Google’s Father’s Day Logo
Happy Father’s Day everyone! Google has a special Google logo, aka Doodle for the day. It is an interactive slot machine type of Doodle that matches up the diverse set of fathers around the world. Here is a video of the logo: Here is a static image of the logo:
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Happy Father’s Day 2013 From Google, Bing But Not Yahoo
Happy Father’s Day everyone! This would be the fourth year I am being honored with such a day myself. ;-) That being said, I wanted to wish all our Father’s a very special day today.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 14, 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: Spurred By PRISM Scandal, StartPage & Ixquick Surpass 3 Million Daily Searches Alternative search engines are having a good week, likely thanks to public…
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Spurred By PRISM Scandal, StartPage & Ixquick Surpass 3 Million Daily Searches
Alternative search engines are having a good week, likely thanks to public awareness and concern over data and privacy issues being raised by the PRISM scandal. StartPage and Ixquick, two small search engines from the same company, announced this week …
Trends and Techniques for Digital Marketers and Data Geeks #SESTO
Technology is changing the way users are searching and interacting with technology. Bing Ads Evangelist John Gagnon shares some unique patterns, strategies and techniques that can help you interpret big data to make smarter marketing decisions.
Search In Pics: Bing Glasses, Google Shoes & #ThroughGlass Cop
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. Google Bus Seats: Source: Google+ Bing Glasses: Source: Twitter Google…
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 14, 2013
Busy week, mostly because of all the news that came out of SMX Advanced via Matt Cutts. First up…
More New Tools From Bing Ads: Change History Graph In The Works
Following up on the new Bing Ads keyword performance visualization tool, Keyword Distribution Graph, Microsoft will soon be rolling out a visualization tool for change history. The Change History Graph will be available in the web interface and is meant to offer quick visual insight into the…
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Google Authorship Beyond Webpages
In last month’s post about authorship, I shared that Google has been experimenting with inferring authorship for PDF documents in addition to webpages. This piqued my curiosity to see if any other indexable filetypes could also have inferred authorship. Microsoft Office Files PowerPoint files…
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Twitter Analytics: Timeline Activity & Followers
Twitter launched free Twitter Analytics under Twitter Ads.
The Twitter Analytics are pretty basic, giving you basic information about what you share and how many mentions, retweets, favorites, clicks and replies each tweet gets…
Google Image Search Now With Related Search Carousel
Google announced on Google+ that they have added a new way to explore related searches within image search through an image carousel…
Facebook #Hashtags
Facebook now finally supports #hashtags, what took so long? I am not sure. Facebook talks about how this will help solve problems with search, discovery, participation and socially connecting…
Google Search Engineer Defends SEO On Hacker News
Normally it is Googlers defending Google on Hacker News but Ryan Moulton, a software engineer at Google since 2006, who I think works on the Google search team, is defending SEO and the SEO business on Hacker News.
In short, a blogger called out an ema…
Smart Geographic Segmentation & Bidding With Enhanced Campaigns
New PPC Best Practices In An Enhanced Campaign World was one of SMX Advanced Seattle’s most engaging sessions; and, as a speaker, I have received a great deal of feedback and questions about those bid location modifiers. As it turns out, location bid modifiers are one of the (only) benefits…
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Mobile Site Configuration & The Vary HTTP Header
Yesterday, Google announced more changes to the Google mobile search algorithm, which we can expect to roll out shortly. This update is intended to improve the search experience for mobile users by “address[ing] sites that are misconfigured for smartphone users” — presumably by…
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Local Link Building: An Easy Win
Local link building is often overlooked within link building campaigns. Here’s how to optimize links for local search by building great national industry links using geo-specific anchor text, and building great links from local authorities.
The New Inbox: The Intersection of Email, Mobile & Social Marketing
The mobile age is transforming the “inbox.” Here’s why your email marketing is a strong foundation for social and mobile marketing success, and how you can immediately optimize for and navigate the social and mobile currents.
Google Maps Adds 1,001 New Street Views From Singapore’s Bay To The Vermont State House
Google Maps has added more than 1,000 new destinations, with an expansive collection of street views across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the US and Canada. New Singapore street views have been added for Fullerton Heritage Promenade, the Singapore Zoo, …
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 13, 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: Facebook To End Sponsored Search Ads — For Now Facebook has said that it’s getting rid of sponsored search results for the time being. It’s not…
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