Google says it’s not deliberately filtering “Crooked Hillary” suggested search to favor Clinton
Google offers an autocomplete suggestion of "Lying Ted" for "lying" but fails to do something similar for Clinton, raising questions.
Topic: Search engine optimization
SearchCap: SEO e-commerce, Google shopping & 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: Can you manage your inventory with Google Shopping?Jun 3, 2016 by Andreas Reiffen Contributor Andreas Reiffen shares how some companies are calculating yield values in order to better manage their inventory […]
SearchCap: Google testing tool, DuckDuckGo features & 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: With lots of unknowns, SEM experts weigh in on the biggest AdWords announcements of last weekJun 2, 2016 by Ginny Marvin What do advertisers need to start thinking about now, and […]
DuckDuckGo adds date filters & sitelinks to search features
DuckDuckGo has added two new search filters to their privacy-oriented search engine.
Google launches business-friendly tool that tests your website mobile-friendliness & page speed
Google's new user-friendly tool should make it easier for small businesses to see how their sites rank in terms of being mobile-friendly and fast.
Decision trees for SEM segmentation
There is an ongoing debate amongst SEM experts as to how to best segment your PPC accounts, and columnist Aaron Levy illustrates his process with a handy flowchart.
9 easy-to-miss crawl reports in Screaming Frog and DeepCrawl that pack serious SEO punch
Troubleshooting SEO issues on a site or performing a technical SEO audit? If so, columnist Glenn Gabe recommends some powerful but little-known reports in two popular crawling tools.
SearchCap: Google mobile page speed, Google Now on Tap updates & 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 says page speed ranking factor to use mobile page speed for mobile sites in upcoming monthsJun 1, 2016 by Barry Schwartz The speed of your mobile pages currently doesn’t impact […]
7 great reasons to attend SMX Advanced in 3 weeks
Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced is just three weeks away. Don’t miss your only opportunity to attend this year! Fewer than 100 tickets are remaining. Register now! Here are 7 reasons you should attend: 7. Obsessed with SEO and SEM. Take a deep dive into local search, SEO, advanced AdWords, international search or in-house SEO […]
Google says page speed ranking factor to use mobile page speed for mobile sites in upcoming months
The speed of your mobile pages currently doesn't impact your mobile rankings, but soon it may, says Gary Illyes of Google.
SearchCap: Google AdWords hack, SEO ROI & 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: True performance baselines & ROI for SEO without attribution modelingMay 31, 2016 by Chris Liversidge How do you determine your SEO program’s real performance, discounting the effects of seasonality, paid search […]
SearchCap: Google iOS app, food and brand queries & 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 App for iOS gets AMP content & sports highlights in Now cards May 27, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Google says today’s improvements for its IOS app will save users a […]
Brand queries: the AdWords performance illusion
If your AdWords optimization efforts are focused toward terms and ads you credit with last-click conversions, you're not alone. But columnist Tim Mayer contends you're being shortsighted.
Google now displays image thumbnails next to search snippets for food-related queries
Now when you do food-related searches on Google, you may see image thumbnails right in the snippets.
SearchCap: Voice search SEO, SEMPO survey & 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: SEMPO’s latest salary survey shows search marketer average pay up 16% over 2013May 26, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Survey participants included nearly 600 search and digital marketing professionals, from entry level […]
SEMPO’s latest salary survey shows search marketer average pay up 16% over 2013
Survey participants included nearly 600 search and digital marketing professionals, from entry-level to executive.
SearchCap: Apple Siri Echo, paid search ROI & 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: Refine your content marketing tactics to benefit from enhanced search engine displayMay 25, 2016 by Thomas Stern Columnist Thomas Stern discusses how content marketing performance can fall short if SERP features […]
Apple building Amazon Echo competitor, will open Siri to third-party apps — [Report]
The virtual assistant revolution is ushering in the next era of search.
