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 adds share feature to Knowledge Graph panelMar 30, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google now lets you share a Knowledge Graph panel on social via Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and more. Google […]
The Google AMP news carousel is only live in Brazil, Germany, Spain, France, the UK, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Russia and the US.
CNIL in France refuses to compromise on demand that Google remove all Right to Be Forgotten content from its entire 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: Bing partners with US National Park Service for #FindYourPark photo contest Mar 18, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues The winning photo will be featured on Bing’s home page during National Park Week […]
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 Agrees To Complicated Worldwide “Right To Be Forgotten” Censorship Plan Mar 4, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Google will ensure those within a country where a RTBF request was granted cannot […]
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 & The Zero Moment of Truth Feb 29, 2016 by Marcus Miller Columnist Marcus Miller discusses how the customer journey has changed in the digital age and recommends ways to […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New In AdWords: Stage Campaign Changes In Drafts, Test Changes In ExperimentsFeb 18, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Campaign drafts and experiments make reviewing proposed changes and testing those changes more accessible. […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Wikimedia Foundation: “We’re Not Building A Global Crawler Search Engine”Feb 16, 2016 by Matt McGee Two executives refute recent reports that Wikipedia is planning to build its own search engine to […]
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 Experiencing Nearly 2-Day Reporting OutageFeb 9, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Engineers say they are working on a fix and that historical data is not lost. Google Letting Official Representatives […]
Google leads you into a new travel search experience on mobile search that makes it harder to view web-based search 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: Get Your Priorities Straight: Structuring Google Shopping CampaignsFeb 2, 2016 by Laura Collins A good campaign structure can have a significant impact on performance, but what structure is right for your […]
The largest Russian search engine has launched their mobile-friendly algorithm today.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Winter Solstice Google Doodle Marks The Shortest Day Of The Year Dec 22, 2015 by Amy Gesenhues The animated snow globe on Google’s US home page today marks the first day […]
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 Provides An Interactive Bubble Level In Their Search Results Dec 16, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Google has a new feature where you can search for bubble level and use the […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: For Some Broad Queries, Google Shopping Showing Top Categories On Mobile, Not PLAsNov 23, 2015 by Ginny Marvin The new mobile experience is among the updates released before the holiday shopping […]
Yandex, the largest search engine in Russia, now notifies webmasters when they violate their own Webmaster Guidelines.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Yahoo Directory Is Finally Absolutely Dead Nov 20, 2015 by Barry Schwartz The Yahoo Directory now redirects to Aabaco. Marketing Analysis: Unlocking The Power Of Descriptive Statistics For SEM & […]
Yandex warns webmasters to not block their JavaScript and CSS files because they are starting to crawl those resources for indexing.
The antitrust investigation (or enforcement action) against Google in Europe is currently focused on shopping search. There’s an earlier stage, but parallel investigation of Android is now taking off. Comments from regulators and European politicians suggest there’s a potentially long road ahead for Google and many investigations to come. Indeed, a more formal local search […]
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) told Google it has until November 18 to address a finding that it violated Russian competition law. FAS agreed with Yandex, which had complained that Google was in violation by requiring phone makers to pre-install selected Google apps on Android as a condition of gaining access […]
Setting up a potential international “conflict of laws” dispute, France’s privacy regulator (CNIL) rejected Google’s arguments against expanding the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) to the company’s global index. Google had been limiting RTBF removals to European domains such as Google.fr. Privacy regulators in Europe have argued that the ability to access the “removed” content […]
Mapquest has introduced a new look and a new retro-chic, 1970s-style logo. The changes are part of a series of upgrades begun prior to the Verizon-AOL acquisition and are largely a result of a new Mapquest partnership with Mapbox. The promised and enhanced features include or will include: A faster, more responsive Mapquest.com for mobile […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: 4 Reasons Organic Search Is BetterSep 9, 2015 by Kristine Schachinger Getting traffic from paid advertising and social sites is wonderful — but not if it results in the neglect of […]
While Google has been quiet on the link penalty side, Yandex -- the largest Russian search engine -- has issued widespread link penalties on several hundred sites.
Google has formally appealed France’s data protection authority’s order that Google apply Right-to-Be-Forgotten (RTBF) removals to its global index. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) had protested Google’s Europe-only removal policy and threatened to fine the company €150,000 ($169,000) for failing to apply the rule on a worldwide basis. Previously Google said […]
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 AdWords Location Extensions Can Also Show Ratings Stars Now Ratings from Google My Business page listings are automatically eligible to show up in search ads. Bing Ads Introduces More Functionality […]
If signed by President Vladimir Putin, law goes into effect in 2016, allows for broader removals than with the EU's similar law.
The privacy search engine, DuckDuckGo, expanded their auto suggest to many other international regions.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EU Says Process For Reviewing Right To Be Forgotten Appeals Is Working Of the nearly 2,000 complaints reviewed so far, the EU found the majority of denied RTBF requests were justified. […]
If passed, law would place burden on search engines to locate information online that individuals, including public figures, want removed.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Gay Pride Month Gets Google’s Support With Rainbow-Colored Images For LGBT Searches For the month of June, LGBT-related search terms will deliver a Google results page with a rainbow-colored heart and […]
For the month of June, LGBT-related search terms will deliver a Google results page with a rainbow-colored heart and paper doll chain.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Apple May Launch Google Now Competitor At June WWDC Event New “Proactive” search capability built in part on earlier Cue acquisition. Google Won’t Say If Google Local Changes Due To […]
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 In Pics: Google Carnival, Google Now Mug & The Breaker Lab In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat […]
After dropping links from their ranking algorithm for specific niches, Yandex brings back links as a positive and negative ranking factor.
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 They May Flag Broken Security Certificates In The Search Results Google may flag sites that have broken security certificates in the search results. They may also boost the ranking […]
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 City Searches Now Include Hotel Booking Info In Knowledge Graph Average star rating and costs for city hotels are listed, along with “View hotels” link that delivers results page for […]