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Understanding the role of branded and unbranded search in the customer journey
Understanding how to rank for both branded and unbranded terms in organic search is critical for marketers looking to build domain authority and capture share of search online. After all, over 3.5 billion searches are conducted each day on Google alone. When we talk about branded versus unbranded search, it isn’t an either/or proposition. Both […]
Google Rich Cards expand to local restaurants and online courses
Google updated their structured data documents to support new rich cards and their suggestions around AMP HTML.
Bing Predictions Tackles The NFL, Likes The Broncos, Colts, Packers & Seahawks
Having done pretty well with predictions for basketball, tennis and soccer, Bing turns its prediction engine loose on the upcoming NFL season.
Ask.com’s Top 10 Searches For 2014: “What Are The Symptoms Of Ebola?” Leads The List
With more than a month still to go in 2014, Ask.com has already released its top searches for the year. Based on its 100 million monthly U.S. users, Ask.com says “What are the symptoms of Ebola?” was the number one question for news related searches on the site in 2014. Ask.com listed its top trending news, […]
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 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 17, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 10 Key Takeaways From Meet The Search Engines @ SMX West Another SMX is in the books! This show definitely had one of the most engaged attendee groups I have ever […]
Matt Cutts: Google Mobile Queries May Surpass PC Search This Year
Speaking at SMX West last week Google’s Matt Cutts said that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if mobile search exceeded desktop queries this year. A similar comment was made by a Google speaker informally during a roundtable discussion at the International Franchising Association conference in New Orleans earlier this year. We asked Google for an official statement […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 14, 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-hoo Search Down 4 Percent In Past Year, Hitwise Says June and July haven’t been very kind months for Bing and Yahoo. What Hitwise calls “Bing-powered search” had about 28.1 percent […]
Google Updates New Orleans Street View Imagery
The history of Google’s Street View is rife with cities and towns that are less than thrilled at the sight of those little cars driving down the street (remember when a Street View driver ran into an angry mob of UK villagers?), but the reaction today is quite different in New Orleans. Seven years after […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 3, 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 To Discontinue iGoogle, Once Google’s Fastest Growing Product Google announced they are shutting down several products as part of their “summer spring cleaning” efforts. One of those products is iGoogle, […]
New Orleans Residents: Dear Google, It’s Time To Update Our Street View Images
A pair of New Orleanians are trying to get Google to update the Street View imagery of their city — some of which is five years old and still shows the ruins from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. “We basically just want to let Google know that there’s a real need for updated images this many years […]
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 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 6, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google StreetView Coverage Grows: Australia, Japan, More US Cities
The Google LatLong Blog announced the expansion of imagery for Google StreetView to include Japan and Australia. The post also said that images have been released for 30 new US cities, including New Orleans. Europe is on the way but privacy hurdles need to be cleared first. Google recently introduced StreetView images for the Tour […]
Microsoft Live Search Core Relevance Program Management Director Eytan Seidman Moves On
Eytan Seidman, Program Management Director over core relevance for Microsoft Live Search, is leaving Microsoft (and Seattle) after six and a half years and heading to New York to work on a start up with his brother. I talked to him about life at Microsoft, the birth of Live Search, and singing karaoke in New […]
Search Year 2007: Search News, In Review
Each month, I compile Search Month — a recap of all the stories that have happened relating to search, categorized by topic. I thought it would be fun to take all the Search Months over the past year and produce this edition of Search Year 2007. It was far more work than I imagined, but […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 2, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Responds To Katrina Controversy With Fresh New Orleans Images
The Google Blog has responded to the concerns about showing pre-Katrina images for New Orleans. In short, Google said they changed the imagery back in September 2006 to provide higher resolution images of the city, even though views were from before Hurricane Katrina caused widespread damage. Now those pre-Katrina images have been replaced with high […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 30, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google Under Fire For Showing Pre-Katrina New Orleans Images; Others Doing The Same?
Google goes back to pre-Katrina maps from USA Today reports that Google Maps has changed their satellite imagery of New Orleans to show pre-Katrina images, getting some local residents angry and wondering if there’s some type of cover-up in the works. However, it’s unclear if these are pre-Katrina images or not — and the situation’s […]