Google to ease ad restrictions for abortion pill providers
The label will make it easier for at-home abortion providers to distinguish themselves from other services that try to discourage the practice.
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Missouri Attorney General initiates Google antitrust investigation
Focus is on consumer data collection practices and alleged "search bias."
SearchCap: Google Maps time visit, email verification & AdWords price extensions
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 Maps showing how long people typically spend at a store or venueJul 18, 2016 by Barry Schwartz New feature shows you time based on crowdsourced location data. Google rolling out […]
SEMPO Names 20 Leaders From Locations Around The World To Drive SEMPO Cities Initiative
The new leadership will be charged with creating local communities to help educate and support search marketing professionals.
When Was The First Mail Delivered Via The Pony Express? Google Logo Game Lets You Ride Your Way To The Answer
Celebrating its 155th anniversary, Google's Pony Express game has players grabbing letters as they avoid boulders, rivers and snow dumps.
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 […]
Bing’s Top Searches In 2014: Kim Kardashian No. 1 Most Searched Celebrity
If you were searching for a celebrity on Bing this year, there’s a good chance you were looking for Kim Kardashian. Using data from Bing Trends, the site released its most popular searches of 2014, listing everything from top celebrity, athlete and news story searches to the Top Ten ice bucket challenges, and vacation destination […]
Bing Maps Adds Hundreds Of Streetside & 3D City Images; Plus New HD Aerial Images
Bing announced a large maps update today, where they have added hundreds of Streetside images, 3D city images and new high resolution aerial images. Bing Maps now has over a 100 cities that support Streetside imagery available across America. The images are available in these cities: Alameda County, CA Fresno, CA Richmond, VA, Anaheim, CA […]
The Right Way To Do Click-To-Call In An Enhanced Campaign World
Earlier this week, I attended the How To Do Click-To-Call In An Enhanced Campaign World session at SMX East. As a search usability professional, my primary interest is to understand not only how searchers locate and discover desired content, but also why searchers make specific choices. For example, when does a searcher prefer to use […]
YP: Restaurants Remains Top Local Search Heading, Medical The Top-Spending Ad Category
Local publisher and ad network YP (the private-equity owned combination of AT&T Interactive and AT&T Advertising Solutions) has released its US-focused Q2 “Local Insights Report.” The data in the report are derived from searches conducted across the company’s multi-platform network: “563 million searches and nearly 11 billion impressions in Q1 2012 across the YP Local Ad Network’s 300+ online, mobile, […]
Bieber Tops Bing’s List Of Most Popular Searches In 2011
First out of the gate this year in the annual rush to declare search winners is Bing, who earlier today unveiled the top searches of 2011 at BingTrends.com. Bing.com also created an original video to recap the year in search, ending the clip with the Twitter hashtag #My2011. Video: Bing Originals: Decisions That Shaped 2011 […]
Local Search: Mostly A Small City & Southern Activity, Report Says
Do Internet users in the southern US do more local searches than the rest of the country? Are searchers in smaller cities more likely to conduct local searches than those in New York City, Chicago and the San Francisco area? The answer to those questions is “yes,” at least according to recent data compiled by […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 18, 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 Doctor Is In: Using An Unbranded Health Site Recently, I had an amazing experience. I was invited to be a part of an all agency partner meeting. Throughout the day, […]
Everyone Wants A Piece Of Google: More Antitrust Saber-Rattling By States Attorneys General
Bloomberg is reporting that Ohio Attorney General (AG) Mike DeWine is the latest figure considering an antitrust investigation against Google. So is Wisconsin’s AG, but specifically around the proposed ITA acquisition. Texas is already conducting its own broad antitrust investigation against Google. Google is formally under antitrust investigation by the European Commission. In addition, Wisconsin Senator […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 11, 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 Lawmakers Voice Concerns Over Google-ITA Deal Add a few US legislators to the list of parties that are airing concerns over Google’s plan to purchase air travel software provider ITA. […]
US Lawmakers Voice Concerns Over Google-ITA Deal
Add a few US legislators to the list of parties that are airing concerns over Google’s plan to purchase air travel software provider ITA. According to All Things Digital, two US House members and the Missouri Attorney General sent letters this week to Christine Varney, US Asst. Attorney General in the Antitrust Division, to express […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 26, 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: Doodle 4 Google Winner Announced: Melton’s Rainforest Habitat Google announced the winner of the 3rd annual Doodle 4 Google competition. The Doodle is viewable above and will be displayed on the […]
Doodle 4 Google Winner Announced: Melton’s Rainforest Habitat
Google announced the winner of the 3rd annual Doodle 4 Google competition. The Doodle is viewable above and will be displayed on the Google home page tomorrow, May 27th. The winner was Makenzie Melton, a third grader at El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools in El Dorado Springs, Missouri for her “Rainforest Habitat” doodle. Besides for […]
Microsoft Launches New Live Search Maps India & New Virtual Earth Imagery
Microsoft has announced they released a new Live Search Maps India plus new imagery to Virtual Earth.
Google Posts Official Webmaster Help Group Chat Recordings, Transcript, & Presentations
Google has posted the official blog post summarizing last week’s live chat event. Yes, we did post the unofficial version on Thursday night, but now we have the official version live for viewing. Q&A Transcript available via Google Groups John’s Personalized Search Presentation via Google Presentations Maile’s Case Sensitivity in Web Search via Google Presentations […]
Looking For Stations With Cheap Gas Prices? Search Tools To The Rescue!
As the price of gasoline is speeds toward $5.00, it’s no surprise that tools helping consumers find less expensive gas are gaining visibility and popularity. Search Engine Journal and Google Maps Mania both have had nice roundups recently. Below, a look at some of the tools from them plus some additional ones and whether the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 22, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Releases More Public Transit Info, Other Green Initiatives For Earth Day
You’ve seen the Earth Day logos, now comes several Earth Day related announcements from Google. The most significant of those involves the expansion of Google Transit to nine new US locations, including San Francisco, Denver, Millwaukee, Ann Arbor and Holland, MI, Kansas City, MO, Framingham and Cape Cod, MA. Here’s more from the Google LatLong […]
Google Maps Categories: Will The Pain End Soon?
Over the past several weeks I have explored some of the issues involved with categorization of businesses in Google Maps on my blog, Understanding Google Maps. In Part 1, I detailed the more than year-long history of small business frustration. In Part 2, I provided some background on the early research and the difficulty with […]
Google Maps Adds Street View Photography For Several New Cities
The Google Earth Blog reports Google Maps has added street views for new cities (now formally announced by Google itself here). The new cities that now support “Street View” photography are: