Tips for optimizing content for voice search, virtual assistants
Voice search is coming. Here's what you can do today to get ahead of the curve.
Topic: Google
New format for Google Sitelinks shows more site content in search results
Check out this new Google search result user interface that looks like featured snippets within Google Sitelinks.
SearchCap: Google+ closing down, Bing Ads Editor in-marketing audiences & Google My Business analytics
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 Ads Editor now supports in-market audiencesOct 8, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Manage in-market audience associations in bulk. Google to close Google+ after 7 years: A look back at the impact […]
Google to close Google+ after 7 years: A look back at the impact it once had on Google search
This should come as no surprise, Google is closing down Google+ over lack of use and security issues.
SearchCap: Bing political ads & Google Search Console issues
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 votes ‘no’ on political candidate and ballot measure adsOct 5, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues The policy will not likely impact Bing’s ad revenue as the search engine reports political ads […]
Google Search Console is currently down
Can't access your Google Search Console properties? Do not worry, you are not alone.
SearchCap: Google Search Console dashboard, SEO mistakes & 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 Search Console snapshot arrives in search resultsOct 4, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google may be testing a way to get more site owners to look at their Google Search Console […]
Google tests recipe icons in the search result drop down suggestions
Is Google testing a new recipe box feature in the search results?
Google Search Console snapshot arrives in search results
Google may be testing a way to get more site owners to look at their Google Search Console data.
SearchCap: Bing Ads language targeting, Google Assistant redesign & dynamic rendering support
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 redesigns the Assistant for touch and digital transactionsOct 3, 2018 by Greg Sterling The new capabilities help developers and further Google’s cross-platform Assistant strategy. Here’s how to copy old AdWords […]
Google redesigns the Assistant for touch and digital transactions
The new capabilities help developers and further Google's cross-platform Assistant strategy.
Here’s how to copy old AdWords column settings to the new Google Ads UI
With a new option, it's now possible to get all your old columns settings back.
Google publishes documentation on dynamic rendering for crawling, indexing JavaScript webpages
Do you manage a high intensity JavaScript based site that is having issues in Google? Dynamic rendering may be your workaround solution.
SearchCap: Google’s ad chief exits company, Google Analytics 360, SMX West 2019
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 Ads chief Sridhar Ramaswamy leaves to join venture firm Oct 2, 2018 by Greg Sterling Ramaswamy will be replaced by Prabhakar Raghavan, Google VP of Engineering for Google Cloud Apps. […]
Google Ads chief Sridhar Ramaswamy leaves to join venture firm
Ramaswamy will be replaced by Prabhakar Raghavan, Google VP of Engineering for Google Cloud Apps.
SearchCap: Google confirms ‘small’ update, fast-paced SEO, Findera search engine
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How to thrive within the fast-paced SEO environment Oct 1, 2018 by Casie Gillette There will always be new mistakes and new challenges. The key is to learn and evolve and […]
Google confirms ‘small’ search ranking algorithm update this past week
Did you notice any changes to your web sites traffic or ranking in Google?
Report: Google to pay Apple $9 billion to remain default search engine on Safari
If it's accurate, Apple is making a boatload of money off of Google.
SearchCap: Google family led icon, link building and SEO audits
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 basic SEO audit for small businessesSep 28, 2018 by Marcus Miller Most small businesses can perform a simple audit and improve their SEO considerably without involving an agency. Ten steps […]
Google adds new ‘family-led’ attribute to Google My Business profile
Joining the women-led and veteran-led icons is a new family-led icon for your Google local listings.
Link building in the age of content skeptics
When Google appeared on the scene two decades ago, it quickly outshone popular search engines such as AltaVista, Infoseek and Lycos for two primary reasons. First, most search services were caught up in what would prove to be a fatal fad: turning their home pages into a “portal” for the internet while neglecting their core […]
SearchCap: Google’s 20th birthday, Image Search update & event markup reports
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 Google Image Search desktop design is now rolling outSep 27, 2018 by Barry Schwartz In addition, Google has added Creator and Credit metadata support to image search. Google adds event […]
New Google Image Search desktop design is now rolling out
In addition, Google has added Creator and Credit metadata support to image search.
Google adds event markup to rich results status report in Google Search Console
Google has begun sending notices to those with bad event markup on their site that they need to make fixes.
Google celebrates its 20th birthday: A look back on 2 decades
In true "Googley" fashion, the search giant commemorates its anniversary with a doodle highlighting key events of the past 20 years.
SearchCap: Google AMP stories, SEO complexities and algorithm updates
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How Google’s March, April and August updates might fit togetherSep 26, 2018 by Eric Enge In Google’s mind, does brand authority trump breadth and depth of content? Here’s a new perspective […]
Google now builds its own AMP stories for search
So far, these stories only seem to work consistently in the Google search app, and not in mobile Chrome or Safari mobile browsers.
SearchCap: Google Smart Bidding, SEO content style guides & Google’s 20th anniversary
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 adds Smart Bidding for Search PartnersSep 25, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Smart Bidding may be used instead of smart pricing when conversion tracking is enabled. How to create a style […]
Google adds Smart Bidding for search partners
Smart Bidding may be used instead of smart pricing when conversion tracking is enabled.
Google announces cards, discovery tools, revamped image search at 20th anniversary event
Most of the new features were for mobile devices and focused on structured data and machine learning.
SearchCap: Common SEO mistakes, Facebook outage impacts news site traffic & remarketing lists
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Are you guilty of these common SEO mistakes? Sep 24, 2018 by Sherry Bonelli Mistakes happen. When they do, the best response is to learn from your errors, and those made […]
When users log into Gmail or YouTube, they’re now also logged into Chrome
The concern raised by some is that users will unknowingly be sending their browsing data to Google.
When Facebook went down, direct traffic to news sites went up
Facebook users turned to Google search or went directly to publishers.
SearchCap: Bing augmented reality & Quora targeting
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Augmented reality artist creates sculptures using Bing searchSep 21, 2018 by Chris Sherman At the Annual Bing Agency Awards in New York City on Thursday, guests were asked to input random […]
SearchCap: Google mobile-first indexing notices, Bing AMP for news & Google Ads call reporting
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 floods webmasters with ‘mobile-first indexing enabled’ notificationsSep 20, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Did you get a notice from Google that your site is now enabled for mobile-first indexing? You’re not […]
Now you can enable call reporting at the account level in Google Ads. Here’s how
The new feature means no more forgetting to enable call reporting for every call extension and call-only ad.
Bing finally releases AMP viewer for news stories in mobile search
The Bing AMP viewer and Bing AMP Cache make AMP-enabled web pages accessible from Bing mobile search results.
Google floods webmasters with ‘mobile-first indexing enabled’ notifications
Did you get a notice from Google that your site is now enabled for mobile-first indexing? You're not alone.
SearchCap: Taking pitches for SMX West, Amazon ads skyrocketing, Google AMP & 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: Deciphering search intent: 5 areas to get you started Sep 19, 2018 by Kristopher Jones Here are five ways to use search engine results and smart keyword research to help determine […]
Amazon now 3rd biggest digital ad seller in US
Amazon is still far behind Google and Facebook, but its advertising business is expected to keep skyrocketing.