SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 31, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Nadella Would Bring Search Cred To Microsoft CEO Role Based on several reports is appears very likely that Microsof…
Nadella Would Bring Search Cred To Microsoft CEO Role
Based on several reports is appears very likely that Microsoft will announce that Satya Nadella will be the next CEO. He brings an engineering background to the C suite. He’s also a B-school grad. For the past three years Nadella has run Microsoft’s Server & Tools business. Before…
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What Time Does Super Bowl 2014 Start? Look Up!
Along with the Super Bowl, there’s another annual big game that happens — sites trying to be number one for “What Times Does The Super Bowl Start?” This year, I want to win by pointing out that no one should click on any of the articles competing. Just look up, searchers…
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4 Content Marketing Strategies That Still Build Links
Does anybody else hear R.E.M. (video autoplay) playing in their heads every time they open a post about link building? Link building as we knew it is changing drastically; and seriously folks, it’s getting hard to write about. What’s the latest breaking news? Spammy guest posting for…
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Bing Ads Editor Update Gives The Lowly “Sync Update” Window Real Functionality
In the newest update to Bing Ads Editor, the Bing Ads team has given the Sync Results window some useful functionality Like AdWords editor, the new synch window in Bing Ads Editor shows the total number of changes and the number of those that have been…
Single Page Websites & SEO
Single page websites are quite popular right now; I see more and more each week on sites like The Latest and Product Hunt. No doubt they look cool when filled with great fonts, graphics and transitions. But can you SEO a single-page site and rank? Google’s Matt Cutts had this to say: (video…
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Search In Pics: The Simpsons With Google Glass, Oscar Mayer Car At Google & Google Military Truck
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. Spotted At Google: The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile: Source: Twitter Google…
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 30, 2014
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 Q4 2013 Earnings Report $16.86 Billion In Revenues Google announced fourth-quarter 2013 earnings today. Google’s revenue targets beat estimates,…
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Google Q4 2013 Earnings Report $16.86 Billion In Revenues
Google announced fourth-quarter 2013 earnings today. Google’s revenue targets beat estimates, while their earnings-per-share did not. Google had revenues of $16.86 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, an increase of 17% compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. Google’s…
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Yahoo Adds Local Business Snapshots Next To Search Results
You’re gonna say to yourself, “That looks a lot like Google’s local search results.” I’m talking about the latest interface change that Yahoo has announced: the display of local business information alongside search results. The local business info includes basic…
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Search Marketing Expo – SMX West Early Bird Rates Expire Saturday. Register Now!
Join the most accomplished internet marketers in the world at SMX West, March 11-13 in San Jose, CA. Check out the agenda & speaker roster, featuring three days of tactic packed sessions, a keynote from Google, invaluable networking opportunities, and much more. Save $200 with Early Bird rates…
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From 10 Blue Links To Entity SERPs: Is Your Website Ready?
Search is changing and along with it the landscape of search results. SERPs are more adaptive, more engaging, more informative, more interactive and more personalized. The adoption of Semantic Search- and Semantic Web-related enhanced displays in SERPs…
Last Chance for SMX West Early Bird Rates – Register Now!
Search Marketing Expo – SMX West rates increase Saturday, February 1st. Register now and save on all passes! Join us March 11-13 in San Jose for: The latest tactics and strategies: Over 75% of the sessions are new. Check out the agenda. Presentations by more than 80 internet marketing experts…
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Facebook Will Launch Graph Search For Mobile “Pretty Soon”
According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook’s recent earnings call, Facebook’s Graph Search will hit mobile devices ‘pretty soon.’ It’s now been a full year since Graph Search was launched and mobile integration only makes sense. According to cnet, Zuckerberg…
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I Don’t Want No Scrub (Agency)
You know the song, so sing it with me people! I made some modifications to the lyrics below that demonstrate my point well: I don’t want no scrub (paid search practitioner) A scrub (PPC ) is a guy (PPC person) that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best…
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Google Search Redesigns Stock Quotes, Drops Competitor Links For First Time Since 2000
Google has launched a new stock card result that is a lot larger, is more interactive and has dropped the links to competing financial sites. Here is the new stock card you get when you search Google for [yhoo]: Compare that to the old one: As you can see, the links to the competing stock […]
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Excelling (Again) At Excel For Search Engine Marketers
On Thursday, March 13th, I will be presenting on the Extreme Excel Excellence panel at SMX West with John Gagnon and Brett Snyder (moderated by Chris Sherman). In the session, we will be delivering power-user tips for marketers using Excel, and Chris has raised the bar very high for us to deliver…
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Live @ SMX West: Best Practices For Mobile SEO
For years, debates raged about what constituted “best practices” when it came to mobile SEO. Early on, the discussion focused on whether it was important to have a separate site optimized for mobile devices. That proved to be a major challenge, as it required detecting and optimizing…
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Bing Rewards Program Now Available On iOS & Android Devices
Bing Rewards is going mobile starting today. According to a post on the company’s blog, the incentive program that lets users earn credits toward gift cards for brands like Amazon, Xbox and Dominos, is available on iOS and Android devices starting today, and will be “coming soon”…
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 29, 2014
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: People, Videos, News: Twitter Adds New Search Filters Earlier today Twitter announced that it was bringing a number…