Topic: Seer Interactive

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 […]

SearchCap: Google Pays Apple $1B, comScore Report & SEO Content

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 Down 1 Billion PC Searches From 2014, But Mobile Volumes Likely Way UpJan 22, 2016 by Greg Sterling December desktop search rankings from comScore came out yesterday. Bing gained slightly […]

SearchCap: Google News, Transparency Report & BrightLocal Survey

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Online Reviews, Reputation And How To Become Super Credible Looking to build your online reputation? Columnist Marcus Miller details the mindset local businesses need to build credibility beyond simple reviews. Survey: […]

SearchCap: Google On HTTPS, Apple & Google Deal & Bing With NCAA

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. […]

SearchCap: SEO Fears, Google Security Flags & Doodles

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 […]

SearchCap: Google EU Antitrust, Google Algorithms & Third-Party PLAs

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 Brings PLAs To Third-Party Sites Like Walmart.com Today, Google announced it is extending its popular product listing ads (PLAs) to retail and e-commerce sites across the Google Search Network. The […]

SearchCap: Google Image Bug, Bing Search Tests & App Linking

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 Search Results Design & Top Navigation Bing is testing several new interfaces for their search results. The tests interface includes moving the top navigation below the search box, […]

Did Google Panda 4.0 Go After Press Release Sites?

Nine days ago when Google released Panda 4.0 — which aims to filter out “thin” content from top rankings — we focused our attention on the big Winners & Losers charts, Since then, some have noted that press releases may have also been hit big time. Using SearchMetrics, I looked at the top Press Release sites and […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 28, 2014

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: IE8 Users Don’t Get Forwarded To Google Secure Search At the moment, users of IE8, still the most popular version of the Internet Explorer browser worldwide, are being sent to unsecure […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 26, 2014

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 A Single Guest Post May Have Gotten An Entire Site Penalized By Google Google made it clear earlier this year that those doing guest posts “for SEO purposes” might be […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 17, 2014

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 Key Takeaways From Meet The Search Engines @ SMX West Another SMX is in the books! This show definitely had one of the most engaged attendee groups I have ever […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 13, 2014

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 Working On A Softer & Gentler Panda Algorithm To Help Small Businesses Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced at Search Marketing Expo that his search team is working […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 7, 2014

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 Posts Women’s Day 2014 Logo After Agreeing Its Logos Are Male-Dominated Tomorrow, March 8th is International Women’s Day and Google has a special Google logo, aka Google Doodle, for the […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 12, 2014

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 Matt Cutts On Being A Spam Fighter: Looking For Patterns & Always New Spam Efforts Google’s head of search spam Matt Cutts posted a longer video today answering what it […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 17, 2014

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 Alerts Get A Shiny New Redesign Google flipped the switch this morning on a new design for its Google Alerts emails. The change brings Google Alerts closer in line with […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 27, 2013

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 To Understand And Optimize AdWords Search Partners Data Here at Hanapin, we have a monthly training day. We shut down the office and all the account managers spend the morning […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 19, 2013

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 Latest Transparency Report Shows Rise In Content Removal Requests From Russia & Turkey Google announced today it has released its eighth Transparency Report since 2010 when the search engine began […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 11, 2013

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Analyst Gives Both Google Now And Siri A “C+” Piper Jaffray financial analyst Gene Munster performed his now annual comparison of Google Voice Search/Google Now and Siri to determine which one […]