The 20 most popular social media platforms
Discover the 20 top social media platforms with key stats and tips to choose the best channels for your brand's growth.
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Why using AI to create YMYL experts is a REALLY bad idea
Uncover the disturbing trend of AI-generated authorities and scammy link building tactics, plus its detrimental impact to the SEO industry.
This day in search marketing history: March 18
Learn what happened on this day in search marketing history – including developments in SEO, PPC, search and digital marketing.
This day in search marketing history: February 10
Google refreshes Page Layout Algorithm, plus: Google's ads impact on advertisers, poor grammar, Google Buzz reaction and more
This day in search marketing history: January 23
Expedia buys Travelocity, plus: Don't Be Evil tool, semantic search, Position 6 penalty, unlimited site exclusions and more.
Reputation attack sites have plummeted in Google, but can still harm
Sites like Ripoff Report, Pissed Consumer and Complaints Board are still a danger for businesses and people with a low online presence. Here's what you can do to decrease the threat.
When To Post On Social Media (And How Often)
If you’re running social media activity on a professional basis you need to be posting all the time. You also likely should be posting across multiple social networks. These two things combined can be exhausting, especially if you have other things to do too. To make your life easier, you should use a scheduling tool […]
Top Social Networks
Social Media is forever changing. What started with sites like Friends Reunited simply helping you find your old classmates in the early noughties is now a complex set of ecosystems. Each social network has its own culture and rules. Many now have their own celebrities and sub-cultures too, which are completely unknown by the outside […]
SearchCap: Google event schema penalty, knowledge graph local panels & fake reviews
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 warns webmasters not to use misleading event markupNov 27, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google can penalize your website if you use event markup in a misleading manner. Looking to get […]
How Google measures the authority of web pages
Google has no single authority metric but rather uses a bucket of signals to determine authority on a page-by-page basis.
AMP — Accelerated Mobile Pages — rolling out to 1 billion more people in Asia
Baidu, Sogou and Yahoo Japan are adopting the mobile framework.
SearchCap: Google iOS app, Google Search Console export & AdWords characters
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: How your old content can help with SEOJul 28, 2016 by Tamar Weinberg Looking to get the most SEO value out of your content marketing efforts? Columnist Tamar Weinberg explains how […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords notification, Bing & Google national convention results & 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 reports more than 40K government requests for user data during 2nd half of 2015Jul 19, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Google says it is proud its transparency reports have helped “shed […]
SearchCap: Google mobile usability, AdWords bidding & 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 Search Console testing new mobile usability reportJun 21, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Leaked screen shots show the new Google mobile usability testing tool gaining the same interface as the mobile-friendly […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads social extensions, Google Adpocalypse & 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: Bing Ads testing Social Extensions: Link search ads to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr Mar 18, 2016 by Ginny Marvin The new ad extension is in beta in the US. Why costs […]
Bing Ads testing Social Extensions: Link search ads to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr
The new ad extension is in beta in the US.
SearchCap: Real-time search, SEO changes & 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 ch-ch-ch-changes. How they’re affecting publishers and SEOsMar 17, 2016 by Kristine Schachinger Is Google’s relationship with publishers and SEOs deteriorating? Columnist Kristine Schachinger discusses the state of this long-standing love-hate […]
Yahoo’s Top Searches In 2015: From Caitlyn Jenner To Ronda Rousey, Females Take Over The Top 10 List
2015 was the year of the woman on Yahoo, with eight of the top ten searches focused on female singers, actresses, athletes and reality stars.
SearchCap: Bing Ads Redesign, Tumblr GIF Search & Thumbtacks Google Penalty
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Confirmed: Google Capital-Backed Thumbtack Hit With Manual Action For Unnatural Links Thumbtack’s co-founder confirms the company received a Google manual action for links, vows to take the necessary steps to reverse […]
Tumblr’s New GIF Search Engine Takes The Pain Out Of Having To Use Actual Words
Users now can easily search for GIFs indexed on Tumblr's platform, with images automatically credited when placed in a post.
Search In Pics: Classic Yahoo & Urchin Photos, Google Pegman Pins & Twitter Cardboard Office
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
SearchCap: comScore Metrics, Bing Image Search & Google App Installs
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yelp Ups Its Search Game With “Yelp Now”: Adds Dinner Reservation & Food Ordering Search Filters New filters let users search restaurant listings based on available reservation dates and times, as […]
SearchCap: Google Drops Links, AdWords Structured Snippets & Mobile-Friendly Algorithm
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 Changes Car Insurance Links After SEOs Complain Google quickly changes their keyword rich anchor text in a recent blog post to avoid controversy in the SEO industry around link spam […]
Yahoo Celebrates Its 20th Birthday By Setting New World Record For Yodeling
Along with 3,400 other people, CEO Marissa Mayer yodeled for a full minute to mark Yahoo's big day.
