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 […]
Here is our first report from an SEO data provider that analyzes 300 domains after the Google Fred update.
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 Search App for iOS gains Gboard, trending widget & 3D TouchMar 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz An update to the iOS Google Search app gives you more features and bug […]
Contributor Brian Wood from Wayfair.com shares data which suggests that title tags that perform well in paid search don't necessarily indicate winning SEO titles.
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 Search Analytics bug drops some image search traffic from reportsMar 27, 2017 by Barry Schwartz No need to panic: There is a reporting bug in the Google Search Console 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: Bing Ads Editor now supports Enhanced CPC, exports to create expanded text adsMar 24, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Version 11.9 is now available. SEM account management: Part 3 — How to […]
Feeling confident in your abilities and looking to take things to the next level? In the final installment in his three-part series on SEM account management, columnist Ted Ives discusses how to get ahead in your career.
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: Our search leads won’t let us talk about the Fred updateMar 23, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Gary Illyes from Google said the techniques Fred went after specifically are mentioned in […]
Gary Illyes from Google said the techniques Fred went after specifically are mentioned in their webmaster guidelines.
At SMX West, Google's Gary Illyes said the company is still experimenting with its mobile-first index and doesn't have an exact timeline for launch.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Are technical and content audits still relevant?Mar 22, 2017 by David Freeman SEO audits are very useful in identifying website issues and areas for improvement, but columnist David Freeman believes the […]
Program opens in US and Brazil. Expansion is a sign Google no longer sees it as just an experiment.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SMX West keynote: Google talks about ranking, more in Google AssistantMar 21, 2017 by Matt McGee Google’s Jason Douglas shares what marketers and developers need to know about Actions on Google. […]
Google's Jason Douglas shares what marketers and developers need to know about Actions on Google.
Rolling out today on Google's search app and mobile site, the shortcuts offer quick answers on weather, sports & entertainment info.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Your playbook for click-to-call paid search is here Mar 20, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot Consumers now click on “Call” buttons from search ads and landing pages by the billions. 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: Google receives search warrant for identities of everyone who searched crime victim’s nameMar 17, 2017 by Greg Sterling If this overly broad warrant were duplicated in other jurisdictions, local law enforcement […]
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 gets ‘Beauty & The Beast’ promo, but Google says it’s not an adMar 16, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Appears to be the first-ever commercialization of Google’s home assistant product. […]
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 study confirms Google doesn’t use Chrome browser data to discover new URLsMar 15, 2017 by Barry Schwartz GoogleBot did not visit a test page that Chrome accessed days before. Here’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 launches new effort to flag upsetting or offensive content in searchMar 14, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Using data from human “quality raters,” Google hopes to teach its algorithms how to […]
Using data from human "quality raters," Google hopes to teach its algorithms how to better spot offensive and often factually incorrect information.
Amazon and Yelp expected to see biggest search revenue growth rates in US.
Google won't comment about the "Fred update," but based on our own analysis, many affected sites saw up to a 90% drop in traffic.
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 to fix missing data from Search Console analytics report soonMar 13, 2017 by Barry Schwartz No need to panic over the Google Search Analytics report’s confirmed bug. You did not […]
No need to panic over the Google Search Analytics report's confirmed bug. You did not lose a whole day of rankings or traffic.
There is a lot of confusion around brand. It’s one of those words widely used but not widely understood. Is it just a logo, a color palette and a trendy sans serif font? Or is it bringing clarity to your offering and perception in the market? Just what is brand marketing? And can it be […]
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: Android ice sculpture, AMP team & cloud balloonsMar 10, 2017 by Barry Schwartz In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, […]
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, unconfirmed Google ranking update ‘Fred’ shakes the SEO worldMar 9, 2017 by Barry Schwartz The webmaster and SEO community, along with the automated Google tracking tools, all show strong signs […]
The webmaster and SEO community, along with the automated Google tracking tools, all show strong signs that there was a Google algorithm ranking update.
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 […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Flickr’s new ‘similarity search’ feature makes it easier to find visually similar photosMar 7, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Flickr says its new search option uses advanced technology to surface similar photos […]
Baidu, Sogou and Yahoo Japan are adopting the mobile framework.
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 we hijacked Google’s SEO guide search rankingsMar 6, 2017 by Dan Sharp Contributor Dan Sharp shares an experiment in which his company was able to hijack rankings — from Google […]
Contributor Dan Sharp shares an experiment in which his company was able to hijack rankings -- from Google itself. See what they learned in the process.
Columnist Sherry Bonelli provides an overview of Google Tag Manager, including how get started with it.
Google looks to show you more AMP top stories by adding a query expansion feature in the mobile search results.
Obama's planning a coup? Women are evil? Several presidents were in the KKK? Republicans are Nazis? Google can go spectacularly wrong with some of its direct answers.
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 Assistant might take weeks to reach your Android phoneMar 3, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Google Assistant is officially available for my Android phones this week, but the rollout will take […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Using AMP? A known bug is probably screwing up your Google AnalyticsMar 2, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Issue can cause visitors to be overcounted, single sessions to be divided into separate […]
Google can now handle queries containing sequences of 2–3 special characters.