Topic: Pinterest

Chapter 8: Social media & ranking in search results

Using links as an off-the-page ranking factor was a great leap forward for search engines. But over time, for a variety of reasons, links have lost some of their value. Some sites are stingy about linking out. Others block links to help fight spam. And links get bought and sold, making them less trustworthy. Enter […]

SearchCap: Bing Ads management, Apple Maps updates & more

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Beginners’ guide to Bing Ads management Jun 6, 2017 by John E Lincoln Considering advertising on Bing but not sure where to start? Columnist John Lincoln provides a handy guide for […]

SearchCap: Google quality drop, Google search tags & a doodle

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: A deep look at Google’s biggest-ever search quality crisisApr 3, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Under fire for months, can Google reverse the drip-drip-drip of criticism as incorrect, absurd or even dangerous […]

SearchCap: Fred report, Bing Ads budgets & Google rich cards

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 says it has now tracked 4 billion store visits from adsMar 29, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The company says thousands more advertisers will gain access to store visits data as […]

SearchCap: Pinterest search, Google AdWords call extensions & content quality

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 rolls out AdWords account-level call extensions, among other call updatesMar 8, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Business names in call-only ads, more detailed reporting and an expansion of automated call extensions […]

SearchCap: Google Japan right to be forgot, mobile search & doodle

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 wins “right to be forgotten” case in Japanese high courtFeb 1, 2017 by Greg Sterling Court rules that search results are a form of speech entitled to protection. Act now: […]

SearchCap: Bing Ads import, voice searches & ad groups

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Merkle: Google Q4 search growth aided by changes other than ETAsJan 24, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Overall paid search growth remained steady in Q4. Separate device bidding among the drivers of […]

SearchCap: Santa tracker, Yahoo Answers app & digital assistants

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo introduces ‘Answers Now’ app but will users respond?Dec 9, 2016 by Greg Sterling The company hopes to address historical quality problems with a matching algorithm. Three steps to customer experience […]

SearchCap: Fake news, Google date bug & Bing Partners

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 Partner Program expands to agencies and technology partners, rolling out to more marketsNov 15, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Customers that meet certain engagement criteria can become eligible for program benefits. […]

Are you optimizing your off-site content?

  In our last post, we looked at how to measure the true performance of your content, both on-site and off-site, through the tracking of engagement. Today, we want to discuss how to improve the discoverability of your off-site content in search, so it can be found in the first place. When marketers think of […]

SearchCap: Google communication, search ad growth & 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: Search ads in 1H generated $16.3 billion or 50 percent of total digital revenueNov 1, 2016 by Greg Sterling Mobile was the driver of overall growth, with mobile search ad revenue […]

SearchCap: Google Penguin done, Sitelinks demotion & new mobile index

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Within months, Google to divide its index, giving mobile users better & fresher contentOct 13, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Currently, Google has a single index of documents for search. Google’s Gary […]

SearchCap: Google My Business advanced verify, AdWords Editor update & Google Home featured snippets

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 My Business testing advanced verification process for spammy map categoriesOct 5, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google tests a new spam prevention technique for local results called advanced verification. It uses […]

SearchCap: Google iOS app, broken AMP & Apple results

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 iOS search app adds Touch ID for reentering your private searchesSep 27, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google’s iOS search app can unlock your incognito mode private searches using Touch ID. […]