This day in search marketing history: January 15
Facebook Graph Search launches, plus: brand profiles in Google knowledge panels, Rand Fishkin's last day at Moz, and more.
Topic: Pixar
Katy Jurado Google doodle marks 94th birthday of film star from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Jurado won a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for her role in the 1952 Hollywood classic "High Noon."
Google seeks to humanize its brand with new “Google Assistant” female persona
She seeks to be a 'companion' that is 'always there but never in the way.'
Google Knowledge Graph Now Showing Social Profiles For Brands
The social profile links within the knowledge graph box on Google now is supported for corporate brands.
Goodbye Google+ People & Pages, Hello Knowledge Graph Box
Google’s Knowledge Graph has claimed its first “victim,” if you will: The content box that showed “People and Pages On Google+” is gone. In its place? A variety of Knowledge Graph-related content that will show up differently depending on the search query. In making the changes to this prime real estate on a search results […]
Amid Talent War Apple, Google, Adobe Sued For Conspiring To “Fix” Employee Salaries
Last year, after an investigation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded that a number of tech companies, including Apple and Google, violated antitrust laws when they agreed not to poach and cold call each others’ employees. The DOJ obtained a settlement that “prevents [the companies] from entering into no solicitation agreements for employees” for […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 27, 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 Turns 12 Years Old Today Today is Google’s 12th birthday and to celebrate, Google has posted a special Google birthday logo cake. The birthday cake was designed by Wayne Thiebaud, […]
Let The Cold Calling Begin: Google, Apple, Others Settle Anti-Recruiting Complaint With DOJ
Last week the US Department of Justice (DOJ) trumpeted a settlement with six firms over recruiting practices, which had been under investigation as anti-competitive. The firms involved are Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Pixar. The claim was that they agreed not to “poach” employees from one another, allegedly to depress wages: The department said […]
First Promoted Twitter Trend For Toy Story 3 Aims To Infinity And Beyond!
Earlier today several people noticed a “Promoted Trend” in trending topics on Twitter. For those who haven’t already seen it, here’s what it looks like:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 11, 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: SEO Industry Cries Foul Over Google SEO ‘Services’ A vocal contingent of search engine optimizers is up in arms today, saying Google is “offering SEO consulting services.” There are posts on […]
Google SearchWiki 101: An Illustrated Guide
Google SearchWiki — a new feature that allows you to move and comment on search results — has been out for less than a day, and it’s amazing to see how much confusion (as well as commentary) there is already developing. So below, some clarification on how it works, opportunities search marketers should consider, some […]
Should All These Searches Be Forgotten?
The big search engines released end-of-the-year lists that intrigue and entertain. They can also remind us of the fundamentals of search user behavior. Each year when we look back at top searches, we get to see what searchers are up to and measure the strides in human development over the last twelve months. Our curiosity. […]