Neeva is shutting down its ads-free search engine
Neeva beat Google and Microsoft in launching generative AI search with citations. But the ad-free search engine didn't attract enough users.
Topic: Sridhar Ramaswamy
Is Google Search getting worse?
Are your search results less useful than they were years ago? Are you seeing more ads, more links to ads, and more spammy content?
Neeva seeks to expand user base with free subscriptions
Search marketers will have to pay attention if Neeva can grow its market share. But without search ads, options may be limited for PPC practitioners.
Search results, but without the search results page; Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, leaked documents suggest Amazon is abusing its position in India.
Neeva’s ‘FastTap Search’ feature presents direct links instead of a results page
FastTap Search is a reimagining of the search results that’s only possible because Neeva doesn’t rely on ad revenue.
Has automation actually changed the way you do your job?; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, Google goes organic with its hotel search listings
DuckDuckGo’s focus on privacy-minded users pushes it past 100 million searches in a single day
Although it’s a long way from being a Google competitor, DuckDuckGo’s business model may serve as a playbook for new search engines.
SEO year in review 2020: COVID forces platforms to adapt their local and e-commerce offerings, and more
Even a pandemic couldn’t slow down developments in the search industry. Here’s our recap of the year’s most important stories and news.
What would it take for new search engines to succeed?
Neeva and You.com seek to pick up segments of users overlooked by Google, and with shifting user preferences and increased governmental scrutiny, there might be an opportunity.
Does the Google antitrust case make an Apple search engine more likely?
The DOJ may cause Apple to accelerate plans for its own engine.
Former Google ad boss Ramaswamy to launch new search engine Neeva
Neeva will be subscription based and won't have advertising.
Google promotes Prabhakar Raghavan to lead Search, replacing Ben Gomes
Jerry Dischler becomes the new head of Google Ads, Gomes takes over Google Education, while Google veteran Jen Fitzpatrick takes on engineering.
PPC 2018 in Review: These changes will have the biggest impact on advertisers in 2019
Significant shifts toward more automation affected nearly every aspect of the paid search landscape in 2018, and there were other important developments that will have a lasting impact in the new year.
SearchCap: Google’s ad chief exits company, Google Analytics 360, SMX West 2019
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 Ads chief Sridhar Ramaswamy leaves to join venture firm Oct 2, 2018 by Greg Sterling Ramaswamy will be replaced by Prabhakar Raghavan, Google VP of Engineering for Google Cloud Apps. […]
Google Ads chief Sridhar Ramaswamy leaves to join venture firm
Ramaswamy will be replaced by Prabhakar Raghavan, Google VP of Engineering for Google Cloud Apps.
Google Marketing Live: Here come fully automated ads & campaigns for Local, Shopping & more
Google announces machine learning-loaded initiatives at its annual advertiser event.
Google is retiring the AdWords & DoubleClick brands in a major rebranding aimed at simplification
Welcome to Google Ads, Google Marketing Platform, and Google Ad Manager.
Google extends olive branch to publishers, lays out new focus on subscriptions
The corporate-level commitment to subscription programs comes as executives acknowledge the challenges publishers have been facing.
SearchCap: Google Insights Engine Project, Instant AMP label & Google Express
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 test surfaces user data for publishers as part of new Insights Engine ProjectOct 4, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Several new initiatives are aimed at bringing machine learning into publisher products […]
Google to hold annual livestream of AdWords, Analytics, DoubleClick announcements May 23
Says updates will touch on simplified measurement, improved targeting and ways brands are starting to use Google Assistant.
7 SEM experts weigh in on the biggest AdWords announcements
What do advertisers need to start thinking about now, and what are the underdog announcements from Google Performance Summit?
Official: Google to roll out Expanded Text Ads for all devices
Perhaps the final vestige of pre-mobile AdWords, 25-35-35 character text ads will soon sunset.
Google AdWords to break up tablet & desktop and enable a mobile base bid
Individual device bid adjustments will roll out in the coming months.
