Google My Business Portal Gets A Facelift & Design Update
Google streamlines the Google My Business dashboard making it easier for businesses to get the answers they need.
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SearchCap: User Science Behind Long-Form Content, Bid Boosting On Bing & Google’s Customer Match
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: The SEO And User Science Behind Long-Form Content Sep 28, 2015 by John E. Lincoln Nobody wants to read long pages of content on the internet, right? Columnist John Lincoln disagrees, […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords Extensions, Google Voice Search Faster & Google Search 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: Google Voice Search In Google App Now 300 Milliseconds FasterSep 24, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Google makes voice search feel “blazingly fast” and improves voice accuracy within the Google App. Local […]
The Google My Business App Gets An Update
Check out the updated Google My Business App for Android -- iOS version coming soon.
Book An Appointment Right From The Search Results With Google’s Latest Test
"Book an appointment" feature is now appearing in some knowledge panel results.
Google Updates The “Local Pack” Showing 3 Results Instead Of 7
Google's local pack now has fewer businesses listed. The 7-pack is now the 3-pack.
Google Shows A Store’s Busy Times By Crowdsourcing Your Store Visits
Google now tells customers when not to go to a store based on long wait times.
SearchCap: comScore Data, Google Autocomplete API & PPC 2015
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 […]
SearchCap: Google+ Pages, App Store Search & Google Maps Trick
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Special Olympics World Games Google Logo Celebrates 47th Year Of Competition Started by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968, the Special Olympics this year will include 7,000 athletes competing in 25 different […]
Google To Shutter Orphaned Google+ Pages Next Week (July 28)
Google is going to “unverify” inactive Google+ local pages. Business pages that have not been claimed or with unresponsive owners are effectively going to be shut down on July 28. This is part of a general clean-up of unclaimed or dormant pages/listings. Blog author Mike Blumenthal has also asserted that the move “is a final […]
SearchCap: Google Panda 4.2, AdWords CPCs & Featured Snippets
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 Panda 4.2 Is Here; Slowly Rolling Out After Waiting Almost 10 Months Google says a Panda refresh began this weekend but will take months to fully roll out. AdWords Brand […]
SearchCap: Google On Links, RTBF In US & Tweets Indexing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Wywy Lets Advertisers Sync Search Bidding With Television Campaigns eHealth.com is first to boost Google AdWords bids in the minutes after commercials air. Google Now Indexing 466% More Tweets, Still Favoring […]
Google Says It May Unverify Inactive Local Business Listings
Company will first try to contact businesses that haven't logged in within six months, then may unverify if there's no response.
Google Local Search Results Shifting After Google Maps Bomb Fix?
Google seems to have made an update to their local search ranking factors, where many local SEO experts and reporters are noticing major shifts in the local results.
SearchCap: Google Maps Apology, Matt Cutts Replaced & App Indexing Data
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: Google Carnival, Google Now Mug & The Breaker Lab In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat […]
SearchCap: Google Quality Algorithm Update, Tweets Live On Google & Links Via Trust
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Google-Twitter Deal Goes Live, Giving Tweets Prominent Placement In Google’s Results Tweets now appear for trending topics in a new carousel format. Twitter doesn’t earn directly off display but will […]
SearchCap: Google Right To Be Forgotten, YouTube Searches & Google Doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Give Yourself A Grade In AdWords Columnist Frederick Vallaeys shares his favorite tools and methods for evaluating your AdWords performance. Right-To-Be-Forgotten One Year Later: 70 Percent Of Requests Refused The most […]
SearchCap: Apple Web Search, Google Search Analytics & Wave Goodbye To Emojis
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Content Marketing For Local Businesses: Get Creative & Pay To Play Even with all the competition online, local businesses can still stand out using creative content to attract new customers. Columnist […]
SearchCap: Google Panda & Penguin Confusion, Bing Mobile Design & Google Japan 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 Panda & Penguin Lack Real-Time Updates, Despite Google’s Past Statements Google had given statements that its Panda and Penguin anti-spam fighting filters were running constantly. Now it says there’s still […]
