Bing Updates Its Android App With A New Look & Faster Performance
Bing has rolled out a new look and feel for its Android app, claiming the updates make it more streamlined and “optimized for performance.” According to the announcement on Bing’s search blog, the app is faster than its previous version, and now lets users track their Bing reward…
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Namecheap Upgrades Its Domain Name Search Interface
Namecheap announced that is has upgraded its search functionality, aiming to streamline the process of finding, tracking and purchasing domain names. Now users searching for available domains on Namecheap are presented with a cleaner-looking interface,…
After Killing SES, Incisive Media Seems To Think “OMG” & Tries To Bring It Back
Incisive Media, which purchased the Search Engine Strategies conference when it was near the height of attendance, killed the brand entirely last year in place of a new ClickZ Live event. But now, after what seems to have been a disaster of the first C…
Search In Pics: Remote Control Android, Google Self Driving Car In Parade & Android Soccer Ball
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. Remote Control Androids At Google Offices: Source: Google+ Android Soccer…
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SEO Smackdown: Download Time – Machine Speed Vs. Human Speed
Perceived download time is more important to searchers than actual download time. So why do SEOs focus on technocentric optimization strategies?
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SearchCap: Google Parking, Bing Ads Grows, Foursquare Swarm App & Yelp Results
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Not Just Parking: Google Now With Offline Cards, Indoor Maps, Shopping Reminders Earlier today Barry Schwartz wrote…
Not Just Parking: Google Now With Offline Cards, Indoor Maps, Shopping Reminders
Earlier today Barry Schwartz wrote that the updated Google Search App for Android will now help you locate your car in a parking lot or on the street. The feature shows you a map and points you in the right direction back to your vehicle. But wait, there’s more. We’ve learned that this…
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SMX Advanced Conference Early Bird Rates Expire Tomorrow – Register Now & Save!
Fluent in search marketing? SMX Advanced is for you. Join us, June 11-12 in Seattle for two days of expert-level sessions, inspiring keynotes, and invaluable networking. This year’s sessions are loaded with actionable tips to drive traffic, increase conversions, and boost ROI. View the agenda…
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Bing Ads Gets Friendlier To Big Accounts: Now See Up To 50,000 Keywords In Web UI
Managing big accounts in the Bing Ads web UI has long had its challenges. The team is starting to change that. Now, at the account, campaign and ad group level, paid search managers can now see performance data on as many as 50,000 keywords in the web interface of Bing Ads. The results used to…
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Yahoo Abandons “Do Not Track”, Citing Lack Of Industry Standard
Yahoo yesterday announced that it will no longer adhere to Do Not Track browser signals, further compromising the effectiveness of the setting in the online ecosystem. “As of today, web browser Do Not Track settings will no longer be enabled on Yahoo. As the first major tech company to…
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Foursquare Shuns Check-ins To Better Compete With Yelp, Google
Foursquare is doing something surprising, even radical. It’s removing some of the legacy features (i.e., check-ins) from its app and moving them over to a new app called Swarm (available soon). Check-ins, sharing and friend finding will now reside in Swarm and Foursquare will evolve in a bid…
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Google Search App Adds Reminders For Where You Parked Your Car
Android Authority reports Google’s latest update to the Android version of the Google Search App has a new feature to remember where you parked your car and then give you directions on how to go back to that location. Parking at large venues, malls, or big cities, can often get confusing at…
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Does Google Want to Cut Out AdWords Middlemen?
The launch of Google AdWords and its subsequent rapid growth in the early 2000s helped spawn an entire industry around paid search advertising. The ecosystem that arose includes Google and its advertisers, as well as a slew of agencies, consultants, so…
Why It’s Good To Compete With Google
If you talk to a room full of veteran digital marketers, a topic that eventually comes up is competition — specifically, the fact that our competition in search is often not immediately obvious. You can miss out on understanding your online competition for a few different reasons. For…
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Yelp Reports Q1 2014 Net Revenue At $76.4 Million, A 66% Growth Over Last Year’s Q1 Earnings
According to Yelp’s Q1 2014 earnings report, the company’s net revenue for the quarter totaled $76.4 million, representing a 66 percent growth over first quarter of last year. Yelp claims average monthly unique visitors climbed to 132 million, representing 30 percent year-over-year…
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SearchCap: Google Sneaky Redirects, HARO Links, AdWords Pregnancy Center Ads
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 Action Against Pregnancy Center Ads Stirs Confusion, But Does Not Signal Preference Or Policy Change You may…
Google Action Against Pregnancy Center Ads Stirs Confusion, But Does Not Signal Preference Or Policy Change
You may have read this week that some paid ads by pro-life oriented crisis pregnancy centers have been removed by Google after pro-choice political advocacy group NARAL claimed credit for getting the ads banned, as reported by the Washington Post. In r…
Actually, We Don’t Think Google Hates HARO Links
Despite the buzz going through the SEO industry today, we don’t believe that Google is specifically targeting links that are earned via the popular Help a Reporter Out service. That’s one of the claims from SEO consultant Bill Hartzer, in an article he published yesterday, Google…
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Google’s Bodiless Matt Cutts On Importance Of Body Content For Search Engines
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, posted a fun video where fellow Googler, Michael Wyszomierski, cropped out his body in the video to make a point. The statement Matt made was that there is importance of content in the body of a page and not just the header, such as the title tag. If…
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Marketing is now a technology-powered discipline… a new world of experience-enhancing capabilities that challenge marketing organizations to reinvent their strategies, operations, technologies and talent. Join us for MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference August 19-20 in Boston and we’ll help…
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