Google’s 2015 “Bad Ads” Report: 780 Million Ads, 25K App Accounts Shut Down
One of Google's efforts last year was to prevent accidental mobile clicks when app developers purposely placed ads too close to application buttons.
Ad Blocking: Where Do We Go From Here? A PPC Agency View
The recent debate around ad blocking, sparked by the release of Apple's iOS 9, shows the need for a renewed focus on the mobile user experience with ads. Columnist and agency owner Pauline Jakober weighs in.
The 10 Most Important Paid Search Developments So Far In 2014
It’s been a big year so far for product listing ads on both Google and Bing. Google started putting more ads in the Knowledge Graph. Bing followed Google’s lead on combining tablet and desktop traffic. And Google said it would begin stripping paid search queries from referrer strings. Now that we’re halfway through the year, […]
Google Reviewing “Not Provided,” Withholding Keywords From Organic But Not Paid Search Clicks
When Google moved to secure search in October 2011, it was a blow to publishers, who began losing data about the search terms used to reach their sites. It also opened Google up to claims of hypocrisy, in that advertisers continued to receive the terms. Now, Google says it’s reexamining the issue and seeking a […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 6, 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: Update: “When Do The Olympics Opening Ceremonies Start?” Now You CAN Ask Yahoo Yesterday, I wrote about my search experience in trying to find out when the Olympics Opening Ceremonies will […]
Official: Google’s Sridhar Ramaswamy Takes Over Ads & Commerce As Wojcicki Heads To YouTube
With today’s news that Google ads veteran Susan Wojcicki has is now heading YouTube, Google tells Search Engine Land that Sridhar Ramaswamy will lead the ads and commerce team. Ramaswamy and Wojcicki, who’ve both shared the title of SVP, Ads & Commerce, have been jointly running the ads division for the last year. The transition from […]
The Right Way To Do Click-To-Call In An Enhanced Campaign World
Earlier this week, I attended the How To Do Click-To-Call In An Enhanced Campaign World session at SMX East. As a search usability professional, my primary interest is to understand not only how searchers locate and discover desired content, but also why searchers make specific choices. For example, when does a searcher prefer to use […]
Google Launches ‘Estimated Cross-Device Conversions’ In AdWords, First Stage Of New ‘Estimated Total Conversions’
Today, Google launched estimated cross-device conversions in AdWords. It’s the company’s first step in providing advertisers with conversion insights that reflect the real-world impact of their campaigns. The new conversion type is the first to roll-out as part of the new Estimated Total Conversions, which will eventually include phone calls and in-store visits. Estimated cross-device […]
Google: Today’s Enhanced Campaigns Rollout Will Take Several Weeks To Complete
Account managers have been bombarded with alerts in their AdWords dashboards for months now. Today, notices like the one below started appearing upon login to AdWords — upgrade your campaigns by July 22 or Google will do it for you. Now, in a new blog post, Senior Vice President-Ads & Commerce Sridhar Ramaswamy states that a […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 15, 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 Knowledge Graph Gets More Stats and 4 New Languages At Google I/O today, Amit Singhal, Google VP of Search, announced that statistics and four new languages are being added to […]
Google: Nearly 2 Million AdWords Campaigns Are Now Enhanced, Early Results Are In
In an update on the early progress of the transition to enhanced campaigns last night, Sridhar Ramaswamy, SVP, Ads and Commerce at Google — and the lead on enhanced campaigns — said that close to two million campaigns have been set to enhanced. That’s up from 1.5 million Google quoted on the first quarter earnings call on […]
Google Opens Kimono (Slightly) On AdWords Screening Measures
Followers of news about Google AdWords know that problematic errors — instances in which ads that violate the company’s own advertising standards slip by — come up quite regularly. Most recently, Google, along with advertiser ProFlowers, was roundly and publicly criticized for AdWords that seemed to indicate that local florists were sold out in advance […]