Fintech in AI search: How to be the trusted and featured brand
Learn how fintech brands can improve AI visibility in ChatGPT and Google AI Mode through trust signals, reviews, citations, PR, and consistent messaging.
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LinkedIn expands video ads, AI tools to help B2B marketers
LinkedIn is giving marketers a way to promote in-stream video ads alongside content from publishers and announces new Accelerate features.
60% of Perplexity citations overlap with top 10 Google organic results
With Perplexity referrals growing 40% month-over-month, new research looks at how SGE and Perplexity differ.
Google’s search quality raters protest for higher pay
Google's search quality raters – the people who help evaluate Google's search results – want a raise.
Autobots, roll out! Microsoft launches new Automotive Ads beta and FLOC trials begin; Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, Instagram engagement remains flat for brands
More signs that Amazon is attracting bigger search ad budgets
CPG brands, in particular, are investing more in Amazon ads, but the marketplace is still a long way from catching Google and Facebook.
SearchCap: GMB gets new ‘veteran-led’ attribute, smartphone shopping survey, SEO nerds & 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: Don’t take it from us. Here’s what SMX attendees say! Aug 28, 2018 by Search Engine Land Attending a conference is an investment. You expect sessions, keynotes and clinics that unearth […]
SearchCap: Google right to be forgotten, Google Word Coach game & German ruling
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: German court: Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displayingFeb 27, 2018 by Greg Sterling The court held that Google can’t be held liable before being notified […]
SearchCap: SEO success, AdWords spreadsheets & July Fourth
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: This script automates adding any AdWords data to a Google spreadsheetJul 5, 2017 by Frederick Vallaeys Feeling bogged down by all the reports you need to create for your AdWords campaigns? […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads Editor update, Bing Ads voice metrics & Danny Sullivan changes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Danny Sullivan: My new role as advisor for Third Door MediaJun 26, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Search Engine Land continues on strong, with an outstanding team in place. Bing Ads Editor […]
Chinese Man Sues Baidu Over “Gay Conversion” Ad In SERP
A gay Chinese man sued search engine Baidu in Bejing for allowing an undisclosed ad for an allegedly unlicensed psychological counseling center to appear at the top of search results. He underwent “gay conversion” therapy and was traumatized by the experience. Without the benefit of knowing Chinese law, the case appears to raise two issues: […]
SearchCap: Google Quality Raters, International Targeting & AdWords + Google My Business
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Now Link Google My Business And AdWords, Get Account-Level Location ExtensionsGoogle is introducing the ability to set up location extensions at the account level by linking your Google My Business account […]
SearchCap: Google Begins Right To Be Forgotten Removals, Google Analytics Branded Segregation & PR Newswire Fights Back
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 Analytics Now Separates Brand And Non-Brand PPC Traffic Brand and non-brand paid search terms typically perform very differently and most paid search teams analyze these sets of keywords separately. To […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 14, 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 Brings More “Now” To Search With New Quick Answers Google is bringing more of the capabilities of Google Now to the search box and providing a range of personalized “quick […]
Only 5% Of News Publishers Use The Google News Keywords Meta Tag
Just over three months ago, Google launched the news keyword meta tag designed to let news publishers have a better chance of ranking for words they might not have included in their headlines. Adoption rate so far? Only about 5% of the sources within Google News use the tag, according to new data provided by […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 4, 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: New UK Conservative Party Co-Chair Grant Shapps Founded Google Spamming Business The UK’s Conservative Party has a new co-chair, The Right Honourable Grant Shapps, Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield. Honorable […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 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: Search Facebook Friends’ Photos On Bing Microsoft announced on the Bing Search blog that you can now search Bing to discover your friends’ photos within Facebook. If you activated the social […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 22, 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: Bing Brings Quora Content Into Its Social Sidebar Bing continues to expand the content that may show up in its social sidebar, with news today that its Quora integration is complete. