Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Content Marketing & Promotion To Drive Quality Links: Up Close @SMX West Contributor Mark Traphagen recaps a session from SMX West 2015 on how to create link-worthy content. Bing May Remove […]
After Yahoo lost some Firefox users to Google, Yahoo begins notifying these users to switch back to Yahoo Search as their default search provider in Firefox.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Search Adds A Mortgage Calculator Now both Yahoo and Google have search based mortgage calculators. The last one to hold out is Bing. Bing Ads Unified Device Targeting Is Here: […]
Super early bird pricing for SMX Advanced expires this Saturday, March 28. Register now for the lowest possible rate. SMX Advanced is the only conference designed exclusively for experienced paid search advertisers and SEOs. You’ll participate in experts-only sessions and network with fellow internet marketing thought leaders. Check out the tactic-packed agenda including these new […]
Google is adding a more colorful experience to their mobile knowledge graph cards. In some cases the results are gray but others have bright green or red.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Accelerate Your Career With Marketing Analytics You Can Use – March 24 Webcast Learn how to use analytics to quickly gain smarter insights and improve marketing performance. Search In Pics: Analytics […]
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 Importance Of XML Sitemaps In The Age Of Panda Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller reminds us that in an age of content syndication, a well-maintained XML sitemap is key to establishing […]
SMX Advanced keynotes deliver first-hand insights. This year is no exception. Advertise on Google? Get the scoop on what’s new and what to expect from vice president of product management Jerry Dischler in his Q&A packed keynote conversation. SEO your specialty? Google’s webmaster trends analyst Gary Illyes will take on all your questions about SEO, […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Loses Market Share As Some Firefox Users Return To Google Yahoo gives Google back some of the gains won after Firefox deal. B2B Marketing Automation Platforms 2015: New Market Intelligence […]
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 Top Movers Report Gets A Makeover Google is updating the Top Movers report with a summary to make it easier to spot areas for AdWords improvement. 3 Keys To Understanding […]
Google's Zineb Ait Bahajji is quoted as saying at SMX Munich the upcoming mobile-friendly algorithm will impact more sites than their Panda or Penguin algorithms.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: What’s The State Of Link Building For SEO In 2015 & Beyond? The rules regarding link building are seemingly always changing, so columnist Jayson DeMers lays out thoughts about what’s safe, […]
Google will take algorithmic action on more doorway pages in the near future. The new algorithm adjustment will impact these pages trying to increase their search footprint.
With third party content Google Now becomes much more useful.
Search results include complete men's college basketball tournament bracket, along with Bing's game-by-game predictions.
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 Tests New “Favorites” Feature That Lets Users Bookmark Images Still in beta, the new feature is available only for users signed in to their accounts on a desktop. AdWords Search […]
Still in beta, the new feature is available only for users signed in to their accounts on a 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: Google Mobile Multi-Colored Line Separators Now Live Google seems to be rolling out the new mobile interface where they show Googley colored line separators in the mobile search results. Taming The […]
Google seems to be rolling out the new mobile interface where they show Googley colored line separators in the mobile search results.
Google testing a new local pack in the web search results that display not just maps, but also logos and pictures of the business 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: Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin Vulnerable To Hackers Millions of WordPress sites may be exposed to a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability due to a security hole in the very popular Yoast SEO […]
New consumer survey data from Thrive Analytics (for the Local Search Association) reflect the emergence of a large and growing mobile user segment dubbed “mobile fanatics.” Just over 40 percent of the U.S. smartphone population, these mobile users search more and rely more on their mobile devices than conventional smartphone users. The segment is defined […]
Google adds a report that shows you which resources you're blocking GoogleBot from by host name and updates the fetch & render tool.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Patrick Pichette, Google’s CFO To Retire Google’s long term CFO has told the company he wants to retire over the next six months but will help the company find a replacement. […]
I’m going to predict that Apple and Google will not renew their Safari default search deal in the U.S. Both parties now have reasons not to renew. We don’t know precisely when their deal is up, but we know it’s this year. Previously, The Information reported that Microsoft and Yahoo are independently competing for the Safari business and that Apple’s Eddie Cue is […]
Despite many sites already supporting HTTPS, 80% of those URLs do not show in the Google search results because the webmaster is communicating to Google to display the HTTP version.
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 They May Flag Broken Security Certificates In The Search Results Google may flag sites that have broken security certificates in the search results. They may also boost the ranking […]
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 Changes Car Insurance Links After SEOs Complain Google quickly changes their keyword rich anchor text in a recent blog post to avoid controversy in the SEO industry around link spam […]
Google quickly changes their keyword rich anchor text in a recent blog post to avoid controversy in the SEO industry around link spam and link schemes. Will this lead to Google penalizing themselves again?
Many have noted that 2014 was a bad year for lyrics websites, but contributor Glenn Gabe set out to quantify the impact of search engines displaying song lyrics directly in the results pages. Read on for his findings!
We are only at the onset of Apps in search, expect App Discovery and Indexing to change drastically over the next year or so.
Having a slow or fast mobile site should not impact your mobile-rankings, assuming your desktop site is fast. Google still uses many desktop signals for mobile ranking, even after April 21st.
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 Now Serving Up Cocktail Recipes With Drink Ingredients & Directions Want to know how to make a Mint Julep? Just ask Google. Bing Listens: New Site Serves As A […]
Bing already has close to 100 user-submitted ideas to improve its search engine. Will it act on any of them?
Does your site use AJAX? Well, Google may stop crawling those pages. More details to come from Google as early as next week.
Webmaster Trends Analyst Gary Illyes said the most searched term on Google is "Google" itself during SMX West session.
Google tells us that the mobile-friendly algorithm launching in about a month is on a page-by-page basis and runs in real-time, which eases the concerns of many webmasters.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: YP Launches New Local Search Marketplace For National Advertisers Once dismissed as the exclusive concern of small businesses, brands and national advertisers are recognizing the importance of location data and local […]
Once dismissed as the exclusive concern of small businesses, brands and national advertisers are recognizing the importance of location data and local search. Often, however, they have trouble operationalizing local SEO and other tactics. YP has built a new PPC platform to appeal to these national-locals called “ypSearch Marketplace.” It’s a paid-search, bidded marketplace that […]
Google tests how searchers would react to not seeing a snippet description in the search results.