Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Introducing Search Engine Land’s ‘Guide to PPC’May 24, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Just getting started with paid search or need a refresher on what’s new and possible with ad creative, targeting, […]
Video makes argument that Google is doing anti-competitive things in local 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: Google steps up efforts to fight scams and fraud directed at SMBsMay 23, 2018 by Greg Sterling The company is filing new lawsuits, has developed tools and a stronger education program. […]
Check out the new Google Trends, designed to help journalists build stories.
Complaint to European Commission applies the logic of the Shopping Search case to local search.
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 2018 Search Engine Land Awards ShortlistMay 22, 2018 by Search Engine Land Congratulations to all of the individuals, agencies and internal brand teams that have been named to this year’s […]
Congratulations to all of the individuals, agencies and internal brand teams that have been named to this year's shortlist of finalists. Over 600 members of the search community are expected to celebrate at the awards ceremony and afterparty during SMX Advanced in Seattle.
Looking for insights into newer markup options and advanced structured data? SMXpert Alexis Sanders shares additional pointers to help you refine, update and optimize your content.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How to survive Google’s new local search world May 21, 2018 by Wesley Young Google has made some significant changes in the area of local search. Contributor Wesley Young gives an […]
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: Google Home making gains on Alexa, Apple HomePod in 4th placeMay 18, 2018 by Greg Sterling Even if Apple’s smart speaker sales don’t grow, they could still generate $800 million […]
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Some NBA players spent the week working at Google: Source: Google+ A huge Bing calculator that […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords sets parallel tracking deadline & will warn advertisers using HTTP landing pagesMay 17, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Advertisers using third-party click measurement systems need to prepare for parallel tracking. AdWords […]
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 new and AI-improved Google News now available for iPhone and iPadMay 15, 2018 by Greg Sterling Google News redesign in more than 120 countries on the web, Android and iOS. […]
A few months after Google drops support for the meta news keywords tag, Google removes two other webmaster-related publisher features.
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 is latest to ban cryptocurrency adsMay 15, 2018 by Ginny Marvin The updated financial product and services policy will take effect in June. Pause underperforming ads with this updated AdWords […]
By now, you’ve read about the exceptional agenda and the incredible lineup of speakers coming to SMX® Advanced. But there’s another aspect of attending SMX that is just as, if not more, important: Networking. Networking is a cornerstone of the SMX conference experience. At SMX Advanced, we’re thrilled to host you and more than 1,500 […]
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 confirms it shortened search results snippets after expanding them last DecemberMay 14, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Time spent increasing meta descriptions for the longer Google search results snippets may have […]
Time spent increasing meta descriptions for the longer Google search results snippets may have been wasted.
The new feature will be rolling out over the next few days.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Stay sharp and relevant with ongoing PPC trainingMay 11, 2018 by Jeff Baum Contributor Jeff Baum recommends ongoing technical and soft skills training for your PPC team. Search in Pics: Google […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: IAB: Search, the largest category of digital ad spending, generated $40.6B in 2017May 10, 2018 by Greg Sterling Mobile was responsible for 54 percent of paid-search ad revenue last year. Ask […]
SMXperts Dawn Anderson, Bastian Grimm and Brian Weiss answer technical SEO questions on time to first meaningful paint, indexation and crawling controls, challenges associated with voice search and 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: Google asking dissatisfied searchers to submit questions manually in the search resultsMay 9, 2018 by Barry Schwartz If Google doesn’t have content for your query, it may ask you to help […]
If Google doesn't have content for your query, it may ask you to help content creators to make content that will eventually answer your query.
Is your site heavily built in JavaScript? No worries. Google just updated two of its popular tools to support it.
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 Image Search updates guidelines, adding structured data, speed and moreMay 8, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google has finally refreshed content for its image search publishing guidelines. Ask the SMXpert: Keyword […]
Google has finally refreshed content for its image search publishing guidelines.
Contributor and SMXpert Christine Churchill answers keyword research and copywriting technique questions from attendees who participated in the SMX West 2018 Keyword Bootcamp.
Google Posts gets richer with the ability to upload videos to your messages.
Going beyond keywords to write high-quality content that attracts new customers and is SEO-friendly is the way to go, says contributor Jessica Foster. Here she shares eight ways to create content that satisfies people and engines.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Old AdWords interface will be phased out by year-endMay 7, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Google will notify advertisers ahead of the final switch to the new AdWords experience. Link building is […]
Have you ever gotten a manual penalty from Google? It's no fun. Contributor and SMXpert Kaspar Szymanski shares answers and insights on how to avoid getting another ‘love note’ in the future.
A new Q&A series launches this week featuring answers to your questions from our community of SMX speakers and contributors.
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 voice-enables movie-ticket buying with FandangoMay 4, 2018 by Greg Sterling Enhanced capability is likely a preview of many similar Google Assistant integrations to come. Google rolls out new ID requirements […]
Enhanced capability is likely a preview of many similar Google Assistant integrations to come.
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 updates recipe markup for Google Search & Google AssistantMay 3, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google requires that the recipeIngredient and recipeInstructions properties for recipes work on Google Assistant. Compare 16 […]
Google requires that the recipeIngredient and recipeInstructions properties for recipes work on Google Assistant.
New display network combines search signals, Microsoft’s AI assets and its audience graph, which includes LinkedIn.
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 ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling — Part TwoMay 2, 2018 by Stephan Spencer Next up in a series on bots and why crawl budgets are important, Columnist […]
Contributor Dave Davies takes the guesswork out of determining what type of content will resonate with an audience by creating Excel formulas to help determine what a searcher may be looking for.