Google expands its list of local advertising codes
Google is giving advertisers more guidance on regional advertising rules across six international markets.
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Microsoft Ads expands LinkedIn targeting with job seniority filters
Microsoft Ads now lets advertisers target audiences by LinkedIn job seniority across Search and Audience campaigns.
Pete Bowen talks about why Google Ads is not just about clicks
A simple currency error and a hidden breakdown in conversion tracking show how small, overlooked mistakes can spiral into wasted spend.
Google is tightening political content rules for Shopping ads starting April 16
Google will soon require merchants running Shopping ads featuring certain political content to verify their accounts as election advertisers.
TikTok announces major expansion to creator monetization program
The platform is making it easier for creators to join by expanding the program to 33 new markets and lowering the eligibility requirements.
Google SGE expands to 120 countries while adding new follow-up questions, AI translation help and more definitions
SGE now in more countries, more languages with more features.
Are you using an accessibility overlay to help disabled users? Don’t!
Accessibility overlays are not the answer for sites looking to provide a more inclusive experience for online users with disabilities.
Microsoft announces Automotive Ads, Audience Network expansion, and 7 other updates
The new updates were announced today on Microsoft's blog and will be rolled out over the coming weeks across the USA and other markets.
Microsoft Advertising announces open beta for RSA ad customizers
RSA customizers can help to create more dynamic ads that feature more product information in the ad copy without requiring advertisers to manually change the copy.
Microsoft Advertising nearly doubles available markets with 29 more countries
This update may make Microsoft Advertising more attractive to advertisers that sell products or services internationally.
Google App campaigns expand to Discover feeds, AdMob testing ads on app loading screens
Google announced new inventory sources and monetization tools for app advertisers and publishers.
DuckDuckGo a new ‘default search’ option for Chrome, is it time to start paying attention?
The upstart search engine's visibility has been growing.
YouTube aims to show more authoritative search results around news topics
Google to provide more sources and context on breaking news-related searches in YouTube.
Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 Google doodle returns cricket-inspired video game
Google is once again displaying the video game it first introduced for the men's ICC Championship tournament last month.
SearchCap: Bing Ads keyword tool, SEO cost & Twitter AMP
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 retiring Campaign Planner in favor of Keyword PlannerJul 7, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Keyword Planner will take over at the end of July and offer most of the same […]
ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Google doodle doubles as video game for Cricket fans
To celebrate this week's ICC Championship tournament, Google designed a digital game of crickets playing... cricket.
SearchCap: Bing Ads import, voice searches & ad groups
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Merkle: Google Q4 search growth aided by changes other than ETAsJan 24, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Overall paid search growth remained steady in Q4. Separate device bidding among the drivers of […]
SearchCap: Happy New Year’s, Santa tracker & Google’s new recipe 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: A year in review: Search Engine Land’s top 10 columns of 2016Dec 30, 2016 by Jessica Thompson Which topics drew the most attention within the search industry this year? From infographics […]
SearchCap: Google offensive, local SEO & small business
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 studying ways to deal with offensive search suggestions & resultsDec 16, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Facing criticism over “fake news,” inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking […]
Steve Biko Google doodle honors anti-apartheid activist & founder of the Black Consciousness Movement
Biko spent his life fighting South Africa's apartheid policies and racial injustice.
How Google’s Search Chief Has Been Living The “Mobile First” Life For Over A Year
Amit Singhal has been living his digital life mostly off his two smartphones for more than a year.
Google Snubs & Bing Embraces The 2015 Rugby World Cup
Bing provides a special area in search with standings and information for fans. Google does a special logo, but only in some countries.
