‘Delete’ is Now ‘Remove’ In AdWords
Google AdWords changed terminology within its interface that replaces most instances of the word “delete” with “remove,” as in advertisers will remove campaigns, not delete them. Google said it will help people remember items are not gone forever.
Wanted: Session Ideas For SMX Social Media Marketing
We’ve begun planning for SMX Social Media Marketing 2014, a two-day, tactic-rich conference that covers all key issues for getting the most out of social media networks. The conference takes place at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, on November 19-20, 2014. Do you have a topic you’d…
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MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference – Special Low Rates Expire This Friday!
Search Engine Land parent company, Third Door Media, Inc. introduces MarTech, a conference for people pioneering the field of technology-powered marketing. View the agenda for session descriptions & the speaker roster. Join us August 19-20 in Boston to learn how technology can transform your…
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Google’s Matt Cutts Goes on Leave, but Says Don’t Panic
Google’s Matt Cutts is taking a break until November to spend quality time with his wife, he says, but don’t panic – he’s leaving webspam in the capable hands of the team at Google and offered up resources for people to learn and stay informed.
“America” Movie Filmmaker Sends Legal Demand For Google To Fix Showtime Results
The Hollywood Reporter writes that Dinesh D’Souza’s movie, “America” is not coming up properly in the Google search results and as a result, they are getting complaints that the movie is not available in local theaters near movie-goers. Dinesh D’Souza’s lawyers sent a letter…
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Experiment Shows Up To 60% Of “Direct” Traffic Is Actually Organic Search
Everyone knows that browsers don’t always report where visitors came from when they arrive at a website. When they don’t report where they were in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) referrer header, often the traffic is considered “Direct” — which really means,…
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Google’s New AdWords Editor Version Offers Shopping Campaigns Support, More Display Targeting Options
Roughly a month ahead of the rollover to Shopping Campaigns, Google has released a new version of AdWords Editor that supports the new campaign type. Google announced the old style of PLA campaigns will be shut down at some point in late August. Note t…
Top Keyword Combos for PPC Retail Ads During Back to School [Data]
The back-to-school and back-to-college retail audience spent an estimated $72.5 billion in 2013. Here’s a look at how word choice in retail PPC ads during the back-to-school season (July 15 to September 15) can impact your campaign success.
Why Does Google Exclude Jesus Christ From The Knowledge Graph
A Google searcher named Steve posted in the Google Web Search Help forums asking why does Jesus Christ not get a knowledge graph result for the search terms [jesus] or [jesus christ] but other religious figures do…
Google AdWords: “Delete” Is Now “Remove”
Google has made a significant language change to the AdWords interface, replacing the “Delete” button and renaming it “Remove.” I am not joking. This is being rolled out over the next couple weeks.
Google AdWords Editor 10.5
Google has released version 10.5 of the AdWords Editor.
10.5 brings mostly functionality around the shopping campaigns. Specifically product groups, upload and check changes…
Confused: Did Or Didn’t Metafilter & Google Talk About Ranking Issues?
Back on June 12th, I published a story on Search Engine Land on how Google is working on a fix for Metafilter.
Back then, I was under the impression that Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, was in direct communication with Matt Haughey…
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5 Bad Link Building Habits To Break Now
For those who have been in the SEO industry for a while, you may remember the glory days of link building — you simply submitted your site/article/address/name, etc., and had 100 links within 24 hours. That sure was awesome. Unfortunately, those days are over — yet for many, bad link…
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Mobile Now Exceeds PC: The Biggest Shift Since the Internet Began
Some organizations may continue to view mobile as an “add-on” or supplementary effort. However, those who embrace the shift in behavior and deliver what their customers want and need to make a purchase decision will likely be the ultimate winners.
SearchCap: Google AdWords Removes Delete, Right To Be Fogotten Confusion & July 4th
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Semantics: Google AdWords To Replace “Delete” With “Remove” In Most Instances It’s always seemed odd that choosing to…
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Lucky Duck: Why Things Are Going Swimmingly for DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo continues to grow its user base, passing 1 billion searches early this year, and continues to integrate into our lives, with the news Apple will support it as a default search engine in OS X Yosemite. What’s next for the search engine?
Search Queries Report In Google Webmaster Tools Dead
If you try to access your search queries report within Google Webmaster Tools right now, you would be out of luck.
You’d see a message that reads…
Semantics: Google AdWords To Replace “Delete” With “Remove” In Most Instances
It’s always seemed odd that choosing to “Delete” a campaign, for example, in AdWords doesn’t actually mean the campaign will be vaporized as if it never existed. It’s not possible to truly delete a campaign from an account — that historical data remains available…
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Vine Your Way to ClickZ Live San Francisco
ClickZ wants to bring out your inner child, by launching a Vine competition that encourages you to show off your favorite action figure. The winner will be whisked away to San Francisco for our upcoming event.
88% Of Consumers Trust Online Reviews As Much As Personal Recommendations
We at BrightLocal have released the findings of our annual Local Consumer Review Survey, which reveals the growing importance of online reviews in the purchasing decision. About Local Consumer Review Survey 2014 This is the 4th year we have conducted this study into consumer usage and attitudes…
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