Google and Ignite Visibility to host advanced paid media event you won’t want to miss
Learn about emerging consumer trends, advanced new advertising strategies, new Google features and little-known methods to maximize ad spend returns.
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Pro Tip: A look back at some helpful tips from our SEO community in 2019
Here are 5 tips from our SEO community we think are worth a second look.
Experts tout voice search as study ties answers to top 3 organic results
SEMrush research unveiled at SMX Advanced suggests the key to voice performance is high SERP placement, site speed, content readability and high-quality backlinks.
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 […]
‘SEO: The Movie’ aims to trace the rise of internet marketing
Documentary features stories from the early days of SEO, as told by some of the industry's well-known pioneers.
SearchCap: Google image search bug, local insights & post-rank
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 Analytics bug drops some image search traffic from reportsMar 27, 2017 by Barry Schwartz No need to panic: There is a reporting bug in the Google Search Console Search […]
SearchCap: Google AMP URLs, Google Maps traffic & Super Bowl search ads
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 makes it easier to see and share publishers’ real URLs from AMP pagesFeb 6, 2017 by Danny Sullivan New anchor button enables copy-and-paste of URLs directly to publisher sites. SMX […]
SearchCap: Google News AMP, LSA survey & Google doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Google AMP results in Google News more than doubleJan 30, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Want your content to be found by mobile users in Google News? Well, it seems like […]
SearchCap: Google local pack ads, Bing Ads scheduling & Google Android offline searches
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 testing new look for local inventory ads in place of local packJan 18, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The test is another effort to monetize local queries on mobile. Bing Ads […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads expanded text ads, Merkle report & VR
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Merkle: After big increases in mobile inventory last year, paid search growth slows a bit in Q3Oct 26, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Still, mobile spend increased significantly year over year, and […]
SearchCap: Trump & Clinton Google space, SEO alive & Keyword Planner
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How Trump & Clinton have failed to use free space in Google for US presidential candidatesOct 18, 2016 by Danny Sullivan For a week, neither campaign used the special program giving […]
SearchCap: Google Penguin & disavows, search ad news & Amazon search
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 Penguin doesn’t penalize for bad links – or does it?Sep 28, 2016 by Barry Schwartz You technically no longer need to use the disavow file to help fix your Google […]
Google testing new format for Sitelinks, in carousel card form
Google keeps on testing, this time with a new carousel look for Sitelinks.
New Google Mobile Search User Interface Test: Line Separators In Snippets
Google is testing a line break within the mobile search results snippets that breaks up the URL and the description in the snippet.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 11, 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 Quietly Brings Back RSS Feed Option To Google Alerts The Next Web reports Google has quietly added back the RSS Feed option to Google Alerts. I’ve confirmed the RSS Feed […]
Google: Unlinked URLs Are A Source For Indexing New Content
John Lincoln from Ignite Visibility spotted a Google Hangout where Google’s John Mueller confirmed that Google will use URLs or domain names within content that are unlinked, i.e. without an a href attribute, to discover and index new pages of content. John went on to add that typically no PageRank or trust is flown from […]