Google Honors Nelson Mandela With Doodle On His 96th Birthday
Google is remembering and honoring the late Nelson Mandela, who passed away on December 5, 2013. His birthday is today, the first birthday after his death, and to honor Nelson Mandela, Google has a special Google Doodle. The Doodle is a video showcasing some of what he believed in and contributed to the world. Here […]
Virtual 3D “City Tours” Coming To Apple Maps In iOS 8
One of the features in the forthcoming iOS 8 is apparently called City Tours. These are animated flyovers of various cities in Apple Maps. Mostly a novelty, they’ll take users on a 3D tour of key buildings and landmarks in a city. Google Maps/Earth have allowed developers to create animated virtual tours of places since 2009. […]
SearchCap: New Google Penalty, Action Schema & Subscribe To Google Trends
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 Slaps Another Guest Blog Network: PostJoint Google’s Matt Cutts somewhat confirmed on Twitter that Google has taken action on another guest blogging network. This network is named PostJoint and claims […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 17, 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: Retailers Spending Record Levels On Paid Search In 2013 Holiday Season An early look at the paid search performance this holiday season shows retailers invested at record levels, beginning earlier, and […]
Nelson Mandela Ranks #1 On Google’s Top Trending Searches For 2013
Google has published its top ten global trending searches of 2013, with the recently deceased South African leader Nelson Mandela ranking No. 1 for this year’s top global searches: It’s perhaps unsurprising that the #1 trending search of 2013 was an international symbol of strength and peace: Nelson Mandela. Global search interest in the former […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 13, 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 Matt Cutts: When Commenting On Blog Posts, Try To Use Your Real Name In a recent video published by Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts talks about are blog […]
Yahoo’s Most Recent Homepage Updates Roll Out In Select European Countries & South Africa
Launched last February in the US, Yahoo has rolled out its new homepage in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, Ireland and South Africa. According to the announcement posted on Yahoo’s UK blog, the new homepage will display consistently across desktop, mobile and tablet devices. Yahoo says the new homepage is both “functional and intuitive” […]
Google Displaying Company Google+ Logos In Search Results With & Without Rel Publisher
Google is now showing Google+ logos and icons for company profiles in the rich snippets portion of their search results listings. Ross Hudgens spotted the Google+ icon displayed next to the search result for the company’s listing. Rel=publisher markup is not required for the logo to show up. I believe all that is required is […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 23, 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 Pulls Related Searches Filter Due To Lack Of Usage Google has quietly removed the “related searches” option from the search tools menu within the Google search results page. When Google […]
Google Street Views Now In 50 Countries With Addition Of Hungary & Lesotho
Google Maps announced today that their collection of images now include Street Views from 50 countries with photos recently added from Hungary and Lesotho, an enclave surrounded by South Africa. According to the Google Maps blog, their latest update is the largest single update of Street Views imagery since Google Maps launched in 2007, with […]
Google Maps Adds 250,000 Miles Of Street Views In Their Largest Update In History
Google announced they have made their biggest ever street view imagery update by adding over 250,000 miles of roads around the world and doubling their “special collections” imagery. Google said they are increasing the street view imagery specifically in Macau, Singapore, Sweden, the U.S., Thailand, Taiwan, Italy, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway and Canada. They have […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 7, 2012
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 Gets Its Own Knowledge Graph Via Britannica Partnership Bing’s search results are getting a bit more informational thanks to a new partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica. They’re calling it “Britannica Online […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 30, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yandex Joins Bing, Yahoo In Using Nokia-Navteq Map Data Russian search giant Yandex announced that it will be licensing data from Nokia-owned Navteq to offer better and more comprehensive maps coverage […]
Bieber Tops Bing’s List Of Most Popular Searches In 2011
First out of the gate this year in the annual rush to declare search winners is Bing, who earlier today unveiled the top searches of 2011 at BingTrends.com. Bing.com also created an original video to recap the year in search, ending the clip with the Twitter hashtag #My2011. Video: Bing Originals: Decisions That Shaped 2011 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 21, 2011
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 For iPad Updated With New Features Google announced they have updated their Google Search App for the iPad with a whole set of new features. You can download the […]
Google Pitches Google+ Hangout With Full Page New York Times Ad
How do you spread the word about your awesome new social media network? If you’re Google, apparently you turn to a full page ad in the old media of the New York Times. My copy of the New York Times today contained this giant ad on the back of the main section, pitching how the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 11, 2011
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 Shutting Down Site Explorer This Year Yahoo has announced they are shutting down one of the old and beloved SEO tools, Yahoo Site Explorer, later this year. This isn’t unexpected, […]