SearchCap: Advanced SEO Guide To Mobilegeddon, Measuring Local SEO Success & 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: The Advanced SEO’s Guide To Mobilegeddon If you’re so far ahead that you’ve scoffed at other articles about preparing for Google’s upcoming mobile algorithm update, columnist Bryson Meunier has tips on […]
SearchCap: Google’s New Mobile Algorithm, This Week’s Search In Pics & 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: Consider Interstitials When Mobile-Friendly-ing Your Site For Google Columnist Mark Munroe explores an element of mobile SEO that may not have occurred to some webmasters. Everything You Need To Know About […]
SearchCap: Link Building In 2015, Google’s New Doorway Page Penalty Algorithm & Anna Atkins Google Logo
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: What’s The State Of Link Building For SEO In 2015 & Beyond? The rules regarding link building are seemingly always changing, so columnist Jayson DeMers lays out thoughts about what’s safe, […]
SearchCap: Google FireFox Notice, AdWords Speeds Up Data, Cortana On iOS & Android
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 Tests New “Favorites” Feature That Lets Users Bookmark Images Still in beta, the new feature is available only for users signed in to their accounts on a desktop. AdWords Search […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads Editor, Client Management & Google Knowledge Graph
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: Android Caveman, Google Ski Trip & Rope Logo In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at […]
SearchCap: AdWords Updates & Innovations, Local SEO & Google Electric Logo
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 […]
SearchCap: Google Maps App Revised, Social Links In Knowledge Graph, Google Structured Data Updated
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 Events Knowledge Graph Adds Ticket Links, Delegated Events, Comedian Events & Venue Events Google makes four updates to the events knowledge graph after launching the markup back in March 2014. […]
SearchCap: Spain Wants Back, Google News Archive & AdWords Countdown
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 Widget In AdWords Makes Countdown Copy Easy Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having to type variable strings. Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having to […]
SearchCap: Making Your Website Evergreen, Bing Upgrades Safe Search & No More Credit Cards For Adwords Customers
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: The Google Flood, Drunk Penguin & Storm Preparation In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at […]
SearchCap: Google News In Spain, Bing Hotel Booking & Penguin 3.0
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 International Hotel Booking Feature & Updates Mobile Search Results Bing has partnered with TripAdvisor to deliver reviews, booking capabilities and rates for hotel searches in 22 different countries. […]
SearchCap: Google Penguin Holiday Rollout, Microsoft Torque & Facebook 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 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 […]
SearchCap: Google Local Quality Guidelines, Shopzilla Rebrands & Mobile 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: 6 Things You Always Wanted To Know About AdWords Match Types (But Were Afraid To Ask) Even advanced advertisers have questions about the details of keywords and match types. Contributor Matt […]
Google Maps Revamps Quality Guidelines For Local Pages
Google Maps has updated their local pages quality guidelines last night. Jade Wang from the Google team posted the news in the Google Forums saying: We’ve updated and clarified our quality guidelines for local pages. Please read the new version here, and, as always, feel free to contact our support team with any specific questions […]
SearchCap: Google & Apple Safari Partnership, Yahoo Test Ads & Google International Targeting Report
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 4 Predictions for Mobile Marketing and Call Tracking in 2015 – December 9 Webcast Mobile search exploded in 2014, and next year it is promising to be even bigger. So what’s […]
SearchCap: Firefox Picks Yahoo, Apple Maps Partners & Bing Home Page HD
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Free Ride? In Europe, Google Will Remain Firefox Search Default Despite No Deal How much does it cost to be Mozilla’s Firefox search provider in Europe? Perhaps nothing — because Google […]
SearchCap: Google Maps Redesign, U.S. Election Searching & AdWords Reports
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 Redesigns Maps, Adds OpenTable Reservations, Uber Estimates Google continues to evolve its Maps for mobile. It has gone well beyond the rudimentary local search and navigation product it once was […]