Amazon Echo Could Sneak Voice Search Into Users’ Living Rooms
Last Thursday, Amazon quietly released Echo, a device that uses voice command technology to answer questions, play music, and make shopping lists. Will the company take the next step to voice-controlled shopping?
Google Puts Custom Ebola Info Box At Top Of Search Results & Offers To Match Donations To Help Fight Deadly Outbreak
Google announced today it has launched a public fundraising campaign to help support nonprofits fighting to contain the ebola virus outbreak, and is offering to give $2 for every $1 donated. The site has also added ebola information to its knowledge graph. A Google search for “ebola”…
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Disney Fights Piracy With New Search Patent
To combat rampant Internet piracy, Disney has filed for and won a patent that will help filter out stolen content.
Sweden The Latest To Consider Google “Link Tax” For Newspapers
A member of the Swedish parliament, Niclas Malmberg, wants Google to help fund Swedish news publications along the lines of the French model established last year. Threatened with a “link tax,” Google agreed “to create a €60 million Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to help…
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Google Maps Red Circles Vs White Circles
Did you ever wonder why some of the circles representing businesses on Google Maps are white and some are red…
Apple Search? Apple Starts Crawling The Web?
Moesen noticed a new spider crawling through his HTML files on his web site and checked to see who this new spider was. The IP range seems to resolve to Apple’s servers, named APPLE-WWNET…
Chatter: Google Search Algorithm Changes Over The Weekend?
With the Thanksgiving shopping season around the corner, SEOs and Webmasters are scared Google is going to release something big that will potentially hurt their best sales period.
This weekend…
Bing Predicts More Than 95% Of The Senate, House & Governor Elections
While some may be surprised with just how red the U.S. elections went last week, it appears Bing knew all along. Following last Tuesday’s national elections, Bing announced it had predicted more than 95 percent of the called races for state Governors, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives….
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Simple Tips To Set The Stage For Local SEO In 2015
After Google’s most recent local algorithm update, the rules have changed for local SEO. Columnist Greg Gifford discusses how you can do well in local search in 2015.
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Stop! Before You Fire Anyone, Try These Proven Tips for Handling Difficult SEO Clients
Take back the control in your client relationship by performing an extreme relationship makeover with these proven tips.
How Google Is Using Dynamic Testing To Build Out The Knowledge Graph
Google is constantly testing new ways to answer user queries. Columnist Eric Enge has been watching these experiments closely and shares what he’s observed.
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Thanksgiving 2014 – What I’m Grateful for in SEO
A look at what columnist Jon Ball is grateful for this year within the SEO industry.
Social Media Marketing Tactics that Work – Next Week in Las Vegas
Maximize Your Social ROI – Register Now for SMX Social Media Marketing Are you looking for innovative new ways to boost your fan base, site traffic, and convert your fans into paying customers? Learn the latest tactics and best practices for 12 top social media platforms. Whether you’re managing…
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3 Lessons Social Advertisers Can Learn From Search Marketing
As the newer kids on the block, social marketers should embrace the opportunity to take a cue from more seasoned residents of the digital world and adopt some tricks of the trade from SEM.
SearchCap: App Extensions Coming To Bing Ads, Apple’s Search Ambitions & How To Win At 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: App Extensions Coming To Bing Ads App extensions will be available to advertisers on Bing Ads starting next spring….
App Extensions Coming To Bing Ads
App extensions will be available to advertisers on Bing Ads starting next spring. Timed to coincide with the removal of explicit mobile OS targeting, app extensions will be targeted automatically to a user’s OS and device. The extensions will feature an app’s icon and a call-to-action…
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Apple Webcrawler: More Potential Evidence Of Search Ambitions
Apple Insider reports on the discovery of a web-crawling bot originating from Apple’s servers. It was first “outed” by developer Jan Moesen. This is what Moesen saw: Moesen reports that the bot is only crawling HTML, “not the CSS, JavaScript or image files.” Then he…
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Bing Ads To Retire Explicit Mobile OS Targeting In March 2015
To complete its path to compatibility with Google AdWords, Bing Ad has announced that explicit OS targeting will be retired in March of next year. No longer will you have the option to target ads to a specific mobile operating systems as you are now. I…
Pound Wise, Penny Foolish SEO (And Content Marketing)
For many B2B businesses, good SEO used to be a side effect of other marketing efforts. But columnist Tom Schmitz warns that this strategy isn’t sustainable in the long-term.
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How To Win At SEO & Content Marketing In 2015
Good news, content marketers: SEO hasn’t really changed! Columnist Nate Dame explains how to get the most bang from your SEO buck in 2015.
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