Bing Ads Tests Consumer Ratings Annotations

Bing Ads is partnering with reviews service, Viewpoints, to test out displaying consumer ratings annotations in text ads. Like Google’s version, which pulls from its own survey program, the ratings annotations in the Bing ads feature grades on performance features such as customer service,…

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Google’s 17 Percent Growth In Click Volume Is Lowest Since 2010

In Google’s Q3 earnings report, released yesterday, another round of big revenue gains weren’t enough to meet analysts’ expectations. Google’s revenue grew 20 percent over the previous year in Q3, but that’s the lowest annual growth rate the company has posted since Q2…

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App Search Engine Quixey Annouces China Deal With Alibaba

App search engine Quixey has announced a relationship with Alibaba in China that will bring its search capabilities to the latter’s mobile operating system YunOS. Quixey enables users to search for content within apps — essentially what Google does for PC search Quixey is doing for…

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How Large Multi-Location Businesses Can Dominate In Local Search

Local search marketing can be especially challenging for businesses with multiple locations. Contributor Jason Decker explains how to do it right.

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Like Google, Apple’s Siri Also Gets Stephen Colbert’s Height Wrong

Google came under fire last night from Stephen Colbert, over a direct answer that got the comedian’s height wrong. But Apple’s Siri makes the same mistake — something Colbert didn’t raise during his video appearance at the Apple’s iPad event today. Stephen Colbert…

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Are You Ignoring Apple Maps Bozo?

Just popped a post up on AppleMapsMarketing.com about the importance of remembering to update business data in Apple Maps. “Today a retailer client, let’s assume they are called “Bingo’s”, pinged me because they had sold one of their locations, let’s say to “Bozo’s”, and their brand was still appearing on the business’ Yelp profile. So […]

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Tune Your Paid Search Campaigns To Account For Holiday Volatility

The relationship between bids and conversions is like that between ice cream sundaes and maraschino cherries.  It’s theoretically possible to have one without the other, but the natural order involves the two of them being intricately linked. The better your conversion rate, the more aggressive you…

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XML Sitemaps Or RSS/Atom Feeds? Google Says Use Both For Optimal Crawling

When it comes to telling search engines about the content on a website, webmasters might be wondering if they should submit sitemaps or just setup RSS or Atom feeds. Google’s answer? Use both. In a new blog post sharing advice on XML sitemaps and RSS/Atom feeds, Google says it’s not an…

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