SearchCap: comScore Search Share, RetailMeNot Google Panda Free & Bing Ads Enhanced Sitelinks
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Right To Be Forgotten: Google Tells Europe It Won’t Scrub Global Index European privacy regulators continue to push for an extension of The Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) to the entire […]
SearchCap: Bing Local Carousel, NORAD Tracker & Yahoo Search 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: Paid Search Revenue Gains Outpaced Retailer Ad Spend On Black Friday, Cyber Monday Over the Thanksgiving week, retailers increased ad spend on paid search by 49 percent compared to 2013, according […]
Yahoo 2014 Search Trends: Ebola Ranks No. 1 For Top 10 Searches & Most Searched News Stories
Following Ask.com last week and Bing on Monday, it’s now Yahoo’s turn to share its most popular searches for the year. Mayer’s site released its top searches for a number of categories, including most popular searches overall, top obsessions, and news stories, as well as offering up a few Tumblr lists. Ebola ranked No. 1 […]
SearchCap: King Of The United States, Break Up Google Conflict & 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: German Legislator Calling For Google Breakup Has Serious Conflict Of Interest The German member of the European Parliament behind the call to break up Google, Andreas Schwab, has a conflict of […]
Google Rolls Out Search App Redesign For Android Lollipop Devices
Google announced today it is rolling out a redesign of its Search App for Android devices running on the Lollipop OS. Along with the “…bold colors, fluid animations and simplified layouts” of the new material design, Google says the updated app allows Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Galaxy Note 4 users to set their device […]
SearchCap: Bing Emoji, Google Webmaster Guidelines & Gmail Messages In 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: Bing Now Lets You Search By Emoji Want to search for something using popular emoji characters? Microsoft’s Bing search engine now supports this. Bing announced the news in a post today, […]
Search In Pics: Google Sukkahs, Android Lollipops & Spy Vs Spy Google Glass
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
SearchCap: Google Robots.txt Tester, Bing Ads Bid Suggestions & AdWords Express App
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Blogger Fined By French Court, Negative Restaurant Review Too Prominent In Google A French court has ordered a blogger to pay a substantial fine and change the title of a restaurant […]
SearchCap: Microsoft Catapult, Facebook Mobile Graph Search & Bing Ads Express Closes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is The Mobile Migration Of Graph Search Upon Us? New Facebook Test Uncovers Mobile Web Integration We’ve been saying that it is just a matter of time for Facebook’s Graph Search […]
Yahoo News Digest App Hits Android & Goes International
Earlier this year, Yahoo continued its mobile push with the release of their mobile news app “Yahoo News Digest” for iOS. The main powering agent of Yahoo News Digest was the technology from former acquisition, Summly. Today, Yahoo News Digest is expanding out to more devices in more locations, thanks to new editions. First off, […]
Google App Indexing Adds 24 Android Apps & Expands To All English Content Worldwide
On October 31st, Google announced they are now supporting a new feature named app indexing, which allows publishers to create links from Google’s search results directly into the deep content within their Android apps. So if you search for something on your Android device and happen to see a result from a publisher where you […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 10, 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: Google Updates Its Page Layout Algorithm To Go After Sites “Top Heavy” With Ads Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced that Google has released a refresh of its Page […]
A Paid Search First? Olympic Sponsor Visa Opts To Advertise Its Tumblr On Google, Bing and Yahoo
YouTube and Facebook have long been the favored social accounts promoted by brands in paid search ads. Visa is cracking the mold. In what may be a first for a major brand, the Olympic sponsor is using paid search to drive visitors to its Tumblr account. The ads are appearing on both Google and the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 3, 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 Shopping Outpaces Amazon Same-Seller Sales On Cyber Monday, Black Friday Over the extended holiday shopping weekend, Google Shopping same seller sales have been growing faster than Amazon among large retailers. […]
Yahoo’s Year In Review Includes Top Searches For 2013 & First Ever Posting Of Top Tumblr Trends
Yahoo has assembled an impressive list of search trends for 2013, covering 38 different “Top Searched” lists on everything from top searches overall to top searched cookies (yes, the ones you eat). For the first time ever, Yahoo included top trends on Tumblr in its year in review, highlighting the most viral blogs on Tumblr, […]
Bing Posts Its Most Popular Searches For 2013, Naming Beyonce The Most Searched Person Of The Year
Bing has released its most popular searches for 2013, including more than 20 “Most Searched” lists, from most searched persons, sports stars and teams, to most searched TV shows and movies, social sites, entertainment electronics and apps. Beyonce topped two lists, winning the No. 1 spot for most searched person of 2013 and most searched […]