International SEO execution: Keyword research, link building & UX that converts
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Topic: Hebrew
Google Search rolls out a more visual search interface on mobile with grid format
Are both top results position one or does Google count the one on the right as position two?
Several WordPress SEO plugins are on the fritz
Site owners using Google Analytics Dashboard for WP, Yoast SEO and Rank Math should check for the following issues.
Google Maps adds 39 new languages supporting over 1B people
Google Maps now supports an additional estimated 1.25 billion people worldwide with new languages.
The Google Assistant SDK adds support for additional languages & more
In addition to new language support, Google has added customized settings, text-based queries & responses, device action functionality and more.
SearchCap: Gboard update, Locadium launch & EPIC privacy
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Privacy group files flawed complaint against Google Store Sales MeasurementJul 31, 2017 by Greg Sterling EPIC gets the basic facts wrong about the data being used in Google program. Locadium: a […]
Latest Gboard iPhone updates include access to Maps, YouTube & a new drawing feature
Gboard also now supports Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi languages.
Google adds emoji & GIF suggestions, translations & more to GBoard for Android
The latest updates give Android users access to emoji and GIF suggestions as they type and the ability to share GIFs in supported apps.
Microsoft Translator App Comes To iOS & Android With Wearable Support
Microsoft launches a new mobile app for real-time translation to compete with Google's Google Translate app.
SearchCap: Foursquare Experts, Google Blessings & LinkedIn B2B Tools
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Why Traditional Call Tracking Is No Longer Relevant – August 12th Webcast Digital Marketing Depot presents “Why Traditional Call Tracking Is No Longer Relevant: Emerging Trends for Call Tracking in 2014″ […]
Google Quick Answers For Jewish Food Blessings
Google is now offering the answers for what blessings observant Jewish people should make prior to consuming food or drinks in their quick answers. The term for blessing in Hebrew is ‘Bracha‘ and if you search for [bracha for yogurt], Google will return a quick answer telling you what the “before” blessing is and the […]
Official Google Advice On Internationalizing Your Home Page
Google has published their official advice on the Google Webmaster Central blog on how to handle your home page when your web site serves multiple languages and countries. Zineb Ait Bahajji and Gary Illyes, Google Webmaster Trends Analysts, wrote the post together trying to break out the possibilities into three categories: (1) Having one home […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 16, 2013
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: Here’s Why AdWords Cost Per Conversion Calculations Don’t Always Add Up In the past couple of weeks, the question of how Google calculates cost per conversion in AdWords has been […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 6, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: When The Going Gets Tough, The Links Get Blamed Links are usually the first thing that people look at when something happens in the SERPs. Surely, if your rankings fall, you […]
SMX Israel Returns To Jerusalem On January 15, 2012
SMX is returning to Israel this January 15, 2012. SMX Israel will take place in Jerusalem, Israel at the Inbal Hotel on Sunday, January 15th. It is just about a month away and we urge anyone interested to register immediately – it only costs $150! The agenda is now live over here and we are […]
Improved Snippets, Rank Boost For “Official” Pages Among 10 New Google Algorithm Changes
Google just posted about ten new algorithm changes it has made to how it shows and ranks search results. These include showing rich snippets more often, improving the quality of snippets, a better way of showing page titles for times when Google ignores the HTML title tag itself and a ranking boost for “official pages,” […]
Google’s Virtual Keyboard Now In Search Bar
Google is deploying their virtual keyboards on the search results pages for their non-English based search portals. For example, you can see them live at Google Poland and Google Israel and Google Russia, amongst others. Here is a screen capture: As you can see, the keyboard icon is next to the search box. When you […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 27, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Chinese Newspaper Says Google Censored Its Web Site Oh, the irony: The People’s Daily, the main newspaper of China’s Communist Party, says Google censored its web site by adding a malware […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 10, 2009
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: Bigger Is Better When It Comes To Search Boxes Fresh off of patenting its home page design, Google is throwing caution to the wind and messing with success: It’s making […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 27, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google May it please the Italian court. Google does not ban newspapers that opt-out of Google News from being in Google at all, as […]
Google Mobile Search Adds Universal Flavor To Arabic & Hebrew Searchers
The Google Mobile blog announced that Arabic and Hebrew mobile searchers are now able to see universal results directly on their mobile devices. Although not related, this comes soon after Google Translated recently added 9 new languages. I know a bit of Hebrew, so I tried to test out the search results on Google Israel […]
Google Toolbar For IE Adds “Advanced” Translation
The Google Blog announced the latest version of the Google Toolbar for IE (Internet Explorer) has new “advanced translation” capabilities. The translation features include: Automatic detection of languages other than your default language One click translation Client side (does not communicate with Google) language detection Automatic language translation on page clicks Real-time translation for dynamic […]
What Israeli SEMs Want
A month ago, I wrote about my meet up with Google Israel, from my trip to Israel about two months ago. This week, I am back in Israel on a sponsored Blogger Delegation to meet with Israelis and see their way of business and life. Today, I had free time and used it to meet […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 11, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Now Crawling And Indexing Flash Content
Historically, search engines have been unable to extract content, such as text and links, from Flash (SWF) files. Subsequently, much of the Flash-based content on the web has been unavailable in search results. This situation has been frustrating for web developers, who have tried to come up with workarounds to help get search engines to […]
Google Website Optimizer Steps Out Of The AdWords Box: Open To All Users & Urchin 6.0 Comes Out Of Beta
Google has announced that AdWords is no longer a requirement for Website Optimizer. In fact, you can now go to google.com/websiteoptimizer and register for free to use Website Optimizer, even if you do not have an AdWords account. Now, you can use Website Optimizer to not just A/B test your AdWords landing pages, but also […]
The Google Quality Raters Handbook
Brian Ussery has discovered a revised copy of the Google Quality Raters Guidelines, which he archived on his own site. The documents are used by Google Quality Raters to aid them in classifying queries, measuring relevancy, and rating the search results. To do so, the Quality Rater must understand how Google works and this document […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 21, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SphinnCon Israel 2008 Recap
Photo from Yos SphinnCon Israel 2008 is now complete, and I wanted to share the coverage I found for the conference. SphinnCon is a networking event series from Search Engine Land’s parent company, Third Door Media. I hosted the first ever event in the series in Jerusalem, Israel.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 24, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 21, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 20, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: