investing in Duo and Android Messages, where it says it's seeing consumer traction.
What can you do if you get deindexed by Google? These are lessons we learned.
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 now supports live streams with Indexing API, structured dataDec 5, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Do you live stream video content? Here is a new way to get more exposure […]
Do you live stream video content? Here is a new way to get more exposure for that content in Google Search and Google Assistant.
We've tallied up the entries in our wholly unauthorized vote to rename exact match. It's time to choose a winner!
Google's response is that significant SERP personalization is 'a myth.'
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Don’t skip these critical recurring SEO tasksDec 4, 2018 by Jeremy Knauff As we near the end of the year, it’s time to review broken links, plugins, functionality and page speed […]
Beware of another reporting glitch in Google Search Console.
Customers will have full-funnel visibility into how their search and social campaigns are driving sales outcomes, without URL tagging.
The company is also running a test in the U.S. to show the number of local bookings businesses have received.
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 shifting to calendar-year qualificationsDec 3, 2018 by Robin Kurzer The change will take effect in January. Google launches Q&A structured data for Question & Answer pagesDec 3, 2018 […]
Check out these new Google rich results for Q&A style pages.
Local business may want to check out this new "sold here" feature to gain more exposure in Google.
The focus now moves to travel, hotels and restaurants.
After months of testing, Google is rolling out the new search bar for the search results page.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook confirms searches performed off the platform do not influence Facebook search resultsNov 30, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues The company issued an explainer on how Facebook search works. The importance of […]
The company issued an explainer on how Facebook search works.