The battleground of entities & reviews

How might Google utilize reviews to improve their understanding of entities — and produce more personalized search results? Columnist Dave Davies explores current trends and makes predictions about where the future is headed.

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YouTube SEO: How to find the best traffic-generating keywords

Want to increase the chances of your videos showing up in YouTube’s search results? Columnist Sherry Bonelli explains how to glean keyword insights from your competitors.

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Another study shows how featured snippets steal significant traffic from the top organic result

When a featured snippet is present, CTR for the first organic result falls below 20 percent.

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Initial Interest Confusion rears its ugly head once more in trademark infringement case

Columnist Chris Silver Smith details recent trademark infringement cases in which site search results pages caused legal issues for retailer sites. E-commerce businesses should take notice!

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Search in Pics: Google drum set, a deep blue room & Google sneakers

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 deep blue meeting room: Source: Twitter Google elephant march…

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Google warns against misusing links in syndication & large-scale article campaigns

If the primary purpose of distributing content is to gain links, both authors and publishers risk a Google penalty.

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How to compare paid search and organic search without sounding foolish

Which search channel is better: paid or organic? Columnist Andy Taylor argues that there is no simple answer to this question, despite what some practitioners may want to believe.

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New Quality Score metrics: What matters most, and how to improve your ads

Looking for ways to gain an advantage in paid search? Columnist Kevin Lee has some ideas to increase Quality Score metrics and surpass your competitors.

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Mobile Marketing vs. In-Store Sales: Help! What’s the Correlation?

Today’s consumers research products on the go, using their smartphones to find and choose at which nearby business to make a purchase or eat a meal. Most visit the store they select on the same day. Yet most marketers can’t – or don’t – optimize their digital presence or measure the impact of their…

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