Elite SEM Wins Best Agency at U.S. Search Awards
Having won last year as well, the New York City firm was two for two at the second annual U.S. Search Awards.
SearchCap: Google Upgrades Its Mobile Apps, US Search Award Winners & Pigeon Rolled Back?
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: U.S. Search Award Winners Announced The second-annual U.S. Search Awards were handed out last night during Pubcon L…
U.S. Search Award Winners Announced
The second-annual U.S. Search Awards were handed out last night during Pubcon Las Vegas. The awards were presented to agencies and individuals for outstanding achievements in the US search and digital marketing industries. Entries were judged by a pane…
Google Upgrades Conversational Search On Its Mobile Apps
Conversational search on Google’s mobile apps got an upgrade today, as the company announced a few new voice commands that are specific to travel planning. Basically, the app is smarter about knowing where you are (at a hotel, for example), letting you complete actions by voice (i.e., making…
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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Performance Marketing 2.0: Audience Targeting and Building a Database of Intent
Across the digital landscape, advertisers increasingly have the ability to understand their customers, not just by their online searches, but also by behavioral and demographic data. Audience-centric performance advertising combines the power of purcha…
Google App Searches Gmail for Upcoming Bills
Now, users can tap the microphone and say, “Show me my bills” or “My bills due this week” within the app and their bills will appear.
Is Google’s Knowledge Vault Smarter Than Siri and Cortana?
In a knowledge panel test conducted by Stone Temple Consulting, Google Now is in the lead in terms of the volume of queries addressed, and is more accurate than Siri and Cortana.
Wanted: Session Ideas For SMX West
Do you have a topic you’d like to see covered in a session at SMX West 2015 on March 3-5, 2015? Something you’d like to see covered in depth, or a discussion of strategies and tactics for getting the most out your search marketing campaigns? If so, we’d like to hear from you. Anyone can…
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Pigeon Rolled Back? Law Firm Study Says Yes
Local search marketers have been concerned about the impact of Google’s Pigeon update on small businesses — has the search giant taken notice?
The post Pigeon Rolled Back? Law Firm Study Says Yes appeared first on Search Engine Land.
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Want To Change Your Local News On Google? You Must Sign In.
A few months ago, Google made a change to Google News where you need to sign in to be able to change your local news information…
Only 5% Of SEOs Feel Google Views Link Building As Not Spam
Back in July, we polled you guys asking your view on how Google sees link building, ie is it spam or not. We have just about 500 responses thus far and truth is…
Google SEO HTTPS Migration Checklist
Despite most not seeing many changes after migrating from HTTP to HTTPS for the Google HTTPS ranking boost, still webmasters want to do it.
If you are going to do it, you need to do it right…
Google: Bad User Experience For Mobile Users May Lead To Ranking Issues
As I reported at Search Engine Land, Google may add mobile UX as a ranking signal in the upcoming months.
Here is the statement Google sent me around my questions on mobile UX and ranking in Google…
Bing Ads Makes Combined Tablet-Desktop Targeting Official
Desktop and tablets are now united across paid search — with one caveat. Bing Ads has officially combined tablet and PC targeting in search campaigns on the platform, following on Google’s move to do so last year with the introduction of Enhanced Campaigns. Bing Ads announced the…
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It Takes a Village – or at Least a Team – to Build Successful Websites and Apps
Professionals with ample cross-discipline expertise are as rare as unicorns with wings. It is more efficient and cost-effective to put a team in place with the skill sets needed to execute the process, in the correct sequence, from the beginning.
Deal With the Big Rocks First
Before you spend time and money trying to optimize the small aspects of your website, deal with the big issues first.
SearchCap: Google UX Ranking, Google Bill Reminders & Noki Here 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: Nokia’s Here Maps Come To Android Phones (Sort Of) Nokia’s Here Maps, which power maps on Windows Phones, has released a beta version for Samsung Galaxy Android…
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Nokia’s Here Maps Come To Android Phones (Sort Of)
Nokia’s Here Maps, which power maps on Windows Phones, has released a beta version for Samsung Galaxy Android phones. It’s not available through Google Play, though presumably it will be in time. Nokia’s hardware/handset division was sold to Microsoft but Nokia retained the Here…
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Programming Note: Offline Stories Thursday & Friday
Tonight is the holiday of Sukkot and I am offline, completely offline, Thursday and Friday for it.
Since I am Jewish and observant…
Google Adjusts Standards for Newsworthy Material
Reddit, as well as additional nontraditional “news” sources, have been appearing in Google’s “In the News” results.