What is the Knowledge Graph? How it affects SEO and visibility
Discover how Google's Knowledge Graph works, why it matters for SEO, and how to optimize your content and entities for enhanced search visibility and authority.
Topic: Wikimedia Foundation
Entity SEO: The definitive guide
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This day in search marketing history: February 16
Google says avoid link building, plus: Conductor buys ContentKing, Google shows less than 10 results, Forbes paid links, and more.
How Google creates knowledge panels
The influence of the Knowledge Graph is growing fast and should be included in your SEO strategy.
Can you believe we’re talking about in-person events?; Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, Google blocked 3.1 billion ads that violated their policies last year
How to get the most out of Google’s product Knowledge Panels
What manufacturers and retailers need to know to take advantage of product Knowledge Panels in search.
How to get a Knowledge Panel for your brand, even without Wikipedia
Your own site, Wikidata, third-party mentions and business databases can expand your Knowledge Graph entries in Google and Bing.
The North Face booed by SEO community after manipulating Google image search results
The North Face's agency Leo Burnett Tailor Made covertly updated Wikipedia images to make sure the brand appeared at the top of Google image search results.
Google working to integrate AMP benefits into future open web standards
Standardization will allow sites to implement, and benefit from, AMP features without adopting the framework.
SearchCap: Bing Ad Network, AdWords Data & SEO Games
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Quick Wins To Beat The SEO Waiting Game Feb 17, 2016 by Dan Bagby Even though SEO is a long-term investment, marketers often feel pressured to show progress quickly. Columnist Dan […]
SearchCap: Wikimedia Search, Google MyMaps App & Link Building
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Wikimedia Foundation: “We’re Not Building A Global Crawler Search Engine”Feb 16, 2016 by Matt McGee Two executives refute recent reports that Wikipedia is planning to build its own search engine to […]
Wikimedia Foundation: “We’re Not Building A Global Crawler Search Engine”
Two executives refute recent reports that Wikipedia is planning to build its own search engine to compete with Google.
Wikimedia Foundation Secures $250,000 Grant For Search Engine Development
Knight Foundation money to be used for Knowledge Engine project that aims to discover "reliable and trustworthy public information on the Internet."
Google To Close Freebase, Which Helped Feed Its Knowledge Graph
Freebase announces they will close up shop after migrating their data and APIs to Wikidata. How will this impact the Google Knowledge Graph?
Study: 60 Percent of “Right To Be Forgotten” Requests Denied
Reputation VIP operates the Forget.me website intended to handle Google and Bing “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests. Using three months of data, the company has released a study on RTBF’s impact in France, the UK and Germany. There was a smaller, separate study on Spain. It found that overall 60 percent of requests are […]
SearchCap: Google+ Authorship, Bing Mobile Problem & The New Foursquare 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: “Right To Be Forgotten” To Blame For Removal Of 50 Wikipedia Links From EU Search Results According to a release today from the Wikimedia Foundation, 50 links to its Wikipedia site […]
“Right To Be Forgotten” To Blame For Removal Of 50 Wikipedia Links From EU Search Results
According to a release today from the Wikimedia Foundation, 50 links to its Wikipedia site have been removed from Google search results in Europe on account of the recent Right to Be Forgotten legislation. From the release: As of July 18, Google has received more than 91,000 removal requests involving more than 328,000 links; of […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 30, 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 Search Rolling Out Nutrition Information On More Than 1,000 Foods Building on their Knowledge Graph technology, Google search is rolling out nutrition information on more than 1,000 fruits, vegetables, meats […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 5, 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: If Search Results Were NCAA Championships, Then All Bets Would Be On Louisville The data analytics firm Chitika has created an infographic showing search volume for the final four teams in […]
Wikipedia Releases Search Data To Public But Pulls It After Privacy Concerns
Wikipedia announced they have decided to give away their search data to the public for free. Yea, they would just give away search data to anyone would wanted to download it. Shortly after they announced this, they decided to “temporarily taken down this data to make additional improvements to the anonymization protocol related to the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 18, 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: Study: Insurance, Loan-Related Keywords Are Google’s Cash Cows Insurance-related keywords are the source of 24% of Google’s AdWords revenue, with the highest CPC coming in at a whopping $54.91, according to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 3, 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’s AdSense For Mobile (Apps) Becomes Gateway To Other Mobile Ad Networks Google announced that its AdSense for Mobile Apps program would start allowing publishers and developers to work with third […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 13, 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: Has Facebook’s Active User Growth Dropped 25% to 50%? Are a significant number of people cancelling their Facebook accounts because of privacy concerns? The easy answer would be for Facebook to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 26, 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: Does CEO Coffee Summit Equal Détente For Apple, Google? Gizmodo shows amazing pictures of Steve Jobs and Google CEO Eric Schmidt having coffee in a public place in Palo Alto, CA. […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 17, 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: When In House Should Opt For Outsourcing There are not too many times when I advocate that an in-house SEO program should turn to outsourcing. Far too many times I have […]
Google Gives $2 Million To Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales used Twitter earlier tonight to announce that Google is giving $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation: Google has donated $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation! Formal announcement tomorrow… The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia and other collaborative sites such Wiktionary, Wikinews, and Wikimedia Commons.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 6, 2009
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 Home Page Promotes Motorola Droid Google really wants you to buy a Motorola Droid, the hot new phone that just hit stores today. In fact, Google is so enamored that […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 22, 2009
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 Helping Newspapers Sell More Ads Online Here’s a change of pace: Some newspapers are making money online and crediting a search engine with making it happen. AdAge writes about the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 23, 2009
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, May 21, 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, April 30, 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, March 26, 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, February 11, 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, October 22, 2007
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, October 9, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
The SEO Value Of Featured Pictures At Wikipedia
My last article about Wikipedia—An Untapped SEO Opportunity: Image Link Love From Wikipedia—prompted an Orwellian mantra: instead of “four legs good, two legs bad,” people have started saying “images good, text bad” and wondering why the difference. The short answer is the Wikimedia Foundation created a white hat opportunity for SEO to generate outgoing links […]
An Untapped SEO Opportunity: Image Link Love From Wikipedia
Suppose I told you about a way to create viral links on Wikipedia without raising objections from the site’s volunteers. Would I have your attention? The key is images.
The Right Way To Fix Inaccurate Wikipedia Articles
Suppose your company, boss or political candidate discovers that their Wikipedia article is wrong, or has subtle inaccuracies that nonetheless paint them in an unfavorable light? Most people unfamiliar with how Wikipedia works consider only two solutions: edit the article or sit on their hands. Unfortunately, neither approach typically results in the optimal outcome: a […]
SEO Tips & Tactics From A Wikipedia Insider
I am a Wikipedia administrator, and I specialize in complex investigations. When Jonathan Hochman suggested I write an article for Search Engine Land, he mentioned that this publication and its readers regard Wikipedia as a search engine. It probably comes as no surprise that my spine stiffens at that concept, but media professionals and Wikipedia […]
A Survival Guide to SEO & Wikipedia
“Who knows about Wikipedia?” asked Neil Patel. “Everyone,” he answered. And this is exactly why the session “Wikipedia and SEO” was completely packed at the 2007 SES New York show. Moderated by Danny Sullivan, the panel featured Neil Patel, Co-Founder of ACS, Stephan Spencer, Founder and President of Netconcepts, Don Steele, Director of Digital and […]