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 23, 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: Insanity: Google Sends New Link Warnings, Then Says You Can Ignore Them Google’s war on bad links officially became insane today. For months, Google’s sending out warnings about bad links and […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 11, 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, Bing Hit All-Time Highs In June Search Market Share [comScore] Google and Bing have reached all-time high levels, while Yahoo reached an all-time low in the latest comScore search market […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 25, 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 Launches Update Targeting Webspam In Search Results Google has announced that it is releasing a new search algorithm that it hopes will better catch people who spam its search results […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 11, 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: Reports: Google CPCs Continue To Decline And Yahoo/Bing’s Rise While Spend Overall Grows In Q1 By all accounts, paid search spending rose in Q1 2012 as compared to the previous year, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 21, 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: Scroogle’s Gone? Here’s Who Still Offers Private Searching You’ve probably read the news already that Scroogle is gone forever. It launched back in 2003 and was popular among searchers who wanted […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 30, 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: New “Save To Foursquare” Button Reaches Into The Real World Publishers and developers: are you ready for another button (or buttons I should say)? Joining the Facebook, Twitter, +1 and StumbleUpon […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 25, 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: US Government Makes Most Content Removal Requests To Google So Far in 2011 The US government sent Google 5,950 content removal requests in the first half of 2011, more than triple […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 30, 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: Confirmed: Google Panda 2.4 Update Arrived This Week Google has confirmed that the latest iteration of its Panda algorithm update is live. Based on our tracking of the algo changes, this […]
Google News Brings Editor’s Picks To Home Page
More than a year after the experiment began, Google News has brought Editor’s Picks to the home page of its US site– marking the first real human-curated content on what Google has proudly said was always a completely algorithmic way of presenting news. It could also be seen as something of an olive branch toward […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 27, 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 Search Testing New “Clean” Design: For Tablets Only? Google is testing yet another design, this one is the same gray and black bar look but places the search filters and […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 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: Up Close With Google’s Search By Image: Hits, Misses & More Earlier this week at its Inside Search event, Google announced a new way to search the web called Search By […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 27, 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: Size Does Matter: How Retailers Should Manage Campaigns For Big & Small Ticket Items Big retailers with a substantial store presence most often have a big online presence with thousands of […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 26, 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: 50 Percent Of Those Exposed To Mobile Ads Took Action Google today released findings of a smartphone-user study that the company did with Ipsos OTX at the end of 2010. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 15, 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 State Of Online Marketing In Russia For online marketers, Russia offers two appealing qualities: It’s one of just five countries in the world where Google isn’t the market leader, and […]
Schmidt’s “Just Move” Joke About Google Street View & How It Went Missing
Don’t like Google Street View taking pictures of your house? “Just move,” joked Google CEO Eric Schmidt, in a CNN interview on Friday. A controversial joke, no doubt — one made even more controversial for later seeming to disappear from the interview. Don’t blame Google, the company says. It didn’t ask for the quote to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 9, 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: Google Launches AdWords Help Site For Small Business Google has announced a new website aimed at offering tips and advice for small business owners that use AdWords. It’s called the AdWords […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 19, 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: Google Search Results Dominated By One Domain Is it a test? Is it a bug? Is it a permanent change to Google’s search results? No one knows, and Google hasn’t answered […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 9, 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: Google AdSense Updates Ad Layouts The Google AdSense blog announced they have updated the layout of some AdSense units. The main changes were to make the ads “more space-efficient and visually […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 23, 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: French Newspapers Partner To Sidestep Google News A group of six French newspapers is partnering to create an online news site that they hope will be an alternative to Google News. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 13, 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: Has Facebook’s Active User Growth Dropped 25% to 50%? Are a significant number of people cancelling their Facebook accounts because of privacy concerns? The easy answer would be for Facebook to […]
Yahoo Building 13 Six Story Buildings Near Google
Yahoo’s massive new headquarters plan approved from MarketWatch reports Yahoo can now build enough buildings to house most of their existing worldwide employees, all in Silicon Valley. Tuesday night the Santa Clara City Council unanimously voted to approve Yahoo’s development plan for thirteen six-story buildings. The buildings will be about 10 miles away from the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 18, 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: Google-Viacom Court Documents Out; Google Says Viacom ‘Secretly’ Uploaded Videos The three-year-old lawsuit in which Viacom is seeking $1 billion from Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube moved a step forward […]