Marketers Spent $4 Billion On Click-to-Call Advertising In 2014 — Report
Lack of keyword attribution creates a "blind spot" for search marketers.
Topic: Search engine optimization
Google App Indexing Statistics & Errors Being Emailed To Webmasters
New Google Webmaster Tools email notifications drive app deep linking awareness in terms of errors and impression and click statistics.
SearchCap: Google Reconsideration Requests, Google Answer Links & Bing 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: How The Sharing Economy Will Lead To The Growth Of Online Reviews Marketing Land’s Amy Gesenhues interviews Keynote Speaker & NYT Best Selling Author Bill Tancer for a preview of insights […]
Google Answers Now Showing Blue Icons Linking To Publisher Sites Or More Google Answers
Google Answers now shows action links directing to publishers sites. This was done previous for easter eggs and Google's own content but now it works for third-party publishers.
Google Expands Webmaster Documentation Around Reconsideration Requests
Google clarifies and expands on their reconsideration request documentation for those webmasters who have been hit by a Google manual action.
SearchCap: Google Bad Ads, Google Mortgage Calculator & Google VP Leaves
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 Senior VP Of Knowledge, Alan Eustace, To Retire Google loses another senior vice president and world record holder, Alan Eustace. Free Trip To SMX – Win The Biggest Search Geek […]
Google’s Mortgage Calculator Quick Answer Now Live
Google now offers a mortgage and interest calculator, so you no longer have to go to a financial web site to get the cute web based calculators.
SearchCap: Yahoo Search Share Grows, Local Mistakes & SEO Spam
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 10 Common Mistakes To Avoid On Local Websites Avoid the pitfalls that trip up many local business owners with these tips from columnist Greg Gifford. Firefox Deal Continues To Boost Yahoo […]
SearchCap: Bing’s Awesome “Super Bowl” Search Results, Splunk For SEO & Google Analytics New Word Count Query
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 “Super Bowl” & See The Best Search Results Page Bing Has Ever Had Bing’s search results include original content and almost anything a fan would need to know before the […]
Search “Super Bowl” & See The Best Search Results Page Bing Has Ever Had
Bing's search results include original content and almost anything a fan would need to know before the game starts.
SearchCap: Search Ad Copy, Google My Business & Marketing Plans
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Big Digital Marketing Resolutions For 2016 According to columnist Alistair Dent, it’s too late to plan for this year — so get a head start on planning for the next. 5 […]
Search Engine Land’s SMX West Conference Rates Increase Saturday – Register Now
Search Engine Land’s – SMX West conference rates increase Saturday, January 31st. Register now and save on all passes! Join us March 3-5 in San Jose for: Cutting edge tactics. Choose from over 60 sessions on paid search advertising (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO), local search, mobile marketing and more. Check out the agenda. Unbiased, […]
SearchCap: GoogleBot Locale Support, Bing Maps For Stadiums & Local Paid 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 Maps Shows Super Bowl Spirit With New Venue Map, Streetside & Hi-Res Venue Imagery Recent image updates show University of Phoenix Stadium being prepped for Sunday’s Super Bowl. Quality Content […]
SearchCap: Google Search Queries, Mobile Snippets & Bing Ads Lag
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 Reduces Campaign Reporting Lag To 1 Hour Impression and click performance data is now delivered much faster. Thanksgiving Drove Retailers’ Highest Paid Search Revenue Gains Of The Holiday Season […]
Thanksgiving Drove Retailers’ Highest Paid Search Revenue Gains Of The Holiday Season [Report]
Revenue rose 50 percent year-over-year, just beating out Black Friday's revenue gains of 49 percent according to Kenshoo.
Google Mobile Search Descriptions Now Say If You’re Blocking Google
Yet another reason not to block JavaScript, CSS, etc from Google. It may negatively impact your snippet in the mobile search results now.
Google Seeking Testers For Search Queries Report In Webmaster Tools
Google is working on a new search queries report in Google Webmaster Tools. Do you want to test it out? read on...
SearchCap: Cortana, SEO Speed & Matt Cutts Google Talk
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Video Of Matt Cutts Talking About The Early Days At Google Miss hearing from Google’s Matt Cutts? Here is a 34 minute video of him giving a talk at UNC Chapel […]
5 Days to Save on SMX West – Register Now!
Early Bird rates for Search Marketing Expo – SMX West expire this Friday. Register now and get three days of exceptional content and invaluable industry connections for only $1595. Think SEO is dead? We’ll show you how dead wrong you are with over 20 SEO focused sessions that will help you maximize traffic from your […]
Video Of Matt Cutts Talking About The Early Days At Google
Miss hearing from Google's Matt Cutts? Here is a 34 minute video of him giving a talk at UNC Chapel Hill the other week.
