SearchCap: Google Car Insurance, DMCA Takedowns, Urbanspoon & Super Bowl Answers

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Zomato Buys Urbanspoon For $50 – $60 Million To Enter US Local Search Market International restaurant search provider Zomato has acquired Urbanspoon from…

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Zomato Buys Urbanspoon For $50 – $60 Million To Enter US Local Search Market

International restaurant search provider Zomato has acquired Urbanspoon from IAC for between $50 and $60 million in cash. Zomato was founded in India in 2008 but now operates in more than 20 countries and 130 cities globally. Urbanspoon content will be incorporated into Zomato and the Urbanspoon…

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Google Doesn’t Know When Super Bowl 2015 Starts (Yet!)

Why hasn’t Google provided the correct answer for the Super Bowl start time when year-after-year, it has been an issue for them?

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Think Small: Solve Your Mobile SEM Problem With “Micro Leads”

The time has come for brands to have a mobile paid search strategy in place. Columnist Susan Waldes suggests that businesses begin with tiny steps.

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MarTech Conference Rates Increase Saturday – Register Now & Save $400

“Customers first.” A simple concept and the North Star of modern marketing. But implementing systems and operations that deliver brilliant customer experiences in a fragmented technology environment and legacy-steeped organizations is tricky. MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference tackles the…

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DMCA Takedown Database ChillingEffects.org Takes Itself Out Of Search Results

The irony here is almost too obvious to mention: an entity dedicated to monitoring the potential “chilling effects” of DMCA takedown notices is censoring itself. Chillingeffects.org has now removed itself from search results, making those notices harder to find. Chillingeffects.org was…

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75% Of Small & Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) Say Internet Marketing Is Effective

Columnist Myles Anderson shares key stats from BrightLocal’s most recent annual SMB Internet Marketing Survey.

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SearchCap: Yahoo Search Losing Firefox Users, Everything You Need To Know About Google’s Local Algorithm & 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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Report: Yahoo Search Losing Firefox Users Who “Switchback” To Google

Relying on recently released StatCounter data we previously reported Yahoo search gains in the wake of the Firefox “default search” deal announced earlier this year. However a subsequent analysis by RKG’s Mark Ballard argues that many Firefox 34 users are switching back to Google…

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Everything You Need To Know About Google’s Local Algorithm, Pigeon

Columnist Neil Patel provides a summary of what we know about Pigeon, Google’s new local search ranking algorithm that was rolled out in July 2014.

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Search In Pics: SCU Basketball At Google, Android Professor & Framed Panda

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.

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SearchCap: Bing Launches Book Carousel, Google France Homepage Gets “Je Suis Charlie” Badge & Yahoo’s Firefox Deal

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

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Google France Homepage Goes “Je Suis Charlie” In Memory Of Charlie Hebdo Victims

Google France homepage now displaying “Je Suis Charlie” badge to honor victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

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Dive Deep on SEO, PPC, Social Media, Display & Local Search – Check out the SMX West Workshops

Attending a workshop is the fastest way to get up to speed on specific internet marketing topics. At Search Marketing Expo – SMX West, you’ve got six workshops to choose from. Each provides: a full day of in-depth instruction on one digital marketing topic; an intimate learning and networking…

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