Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Why one e-commerce company is going all-in on AMP (Hint: conversions)Jun 22, 2017 by Ginny Marvin With significant conversion lifts over responsive design, Event Ticket Center has been pushing the 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: Google working on fixing bug with the Links to Your Site reportApr 10, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google Search Console reporting bug leads webmasters to panic over ranking issues. There is […]
Under fire for months, can Google reverse the drip-drip-drip of criticism as incorrect, absurd or even dangerous results surface to the top?
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Matt Cutts officially resigns from Google Jan 19, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Matt Cutts is the new director of engineering at the US Digital Service. He has been on leave with […]
Criticized for listing a Holocaust-denial site first, Google's results are finally changing -- but probably due to external factors.
A Melbourne appeals court said Google is not responsible for defamation of a man based on the images shown in the search results.
Facing criticism over "fake news," inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking for long-term and comprehensive solutions.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Top 10 local search insights of 2016Dec 5, 2016 by Wesley Young Columnist Wesley Young of the Local Search Association looks back at 2016 to find the top 10 insights that […]
Google and Facebook are committed to facts and progress, but The Guardian argues they may be helping to undermine both.
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 local search update highlights business holiday hours in local listings Nov 28, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Local listings display accurate holiday hours in real time. SEO without SERPs is here […]
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 Partner Program expands to agencies and technology partners, rolling out to more marketsNov 15, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Customers that meet certain engagement criteria can become eligible for program benefits. […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: AMP causing monetization frustration among some news publishersOct 28, 2016 by Greg Sterling Some publishers, such as CNN and The Washington Post, are having good experiences, however. Due to a […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: HTTP to HTTPS: An SEO’s guide to securing a websiteApr 14, 2016 by Patrick Stox Despite the numerous benefits of switching to HTTPS, many SEOs and website owners have not done […]
Streetmap had sued on grounds that putting Google Maps at the top of search results was an “abuse of competition."
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: 82% Of Super Bowl Ad Searches Happened On Mobile, Up From 70% Feb 8, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Ads drove more than 7.5 million incremental searches for Super Bowl advertisers. […]
Company to extend AdWords credits to NGOs under Google AdWords Grants program.
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 Google My Business API Dec 17, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Now developers can automate the management of their businesses Google My Business listings via the new API. Final Chance 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: Foursquare CEO Crowley: “We Do Location Better Than Anybody Else” Dec 7, 2015 by Greg Sterling Foursquare has come a long way from its early days as a social “check-in” app. […]
Google officially launched new live blog schema for publishers to communicate when they are "live blogging" events and topics.
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 Adds Additional Ranking Boost For Using App Indexing APISep 30, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Google announced a new ranking boost for App Indexing, as well as a new iOS indexing […]
The European “hide me, find me” SEO game that is the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) continues to twist and turn. The latest twist is that Google has been ordered by a UK regulator to remove links that were indexed after subsequent news articles appeared about the subject of the original RTBF de-indexing. The Guardian […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Reduce Cart Abandonment and Increase Revenue with Customer Reviews — July 29 Webcast Learn how reviews can help drive SEO traffic and revenue. US Desktop Search Rankings Hold Steady; Google Maintains […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SEMPO Names 20 Leaders From Locations Around The World To Drive SEMPO Cities Initiative The new leadership will be charged with creating local communities to help educate and support search marketing […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Gay Pride Month Gets Google’s Support With Rainbow-Colored Images For LGBT Searches For the month of June, LGBT-related search terms will deliver a Google results page with a rainbow-colored heart and […]
Google researcher Kevin Murphy said new Im2Calorie technology analyzes the depths of pixels in a food image to identify its shape and size.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Top 10 Insights On Local Search & Marketing From The Experts At LSA 15 Columnist Wesley Young recaps some of the biggest takeaways from the 2015 Local Search Association Conference. 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: IAB: Search Was 50% Of US Digital Ad Spend In 2014, Desktop Still Bigger Than Mobile Search was $24.6 billion of digital ad spend last year. Desktop outpaced mobile search spend […]
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 iPhone App Gets A Refresh With New Privacy Controls, Image Search Results & More Emojis Updates make it possible to launch apps from the search results page, enable a “Privacy […]
Company argued Guardian and Yelp got more direct traffic than they actually do.
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 Loses Market Share As Some Firefox Users Return To Google Yahoo gives Google back some of the gains won after Firefox deal. B2B Marketing Automation Platforms 2015: New Market Intelligence […]
Now users can quickly scan topic-based content from single sources on mobile devices.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: See All Of The New Google AdWords Updates On One Web Page Google creates a new page that acts as a release notes document for showing advertisers the latest updates and […]
Third-party developers can now integrate their apps into Google Now Cards.
Google France homepage now displaying "Je Suis Charlie" badge to honor victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.
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 […]
How much does it cost to be Mozilla’s Firefox search provider in Europe? Perhaps nothing — because Google will continue to be the provider there despite not having any formal deal with Mozilla, come this December. Yesterday, it was big news that Mozilla announced new deals making Yahoo the default search provider for Firefox in the US, Yandex […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SEO & SSL: A Conversation With Jon Henshaw Of Raven Tools Google says it will boost rankings for HTTPS sites, but, in an interview by contributor Clark Buckner, Henshaw recommends SEOs […]
Google is facing daily fines of €1,000 in France, under a punitive ruling tied to the Right-to-Be-Forgotten (RTBF), unless it removes links to an article from its index globally, according to The Guardian. Several politicians in Europe have recently suggested that the RTBF should extend to all Google results worldwide, not just country level indexes. […]
Although there was little guidance on how to handle “Right To Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests, Google’s PR Chief in Europe says the company acted quickly to process those requests and remove some URLs out of a fear of being sued. Peter Barron, the head of Google’s European communications, told a packed session today at the […]