Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Here’s An AdWords Script That Lets You Optimize Bids Every Hour Of The Day Columnist Daniel Gilbert shares Brainlabs’ AdWords script that lets you set 24 different hourly bid multipliers, 7 […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Zomato Buys Urbanspoon For $50 – $60 Million To Enter US Local Search Market International restaurant search provider Zomato has acquired Urbanspoon from IAC for between $50 and $60 million in […]
Why hasn't Google provided the correct answer for the Super Bowl start time when year-after-year, it has been an issue for them?
As Google prepares to get into the car insurance business, those search results will get a shake up seen in other verticals
Microsoft's search engine now displays carousel of New York Times best-selling books when searching for specific book genres.
Attending a workshop is the fastest way to get up to speed on specific internet marketing topics. At Search Marketing Expo – SMX West, you’ve got six workshops to choose from. Each provides: a full day of in-depth instruction on one digital marketing topic; an intimate learning and networking experience with a small group of […]
According to new data from StatCounter, Yahoo has seen a nearly 2 point search market share gain in the US in the past month. Attributing it to the recent Yahoo-Firefox default search deal, StatCounter reported that Yahoo had a share of 10.4 percent vs. 8.6 percent a year ago. Google had a December share of […]
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yes, Steve Scalise, There Was A Google In 2002 US House of Representatives majority whip says Google not being “available” in 2002 prevented vetting his speaking to group of white supremacists. […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 SEO Tactics To Kick-Start The New Year If you’re like most people, you’ve probably already checked out for the year. Clients are out of the office, you’re on vacation, and […]
In February, I wrote that the glaring omission from Yahoo’s Android launcher and “intelligent homescreen” Aviate was a search box. Now it has one. Yesterday Yahoo announced that it’s rolling out search on Aviate (for Android 4.0 and above): Search on Aviate is your gateway to your apps, contacts and the Web, with Web results powered by Yahoo. Aviate […]
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 Pigeon Update Rolls Out To UK, Canada & Australia Google’s new local ranking algorithm that launched in the US earlier this year has rolled out to the UK, Canada and […]
Google's Knowledge Graph and Direct Answers takes a stab out of lyrics web sites, with new song lyrics answers.
Bing re-hires Duane Forrester after letting him go two months ago. Duane Forrester will be working in basically the same role as before.
We begin two weeks of year-in-review articles with a look at the most popular news stories we covered in 2014.
Google's new local ranking algorithm that launched in the US earlier this year has rolled out to the UK, Canada and Australia.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Despite Documented Performance Lift Brands Still Confounded By Local Search Remarkably there are still marketers out there that don’t “get” local search or why marketing campaigns should be localized. There are […]
Remarkably, there are still marketers out there that don’t “get” local search or why marketing campaigns should be localized. There are numerous studies and reports that indicate localized display and local search campaigns (on the PC and mobile) outperform “national” or pure brand campaigns — sometimes dramatically. Source: Local Search Association ad performance insights database (2014) Despite the […]
Bing sources data from National Center for Missing & Exploited Children databases for their new AMBER alert box.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: To Prove Online-To-Offline Impact, Google Rolls Out “Store Visits” Metric In AdWords Measures impact of search ads on in-store traffic as part of AdWords Estimated Total Conversions. Bing Updates iOS App […]
Check out the new updated Bing mobile app that has a fully redesigned home screen and new features to make searching on the go more enjoyable.
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 Releases Update To AdWords Editor Version 11 With CTR Bug Fix Fix comes just a week after the initial roll out. Bing Predicts 2015 To Be The Year Of The […]
Google is testing a new mobile search interface that shows image thumbnails in the search snippets results.
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 Close Freebase, Which Helped Feed Its Knowledge Graph Freebase announces they will close up shop after migrating their data and APIs to Wikidata. How will this impact the Google […]
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 Widget In AdWords Makes Countdown Copy Easy Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having to type variable strings. Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having 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: Search In Pics: The Google Flood, Drunk Penguin & Storm Preparation In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at […]
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 Rolls Out International Hotel Booking Feature & Updates Mobile Search Results Bing has partnered with TripAdvisor to deliver reviews, booking capabilities and rates for hotel searches in 22 different countries. […]
Bing has partnered with TripAdvisor to deliver reviews, booking capabilities and rates for hotel searches in 22 different countries.
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 Penguin To Shift To “Continuous Updates” Google To Continuously “Optimize” The Penguin Algorithm As It Goes Google Overhauls AdWords Editor: Version 11 Released Globally Editor now supports more bulk […]
The mobile-friendly label in the Google mobile search results is now available in all languages.
Advertisers can segment metrics at the campaign and ad group levels.
Google To Continuously “Optimize” The Penguin Algorithm As It Goes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: To Create Useful Links, Think Like A User, Not A Content Producer Are you letting your users down by focusing too much on attracting links? Columnist Julie Joyce suggests a mode […]
Michael Basilyan, Senior Program Manager from the Bing Content Quality Team, shared a nice set of details on the Bing blog about how Bing’s algorithms determine what makes for content quality. Michael Basilyan explained that content quality is a primary factor in their ranking algorithm, along with topical relevance and context. Michael then went on […]
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 Rolls Out New “Fact Answers” Search Feature With Information On Local Addresses & Reviews Bing has updated its search results to deliver what it calls “Fact Answers” for local reviews […]
Bing has updated its search results to deliver what it calls “Fact Answers” for local reviews and addresses. [pullquote]These new facts at the top of the search page aim to provide simple answers to searches for things like phone numbers for restaurants, the hours of your local mall, or directions to your friend’s house.[/pullquote] Listed […]
Facebook just launched its successor to Graph Search: Facebook Search. Facebook Search is the evolution of Graph Search and benefits from lots of user feedback since the launch of Graph Search in early 2013. It’s available in US English for the PC and mobile app for the time being. Users can now search Facebook for […]
Since Google’s “Florida” Update of November 2003, the search engine has kept to an unofficial promise not to mess with its ranking algorithm during the holiday season. That’s changed this year with a flurry of Penguin Updates. Penguin is Google’s filter to fight spam that gets past its regular spam fighting defenses. It is used […]
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 VP To Host Year-End Livestream, Promises “Announcement You Won’t Want To Miss” On Wednesday, December 10, Vice President of Product Management for AdWords, Jerry Dischler, will host a 30-minute livestream […]
Starting next year, marketers in the U.S. will spend more on mobile search — both PPC ads and SEO — than on desktop, according to a new report from digital research firm, eMarketer. Just last year, the firm estimates, less than a quarter of search spend went to mobile. The report suggests that the tables […]