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Topic: Google
Google shows its support for Gay Pride Month with rainbow art for LGBT search terms
Searches for terms like "gay pride month," "gay rights" and "LGBT" will return results with a rainbow ribbon strung across the top of the page.
Google launches business-friendly tool that tests your website mobile-friendliness & page speed
Google's new user-friendly tool should make it easier for small businesses to see how their sites rank in terms of being mobile-friendly and fast.
Decision trees for SEM segmentation
There is an ongoing debate amongst SEM experts as to how to best segment your PPC accounts, and columnist Aaron Levy illustrates his process with a handy flowchart.
9 easy-to-miss crawl reports in Screaming Frog and DeepCrawl that pack serious SEO punch
Troubleshooting SEO issues on a site or performing a technical SEO audit? If so, columnist Glenn Gabe recommends some powerful but little-known reports in two popular crawling tools.
Lotte Reiniger Google Doodle honors groundbreaking animated filmmaker & her innovative style
Making more than 40 animated films throughout her career, Reiniger directed the first full-length animated movie in 1926.
SearchCap: Google mobile page speed, Google Now on Tap updates & 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 says page speed ranking factor to use mobile page speed for mobile sites in upcoming monthsJun 1, 2016 by Barry Schwartz The speed of your mobile pages currently doesn’t impact […]
Google’s latest Now on Tap update shows more info for selected words & photos
The Now on Tap Android feature works across all apps, displaying relevant information for selected words, phrases or photos.
7 great reasons to attend SMX Advanced in 3 weeks
Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced is just three weeks away. Don’t miss your only opportunity to attend this year! Fewer than 100 tickets are remaining. Register now! Here are 7 reasons you should attend: 7. Obsessed with SEO and SEM. Take a deep dive into local search, SEO, advanced AdWords, international search or in-house SEO […]
Google says page speed ranking factor to use mobile page speed for mobile sites in upcoming months
The speed of your mobile pages currently doesn't impact your mobile rankings, but soon it may, says Gary Illyes of Google.
SearchCap: Google AdWords hack, SEO ROI & 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: True performance baselines & ROI for SEO without attribution modelingMay 31, 2016 by Chris Liversidge How do you determine your SEO program’s real performance, discounting the effects of seasonality, paid search […]
SearchCap: Google iOS app, food and brand queries & 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 for iOS gets AMP content & sports highlights in Now cards May 27, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Google says today’s improvements for its IOS app will save users a […]
Search in Pics: Google Dance Tokyo, gBrau beer & a pink penguin engineer
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. Google pink penguin Android figurine: Source: Google+ Google Dance Tokyo: Source: Twitter Google Zurich rock-climbing wall […]
Google now displays image thumbnails next to search snippets for food-related queries
Now when you do food-related searches on Google, you may see image thumbnails right in the snippets.
SearchCap: Voice search SEO, SEMPO survey & 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: SEMPO’s latest salary survey shows search marketer average pay up 16% over 2013May 26, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Survey participants included nearly 600 search and digital marketing professionals, from entry level […]
Frankie Manning Google Doodle honors man behind “Lindy Hop” swing dance moves
Manning's signature swing dance moves included spinning, flipping and tossing your partner in the air.
SearchCap: Apple Siri Echo, paid search ROI & 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: Refine your content marketing tactics to benefit from enhanced search engine displayMay 25, 2016 by Thomas Stern Columnist Thomas Stern discusses how content marketing performance can fall short if SERP features […]
Apple building Amazon Echo competitor, will open Siri to third-party apps — [Report]
The virtual assistant revolution is ushering in the next era of search.
SearchCap: 2 trillion Google searches, AdWords announcements & 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 now handles at least 2 trillion searches per yearMay 24, 2016 by Danny Sullivan The search giant won’t say exactly how many trillions of queries it processes, other than it’s […]
Google has measured 1 billion+ store visits from AdWords ads globally
Store visits measurement is now available to 1,000 advertisers in 11 countries.
Official: Google to roll out Expanded Text Ads for all devices
Perhaps the final vestige of pre-mobile AdWords, 25-35-35 character text ads will soon sunset.
Google AdWords to break up tablet & desktop and enable a mobile base bid
Individual device bid adjustments will roll out in the coming months.
Google now handles at least 2 trillion searches per year
The search giant won't say exactly how many trillions of queries it processes, other than it's now two or more. It last claimed 1.2 trillion in 2012.
Saying a third of mobile searches are local, Google brings “Promoted Pins” to Maps
Local searches are growing 50 percent faster than mobile searches overall.
All the AdWords & Google Analytics changes announced at Google Performance Summit 2016
At Google's annual event for AdWords and Google Analytics customers, it shared new ad formats, mobile-first bidding options and more.
SearchCap: Google Search Analytics sets, AdWords updates & 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 now lets you group your sites together with property setsMay 23, 2016 by Barry Schwartz One of the most asked-for Google Search Console feature requests is now live. […]
Google to announce AdWords news & updates Tuesday
Event will include a demo of the new AdWords interface and other announcements.
Google Search Console now lets you group your sites together with property sets
One of the most asked-for Google Search Console feature requests is now live. It is called property sets and lets you group things together for Search Analytics reporting.
SearchCap: Google real time index, AMP expands & search analytics filters
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 beta testing a real-time indexing APIMay 19, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Can Google find content even faster than it does now? Google thinks so, and they are beta testing a […]
Search in Pics: Google I/O, Sundar Pichai with Danny Sullivan & fancy YouTube toilets
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. An army of Google I/O Android figures: Source: Twitter Google’s Sundar Pichai with Danny Sullivan: Source: […]
Google bringing featured snippets & rich results filters to Search Analytics report
Here is proof that Google is bringing more filters to the Search Analytics report in the Google Search Console. Keep them coming, Google!
Google AMP has reached 125 million documents & is expanding to apps & recipe pages
AMP is growing and expanding. Here's some of the latest information from Google's Richard Gingras at Google I/O.
Google beta testing a real-time indexing API
Can Google find content even faster than it does now? Google thinks so, and they are beta testing a real-time indexing API for that reason.
SearchCap: Google voice queries, Google search test & Bing tag helper
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 appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globallyMay 19, 2016 by Greg Sterling Google is taking its case to France’s highest administrative court. Bing launches UET Tag Helper, a troubleshooting […]
Google appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globally
Google is taking its case to France's highest administrative court.
Google continues testing new search results interfaces, including wider & card–styled results
Google is constantly testing new search results interfaces. Here are some screen shots of their latest tests.
Yuri Kochiyama Google Doodle celebrates human rights activist on her 95th birthday
Raised in California, Asian-American Kochiyama spent her life fighting injustice after being imprisoned in an internment camp during WWII.
Google says 20 percent of mobile queries are voice searches
Voice search growing as virtual assistant market heats up.
SearchCap: Google assistant, AMP stats & Firebase app indexing
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 Google assistant: A new search platform, rather than a gadget or an app May 18, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Think of it as Google 2.0. Google assistant is Google’s search […]
Meet Google assistant: A new search platform, rather than a gadget or an app
Think of it as Google 2.0. Google assistant is Google's search smarts put into anything, no keyboard needed & conversations welcomed.