Topic: Social media marketing

SEO

SMX East Agenda Is Up – Early Bird Rates End Soon

Get ready for three days of innovative search marketing tactics you won’t find anywhere else but SMX East. The world’s largest search marketing conference is taking place in NYC September 29-October 1; the expo hall will be open September 29-September 30; workshops will be offered on September 28. Check out the brand new SMX East […]

SearchCap: Twitter On Google, Bing Maps Transit & Search Behavior Study

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 Search Tests Colored Dots In Result Snippets Yet another user interface being tested in the Google Mobile search results… 6 Search Tips For Travel Advertising Success Advertisers in the […]

SearchCap: SEO Support, SEO Mistakes & DuckDuckGo Answers

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo Now Supports Instant Answers In French, German, Czech & Polish Languages Now you can get 9 million answers in French, German, Czech & Polish from DuckDuckGo. AMA: Common Local SEO […]

Dive Deep on SEO, PPC, Social Media, Display & Local Search – Check out the SMX West Workshops

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 […]

New Facebook Search: Local Ignored Again — Big Mistake

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 […]

SearchCap: Twitter Renews Focus On SEO, Facebook’s New Places Directory & Mobile Search, Shopping & Buying Tips

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EBay Dumps Google Syndicated Ads For Bing Ads On Mobile Devices Quietly, eBay has dumped Google AdWords sponsored text ads from mobile devices in favor of Bing Ads. The move was […]

Facebook Launches New Places Directory

Facebook has launched a new Places Directory, which is really an emerging local search site. Right now, it’s more accurately like “guided browsing.” It was first brought to our attention by Matteo Gamba. The new Places mixes up Graph Search, the Page Locations API and other elements to make the directory a worthy supplement for […]

SearchCap: Bing Talks Search Share, Matt Cutts On Future With Google & Major Drop In Traffic After Loss Of Snippets

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: It’s Unlikely That We’ll Take Search Share Away From Google Microsoft’s Director of Search admitted this week that Bing isn’t likely to put a significant dent in Google’s search market […]

Bing Ads Showing Twitter Followers In Ads

Bing and Twitter have had a partnership dating back to the ancient days of 2009 and have renewed their deal to feature tweets in the search results every two years since. Now, Bing Ads is testing out an integration to show the number of Twitter followers advertisers have within their ads. The test, first reported […]

SearchCap: Google Not Mobile Icons, Bing & Google Election Search & Amazon Google’s Competitor

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 Eric Schmidt In Berlin: “Really, Our Biggest Search Competitor Is Amazon” The attitudes of European policy makers toward Google seem to have hardened of late. On various regulatory fronts, Google […]

Pinterest SEO: 7 Tips From A Pinterest Engineer [#SMX]

It’s not hard to make the case that Pinterest is a perfect social network for marketers, and Tailwind CEO Daniel Maloney hit upon the crux of the matter during a session this week at SMX East in New York. Twitter, he said, is mostly about what I’m doing; Facebook is about who I am; Pinterest […]

SEO

Study: Organic Search Drives 51% Of Traffic, Social Only 5%

After analyzing “billions of pieces” of content, content marketing firm BrightEdge claims organic search is the primary driver of website traffic to business sites, while social barely generates a blip on the traffic radar. The BrightEdge study found organic search drives 51 percent of all visitors to B2B and B2C websites, trumping all other non-organic […]

SEO

Want To Speak @ SMX Social Media Marketing? Here’s How

The agenda is live, and we’re now accepting submissions to speak at Search Marketing Expo – SMX Social Media Marketing 2014, November 19-20, 2014, at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Start by carefully reading the SMX Social Media Marketing 2014 agenda and deciding where you think you’d make a great contribution. Then […]

SEO

Wanted: Session Ideas For SMX Social Media Marketing

We’ve begun planning for SMX Social Media Marketing 2014, a two-day, tactic-rich conference that covers all key issues for getting the most out of social media networks. The conference takes place at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, on November 19-20, 2014. Do you have a topic you’d like to see covered in […]

What CTR Should I Aim For?

CTR is a generally accepted marker for how well a campaign is doing. The higher the CTR, the better the adverts are being responded to. What are the CTR benchmarks for different types of digital marketing though? This can depend on a myriad of factors. Where and when your ads are served, what they say, […]

SearchCap: Bing + Twitter, Foursquare Fees & Okay 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: Bing Ups Its Twitter Game: Rolls Out Hashtag & Twitter Handle Search Features Starting this week, Bing users are going to see even more Twitter content in search results. As a […]

Learnings From SMX London: The Impact Of Social On Search

SEOs and Social Marketers speculate on the impact that Social Media marketing has on how well their websites perform in search results. There has been much conjecture with many people interpreting an array of correlations as causation. Both Google’s Matt Cutts and Bing’s Duane Forrester have come out (on more than one occasion) to emphatically […]

Bing Webmaster Roadshow 2014 Takes Search Experts On 4-City Tour This Summer

Bing announced today it will be hosting the Bing Webmaster Roadshow 2014 starting next month, with stops in four cities including Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and Houston. In partnership with Inc. Magazine, the events will include panel discussions with Message Medium’s Maisha Walker, Bruce Clay of Bruce Clay Inc., aimClear founder Marty Weintraub, along with Bing […]

Google Places Bulk Management Tool Integrates New Google+ Feature

Google announced new updates to its Google Places bulk location management tool this week, including a new Google+ social feature. From Googler Jade Wang’s announcement in a Google Product Forum: Each location in upgraded and verified accounts will have social features automatically enabled. To use social features on a particular location, like making a post, […]

Where SEM Is Concerned, Google+ Appears To Be Alive And Well

Last week saw a flurry of speculation on the future of Google+ after the head of Google+, Vic Gundotra, announced his departure. The question raised most often is whether Google+ is going away. Although some are reporting that G+ will kill the product side, the platform (in terms of data collection and unique user sign-ins) […]

SearchCap: Pinterest Guided Search & Baidu Earnings Report

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Baidu Beats Expectations, Posts 59 Pct Revenue Growth In Q1 2014 Chinese search engine leader and advertising provider, Baidu, released financials for the first quarter of the year reporting total revenues […]

PPC

Study: Search Campaigns Earn Double Conversion & Revenue Rates When Integrated With Social

According to a new study from Marin Software, advertisers that leveraged integrated search and social ad campaigns experienced twice as many conversions, and doubled their revenue per click rates. Using data from its Global Online Advertising Index, Marin evaluated the performance of paid search campaigns integrated along with social advertising campaigns. The study found users […]