This Small Business Redesigned Its Website & You Won’t Believe What Horrible SEO Thing Happened Next

Columnist Andrew Shotland took on a client who’d lost rankings as a result of a site redesign. Here’s what he did to help them recover.

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Bing-Yahoo Paid Search Share Rises For Two Consecutive Quarters [IgnitionOne]

With robust consumer holiday shopping, US paid search closed out 2014 with 11 percent growth year-over-year in Q4 ad spend, bouncing back from sluggish growth of just 2.1 percent in Q3 2014. The data, which comes from IgnitionOne’s quarterly report, shows that the growth surge was driven by…

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SearchCap: Google Adds 2015 Oscar Nominations To Knowledge Graph, Local Search Challenges For Franchises & More

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

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2015 Oscar Nominations Now Showing In Google Knowledge Graph & Bing Carousel

Searches for “Oscar nominee” and “Oscar nominations” on both Google and Bing deliver results for this year’s best picture candidates.

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The Franchise Challenge: How Do You Stand Out When You’re One Of Many?

Local search marketing can be a challenge for franchisees, but columnist Rachel Lindteigen has some tips.

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Google’s Knowledge Graph May Show For 1/4th Of All Search Queries

Google’s Knowledge Graph shows for about 25% of all Google queries, which can pose a threat to the publishers who are the source of much of that data.

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Google Events Knowledge Graph Adds Ticket Links, Delegated Events, Comedian Events & Venue Events

Google makes four updates to the events knowledge graph after launching the markup back in March 2014.

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Google Updates Their Structured Data Testing Tool, Documentation & Syntax Support

Google has unleashed a new and improved Structured Data Testing tool, updated their documentation and guidelines, while adding more markup support.

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Search Is Number One Content Discovery Tool For Mobile Users

Yesterday the IAB released a report that seeks to “rehabilitate” the mobile web. Based on a Harris survey of 2,000 US mobile internet users, it argues that despite the gap in time spent, mobile users value and heavily utilize the mobile web. Interestingly survey respondents perceived…

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Smartphones Account For 40 Percent Of US Search Ad Spend In Q4 [Marin]

Desktop’s influence, while still dominant, continued to wane in the fourth quarter.

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Smartphones Account For 40 Percent Of US Search Ad Spend In Q4 [Marin]

Desktop’s influence, while still dominant, continued to wane in the fourth quarter.

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Last Call for Lowest MarTech Conference Rates – Register Now, Save $400!

MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference will help you get the most from marketing technology. Attend for strategies and tactics that: delight customers while achieving business objectives; get the most from your marketing stack investments; secure the organizational buy-in you’ll need to succeed….

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Last Call for Lowest MarTech Conference Rates – Register Now, Save $400!

MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference will help you get the most from marketing technology. Attend for strategies and tactics that: delight customers while achieving business objectives; get the most from your marketing stack investments; secure the organizational buy-in you’ll need to succeed….

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