Perplexity expands publisher ad revenue sharing program
Perplexity's expansion includes some major news outlets, though concerns over content use and transparency remain.
Topic: The Independent
Threads, Meta’s Twitter alternative, launches earlier than expected
Threads is the newest platform to challenge Twitter, which has upset many users and advertisers under Elon Musk's leadership.
SearchCap: Google replacing video boxes, hoarding content & 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: Google changed the way it works, and no one really noticed Jun 19, 2018 by Patrick Stox If you missed the changes Google made late last year on labeling country services, […]
SearchCap: Bing fact checking, Google mobile tips & Bing agency awards
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Spark Foundry takes home Bing’s 2017 Agency of the Year & Innovator of the Year awardsSep 15, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Hosted by the Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, Bing’s 2017 Agency […]
SearchCap: Yelp hits Google again, link building & SMX East preview
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: Google local business edits, AMP powered featured snippets & Bing Ads bid adjustments
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: Chrome without GoogleBot, stacked PPC bidding & local SEO
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 study confirms Google doesn’t use Chrome browser data to discover new URLsMar 15, 2017 by Barry Schwartz GoogleBot did not visit a test page that Chrome accessed days before. Here’s […]
SearchCap: Google’s shift to mobile-first, an interview with a Google doodler & 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: Five marketing automation myths busted! Nov 29, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot A study by Forrester Consulting found that just 10 percent of marketing professionals surveyed feel they are able to […]
SearchCap: Google App Interstitial Penalty, Bing Ads Academy & SEO Horror Stories
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 App Interstitial Giant Ad Penalty Is Now Live Nov 3, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Yesterday, Google released an update to their mobile-friendly algorithm, penalizing sites using giant app install interstitial […]
SearchCap: Bing Image Age, Google iOS App Indexing & Apple Proactive Search
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: Apple May Launch Google Now Competitor At June WWDC Event New “Proactive” search capability built in part on earlier Cue acquisition. Google Won’t Say If Google Local Changes Due To […]
Why Everyone In The EU May Look Like They’ve Made A “Right To Be Forgotten” Request In Google
Google began removing listings in response to the EU’s new Right To Be Forgotten mandate last week. As promised, Google is also disclosing to searchers when such removals have happened. However, it is also confusingly reporting that removals may have happened even when they have not. Welcome to Google’s new blanket notice that all name-based […]
SearchCap: Old Google Street Views, Bing For Schools & DailyMotion’s Upset
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 For Schools” Becomes “Bing In The Classroom” & Makes Program Available To All Schools Originally launched in August of last year as Bing for Schools, the new Bing in the […]
DailyMotion Says Google Is Cheating, Serves Up Its Own Video Content Over DailyMotion Videos
The president of French video platform DailyMotion Giuseppe de Martino told UK newspaper The Independent he believes Google is leveraging unfair search practices, serving up YouTube videos in place of DailyMotion content. Independent reporter Ian Burrell writes: [De Martino] claims that sometimes when internet users search Google for DailyMotion videos they mysteriously don’t appear – […]
New UK Conservative Party Co-Chair Grant Shapps Founded Google Spamming Business
The UK’s Conservative Party has a new co-chair, The Right Honourable Grant Shapps, Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield. Honorable except with Google, which considers the business he apparently founded to be pushing a tool designed to spam its search engine and fill its listings with rubbish. According to The Guardian, Shapps founded HowToCorp in […]
Google Set For Public Shaming By British MPs Upset Over Company’s UK “Tax Evasion”
Google has done nothing illegal. Just the same some British Members of Parliament (MPs) are angry and will likely call company executives (probably Eric Schmidt) to testify about why Google doesn’t pay its “fair share” of taxes in the UK. According to published reports and company filings Google made £395 million ($620 million) in revenues […]
NBC Olympics Executive’s Email Wasn’t “Widely Available” In Google
The interwebs are all a flutter over how a critic of NBC’s Olympic coverage had his Twitter account suspended after tweeting the email address of the executive in charge of that coverage. It was private, said Twitter. Public to anyone with Google, said journalist Guy Adams, whose account was suspended. Actually, from what I can […]
Brands & News Sites Among Winners From Google’s Freshness Algo Update, Report Says
Major brands and a variety of news sites — from established outlets to internet-only gossip sites — are among the winners from Google’s recent algorithm update that aimed to reward fresh and more recent content.
Austria Ends Ban On Google Street View; Google Unmoved
Austrian officials have lifted an almost year-long ban on Google Street View, but Google says it has no current plans to offer the service there, anyway. According to the Austrian Independent, Austria’s Data Protection Commission (DSK) announced on Thursday that it was ending the ban that started in May 2010; that’s when Google admitted that […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 21, 2010
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 On Break Up: Cut Us In Half, They’d Demand Quarters Google isn’t mincing words in response to reports yesterday that a consumer advocacy group thinks the government should break up […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 23, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google StreetView ‘Naked Child’ Incident Reveals Anxiety About Technology
There were a couple of stories over the weekend and today about the capture on Google StreetView of images of a naked toddler. Here’s the original UK newspaper report: The Independent on Sunday alerted the internet search giant after finding the image of the toddler, playing at a family summer picnic in a garden square […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 7, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 29, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Sued In UK For Defamatory Postings In Search Results
Google sued over defamatory postings found on web search from The Independent reports that the company could be held liable for the publication of inaccurate, malicious or damaging material on the internet, even though Google did not create the content and is simply listing what’s found on the web. The plaintiff, Brian Retkin, claims he […]
Everyone Fears Google (Again) & Will The Last Googler To Leave Turn The Lights Out?
Back at the beginning of this year, my 14 "Is Google Evil?" Tipping Points Since 2001 covered the history of how Google has been deemed to be too Big Brotherish or too dominant over the years. Another wave of Google hatred and fear is washing across the great sea of Blog. Here’s a look at […]