It Will Take “Act Of God” For Relcy To Win In Mobile Search
Last week TechCrunch profiled a “stealth” startup called Relcy, which is seeking to build a “native” search engine for mobile. The post mentions the company has raised $9 million in funding so far. In an interview with the site, founder Rohit Satapathy says his company is…
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What is Link Building?
Link building can and should play a crucial role in any online marketing campaign. Link building isn’t just the process of acquiring backlinks that point to your site: it’s also a proven tactic that increases brand awareness and conversions.
Life With Cortana, Microsoft’s Predictive Search Challenger To Google Now & Siri
Microsoft’s new predictive search agent Cortana is finally becoming available to the general public. How does it compare to longstanding champion Google Now? After months of using them both, it’s no contest. Google Now easily wins, in my daily life. But Cortana does gives Microsoft an…
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Google Maps Search Results Now With A Scroll Bar
Google has quietly changed the search results interface within Google Maps to show more listings via a scrollable search box. You can now scroll through the first ten or so local search results when you conduct a search in the Google Maps search box. H…
PR for SEO: Advanced Social Media Tips to Engage With Media Influencers
Want to build your brand authority and trust while helping your SEO efforts? Turn to public relations. With these Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn tips, you and your community manager can easily start building a slew of influential media contacts.
Why Google’s Reported CPC Declines Can’t Tell The Story Of “A Mobile Advertising Problem”
It’s still happening. Google reported on Thursday that the average cost-per-click (CPC) was down again in Q2 from the prior year, marking the eleventh consecutive quarter in which the average CPC fell year-over-year. Some analysts and news outlets have been pointing to this as evidence of…
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Google Analytics iOS App
Google announced on Google+ that the iOS app for logging into your Google Analytics accounts and checking your analytics for your various properties is now available. It is free and works really nicely…
Google Maps Search Results Let You Now Scroll For More Results
Google Maps has added scroll bar to their search results interface.
If you go to Google Maps and search for let’s say [ice cream]…
Google: The Effects Of Duplicate Content In Search
Duplicate content in the SEO space has been an important topic for as long as I’ve been in the industry. I’ve covered it here countless times.
Today…
Google’s John Mueller: Knowledge Graph Listings Should Not Be Branded
In a Google Webmaster Hangout from a week ago on Google+, John Mueller of Google was presented with a question on why some brands rank so well within the Knowledge Graph on Google.
Here are two examples…
The Evolution of Audience Targeting: 3 Opportunities for Marketers
More users generating more data means that targeting has the potential to become even more intelligent, but it does not come without its challenges. Here are three areas of opportunity in audience targeting that marketers should be investigating.
SearchCap: eBay’s Google Problems, Bing Ads Targeting & Yahoo’s Search Share Drops
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 Search Share Falls Below 10 Percent For “All-Time Low” We’re on the cusp of new comScore U.S. search market share data for June. According to financial…
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Yahoo Search Share Falls Below 10 Percent For “All-Time Low”
We’re on the cusp of new comScore U.S. search market share data for June. According to financial analyst notes, releasing the numbers early, desktop search declined for the fifth consecutive month after a period of growth in mid-2013. The big headline, however, is what we’ve been…
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Google Showing Far Less Video Snippets in Search Results
If you use rich snippets to markup your videos, you may want to double check that Google is still showing them. Reports indicate a huge reduction – with estimates as high as 44 percent – in the number of video snippets from Google’s search results.
Google iOS App Easter Egg: Flick The Letters In The Google Logo
There is a new Google Easter Egg, this one can be seen in the iOS Google Search App. Open the app and you’ll be able to flick and drag off the letters from the Google logo anywhere on the screen. Then you can tilt the screen right and left and the letters will float and […]
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Bing Ads Refines Local Targeting Features
Today, Bing Ads released new interface updates and features for location targeting. Radius targeting is now more granular and available in kilometers as well as miles. You can set radius targeting in 1 mile or 1 kilometer increments, up to 500 miles or…
Hidden From Google: New Website Reveals ‘Forgotten’ Search Results
In the wake of recent European rulings on the “right to be forgotten”, a new website has popped up. Called Hidden From Google, the goal of the website is provide a list of the censored search terms, censored links, and the source.
3 Mindset Shifts: Get More SEO Out Of Your Content Marketing
Google is constantly working to provide users with a better experience, and marketers are constantly trying to adapt to these changes. Content-based SEO creates a compelling blend of authentic content and search engine eye-candy, but it also necessitat…
Search In Pics: GoogleBot Glass, Moz Toys & German Flag Tablecloths At Google
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. GoogleBot’s Glass: Source: Google+ Many Stuffed Moz Roger: Source:…
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