This day in search marketing history: March 23
March 2022 product reviews update launches, plus: PPC salaries, Google Panda 3.4, Yahoo Search Direct and more.
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This day in search marketing history: February 14
Google Webmaster Tools comes out of beta, plus: Chrome's personal blocklist, AdWords video ads and quality score updates and more
SearchCap: Bing Ads import, voice searches & ad groups
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: Google Q4 search growth aided by changes other than ETAsJan 24, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Overall paid search growth remained steady in Q4. Separate device bidding among the drivers of […]
SearchCap: Google mobile-friendly boost, DuckDuckGo directions & 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: Google to boost mobile-friendly algorithm this MayMar 16, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google announced increase in mobile-friendly update factors, but don’t expect another Mobilegeddon. 6 strategies to build links for your […]
SearchCap: Bing search APIs, Google candidate searches, Google Analytics 360 & 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: Google 2016 candidate searches now include campaign funding details & search trendsMar 15, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Since launching candidate cards earlier this year, Google continues to expand its 2016 election-related […]
SearchCap: Google AMP, Send Map To Phone & Ad Layout
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 SERP Layout: The Biggest Winners & LosersFeb 24, 2016 by Larry Kim What has been the impact of Google’s new desktop ad layout thus far? Columnist Larry Kim uses […]
SearchCap: Cortana Out For Android, Featured Snippets & Local Marketing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Cortana For Android Available For Download Ahead Of Official Launch A few days ago, Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana, became available for download. This is not the official launch, and it’s not […]
SearchCap: Google Drops Links, AdWords Structured Snippets & Mobile-Friendly Algorithm
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 Changes Car Insurance Links After SEOs Complain Google quickly changes their keyword rich anchor text in a recent blog post to avoid controversy in the SEO industry around link spam […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 29, 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: Traffic Estimates Return To Google Maps About a year ago, Google dropped traffic estimates from Google Maps driving directions and now they are back in the form of “current traffic conditions.” […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 28, 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: 10 Content Ideas To Improve Organic Visibility In the past series of articles, we focused on determining what keywords were already generating business for a web site and then optimizing your […]
Google Earth Shows Before & After Images Of Japan Earthquake And Tsunami
Google has captured a bunch of new satellite imagery that shows the devastation of the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. You can see those images in Picasa or on Google Earth with a KML file (Japan Earthquake and Tsunami). Separately Google has set up a “people finder” for those still missing in Japan. It […]
Secret Sauce: Leverage Outside Listings To Help Local Rankings
Google Maps (or Local, or Places, or whatever it is calling itself this month) is the bane of my existence. Well, maybe 3rd place behind Bing and Yahoo PPC platforms…but you catch my meaning. Inevitably, I can expect at least one phone call or email a week from a client asking why they’re not showing […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 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: Keynoting SMX Advanced Seattle: Microsoft SVP Yusuf Mehdi Microsoft’s Bing is turning one year old, and according to just-released comScore qSearch data continues to gain market share at the expense of […]
Local Search Complexity = SMB Frustration
In my role as president at GetListed.org, I sometimes receive emails from users asking why one local search engine or another is displaying an old location for their business, or why the search engines still aren’t showing their new website address, or why the phone number listed for their retail location is actually the one […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 2, 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: Bing Maps Steals The Cool Crown From Google Microsoft has had a collection of mapping tools and assets that haven’t been fully utilized or received the play (or usage) of Google […]
Google Earth iPhone App 2.0 Available Soon
A new version of Google Earth for the iPhone is due soon, and among its new features is one with a personal touch: the ability to see maps you’ve created and/or saved in Google Maps. To make this happen, the new Google Earth iPhone app will add the ability to login to your Google account […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 15, 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 To Newspapers: Robots.Txt You Newspaper attacks on Google somehow apparently overstepping fair use and stealing their material are just escalating, with a European led “Hamburg Declaration” coming out last week. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 4, 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, August 7, 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, May 13, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
Google Incorporates Geodata In API, Partners With ESRI, Yahoo Introduces “Internet Location Platform”
Google’s John Hanke keynoted the Where 2.0 conference this morning and discussed the development and evolution of the “geoweb.” But he also announced that KML files (now a public standard) and GeoRSS data (I believe) being indexed by Google are now going to be available to third parties via the Google API. That means things […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 9, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
Google Earth 4.3 To Launch, KML Becomes Open Standard
According to the Google Earth Blog, Google Earth version 4.3 (free) is coming later today. Among the upgrades and improvements are faster load times for 3D buildings, day/night lighting, new navigational options, and StreetView images. (Google has also just started to let StreetView on to third party sites.)
New Microsoft Live Maps Roll Out With A Boatload Of Upgrades
A new version of Microsoft’s Live Search Maps has rolled out (after yesterday’s major traffic and routing upgrade). There’s an enormous range of feature and functionality upgrades, which are explained in some detail on the Virtual Earth blog. There’s also a discussion at CNET. At a crude level, what it means is that Live Maps […]
“Google Earth Town” Nanaimo Wires Self To Google Maps To Drive Tourism
How Google Earth Ate Our Town from Time Magazine highlights Nanaimo, a British Columbia town on Vancouver Island, also known as “Google Earth Town” or “the capital of Google Earth.” Nanaimo has been plotting virtually all of their town’s data directly on Google Maps and Google Earth. From real-time firefighter calls on Google Maps to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 21, 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, December 10, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Street View Images Now Showing In Maps “Balloon” Windows
The Google LatLong Blog announced that when you do a search in Google Maps and click on a listing, they will now show — when available — a “Street View” image of the location within the pop-up bubble or “balloon” that appears. For example, a search on abigaels, new york, ny will return three results […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 30, 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, October 24, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Microsoft Releases Upgrades For Maps, Local, And Mobile
Late last month, at its “Searchification” event, Microsoft introduced a wide range of search enhancements and improvements. The company also said there would be additional updates to follow. Those are now rolling out and include feature and content enhancements for maps, local, and mobile services. The biggest news is the introduction of a new voice […]
Google Brings Earth Enterprise Into The Browser
Google is bringing mashups behind the enterprise firewall and into the browser. What that means, among other things, is that Google Earth Enterprise users will be able to see data rendered on Google Earth within a browser environment rather than having the Earth client on their individual desktops. Here’s the Google Blog post.
Google Maps Adds More Images, Earth Makes 3D Push
The Google Earth Blog has an overview of a big, high resolution image update for Google Maps (also on Google Earth). The update is global. The two “platforms” are inching closer together with all KML files being indexed and discoverable now in Google Maps. Also, last week Google (on the Lat Long Blog) promoted its […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 4, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Mapping Announcements Revisited
Yesterday I discovered Google’s new “Street View” by chance, looking for directions, and blogged it, before it was officially announced and before I’d had a chance to talk to anyone at Google. At Where 2.0 yesterday I spoke to John Hanke, Google Maps GM, after the official announcement about Street View and some of the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 1, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google My Maps: Mashups For The Masses
Google has just launched “My Maps,” an impressively simple tool within Google Maps that allows users to create personal “mashups” and save or share those with friends or the world at large. A range of formatting options enables the maps to be highly customized and include images or video. Maps can be created “manually” by […]
Google Maps API Adds KML And GeoRSS Support
Google has added support for its KML (Earth) format and the open GeoRSS format to the Google Maps API.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 22, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: