Bing Correctly Predicts “No” Win In Scotland Independence Vote

A few days ago, we reported that Bing predicted on September 15th that the vote for Scotland’s independence would be a “No” with a 52.5% vote for NO and a 47.5% vote for YES. The final results are now in and it was a 55% vote for No, so Bing’s prediction was correct and very…

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SearchCap: Google+ In Search, Bing Image Update, RTBF & Mistaken Google Penalties

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Image Search Updates Include Touch Friendly Result Pages That Adapt To Screen Size & Resolution Over the next few weeks, Bing is rolling out new updates…

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Bing Image Search Updates Include Touch Friendly Result Pages That Adapt To Screen Size & Resolution

Over the next few weeks, Bing is rolling out new updates to its image search experience that include touch-friendly search result pages that have been designed to adapt to a user’s screen size and resolution. According to the announcement, image results will soon expand to the full width of a…

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Google+ Loses More Real Estate In Search, Brand Boxes Dropped For Logged Out Users

Continuing the trend of downplaying Google+ in search results, Google has dropped the display of Google+ elements in brands’ knowledge box results for searchers who aren’t logged into their Google accounts. Previously, the Google+ presences of brands prominent enough to rate knowledge…

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Google Makes Penalty Mistakes: The Buffer Story

Buffer’s Courtney Seiter posted on the Buffer blog that they had a bit of unusual Google Penalty that resulted in a 90% drop in organic Google traffic to the site. The issue had nothing to do with the Buffer web site, but rather a bug with Google, according to Courtney. Courtney said they…

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Multi Channel Digital Marketing: Trends to Watch – October 2nd Webcast

Digital Marketing Depot presents “Multi Channel Digital Marketing – Trends to Watch” on Thursday October 2 at 1 PM EDT. This webcast covers how the latest digital marketing technology yields data that helps businesses gain deeper insight into the performance of their marketing…

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