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 launches new Google Finance features in search and drops the portfolio featureNov 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Check out the new Google Finance, which means many will lose the “portfolio” […]
Google says it aims to open up more data to show what's being searched around the world.
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 warns webmasters not to use misleading event markupNov 27, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google can penalize your website if you use event markup in a misleading manner. Looking to get […]
Google can penalize your website if you use event markup in a misleading manner.
Google is merging the local panel and knowledge graph panels into one for some searches related to big companies with many local venues.
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 site migration SEO checklist: Don’t lose trafficNov 22, 2017 by Pratik Dholakiya Planning a site migration? Columnist Pratik Dholakiya’s helpful guide will ensure that you cover all the SEO bases […]
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 home page search box now shows you recent searches by defaultNov 21, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Even former Google search executive Matt Cutts calls this new Google search behavior “super […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Why consistent marketing can pay big results for small industrial manufacturersNov 20, 2017 by Dianna Huff Sometimes the key to success in SEO and online marketing is just being consistent. In […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Private blog networks: A great way to get your site penalizedNov 17, 2017 by Kevin Rowe Columnist Kevin Rowe explains what private blog networks (PBNs) are, how to identify them, and […]
Columnist Kevin Rowe explains what private blog networks (PBNs) are, how to identify them, and why you should steer clear.
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 promotion extensions, custom intent audiences & ad variations for testingNov 16, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The new features are all available in the new AdWords interface. The […]
You've crawled your client's site, identified the SEO issues and fixed those issues in staging. Great job! But columnist Glenn Gabe shares why recrawling the site is critical once your SEO changes have been pushed live.
Though AMP isn't a ranking signal, non-compliant pages won't appear in Top Stories or other AMP-specific slots in search results.
Google will display indicators to help distinguish between quality journalism and false information in search and elsewhere.
It also enables users to start a task on Google Home and complete it on a smartphone.
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 new features to its job listings search tool released earlier this yearNov 15, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Salary, location and application details are now included directly in job listing […]
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 in 2018: What’s hot, what’s not?Nov 14, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot Voice search. AMP pages. Gap analysis. Algorithm updates. Local SEO. SEO is constantly changing, and what worked well […]
The real estate-heavy panels on mobile encompass multiple product images, more review sources, videos and, of course, Shopping ads.
Columnist Chris Long shares examples of how he addressed duplicate and similar website content to improve organic search performance for his clients.
Yext VP of Industry Insights Duane Forrester discusses his new e-book, "How Voice Search Changes Everything," and what marketers can do to adapt and compete.
With over 200 factors in Google’s algorithm, SEO is a complex science. But it’s not how much you need to know that makes it really challenging — it’s the ever-changing nature of the rules of the game. As search engines strive to improve the quality of search results, some ranking factors shift shapes, others fall […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: CEO who forged court order to get Google to remove defamation faces prisonNov 13, 2017 by Chris Silver Smith Contributor Chris Silver Smith tells the lamentable story of a sophisticated reputation […]
Contributor Chris Silver Smith tells the lamentable story of a sophisticated apparent reputation attack and a victimized company led to take desperate steps to recover.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Local ranking factors study finds reviews, organic SEO best practices boost local visibilityNov 10, 2017 by Greg Sterling This is the second year of the LocalSEOGuide ranking factors study, performed in […]
This is the second year of the LocalSEOGuide ranking factors study, performed in conjunction with UC Irvine.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Removal of hotel review reporting rape creates crisis of confidence for TripAdvisor contentNov 9, 2017 by Greg Sterling The site had scrubbed first-person reviews and content about rape and sexual assault […]
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 new knowledge panel to provide information about news publishersNov 7, 2017 by Barry Schwartz In an effort to combat fake news and equip searchers with more data about news […]
The info search operator is the latest Google search feature to have changed, possibly for the worse.
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 promises to improve accuracy of tweets shown in search resultsNov 7, 2017 by Barry Schwartz After misinformation surfaced in the Google search results under the Twitter section for the Texas […]
The new data offers deeper insights into how ads are performing on exact match queries.
The company wants to stop the practice of asking for customer reviews on its site, and third-party sites as well.
After misinformation surfaced in the Google search results under the Twitter section for the Texas church shooter's name, Google has promised to make changes.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: US court orders Google not to comply with Canadian court’s order delisting search resultsNov 3, 2017 by Greg Sterling The US court agreed with Google that implementation of the Canadian court’s […]
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 rolling out new curved mobile search results interfaceNov 2, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Are you seeing a new look for the Google mobile search results page? You are not alone! […]
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. Google zombie apocalypse: Source: Instagram Googlers horsing around: Source: Instagram SEOs as the Google algorithm: Source: […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Creating a B2B and B2C overlap strategyNov 2, 2017 by Justin Freid How should you structure paid search accounts when your targets include both businesses and consumers? Columnist Justin Freid discusses […]
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 SEO ‘do more with less’ cookbookNov 1, 2017 by Bobby Lyons How do you get the most out of your SEO program with limited resources? Columnist Bobby Lyons outlines his […]
Have questions about Google's stance on organic rankings? On featured snippets? On the mobile-first algorithm? Get answers in contributor Eric Enge's recap of this informative session at Search Engine Land's recent conference.
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 home services ads program rebrands, expanding to 30 cities by end of 2017Oct 31, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The program is now in 17 cities. A new app helps businesses […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft search revenue grew 15% last quarter, after hovering around 10% previous 4 quartersOct 30, 2017 by Ginny Marvin LinkedIn sessions increased again by more than 20 percent. How to ensure […]