Publishers push Common Crawl to stop collecting content for AI training
Could AI lose a key source of training data? Major publishers want Common Crawl to stop collecting and sharing their content.
Topic: National Public Radio
How AI media partnerships influence your brand visibility in genAI: Research
Only 7.2% of domains appear in both Google AI Overviews and LLM results. Here’s what that gap means for your SEO strategy.
The Great Decoupling of search and the birth of the agentic web
What happens when being found no longer means being visited? The Great Decoupling is here – and it’s changing the web forever.
Local keyword research: Boost local SEO with the right terms
Discover how to uncover high-impact local keywords that drive foot traffic, leads, and visibility. Dominate local search with smarter SEO targeting.
Generative AI tactics, tools and insights from the experts
Explore key insights on leveraging AI for SEO, copywriting, ad creation and more from top search marketers.
Google to cut thousands of search quality rater jobs after dropping contract with Appen
Appen says the termination notice goes into affect on March 19, 2024.
26% of the top 100 websites are now blocking GPTBot
The number of popular websites blocking ChatGPT has increased 250% in the past month. Pinterest, Indeed and more big brands now block GPTBot.
12 strategies to scale your SEO team without losing your culture
Scaling an SEO team doesn't mean sacrificing culture. Learn practical steps to grow your team while maintaining a strong culture.
This day in search marketing history: February 12
Google penalizes JCPenney for link scheme, plus: Google SEO certifications, Automated Bidding overhaul, canonical tag announced and more.
11 conspiracy theories about search, Google and Big Tech
From your phone is spying on you to Google manipulating ad auctions, here are some of the juiciest conspiracy theories.
Advanced tactics for SEO title tag optimization
Moz' Cyrus Shepard offers top tips on boosting CTRs and earning more traffic with better title tags.
Content marketing in times of disruption
What brands need to consider to produce timely content and stay relevant during market upheavals.
Call analytics platforms: What are they good for?
Use cases for call analytics platforms are expanding and AI is driving more sophisticated approaches.
Google Assistant’s ‘confirm with voice match’ gives new meaning to ‘contactless payments’
Intriguing new feature could simply be a test or the future of shopping on the Google Assistant.
Less than essential: Why smart speakers are like smartwatches, not smartphones
The devices have reached 50% of US homes, but fallen flat as a channel
Google brings audio news aggregation to smart speakers, phones
The Google Assistant acts as a kind of algorithmic, news DJ.
Study: 48% of consumers use voice assistants for general web search
Despite concerns about accuracy and privacy, the Adobe survey presents a mostly positive outlook for voice and virtual assistants.
Alexa, Google Home now battling perception of being ‘surveillance’ devices
A new incident fuels the perception that smart speakers are spying on their owners.
SMX Replay: How to use data storytelling to earn top-tier media coverage
Amanda Milligan explains three factors that have earned coverage from NPR and CNN.
What the numbers tell us about the current voice search opportunity
Since we can't segment voice from typed interactions in performance reports easily, it's helpful optimization for voice search overlaps with traditional search.
SearchCap: Bing Maps API, Google and YouTube ads and targeted SEO
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 your Google text ads can show on YouTube search results, tooJan 30, 2019 by Ginny Marvin Google says early tests have shown similar performance results for text ads on YouTube […]
Will Google Home Hub ever become a useful local search tool?
Just a few modest improvements would make Home and Home Hub more effective for local search.
SearchCap: JavaScript nofollow, Google restaurant bookings & remarketing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Compare 17 top SEO tools and platformsDec 18, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot Organic search remains the most important step in the purchase funnel. But with hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, […]
Yext integrates local business listings directly into Amazon Alexa
Name, address, phone and hours, with more to come.
Survey: Consumer trust may be Amazon’s true competitive advantage
Unlike other online retailers, 67 percent of Amazon customers trust the company to protect their privacy and personal data.
Analyst firm: Google Home gains ground on Amazon Echo, now 44M total devices sold
A new survey from CIRP argues that Google Home captured about 40 percent of holiday sales.
Survey: Smart speaker ownership steals time from smartphones, TV, radio
The study suggests there are about 40 million devices in US homes today.
Smart speaker sales grew 103% last year
The virtual assistant devices became the fastest selling consumer technology last year, dramatically outpacing wearables and VR.
Google says Assistant now on more than 400 million devices
Sales of Google Home smart speakers are considerably smaller.
Report: 57% of smart speaker owners have bought something with their voice
Part two of NPR Smart Audio report exposes the 'v-commerce' potential of virtual assistant devices.
When it ‘can’t answer that,’ Alexa begins recommending third-party skills
The move appears to be an attempt to broaden the device's utility and better compete with Google's search capabilities.
Walmart offering voice shopping via Google Assistant and Home
Google is also making its Express delivery service free with purchase minimums.
SearchCap: Google AdWords sitelinks, Bing fact labels & mobile techniques
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 testing list format for AdWords enhanced sitelinksJul 27, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The test displays four enhanced sitelinks with a smaller font size used in the links. 2017 Webinar Benchmarks […]
NPR survey: Americans love their smart speakers, 42% call them ‘essential’
There may already be 20 million virtual assistants in US households.
Amazon’s Echo Show is a ‘1.0’ device, both exciting and frustrating
The new device hasn't yet found the right balance between voice and screen.
A deep look at Google’s biggest-ever search quality crisis
Under fire for months, can Google reverse the drip-drip-drip of criticism as incorrect, absurd or even dangerous results surface to the top?
SearchCap: Cutts resigns, DuckDuckGo surges & click-through rates
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Matt Cutts officially resigns from Google Jan 19, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Matt Cutts is the new director of engineering at the US Digital Service. He has been on leave with […]
SearchCap: Pokemon Go, HTTPS & data experiments
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is your HTTPS setup causing SEO issues?Jul 22, 2016 by Tony Edward Although Google has stated that sites using HTTPS will be given a minor rankings boost, many websites have experienced […]
Google Launches Custom Voice Actions For Third Party Apps
Voice Actions will allow users to not only launch but explore content in apps.
Google Mobile Search Put Publishers’ Content In Carousels
Now users can quickly scan topic-based content from single sources on mobile devices.