Discord user and funding statistics: How many people use Discord?
Interesting Discord user stats. Includes data on users, funding, employees and more.
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X (Twitter) statistics: How many people use X?
Analysis and data of users on the popular social media platform, X (Twitter).
ChatGPT hits $100 million in ad revenue and is opening self-serve access in April
ChatGPT is still showing ads to less than 20% of eligible users — meaning the $100 million win and self-serve access is just the beginning.
Marin Software plans to shut down after years of decline
Once one of the leading search and social marketing platforms, Marin Software announces its plan of dissolution and liquidation.
Reddit appoints ex-Googler as first VP of Ads Product
Reddit hires ex-Google ads product leader Jyoti Vaidee as its first VP of Ads Product signalling the platform's increased focus on scaling its ads business.
Report: Reddit signs AI content licensing deal with Google
Reddit's Google Search visibility has exploded in recent months. Now the companies have struck a content licensing deal. Coincidence?
Instacart ad revenue up 19%
Despite its strong performance, the online grocery retailer still reported a $2 billion GAAP net loss.
Instacart IPO: 7 key takeaways for advertisers
Here's what we learned about Instacart advertising from the company's S-1 filing, as the company prepares for public trading next month.
Is Google adjusting the FLoC strategy?; Friday’s daily brief
Plus, HTML success factors for SEO
Google adds familiar face as Ads Product Liaison; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, advice from European PPC pros on how to navigate Maryland’s new ads tax
Semrush plans to go public after posting big 2020 growth
But the company says changes in access to third-party data and cookies could really disrupt its business.
Nextdoor rolls out free Business Posts, best practices advice
Nextdoor is slowly building out a suite of paid and free promotional tools for national-local brands and SMBs.
Nextdoor rolls out Groups and Help Map in response to coronavirus outbreak
The crisis may become a breakout moment for Nextdoor.
Nextdoor’s ‘Local Deals’ ads let SMBs target specific neighborhoods
Appearing in multiple places, it's both a paid search and display ad in one.
WeWork looking to sell or spin out acquisitions, including SEO firm Conductor
A Conductor deal has been in process "for awhile," says source.
Nextdoor in new deals with directories to monetize local search
Nextdoor is trying to ramp up revenue growth as it heads toward a likely IPO.
Conductor purchase price revealed: $126+ million [updated]
The acquisition price was more than 2X invested, but probably less than what investors may have wanted.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to leave Alphabet board of directors
He will remain with the compain the very limited role of 'technical advisor.'
Google marks 14 years as a public company
Today the search giant ranks as the world's third most valuable company.
SearchCap: Google fake news, Yext IPO & Google answers
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’s rocky road: Fake news, extremist videos & bad search results [Podcast]May 8, 2017 by Matt McGee In this week’s podcast, we discuss Google’s efforts to combat hyperpartisan and extremist content, […]
The Yext IPO and the triumph of local SEO
The global market for local listings management may be worth up to $50 billion.
SearchCap: Google offensive results, Google Fred update & Google Assistant
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 launches new effort to flag upsetting or offensive content in searchMar 14, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Using data from human “quality raters,” Google hopes to teach its algorithms how to […]
Yext files for long-awaited $100 million IPO
Last year the company announced a revenue "run rate" of $100 million.
WSJ: Yelp Seeking A Potential Buyer
Company's market cap is $2.9 billion, a sale could fetch more than $3.5 billion.
How Long Can RetailMeNot’s “SEO Empire” Survive?
RetailMeNot is having remarkable SEO success. According to an analysis by Priceonomics, RetailMeNot is first for numerous coupon-related and “promo code” searches — an amazing 71 percent of the time. This is what the company said based on an analysis of nearly 300 coupon-related keywords: RetailMeNot ranks first in Google search results for an astounding […]
Microsoft’s $15 Million Check-in: Will Redmond Buy Foursquare?
Microsoft has invested $15 million in Foursquare and said it will license the former’s location data according to news released yesterday. Foursquare aspires to be “the location layer for the internet.” With real-time feedback about local data accuracy, based on user movements and check-ins, Foursquare is becoming a stronger and stronger source of local information. However […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 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’s [Not Provided] At 87% Of Google Search Traffic To Major News Sites [Report] If you’ve been hoping that the hypocrisy of Google hiding keyword referral data from natural search traffic […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 13, 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: Yahoo Updates Answers For Social And SEO Value It’s amazing to me that it took Yahoo so long to update its Answers property. Once a thriving Q&A network and social search […]
Marin Software Files For IPO
Marin Software, one of the leading search and social marketing platform providers, has filed to go public. The amount the company expects to raise right now is uncertain because, “The number of shares to be sold and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.” Marin has been around for a […]
Groupon Makes Bid To Become Local (Deals) Search Engine
Late last week Groupon announced that it was going to make a growing inventory of less perishable deals accessible to consumers. Calling this the Groupon “Local Marketplace” the new functionality is live in Chicago and New York, soon to be available across Groupon cities: In the last year, we’ve increased our North American selection of […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 9, 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: Cutts: Infographic Links Might Get Discounted In The Future In an in-depth interview between Eric Enge and Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts – Cutts said that Google may discount […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 21, 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: “Ads Related To…” Text Officially Rolls Out On AdWords’ Top Ad Block We’ve seen “Ads related to…” followed by the search query before, but now it’s at the top of the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 17, 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: Bing Search API Now On Paid Platform About a month ago, Microsoft informed us the Bing API would no longer be free and today is the day they migrated the Bing […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 5, 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: Group: Google Should Halt All Online Dating Ads Until They’re Sure None Are Fronts For Human Trafficking Google says it’s spending “millions of dollars” to police AdWords ads to ensure they’re […]
How Serious Is Facebook About Search?
An article in BusinessWeek suggests that Facebook is planning a deeper push into search. Will that be limited to improving search for the site — or will it be something more comprehensive? It’s clear that Facebook needs better internal search. Right now the search function at the top of the page is not very useful. […]
Survey: Google Pays Less, Harder Interviews But Better Place To Work Than At Facebook
Glassdoor has released their 2012 survey of best places to work in 2012 and Google has beat Facebook for the first time in four years in that survey. Google scored a 3.9 overall by their employees while Facebook scored a 3.7. In 2011 Facebook scored a 4.2 and Google scored a 4.1. Although Facebook employees […]
Google Panda Update Costs Demand Media $6.4 Million In 4th Quarter?
Demand Media posts $6.4-million loss in fourth quarter from the Los Angeles Times reports that Google’s Panda algorithm is mostly to blame for Demand Media’s $6.4 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2011. Demand Media released their earnings report last night, showing revenues up 15% year over year, but profits down from a positive […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 2, 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: Microsoft adCenter Increases Ad Description, Adds Budget Widget & More Mobile Targeting Options Microsoft announced their January 2012 adCenter release update. The update includes three major additions to adCenter: (1) adCenter […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 1, 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: French Court Fines Google $660,000 Because Google Maps Is Free Google faces a $660,000 fine after a French court ruling that the company is abusing its dominant position in mapping by […]
Yelping In The Beemer: Review Site Inks Deal With BMW
Yelp is now established and mainstream enough to be included in BMW’s Online/in-car content. Yelp reviews and related content will shortly be available to BMW owners “who subscribe to the optional BMW Assist Convenience Plan and have a navigation-equipped vehicle capable of receiving the BMW Online service.” This means select BMW vehicles (see below for […]