6 reasons to boost SEO & content investments with influencer marketing
Practically every digital marketing budget in 2016 includes line items for both SEO and content marketing. If you want to add rocket fuel to any campaign’s overall impact, the inclusion of influencer marketing is a must. The right influencers will enhance brand discoverability and audience development, boosting reach, results and ROI. Here are six […]
SearchCap: 2 trillion Google searches, AdWords announcements & 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 now handles at least 2 trillion searches per yearMay 24, 2016 by Danny Sullivan The search giant won’t say exactly how many trillions of queries it processes, other than it’s […]
Google now handles at least 2 trillion searches per year
The search giant won't say exactly how many trillions of queries it processes, other than it's now two or more. It last claimed 1.2 trillion in 2012.
SearchCap: Google Search Analytics sets, AdWords updates & 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 Search Console now lets you group your sites together with property setsMay 23, 2016 by Barry Schwartz One of the most asked-for Google Search Console feature requests is now live. […]
Google Search Console now lets you group your sites together with property sets
One of the most asked-for Google Search Console feature requests is now live. It is called property sets and lets you group things together for Search Analytics reporting.
SearchCap: Google real time index, AMP expands & search analytics filters
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 beta testing a real-time indexing APIMay 19, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Can Google find content even faster than it does now? Google thinks so, and they are beta testing a […]
Google bringing featured snippets & rich results filters to Search Analytics report
Here is proof that Google is bringing more filters to the Search Analytics report in the Google Search Console. Keep them coming, Google!
SearchCap: Google voice queries, Google search test & Bing tag helper
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 appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globallyMay 19, 2016 by Greg Sterling Google is taking its case to France’s highest administrative court. Bing launches UET Tag Helper, a troubleshooting […]
Google says 20 percent of mobile queries are voice searches
Voice search growing as virtual assistant market heats up.
SearchCap: Google assistant, AMP stats & Firebase app indexing
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 Google assistant: A new search platform, rather than a gadget or an app May 18, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Think of it as Google 2.0. Google assistant is Google’s search […]
Florida court allows Google to be sued by publisher delisted as “pure spam”
Procedural ruling flies in the face of established legal precedent.
Google now also allows you to search using emoji characters
You can now ? using Google to find your favorite emoji results. Whether you love ? or ? or you're on the healthy side and love ?, you can search for them on Google now.
Google launches rich cards for movie and recipe websites
Google upgrades rich snippets, adding rich cards for movie and recipe web sites. They also added a new section in the Google Search Console for reporting.
SearchCap: Google mobile-friendly tool, Bing Ads editor & 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 launches their new mobile-friendly testing tool May 17, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Google revamped the mobile-friendly testing tool after its launch back in November 2014. Bing Ads Editor 11.0 debuts […]
Google launches their new mobile-friendly testing tool
Google revamped the mobile-friendly testing tool after its launch back in November 2014.
SearchCap: Gboard SEO, Google PLAs & Project Tango
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 Product Listing Ads officially launch in Image search, among announcements for retailers May 16, 2016 by Ginny Marvin New features for Local Inventory Ads and an update on Purchases on […]
SEO for Gboard? How Google’s new keyboard search for iOS ranks content
There's a new SERP in town, the search engine results page generated by Gboard. And it's not just mobile search results reformatted in a horizontal layout.
SearchCap: Google sitemaps, Gboard ads & Sitelink card ads
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bug? Google Sitemap index counts drop across Search Console reportsMay 13, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Many publishers and webmasters are seeing huge drops in the reported index count in the Google […]
SearchCap: Google mobile friendly, Search Console update & Bing Ads bans
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’s mobile-friendly algorithm boost has rolled outMay 12, 2016 by Barry Schwartz The new Google mobile-friendly algorithm is supposed to give an additional ranking boost for mobile-friendly websites in the mobile […]
Google Search Console metrics now deeply integrated into Google Analytics
Google Analytics is replacing the Search Engine Optimization report with the Search Console report and adds behavior and conversion metrics into the mix.
Google’s mobile-friendly algorithm boost has rolled out
The new Google mobile-friendly algorithm is supposed to give an additional ranking boost for mobile-friendly websites in the mobile search results.
SearchCap: Google bans payday loan ads, Alexa works with Kayak & 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 bans ads for payday and high-interest loans May 11, 2016 by Ginny Marvin As of July 13, the ads will no longer be accepted in AdWords. A script for getting […]