After Nine Years, Google’s Udi Manber Moves On
Executive had been at Amazon and Yahoo before Google.
Topic: Marissa Mayer
Yahoo Gemini Gaining Mobile Search Share, But Not At Google’s Expense, Yet
A criticism of the Yahoo Bing partnership is that the two have merely traded market share rather than cut into Google's lead. Gemini's growth in mobile search traffic share appears to be following that same pattern.
As Apple-Google Deal Expires, Who Will Win The Safari Default Search Business?
Will it be Bing, Yahoo or Apple itself that supplies Safari's search engine?
SearchCap: Google Maps App Revised, Social Links In Knowledge Graph, Google Structured Data Updated
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 Events Knowledge Graph Adds Ticket Links, Delegated Events, Comedian Events & Venue Events Google makes four updates to the events knowledge graph after launching the markup back in March 2014. […]
Yahoo 2014 Search Trends: Ebola Ranks No. 1 For Top 10 Searches & Most Searched News Stories
Following Ask.com last week and Bing on Monday, it’s now Yahoo’s turn to share its most popular searches for the year. Mayer’s site released its top searches for a number of categories, including most popular searches overall, top obsessions, and news stories, as well as offering up a few Tumblr lists. Ebola ranked No. 1 […]
Report: Google-Apple Safari Search Deal Expiring, Yahoo & Bing Want In
According to The Information Google’s default Safari search deal with Apple is up in 2015. Microsoft and Yahoo are reportedly separately competing for the Safari business across devices. The Information says that both companies are pitching to Apple’s Eddie Cue and that his decision will be based “on the quality of the product as much as the potential […]
SearchCap: Search Market Share Report, Google Keyword Planner Adds Conversion Estimates & 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 Down Slightly, Bing-Yahoo Up In October comScore Search Report Google saw its share of the US search market drop slightly in October, while both Bing and Yahoo saw corresponding gains. […]
Search In Pics: GooglePlex Where’s Waldo, Jon Stewart At Reddit & Marissa Mayer The Crayon
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
SearchCap: Firefox Picks Yahoo, Apple Maps Partners & Bing Home Page HD
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Free Ride? In Europe, Google Will Remain Firefox Search Default Despite No Deal How much does it cost to be Mozilla’s Firefox search provider in Europe? Perhaps nothing — because Google […]
Yahoo’s “Clean” Search Design For Firefox & Yahoo Users Looks Even More Like Google
In the Yahoo blog post announcing the company’s new default search deal with Firefox there’s a small GIF preview of what the new “clean” Yahoo search results will look like. Below are some of the screens from the post: On first blush I thought these were a departure from current Yahoo results but they actually look quite similar […]
Yahoo Replaces Google As Default Search Provider in Firefox
Yahoo and Mozilla just announced a “strategic five-year partnership that makes Yahoo the default search experience for Firefox in the United States on mobile and desktop.” The companies said they will explore other potential “future product integrations and distribution opportunities to other markets.” Yahoo is thus going to displace Google the current Firefox search provider. […]
SearchCap: Google & Bing Honor Veterans, DuckDuckGo Added To Firefox & Google Shopping Traffic Insights
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 Honors Veterans On Both Sides Of The Ocean With The Tower Of London Image On Homepage To honor all veterans, Bing is featuring The Tower of London on its homepage […]
SearchCap: Google Rolls Out Pirate Update, Bing Adds MCC, Video Games In Knowledge Graph
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Reports: Google Pirate Update Has Rolled Out This Week Last week, we reported that Google will be pushing out an update to the Google Pirate Update in the upcoming weeks. It […]
Search In Pics: Google Sukkahs, Android Lollipops & Spy Vs Spy Google Glass
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
Udi Manber Moves To YouTube As Head Of Search
Udi Manber, a longtime Google search executive, has been shifted over to YouTube where he’ll lead search efforts on Google’s super-popular video sharing/viewing website. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal in an article about executive changes at YouTube. A Google spokesperson confirmed Manber’s move with us, saying via email: I can […]
SearchCap: End Of Yahoo Directory, Managing Negative SEO & Google’s Panda 4.1 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: The Yahoo Directory — Once The Internet’s Most Important Search Engine — Is To Close For some, it may seem like there has always been Google, and it’s always been the […]
SearchCap: Google SEO Myths & Yahoo Default Search On iPhone
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Why Yahoo’s Not Going To Steal The Search Default For iPhone Away From Google Apparently, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to be the default search for Apple’s Safari browser on iPhone […]
Why Yahoo’s Not Going To Steal The Search Default For iPhone Away From Google
Apparently, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to be the default search for Apple’s Safari browser on iPhone and iPad and has been preparing to make a solid pitch. Well, we all want things we can’t have, and I’d be incredibly surprised if Yahoo got its wish here. Kara Swisher over at Re/code has the scoop, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 21, 2014
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 To Tell Search Engines What “Entities” Are On Your Web Pages Search engines have increasingly been incorporating elements of semantic search to improve some aspect of the search experience — […]
Yahoo Goes Live With Yelp Local Reviews
Last month the Wall Street Journal reported that Yelp reviews were being integrated into Yahoo search results. This morning Yahoo formally announced the partnership: Now when you use Yahoo Search to look up a local business in the U.S. on your smartphone, tablet, or PC, you’ll see user reviews, business information, and star ratings from […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 6, 2014
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 Rolling Out Indoor Maps (via Nokia) Yahoo has started to integrate indoor maps into its newly upgraded mapping product. Even though Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer didn’t want to go head […]
Yahoo Rolling Out Indoor Maps (via Nokia)
