Financial Services PPC Ads: Words That Work [Study]
Researchers at Bing Ads recently took a close look at word choices in financial services search ads to see if there were specific terms that got more clicks than others – and to see if this varied according to device. Here are those findings.
Yes, Google Will Disclose “Right To Be Forgotten” Removals
The Guardian reports that Google may add a indication in the search results that content has been removed due to the Right To Be Forgotten European Union requirements issued last month. Google told us a couple weeks ago that they will indeed add disclo…
Doodle 4 Google Winner Awarded $30,000 Scholarship & Spot On Google’s Homepage
Today’s Google logo is an illustration by eleven-year old Audrey Azhang, this year’s Doodle 4 Google winner. In response to the question, “What would you invent to make the world a better place?” more than 100,000 Google Doodle contest entries were received from students in…
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Do-It-Yourself Promoted Pins Premiere on Pinterest
Pinterest announced that it was testing do-it-yourself promoted pin on a small group of businesses, and looking to collect feedback from many U.S.-based businesses in that test. Improved analytics for business account is also being rolled out slowly.
First Animated Doodle 4 Google Logo
Today on the Google home page, Google is featuring the logo for the winner of the Doodle 4 Google competition. The winner is Audrey Zhang, an 11 year-old from New York. Her Doodle was titled “Back to Mother Nature…
Google: We’ve Massively Updated Our Site Move Help Documentation
Later on Friday, Google announced that they’ve updated their site move guidelines and documentation.
Pierre Far…
Facebook Explains Organic Reach; While Some Users Are Afraid To Like Content
Facebook posted a Q&A on organic reach of Facebook stories and feeds. Meaning, why you see some of your friends posts and why you don’t…
Webmaster: I’ve Tested Negative SEO Through Links & It Works
Last week we reported that most webmasters are claiming negative SEO is easier now than ever. If you look at the conversation there, you will see it is somewhat of a hot topic…
Search Apps Stealing Mobile Search Ad Revenues from Google [Report]
Google’s dominance in paid search is taking a hit from the number of mobile apps that users are using on a daily basis, apps that often use alternative sources of revenue generation outside of Google ads. according to an eMarketer report.
Why You Don’t See “World Cup” Ads On Google
Google is on the cusp of a search volume siege from soccer (aka football) fans as the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ nears. A look at Google Trends data shows we’re on the upswing what Google can expect when the tournament starts on June 12, based on the volumes the last two times the World Cup was…
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SearchCap: Google On Site Moves, Google Shopping API, Greece Okays Google Maps Street Views
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Takes Down Japan’s Honinbo Shusaku Doodle On Google UK On D-Day, Offers Apology The Telegraph reports Google has taken down a Google Doodle, aka…
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Google Takes Down Japan’s Honinbo Shusaku Doodle On Google UK On D-Day, Offers Apology
The Telegraph reports Google has taken down a Google Doodle, aka Google Logo, from Google UK and some other countries, out of respect for D-Day. The Doodle featured Japan’s Honinbo Shusaku, a top professional Go player. Go is a board game for two players that originated in China more than…
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Google Introduces New Content API For Google Shopping
Today, Google introduced a new version of the API that allows retailers to manage product feed content programmatically, as opposed to through manual updates to Google Merchant Center. It’s the first version update of the API since Google first launched it in 2010, before Google Shopping…
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Right To Be Forgotten “Small Thing” Vs. Copyright Takedowns Says EU Commissioner
European Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding was quoted in a BBC interview saying that the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) will be relatively easy for Google to administer. She asserted that, compared to the millions of copyright removal requests Google deals with, the thousands of RTBF requests…
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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 6, 2014
This week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable, I post the monthly Google webmaster report. Google released a new feature that warns searches of bad mobile redirects. Google App Indexing now supports other languages outside of English. We poste…
Learnings From SMX London: The Impact Of Social On Search
SEOs and Social Marketers speculate on the impact that Social Media marketing has on how well their websites perform in search results. There has been much conjecture with many people interpreting an array of correlations as causation. Both Google’s Matt Cutts and Bing’s Duane Forrester…
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Search In Pics: Google Analytics Bot, Larry & Sergey Aging & Google’s Don’t Be Evil Room
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 Analytics Android Figurine: Source: Google+ Google Analytics Chinese…
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Survey Finds Organic Search Delivers The Best ROI For Local Businesses
We at BrightLocal recently conducted a survey that examines the sources of traffic and leads to local businesses. We had 288 SEOs and SMBs complete the survey. Combined, this group claimed to have optimized over 7,000 locations in the last 12 months. (That’s a whopping 24 locations per head…
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Google Updates Documentation & Guidelines On Moving A Site
Google Webmaster Trends Analysts, Pierre Far and Zineb Ait Bahajji, posted on the Google Webmaster blog today that they’ve updated their official guidelines for moving your web site and having Google in mind when doing so. They broke out the process based on two ways of moving your site: (1)…
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After 5 Years In Dispute, Greece Approves Google Maps Street View Images
ABC.com reported yesterday that Google Maps has launched street view images in Greece. According to the story, Greece authorities blocked Google Maps Street Views five years ago because of privacy issues. According to ABC.com: Company officials said th…