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Performance Max import and 6 other new Microsoft product updates
Microsoft may be expecting some big holiday campaign spending this year as it rolls out a Performance Max import solution and 6 other new product updates.
You can’t advertise that: The big list of prohibited ads across social and search platforms
To get ads approved in a timely manner, brands need to know what content is allowed, what’s restricted and what’s prohibited. we put together this cheat sheet to help.
SearchCap: Google’s latest Smart Bidding option, Zaha Hadid Google Doodle & 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: 7 great reasons to attend SMX Advanced in 2 weeks May 31, 2017 by Search Engine Land Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced is just 2 weeks away. Don’t miss your only […]
Zaha Hadid Google doodle honors first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Born in Iraq, Hadid studied art and architecture at the Architectural Association in London.
Veterans Day Google doodle honors the women & men who serve our nation
Designed by doodlers Olivia Huynh and USCM veteran Diana Tran, the doodle leads to a search for "Veterans Day" and includes a sharing icon.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 22, 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: DoubleClick Search Tools To Migrate To Enhanced Campaigns Now Out Of Beta The custom toolset Google designed to help DoubleClick search users migrate to enhanced campaigns has come out of beta. […]
2013 Doodle 4 Google Winner Showcases Heartfelt Reunion Between A Soldier & His Daughter
The 2013 Doodle 4 Google National winner was announced today on Google’s Official Blog. Selected out of 130,000 submissions based on the theme, “My Best Day Ever…”, the winning drawing by Sabrina Brady of Sparta, Wisconsin tells the story of being reunited with her father after his 18-month deployment as a soldier in Iraq. As […]
TheFind Joins FairSearch.org To “Restore Balance” To The Search Marketplace
In this corner is Google, about to make “major changes” to its algorithm and presentation of search results according to a much-discussed article in the Wall Street Journal. In the other are Google’s critics who now scrutinize and critique the company’s every move. The WSJ-Google article speaks about new innovations to search in an effort […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 17, 2011
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 & Bing (Still) Handle Underscores & Dashes Differently It’s one of the longest-running SEO questions around, and still something many of us get asked by clients, readers, conference attendees and […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 31, 2011
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 Page Speed Analyzer In Labs Google’s fixation on page speed continues with today’s addition of Page Speed, a new analysis tool in Google Labs. The tool analyzes any URL, […]
Is Google Broken? Sites Big & Small Seeing Indexing Problems
No one seems to be immune from a Google indexing problem that has many site owners baffled. Blogs and websites, big and small, aren’t being indexed as quickly as they normally are — if they’re being indexed at all. CNN.com, with its PageRank score of 10, is typically crawled frequently and deeply by Googlebot. But […]
Live Blogging The FTC Workshop On Journalism & The Internet
I’m at the FTC’s “Journalism & Internet Age” Workshop in Washington DC today, where we’re expecting addresses from Rupert Murdoch and Arianna Huffington, along with Josh Cohen of Google News and a variety of panels. I’ll be on one of those panels later today. I’m going to do a big live blog of things I […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 24, 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’s ‘New’ Search Ad Formats The Google Blog formally announced the new search ad formats Google has been showing in the search results. The new ads include the relatively old AdWords […]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt On Newspapers & Journalism
Is Google a newspaper killer? Not by a long shot, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Nor does he want it to be. In a long interview about his company’s relationship with newspapers and the print journalism industry, Schmidt made it clear he wants established players to survive. In fact, he thinks Google has a “moral […]
Live Blogging Google Wave
Back at the second keynote of Google I/O. We were promised something absolutely awesome and we got it. Steve Ballmer announcing Bing on stage. Oops, that’s D. This is about a new collaboration tool. Oh, and I’m live blogging this, and I’ve had no sleep (see Bing above), so who knows where it’s all going. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 21, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Can Newspapers Be Saved?
Have you noticed the number of layoffs being announced by newspapers of late? When the New York Times announced in February 2008 that they were cutting 100 positions from their newsroom, it was a sad moment. A prominent national paper that informs our opinion and dialogue was announcing a cutback. Then the San Francisco Chronicle […]
John McCain’s Google Bomb
Chris Bowers is trying to push in certain articles into the Google search results for a search on [john mccain]. His goal is to “Google Bomb” these articles into the search results before Labor Day. ComputerWorld has a write up on his efforts. But as Danny described in the past, this type of Google Bomb […]
iCrossing: Democrat Obama Winning In Overall Search Volume, Republican John McCain Outspending Rivals On Paid Search
The finding that Republican presidential candidate and presumptive nominee John McCain is outspending (by 2x) Democrats Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton on issues as well as buying his opponents’ “brand terms” is one of the findings of a fascinating new iCrossing report, “How America Searches: Election ‘08 Update.”
Super Tuesday, Internet Style: How We’re Using The Web In The 2008 Elections
Today is Super Tuesday, which means that voters in 24 states are carefully reviewing their candidate research and doing last minute thoughtful analysis in preparation for voting in the primaries. Well, maybe that’s hopeful optimism, but in any case, the place these voters are turning to for information is increasingly the internet. Makes sense, as […]
Saddam Hussein, Britney Spears, Harry Potter, & Recycling In Yahoo 2007 Top Trends
What do Saddam Hussein, Britney Spears, Harry Potter, and recycling all have to do with each other? They all made the Top Trends in Yahoo Search in 2007 list. The top news story search in 2007 was Saddam Hussein; the top environmental search was recycling, the top troubled stars search was Britney Spears; the top […]
Top Countries To Search On Sex, Hitler, Viagra, Jihad & Hangover
Sex, Nazi, burrito and Viagra: Who Googles what? from Reuters reports on keywords released by Google by country. Reuters ordered the list by country that is most likely to search on certain words. Here is a brief rundown:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 14, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Maps Further Expands Coverage
Google announced expanded Maps coverage of Latin American and Asian countries on its LatLong blog. Recently added countries include: Afghanistan, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), […]
User-Driven News More Diverse Than Mainstream Coverage
In this era of fragmented audiences, with newspaper journalism feeling the pressure of blogs and the Internet more generally, the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) undertook a study comparing mainstream media coverage of news with user-driven news and content sites Digg, Del.icio.us, and Reddit. The authors of the study also compared Yahoo News editors […]
London Car Bombs: The Big Fat Search Failure
I was in London last night right smack in the area where a large bomb was defused this morning. Naturally, I was curious about what exactly had happened. I hit the news sites, but then I wondered what would happen for those searching generally for information using search engines. Both Google and Ask.com in particular […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 13, 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, Jan. 17, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Ask.com Top Searches of 2006
Ask.com sent us their top searches for 2006 by category. Categories include news, celebrity, health, entertainment, images, and sports.