This day in search marketing history: January 17
The Google Speed Update, plus: links important for ranking, cross-device conversions, SOPA, Google Alerts and more.
Topic: OpenID
SearchCap: Google zero results, European Commission complaints & TrueView
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 showing zero results again for many time, calculations & conversions search resultsNov 25, 2018 by Barry Schwartz And it is back! Google may now show no search results for queries […]
Has Facebook Become The Master Key To Unlocking The Web?
When Facebook rolled out its Send button last week, I laughed. I even mocked on Twitter that Facebook wouldn’t be happy until our pages were full of buttons. But the Send button, as well as integrating other aspects of Facebook into websites, does make a lot of sense. In fact, it’s beginning to make so […]
Where’s Yahoo’s “Big Vision”? Maybe It Doesn’t Need One
There are a number of critical articles, even complaints, coming out of yesterday’s Yahoo press event featuring new Chief Product Officer Blake Irving. The main portion of the event had Irving and CTO Raymie Strata discussing Yahoo strategy and reiterating that Yahoo wasn’t simply a media company but a company with deep technology as well. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 7, 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’s Schmidt: ‘Next Great Stage’ Of Search Is Autonomous, Personal Speaking today at the IFA consumer electronics event in Berlin, Google CEO Eric Schmidt painted a vision of the future in […]
Swingly: New Search Engine Reveals Just The Facts
The days of search engines merely being a middle man are over. Search isn’t about sending users to the right web page, it’s about getting them the information they want as soon as possible — sometimes it’s a web page, but it might also be a sports score, movie showtimes, election information, or some other […]
Mapquest Introduces New Look, New Capabilities
You might not have thought of it this way but the old MapQuest was mostly about driving directions. The new Mapquest (launching today) is about local search and an expanded range of capabilities and use cases. There’s a new look and feel, a new back end, a single search box and a new “brand.” Mapquest […]
Live Blogging SXSW: Can The Real Time Web Be Realized?
I’m here at SXSW waiting for the Can the Real-Time Web Be Realized? panel to begin. I’ll be liveblogging what happens, so stay tuned. Search engines have certainly jumped to add in ways to find real-time content. This panel features reps from three of them talking: Google, Microsoft and Collecta. Plus, you’ve got real-time guru […]
Google Apps Marketplace Opens For B2Business
Taking a page from Salesforce.com, last night Google formally launched the anticipated Google Apps Marketplace at its “Campfire One” developer event. In short it allows companies and developers to gain access and sell into Google’s “2 million businesses and 25 million Google Apps users.” The marketplace launches with 50 partners including Intuit and competitor Zoho. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 24, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Friend Connect Introduces Social Widgets For Site Owners
Contrary to some earlier reports, Google’s new Friend Connect, launching today, is not focused on data portability or a direct answer to MySpace “Data Availability” or the new Facebook Connect. While there’s a data portability dimension, it’s focused on the flip side of the equation: site owners who want to make their sites more “social.” […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 7, 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, January 17, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
OpenID Gaining Critical Mass, Yahoo Announces Support
OpenID is a single sign-in infrastructure that potentially alleviates the need to create new passwords and user names for every new site one joins or visits. There’s been lots of discussion about OpenID and who’s in, who’s almost in, and so on. Today, Yahoo formally joined (and fully legitimized) the effort. Microsoft Passport was originally […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 30, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.