SearchCap: Pinterest Search Customized By Gender, Dissecting Organic Traffic & Expedia Buys Travelocity
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: PLAs Drove 56 Percent Of Non-Brand Google AdWords Clicks In Q4 [RKG] Click share also rose on Bing’s product ads, doubling from Q3. Pinterest Search Is Now Customized By Gender Aiming […]
Pinterest Search Is Now Customized By Gender
Aiming to attract more men to its social bookmarking network, the company is serving different search results for males and females.
SearchCap: Google Firefox Push, Bing Ads Preview Tool & YP Cross Retargeting
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 Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page Yahoo won the deal to be the default search engine in Firefox in November; now after losing some search share, […]
Google Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page
Yahoo won the deal to be the default search engine in Firefox in November; now after losing some search share, Google's fighting back.
SearchCap: comScore Search Share, RetailMeNot Google Panda Free & Bing Ads Enhanced Sitelinks
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Right To Be Forgotten: Google Tells Europe It Won’t Scrub Global Index European privacy regulators continue to push for an extension of The Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) to the entire […]
Google Ventures-Backed RetailMeNot Climbs Out Of Its Google Penalty
What changes did RetailMeNot make to recover from the Google Panda algorithm? It is unclear but their rankings did bounce back.
SearchCap: Bing & Yahoo UI Tests, Lyric Sites Dive In Google & Google News More Trusted
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 Time Is The State Of The Union? White House Uses SEO To Spread The Word President Barack Obama will deliver his 2015 State of the Union at 6pm PT tonight. […]
What Time Is The State Of The Union? White House Uses SEO To Spread The Word
President Barack Obama will deliver his 2015 State of the Union at 6pm PT tonight. If you didn’t know the time, you might turn to Google or Bing for an answer. And there, the White House hopes to inform you through a special post it made to rank for that query. Right now, the State […]
Report: 2014 Was A Bad Year For Lyrics Sites In Google
2014 was a bad year for lyrics web sites in Google, with 2015 looking to be even worse for this niche.
Bing Tests New News Card That Expands
Check out this neat new Bing Search test, where you can expand to see more news related content in the Bing search results.
Google Sending Mobile Usability Warnings To Huge Number Of Webmasters
Google sending notifications to webmasters with sites that are not mobile friendly. Is this a sign of a new mobile algorithm coming soon?
SearchCap: Google Adds 2015 Oscar Nominations To Knowledge Graph, Local Search Challenges For Franchises & 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: 2015 Oscar Nominations Now Showing In Google Knowledge Graph & Bing Carousel Searches for “Oscar nominee” and “Oscar nominations” on both Google and Bing deliver results for this year’s best picture […]
2015 Oscar Nominations Now Showing In Google Knowledge Graph & Bing Carousel
Searches for "Oscar nominee" and "Oscar nominations" on both Google and Bing deliver results for this year's best picture candidates.
Google’s Knowledge Graph May Show For 25% Of All Search Queries
Google's Knowledge Graph shows for about 25% of all Google queries, which can pose a threat to the publishers who are the source of much of that data.
Google Still Doing At Least 1 Trillion Searches Per Year
Company is sticking with figure it gave in 2012 but stresses it's "over" that amount. How much over, Google's not saying.
SearchCap: Google Maps App Revised, Social Links In Knowledge Graph, Google Structured Data Updated
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 Events Knowledge Graph Adds Ticket Links, Delegated Events, Comedian Events & Venue Events Google makes four updates to the events knowledge graph after launching the markup back in March 2014. […]
Google Events Knowledge Graph Adds Ticket Links, Delegated Events, Comedian Events & Venue Events
Google makes four updates to the events knowledge graph after launching the markup back in March 2014.
Google Wants Webmaster Feedback On Web Search & Webmaster Tools
Here is your chance to give feedback to Google in order to improve both Google Web Search and their Google Webmaster Tools product. Don't miss out on sharing your two-cents.
Google Knowledge Graph Now Showing Social Profiles For Brands
The social profile links within the knowledge graph box on Google now is supported for corporate brands.
SearchCap: Google Translate App, Google News Crawler Update & GooglePlex Visitor Center
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 Opens A Visitor Center Here are pictures of Google’s temporary tour center, the permanent one is coming in the summer of 2015. Google News Now Will Crawl & Index Images […]