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Topic: Merriam-Webster
New retail integrations from Microsoft and Google in time for the holidays; Friday’s daily brief
Plus, Facebook updates measurement and reporting products
Corona to COVID: How Google’s ‘corona’ results page has evolved
In less than a month, the SERP has shifted from brand results to one focused on the coronavirus outbreak.
How verticalization and zero-click will impact local search in 2020
In the coming year it will be interesting to see how Google balances the priority of verticalization against the growing popularity of Google Maps as the first choice among searchers.
Stop the silo madness! Effective site architecture for SEO and findability
Content silos negatively affect both the browsing and searching experience which often results in lost sales.
The trouble with truth
Do search engines and other content distribution platforms have a responsibility to present information that is true? Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller discusses the issues surrounding this question.
Google App Indexing Adds 24 Android Apps & Expands To All English Content Worldwide
On October 31st, Google announced they are now supporting a new feature named app indexing, which allows publishers to create links from Google’s search results directly into the deep content within their Android apps. So if you search for something on your Android device and happen to see a result from a publisher where you […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 18, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
A Business Idea For Joe The Plumber: HyperLocal Blogging
The 2008 election is over and so, in all likelihood, are Samuel J. Wurzelbacher’s appearances on cable news shows. Wurzelbacher, better known as Toledo’s own “Joe the Plumber,” gained national celebrity, of course, as the symbolic everyman both presidential candidates hoped to reach with their economic messages. Joe’s 15 minutes of fame are about up […]
Hey Firefox – Let Us Pick Our Own Search Engine!
So Firefox 3 has a new release candidate making news, suggesting that the browser is nearly done. May I suggest that the browser is nowhere near being done until the Mozilla Foundation drops its favoritism to Google and allow users to pick their own default search engine? And that Microsoft ought to be among those […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 13, 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, Dec. 28, 2006
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Ranks Second In Merriam-Webster’s Word Of 2006 List
Gary Price reports Google, the verb, was the second most popular word in Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year survey that just came out. Merriam-Webster published the top ten words over here. The top word is “truthiness” by Stephen Colbert.