Yahoo has started to integrate indoor maps into its newly upgraded mapping product. Even though Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer didn’t want to go head to head with Google in “local” (read: maps), Yahoo has been improving its mapping and local search user experiences of late. The inclusion of venue maps comes courtesy of Nokia’s Here […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 20, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yandex Reports Revenue Up 37% In Q4, Ad Network Revenue Nearly Doubles Russian search giant Yandex reported a strong Q4 2013 today, with overall revenue up 37 percent from Q4 2012 […]
Yahoo Gives $10 Million To Help Develop Next-Gen Siri And Better “Contextual Search”
Several years ago, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, as a then Google employee, spoke about the perfect search engine that could anticipate your needs and which wouldn’t require any keywords to deliver results. We’re rapidly moving toward searchless content discovery with Siri, Google Now, IBM’s Watson, Nuance’s Nina, Expect Labs and other “intelligent assistants.” Artificial intelligence-powered intelligent assistants […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 18, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Delivering On Search: Behind The Scenes With An Ad Agency SEO Manager Today’s full service ad agency services go far beyond building out creative and determining media placement. As Lowe Campbell […]
Aviate Is Yahoo’s Answer To Google Now (And More)
Yahoo has bought nearly 30 companies since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO. A large number of those were talent acquisitions — though not all of them. Among the product or technology acquisitions, Aviate could turn out to be one of the most strategic and important. Emphasis on the word “could.” Aviate presents itself as an “intelligent […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 17, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Starbucks & The Economist Admit To Using Google+ For SEO More Than Social Last Friday, a New York Times report on Google+ spotlighted Starbucks and The Economist as two brands currently […]
Yahoo Turns To Yelp To Beef Up Local Search
According to a report appearing today in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Yahoo will be incorporating local content and listings from Yelp into its main search results. As the article points out, Yelp has a similar deal with Microsoft-Bing and, of course, with Apple (maps). Yelp has an API that permits third parties to use […]
With Nadella’s Appointment, The “Search CEOs” Now Run Google, Yahoo & Microsoft
Satya Nadella being named CEO of Microsoft isn’t just big news for Microsoft. It’s big news for search. For the first time in ages, the three major search companies in the US are all run by CEOs who either came out of a search-background or have a solid understanding of it. Despite the attention search […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 3, 2014
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 Brings Search Funnels Attribution Modeling Tool To AdWords Google announced it is adding a Search Funnels Attribution Modeling Tool to AdWords to help marketers better understand how AdWords campaigns are […]
Where Yahoo Might Again Compete In Search: Mobile
Kara Swisher on Friday broke the news that Yahoo was working on two internal (no longer) secret initiatives to get Yahoo back into organic and potentially paid search and thereby separate from Microsoft. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been critical of the Search Alliance with Bing and its impact on her company. The Search Alliance […]
Yahoo Adds Local Business Snapshots Next To Search Results
You’re gonna say to yourself, “That looks a lot like Google’s local search results.” I’m talking about the latest interface change that Yahoo has announced: the display of local business information alongside search results. The local business info includes basic business information, photos, hours of operation and some data specific to the business type — […]
Bing Ends 2013 With All-Time High In US Market Share, But Google Also Up [comScore]
Bing ended 2013 with an all-time high market share of search activity inside the US; but, it was Google with the biggest monthly gain in December, according to the latest comScore qSearch data. Google’s share of search queries was up 0.6 percent in December to 67.3 percent. Using comScore’s numbers, that’s Google’s second-highest share estimate […]
Yahoo’s News Digest App Is “Summly 2.0”
In addition to a range of other announcements at CES yesterday, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer introduced a new news app, Yahoo News Digest. It was built under the supervision of Summly founder Nick D’Aloisio. Summly was acquired by Yahoo in March of 2013 for an estimated $30 million. Summly itself was quickly shut down and […]
Potential Microsoft CEO Elop Would Consider Selling Bing
The Microsoft CEO derby is heating up. As we discussed earlier this week the short list is down to a handful of candidates, including current Ford CEO Alan Mulally and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop (soon to rejoin Microsoft in charge of devices). Apparently Elop has floated some bold ideas that may vault him to the […]
FAQ: All About The Banner Ad Test In Google’s Search Results
Yesterday, Search Engine Land broke the news that Google is running a test to show banner ads on branded search results. While the search giant has introduced images to its ad formats, including product listing ads and image extensions, the introduction of banner ads is a noticeable change for the company. Here’s what we know […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 23, 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-Microsoft Search Tensions On Public Display In Court Ruling Microsoft has essentially had to sue Yahoo to get the company to fully comply with the terms of their 2010 “Search Alliance” […]
Yahoo-Microsoft Search Tensions On Public Display In Court Ruling
Microsoft has essentially had to sue Yahoo to get the company to fully comply with the terms of their 2010 “Search Alliance” agreement. Yahoo under Marissa Mayer had sought to delay rollouts of Bing search results in Taiwan and Hong Kong, awaiting a new Microsoft CEO. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer resigned ahead of schedule under […]
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 […]
Yahoo’s Mayer: “Our Search Share Has Declined” But She’s Optimistic About Opportunities
Yahoo is making progress in a number of product areas under CEO Marissa Mayer, but search isn’t one of them — a fact that Mayer herself admitted during today’s Q3 earnings call. Yahoo’s US share of the search market was just 11.3 percent in September, according to just-released comScore numbers — that ties Yahoo’s all-time […]