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X (Twitter) is bringing back political ads
The platform is reversing the decision of former CEO, Jack Dorsey, as part of its "commitment to free speech".
Elon Musk taking over Twitter, but most marketers not worried
Despite concerns about "free" speech, 58% of marketers we polled think Musk owning Twitter will be good for brands, marketers and users.
SearchCap: Google says yes to reviews from Yelp, Google Maps, algorithm change impacts local search & 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: Using Voice Search to Transform Your Local Search Strategy Sep 6, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot More than 43 million people in the U.S. now own a smart speaker, and, as […]
SearchCap: Google Maps women-led icons, more Google answers & SEO redirects
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 marketing and promotion tactics to get your content discoveredMar 9, 2018 by Kristopher Jones Contributor Kristopher Jones outlines seven tried-and-true content promotion strategies that will drive traffic to your content […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads social extensions, Google Adpocalypse & 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: Bing Ads testing Social Extensions: Link search ads to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr Mar 18, 2016 by Ginny Marvin The new ad extension is in beta in the US. Why costs […]
SearchCap: Google Super Bowl Searches, Yahoo BOSS & SEO Agencies
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: 82% Of Super Bowl Ad Searches Happened On Mobile, Up From 70% Feb 8, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Ads drove more than 7.5 million incremental searches for Super Bowl advertisers. […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads Editor Upgraded, Holiday PPC Success Tips & 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: Bing Ads Updating Segmentation Reporting: Call For Early TestersOct 5, 2015 by Ginny Marvin Access segmentation reporting from the campaigns tables rather than having to dig into the Reports section of […]
SearchCap: Google Kicks Emojis, Google Video Search Broken & Google’s Update
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 Sending Searchers To Nonexistent Videos Can’t find that video that Google listed in your results? It’s not you. It’s Google. Why Don’t My Leads Convert? – June 30 Webcast Ideas […]
SearchCap: Bing Counts Yahoo Clicks, Personal Ads & SEO Contracts
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 Launches Yahoo Click Volume Numbers, To Be Updated Weekly In response to transitions under the renegotiated search deal, Bing Ads will release weekly updates on the percentage of Yahoo […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 4, 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: Search Your Own “Pins” On Pinterest Pinterest announced a new, useful search feature that allows you to filter your search results to just your own Pins. You can now search for […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 30, 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 News Sources Grow 15% In 2012 & Continue To Climb With Patch.com In The Lead After seeing a 15 percent increase in Google News sources last year, a recent study […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 27, 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: Google Introduces Redesigned Mobile Search Experience, “Google Now” And Siri-Like Assistant Buried among the sexy hardware announcements and hair-raising Google Glass demo this morning were some fairly radical changes to the […]
Live Blogging the Twitter Event: Easier Discovery, Enhanced Profiles, More Direct Challenge To Facebook
I’m at the new Twitter HQ (not for six months) in San Francisco with the tech press corps awaiting a Twitter press conference that I will attempt to faithfully live blog. In the meantime, here are some shots from the new space, which is three floors and exceeds 200,000 square feet. The build out should […]
Twitter Hits 100 Million ‘Active’ Users
Started just 5 years ago, Twitter announced today at the “State of the Union” that they have officially reached their 100 millionth ‘active’ user. Of the active users, 55% use Twitter on their mobile devices. Each month over 400 million unique visitors use Twitter.com alone. Today Twitter is posting a billion tweets every five days, about […]
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo’s “State Of The Union” Address
100 million active users. 1 billion tweets every seven days. Plans to grow the ad business. These stats and facts are part of a “State Of The Twitter” talk Twitter CEO Dick Costolo gave to the press today. Live blogging below! Dick arrives. Nothing big, he says. “I just wanted to give you a state […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 29, 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’s Android To Dominate Globally In 2011: Report Tech consulting firm IDC has predicted that Google’s mobile operating system will become the dominant mobile platform this year, achieving a global market […]
Jack Dorsey Back At Twitter; Ev Williams “Less Involved,” Company Says
More changes today atop the perch at Twitter: Jack Dorsey, the company co-founder who famously sent the first tweet five years ago, is back in a day-to-day role as Executive Chairman and will be in charge of the Twitter product. Evan Williams, meanwhile, is “less involved day-to-day” at Twitter, the company tells us. Appropriately, Twitter […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 24, 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: The Yahoo Search Direct Alphabet: Where Every Letter Starts With Yahoo And you thought Google favored its own properties? Check this out: In Yahoo’s new Search Direct feature, 21 of the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 11, 2010
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 For Android Now Available To Everyone Bing for Android was previously only available on selected Verizon Android handsets. Now, according to Microsoft, it’s available to everyone with an Android handset, […]
Transcript: Twitter’s Ev Williams Answers An Hour’s Worth Of Questions, On Twitter
Talk about eating your own dogfood! Today, Twitter CEO Evan Williams took questions for an hour on Twitter, about Twitter, replying from his own account. What was he asked? Many questions about how the new Twitter works, from people who don’t yet have it. And if he likes cats (yes). I’ve compiled a transcript, below. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 29, 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: Shashi Seth, Another Ex-Googler, Lands At AOL AOL announced today that it’s hired former Google employee Shashi Seth as its Senior VP of Global Advertising Products. While with Google, Seth was […]
Who Does Twitter Love? Breaking Down The Twitter Suggested Users List
In some ways, it’s the Who’s Who of Twitter — the Twitter Suggested Users list. These are the 241 people Twitter currently suggests that new people should follow. Below, a look at who makes it by categories, such as media or sports. Who’s getting Twitter’s love (such as the New York Times) and who’s not […]