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 take on Showcase Shopping ads? Categories of used items showing for retailer outlet queriesNov 18, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Similar to the Showcase ad format introduced this summer, the ads […]
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. SEO Bobbleheads: Source: Facebook Wonder Woman at Google? Source: Instagram Gary Illyes on a t-shirt: 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: Moz beefs up Moz Local with new features, distribution and automationNov 17, 2016 by Greg Sterling With new activity alerts, GMB sync and reputation management, the expanded Moz Local is intended […]
With new activity alerts, GMB sync and reputation management, the expanded Moz Local is intended to equally serve the small business, agency and direct enterprise markets.
The new feature lets users save an image, video or shopping search result to their "My Saves" folder which can be accessed across mobile devices and desktop.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Registration for MarTech San Francisco is open!Nov 16, 2016 by Scott Brinker MarTech San Francisco is back and better than before, with twice the number of sessions, speakers and exhibitors! With […]
Over the past couple of years, Google has shown a strong focus on user experience on mobile devices. They have developed their algorithms to address customer experience and usability and to encourage organizations to meet certain standards. For instance, Mobilegeddon looked not only at the responsiveness of a mobile site, but how truly mobile-friendly a […]
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 Partner Program expands to agencies and technology partners, rolling out to more marketsNov 15, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Customers that meet certain engagement criteria can become eligible for program benefits. […]
This Google bug shows a date that is older than your blog post in the search results snippet. This doesn't seem to impact rankings directly.
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 execs share plans for making Bing ‘pervasive’; say search is about to become very differentNov 14, 2016 by Ginny Marvin At an event in Redmond, Microsoft shared its vision of […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Meet a Landy Award winner: For its work with Scotts Miracle Gro, Acronym wins Best Overall Enterprise SEM InitiativeNov 11, 2016 by Greg Finn This year’s Best Overall Enterprise SEM Initiative […]
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 Google Search Console is undergoing infrastructure updatesNov 10, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Due to the infrastructure updates, some of the Google Search Console reports may be wrong or buggy. Boost […]
Due to the infrastructure updates, some of the Google Search Console reports may be wrong or buggy.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: FAQ: All about the Google mobile-first indexNov 9, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Here’s everything we know about the Google mobile-first index. As Trump racked up Electoral College votes, searches about moving […]
Here's everything to know about the Google mobile-first index.
Google publishes their first recommendations for making PWAs indexable in Google.
Google says they now have fixed the bug.
In our last post, we looked at how to measure the true performance of your content, both on-site and off-site, through the tracking of engagement. Today, we want to discuss how to improve the discoverability of your off-site content in search, so it can be found in the first place. When marketers think of […]
After 2 1/2 years, Google has dropped the search snippet feature.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 9 hard truths about linksNov 8, 2016 by Julie Joyce Link building is difficult, and columnist Julie Joyce reminds us that there are no risk-free, fool-proof tactics within this discipline. Where […]
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 e-commerce success: SEO > aestheticsNov 7, 2016 by Julian Connors For those in the online retail space, columnist Julian Connors shares his advice for making your e-commerce website SEO-friendly. Google […]
With so many business structure possibilities, it can be particularly complicated to consolidate content across departments, especially if it’s created in isolation. Internal structure can therefore dictate content efficiency, and decentralized structures can, in turn, spawn duplicate, overlapping or conflicting content. What is cannibalization? Cannibalization is a term coined by the digital community to refer […]
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 begins mobile-first indexing, using mobile content for all search rankingsNov 4, 2016 by Barry Schwartz While called an ‘experiment,’ it’s actually the first move in Google’s planned shift to looking […]
While called an 'experiment,' it’s actually the first move in Google's planned shift to looking primarily at mobile content, rather than desktop, when deciding how to rank results.
Noble Studios introduced a new approach to blogging and content creation for Tahoe South that resulted in a 134% increase in mobile site traffic.
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 indoor basketball: Source: Instagram A Google nuclear bomb? Source: Instagram A branded Google burger meal: […]
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 answering questions, Google Home bests Amazon Echo & AlexaNov 3, 2016 by Danny Sullivan If you’ve always wanted someone around the house to answer all the questions you have during […]
It turns out Google's new hands-free voice-based assistant has a way to let users click to the answers it gets from publishers. That's via the companion app.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yext Reviews product is pre-optimized for Schema, balances reviews across sitesNov 2, 2016 by Greg Sterling Company says that capturing more reviews will help with local ranking. Yandex launches new algorithm […]
Why does reputation-damaging content seem to appear so quickly in Google’s search results? Columnist Chris Silver Smith outlines his theory on why Google's algorithm can give negative content greater ranking ability than it deserves.
Company says that capturing more reviews will help with local ranking.
Did Yandex's new algorithm Palekh just go head to head with Google's RankBrain?
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 ads in 1H generated $16.3 billion or 50 percent of total digital revenueNov 1, 2016 by Greg Sterling Mobile was the driver of overall growth, with mobile search ad revenue […]
To reverse a double-digit decline in online revenue, Edelman was charged with overhauling a client's entire search presence.
Have an issue with your listings in Google? Getting an official answer might be tough. And when that happens to a Google competitor, as it did with ProtonMail, it could come back to harm Google's defense from antitrust charges.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Take the State of Search Survey from SEMPO & Search Engine LandOct 31, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Take the SEMPO survey and win access to SMX West and other excellent SEM-related […]
Take the SEMPO survey and win access to SMX West and other excellent SEM-related prizes. Oh, and you'll also help out the industry as a whole.
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: AMP causing monetization frustration among some news publishersOct 28, 2016 by Greg Sterling Some publishers, such as CNN and The Washington Post, are having good experiences, however. Due to a […]
Some publishers, such as CNN and The Washington Post, are having good experiences, however.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: It’s scary how many ways SEO can go wrongOct 27, 2016 by Patrick Stox In search engine optimization, sometimes even small errors can have a large and costly impact. Columnist Patrick […]