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AI halftime report: H1 2026
AI search grew, token spending surged, software stocks fell, and publishers lost traffic. Here’s what H1 2026 revealed about AI’s impact.
Google can be directly liable for false AI Overview claims: German court
The injunction targets AI-generated accusations that tied two publishers to scams despite no support in the linked pages.
Microsoft Bing/Copilot use schema for its LLMs
Fabrice Canel confirmed that Microsoft does use schema markup to help its LLMs learn and understand.
A tribute to Mark Irvine
Mark Irvine passed away May 2, way too soon. In this tribute to her beloved friend, Navah Hopkins says goodbye.
Goodbye Search Engine Land, SMX and Third Door Media
After more than two decades of writing about search and online marketing, as well as speaking at and organizing dozens of conferences, it's time to hang up my e-spurs and move on to other adventures.
Search in Pics: Google aquarium bathtub room, hanging bubbles & sports court
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. Google has a aquarium/bathtub room: Source: Twitter Google hanging bubble art: Source: Instagram Stevens Creek by […]
Search in Pics: Google Dance Tokyo, gBrau beer & a pink penguin engineer
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. Google pink penguin Android figurine: Source: Google+ Google Dance Tokyo: Source: Twitter Google Zurich rock-climbing wall […]
Google To Remove Right-To-Be-Forgotten Links Worldwide, For Searchers In European Countries
Links will no longer show for those in the particular country where a RTBF request was made, regardless of the Google edition they use.
Google’s Eric Schmidt: “Really, Our Biggest Search Competitor Is Amazon”
The attitudes of European policy makers toward Google seem to have hardened of late. On various regulatory fronts, Google faces vocal critics and well-organized opposition. Google’s Eric Schmidt gave a speech earlier today in Berlin seeking to change some of those hardened hearts and minds. Schmidt argued that Google is not only not a monopoly […]
SearchCap: Google HTTPS Study, Consolidated AdWords Billing & Google Quick Answer Failure
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 Quick Answer Fail: NSFW Advice On “How To Eat Sushi” Google continues to expand the number of quick answers it offers in its results, as well as the size of […]
Google Search App Now Answers Your Questions In French, German Or Japanese
Google announced an international upgrade to the Google Search App, which enables the voice response answers that work currently in English to also work in French, German or Japanese. So not only can you ask your question in English, French, German or Japanese or other languages via voice search — Google will respond to that […]
The Amazing “Google Now” — When Google Searches Before You Think To
With Google Now coming to iOS, a whole new audience using iPhones and iPads are about to meet Google’s predictive search service. It’s a feature that’s gone from interesting novelty to being downright amazing, in less than a year. Here’s a look at how the “predictive search” service has evolved and where it may head […]
The Latest On Google’s Hreflang Tag & Other Learnings From International Search Summit @SMX Advanced
Google has been moving lots of goal posts for us all recently and the “Hreflang” tag is a case in point. A succession of Google speakers has presented the latest “Hreflang” thinking at International Search Summits @SMX throughout 2012. On each occasion, the presentation and explanation was different from the one before. The bad news […]
Google’s Cutts Explains How Google Search Works
Google’s head of web spam, Matt Cutts, posted a 8 minute video on how Google search works. From crawling, indexing to ranking, he gets into a brief overview of how Google’s search engine does its job. Matt explains how PageRank is used, crawling timelines, frequencies, priorities, indexing and filtering processes within the databases. Here is […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 14, 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 Voice Search & Search By Image Comes To Desktops Mobile innovation is fueling Google’s search offerings for the desktop, as the company today announced two new search interfaces — Voice […]
Google Maps On Android Go 3D And Offline
Google Maps is clearly a strategic product for the company. But that’s even more true on the iPhone and Android devices — especially Android. One could even make an argument that search on Maps is more important than general web search on mobile for Google. For some time Google has been adding enhancements to Google […]
Google Fans Throw Eggs At Houses Blurred In Google Street View
Some people who chose to blur their houses on Google Street View in Germany received an unexpected real life blurring: Google fans who threw eggs at their homes. Deutsche Welle reports that on Saturday, several homes in the Bergerhausen area of Essen that opted to be blurred were hit with eggs. “Google’s Cool” notes were […]
Google Street View Debuts In Germany, Blurry Houses Included
Despite ongoing controversy in Germany, the small town of Oberstaufen is the first in that country to be viewable on Google Street View. And, as requested, Google has blocked the homes of German residents who don’t want to be included. You can see see that image for yourself. Why is it blurred? Earlier this year, […]
When In House Should Opt For Outsourcing
There are not too many times when I advocate that an in-house SEO program should turn to outsourcing. Far too many times I have seen businesses hire agencies to perform SEO work, and it ends up being a case of the visually impaired leading the visually impaired. It’s rare, but some agencies and consultants truly […]
Report: Google To Bring More “Transparency” To AdSense Revenue Sharing
BuzzMachine’s Jeff Jarvis was part of a “private meeting” in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum with Google CEO Eric Shmidt and a handful of other top Google execs. Jarvis reports that Google sales boss Nikesh Arora said that Google “would consider giving more transparency about revenue splits in Adsense” (this is likely a […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 29, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Microsoft Acquires Market Research Firm Greenfield Online To Get EU Shopping Engine Ciao
Microsoft successfully bid to acquire Greenfield Online for approximately $486 million. But Microsoft isn’t really interested in Greenfield, it was after the company’s subsidiary Ciao GmbH. Founded in 1999 and acquired by Greenfield in 2005, Ciao is an Munich-based EU comparison shopping site with user reviews.
Pictures From SMX Munich ’08
Last week we kicked off our inaugural SMX Munich event, and by all accounts it was a big success. Attendee turnout exceeded expectations, and exhibitors reported robust (and well-qualified) traffic throughout both days in the exhibit hall (and, of course, the food was a highlight, with an absolutely mouthwatering spread of local Bavarian dishes and […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 8, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Upcoming Search Marketing Conferences: March-June 2008
Doing your forward planning for the year? Google’s Matt Cutts is, and this week, he posted where he’s speaking over the next few weeks. In a similar vein, I thought it would be nice to list some of the upcoming search marketing events happening in the coming months:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 21, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Yahoo Buys Mobile Ad Content Company, Actionality
Yahoo! buys Actionality from Mobile Entertainment reports Yahoo has purchased Actionality, a company that specializes in creating ad-funded mobile content. Actionality has technology that embeds games with ads at the point of download. Actionality is a Munich-based company with sales offices in Berlin and Hong Kong. There has been no official confirmation of the acquisition […]
Yahoo Maps Get A Makeover
Although Microsoft might disagree, Yahoo was really the company that kicked off the dynamic mapping arms race back in March of 2004 with the introduction of a feature called “SmartView” ( a version of it still exists on Yahoo Maps “dial-up” presentation). SmartView enabled users of Yahoo Maps to conduct map-based searches using category buttons […]
Upcoming Search Marketing Events: March-April 2007
Got some time on your hands? Want to get out and meet people, talk search marketing or improve your search marketing skills? There are plenty of upcoming events if you’re wanting to get out and learn more. Below, a rundown on some of the conferences and training events happening in the next two months.