Google quietly gave 54 publishers control over their Discover profiles. Here’s what they did with it.
The first systematic analysis of Google's invitation-only enhanced publisher profiles on Discover, based on monitoring 46,926 publishers.
Topic: Newsweek
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SearchCap: Bing Safety, Yandex Earnings & Bing Ads New Look
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 Ads Is Getting A Slick New Look That Will Feel Familiar Bing is unveiling a new look that will start showing up in the web interface next week. The new […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 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 Q1 2011 Revenues $8.58 Billion, Some Investors Unhappy Google had a strong Q1 with $8.58 billion in gross revenue. Net revenue was $6.54 billion. Both figures were somewhat better than […]
Search Sends More & Better Traffic To Content Sites Than Social Media, Study Says
Search is the number one source of external traffic for content sites, handily beating social media by more than 300%. That’s according to the Content Discovery and Engagement Report, Q1 2011 from Outbrain, makers of a popular widget platform that’s used on dozens of major publisher sites such as USA Today, Slate, Newsweek and others. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 28, 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: Google Vows To Look At Deceptive Cloaking Techniques Google’s Matt Cutts tweeted that Google will be looking more at Cloaking in the first quarter of 2011. Cloaking, as defined by Google, […]
Gender And Tech Companies: Where Are The Women?
Google’s Marissa Mayer is profiled in a Q&A interview in Newsweek. It’s both about her past and about women in technology — why there are so few of them in Silicon Valley engineering roles. Mayer says she never really encountered any obstacles as a female computer science/math student at Stanford. She also discusses Google’s early […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 30, 2009
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 Caffeine Now Live On One Google Data Center As expected the Google Caffeine index is now live on one Google data center. Note, it will not be added to more […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 12, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Levinson Leaves Google’s Board Of Directors, Stays On Apple’s Arthur Levinson, a member of Google’s board of directors since 2004, has resigned from that position effectively immediately. Google’s announcement doesn’t give […]
Google Fast Flip – Google’s Newspaper & Magazine Reader Goes Live
The previously rumored Google news site “Flipper” is in fact launching today as “Fast Flip” in Google Labs. But maybe it should be called Google Skimmer because it permits people to move very quickly through lots of visually rich news pages from dozens of partner publications. According to the Google Blog Post: Fast Flip is […]
Who Does Twitter Love? Breaking Down The Twitter Suggested Users List
In some ways, it’s the Who’s Who of Twitter — the Twitter Suggested Users list. These are the 241 people Twitter currently suggests that new people should follow. Below, a look at who makes it by categories, such as media or sports. Who’s getting Twitter’s love (such as the New York Times) and who’s not […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 16, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Search Suggest Get Ads, Links & Answers
Earlier this year, Google Suggest finally made it to the Google home page. The feature suggests queries as you begin typing in the search box. Now Google is testing providing links to web sites, direct answers and even ads that appear within the Google Suggest list.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 20, 2008
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, November 5, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Inform To Power Site Search, Content Aggregation For Major Publishers
According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), “Inform Technologies LLC, which is based in New York, said 16 online publications plan to include its new search function. Among them are WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive’s Newsweek.com and Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com.”
14 “Is Google Evil?” Tipping Points Since 2001
There's growing concern about the type of company Google is becoming. Yet Google's has survived these "tipping points" so far.