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Topic: White House
Trump grants TikTok another 90-day lifeline as sale talks stall
President Trump’s 90-day extension keeps TikTok live in the U.S., giving advertisers continued access to one of the most valuable platforms for reaching younger audiences.
Supreme Court upholds TikTok divestment order: What you need to know
TikTok to be banned for 170 million U.S. users, disrupting campaigns and forcing brands to pivot organic and paid strategies.
Joe Biden supports bill to ban TikTok in the U.S.
TikTok is accusing U.S. senators of staging a pre-determined vote to ban the platform in America.
How to protect against and benefit from generative AI hallucinations
As AI takes center stage in marketing, it is subject to machine error – ironically, only humans can check fallibility.
The White House wants us to use Schema for COVID-19 announcements
Private sector businesses are also urged to use the new “SpecialAnnouncement” and “eventAttendanceMode” tags when appropriate.
Google helping to build pilot coronavirus testing website
Engineers are contributing to the project aimed at helping people find nearby drive-through COVID-19 testing sites.
After rare Google confirmation of on-site penalty, Natural News is back in Google’s index
HealthNews.com confirms being reincluded in the Google index after being deindexed last week.
Alice Paul Google Doodle Marks 131st Birthday Of The American Suffragist & ERA Activist
Paul played a primary role in getting the 19th Amendment through Congress and was the original force behind the Equal Rights Amendment.
aimClear’s Psychographic Targeting for Political Advertising Agencies’ WINS
In round 3 of our political social targeting series we look at how psychographic targeting will impact paid social during the ongoing presidential campaign and the thousands of undercard races that are about to launch in 2016. For this edition, we tapped the experience of one of our own: Kevin Watterson, who worked in […]
Heavy-Hitter Political Ad Psychographic Targeting Round 1: Facebook
LLLLLLLLLLET’S GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLLLE. Ladies and gentlemen, WELCOME to the MAIN Event – political social advertising season. From Madison Square Garden to the MGM, political advertising agencies are training for The Big Fight… for engagements and the ultimate WIN. In this Psychographic Targeting Hot House, aimClear Production Manager Lea Scudamore highlights eight fantastic […]
Google To Implement Googlebomb Fix To Prevent Racist Listings In Google Maps
Crowdsourcing the entire web goes bad with Google Maps, causing many locations to be relevant for slurs and derogatory words. Google promises a fix is on the way.
SearchCap: Google Search Console, Apple Maps & Panda & Penguin Speed
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 Maps Lists The White House & Howard University For Racists Terms Where previous Google Maps hacks were arguably playful, this is ugly. Google: We Are Trying To Update The Data […]
Google Maps Lists The White House & Howard University For Racists Terms
Where previous Google Maps hacks were arguably playful, this is ugly.
After Several Public Google Maps Hacks, Google Forced To Suspend Map Maker To Prevent More Fake Edits
After years of fraudulent edits to Google Maps, Google has temporarily suspended Google Maps Maker.
Google Maps Hack Shows Android Mascot Relieving Itself On Apple Logo
VentureBeat chronicles another episode in the sometimes delightful, sometimes cringe-worthy history of off-color, user generated content on Google Maps. The subject of the hack today is the image of an Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo. Here’s the image as it appeared earlier today via VentureBeat: Google subsequently removed the image. The company also […]
SearchCap: Bing Mobile Friendly, Google EU, Yandex Links & Google Maps
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Announcing “The Landy Awards” Presented By Search Engine Land Search Marketing Industry Awards Program Launches To “Celebrate The Power Of Search” – Recognizing Excellence In SEO & SEM, Profits To Benefit […]
How A Long-Standing Google Maps Loophole Let This Man Put Edward Snowden In The White House
Bryan Seely campaigned against Google Maps loopholes last year by making fake listings for the FBI & The Secret Service. He's back again warning against them with his latest demonstration.
SearchCap: Flickr Search, Yahoo Knowledge Graph, Bing Ads App & EU vs 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: Reports: EU To File Formal Antitrust Charges Against Google This Week Company could face billions in fines if Commission decides to impose them. Identify and Eliminate Your R.O.T. Content – April […]
Senator Mike Lee Opens Investigation Into Google-FTC Antitrust Outcome
Secondary political motivations enter the FTC report controversy.
WSJ Report Suggests Intervention In FTC’s Google Investigation By White House
Article asserts Google lobbying affected agency's decision in antitrust case.
SearchCap: Bing & Yahoo UI Tests, Lyric Sites Dive In Google & Google News More Trusted
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 Time Is The State Of The Union? White House Uses SEO To Spread The Word President Barack Obama will deliver his 2015 State of the Union at 6pm PT tonight. […]
What Time Is The State Of The Union? White House Uses SEO To Spread The Word
President Barack Obama will deliver his 2015 State of the Union at 6pm PT tonight. If you didn’t know the time, you might turn to Google or Bing for an answer. And there, the White House hopes to inform you through a special post it made to rank for that query. Right now, the State […]
Facebook Now Lets You Search Your Posts & Status Updates In Graph Search
Facebook announced the launch of searching your posts and status updates within graph search. Facebook said, “Today, Graph Search will include posts and status updates.” With this, you “will be able to search for status updates, photo captions, check-ins and comments to find things shared with you.” I personally tried this, and it is not […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 28, 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: Yahoo Rolls Out Search Alerts For Web Search, Images & Video According to the Yahoo Search Tumblr blog, Yahoo Search Alerts for Web Search, Images and Video launched today. In the […]
Snowden Petition Blocked From Google? Like All Petitions, It Won’t Be When It Gets Enough Signatures
Search for “edward snowden petition” on Google to find the petition filed through the White House petitions site, and you’ll see something odd. The petition has no description, because the White House won’t let Google crawl the page. But it’s not a move against Snowden, as some might think. It’s part of how the petitions site has worked […]
Bing Relaunches, Features New Social Sidebar, Snapshots
Bing announced a relaunch of its search engine today, with a big emphasis on bringing social into search. But wait! Didn’t Bing already have social as part of its search experience? Yes, but now the search engine hopes to do it better, especially by largely off-loading social elements into a new sidebar area. The new […]
Google To Join Anti-SOPA “Blackout Day” With Home Page Protest
Google has confirmed to several media outlets (initially CNET) that it will join other prominent websites tomorrow, including Wikipedia, in protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills. While Wikipedia has said it will go dark, Google will link to anti-SOPA information on its homepage. Still, that information will be […]
Cadbury’s Brin & Page Google +1 Chocolate Bars
Cadbury posted on their Google + page a picture of their latest milk chocolate bars named “Dairy Milk+ Bars.” The Milk+ bars come in two flavors, Sergey Brin & Larry Page – i.e. the co-founders of Google. As part of a social media experiment, Cadbury posted this on their Google + page, saying: Remember our […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 23, 2011
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 Evokes Holiday Nostalgia In New Stop-Motion Animation Ads If you know that Hermey the elf longs to be a dentist, that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’s girlfriend is named Clarice, and […]
Barack Obama Joins Google+, White House Itself Still Not There
First Britney Spears takes the top Google+ spot away from Google CEO Larry Page today. Now the President of the United States, Barack Obama, has opened an account. Not Yet Verified, But Yes, Real Is it really him? It’s actually a Google+ brand page for the Obama For America campaign, and not verified at the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 10, 2011
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 Market Share Static, 2.2 Billion Local Queries On Google ComScore released its May 2011 search market share rankings this afternoon. The data essentially show no change from last month in […]
Google & The Death Of Osama Bin Laden
I remember distinctly how Google reacted during the 9/11 attacks. Miserably, having to resort to using its ad space and special links on its home page to keep people informed, because its results were so out of date. How things have changed, in so many ways. Google On 9/11 Recall Google back on September 11. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 7, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Should You Ban A Country From Visiting Your Website? Website owners often put a website online and let the entire world access its contents. Essentially, they are claiming to service the […]
Kadafi, Gaddafi, Qaddafi: In The Age Of Search, News Publications Still Struggle With Libya Leader’s Name
A decades-old dispute involving Libya remains unresolved. How do news organizations spell the name of Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi? The exact spelling has a bigger impact these days, where people search for news. Use the wrong spelling, and your story might go missing. Can search tell us the “right” one? More below.
Foursquare 3.0 Aims To “Redefine Loyalty”
Today Foursquare announced “Foursquare 3.0,” an enhanced version of its mobile applications that adds new content, features and options for users. There are new recommendations (“explore”) that take into account your check-ins and those of your friends and network. There has also been “a major overhaul to the leaderboard.” Finally the company hopes to “redefine […]
Obama’s Silicon Valley “Tech Supper” – Who Sat Where? Why Was He There?
Why was he there? Who wasn’t invited and why? What did they talk about? Why was he really there?
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 17, 2011
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 Congratulates Watson On Twitter; IBM Says Thanks Among those watching IBM’s Watson win Jeopardy last night were folks at Google, which just tweeted congrats over to IBM. In response, IBM […]
Presidential Hopeful Rick Santorum Stymied By Search Problem
As former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum sets his sights on the White House, he has a lot of awareness-raising to do, and he desperately needs some help with search, a Roll Call piece this week shows. Currently, when you search for Santorum, the first result is a blog apparently started by gay syndicated sex columnist […]
Google’s “Gold Standard” Search Results Take Big Hit In New York Times Story
The New York Times has a great, detailed story out today about a merchant with an unusual marketing strategy: be mean to customers. Any publicity, even negative publicity, means a win with Google’s ranking algorithms. Is he right? Maybe. Certainly the story illustrates the fallacy of Google’s “gold standard” search results. Rank Well With Bad […]