Google Maps Pegman Is Now Santa For Christmas
If you go to Google Maps and look at the Pegman used for browsing street view images, you will see the Pegman is wearing a Santa hat. The Santa Pegman is not new, it was shown to us when Google had a...
View ArticleGoogle Denies A Major Update On December 17th
Yesterday, most of the Google search results tracking tools showed major changes in rankings within Google’s search results but during my analysis of webmaster communication within the discussion...
View ArticleConfirmed: Google Reduces Authorship Rich Snippets In Search Results
The head of search spam at Google, Matt Cutts, has confirmed with us that Google has applied a 15% reduction in the amount of rich snippets displayed in the search results. Matt Cutts announced at...
View ArticleGoogle’s Latest Transparency Report Shows Rise In Content Removal Requests...
Google announced today it has released its eighth Transparency Report since 2010 when the search engine began providing data on government requests to remove content. According to the latest...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, December 19, 2013
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’s Latest Transparency Report Shows Rise In Content...
View ArticleGoogle Again Updates iOS App With Improved Maps Integration
On the heels of a very recent iOS Maps update, Google has further updated and optimized its search app for iOS 7. Some of the changes are cosmetic: “iOS 7 styling and true full screen browsing” for...
View ArticleThe US Online Travel & Tourism Industry: Who Are The Top Players in Search?...
Rapidly changing, highly competitive, filled by tremendous amounts of newcomers emerging as we speak – this is how the US Online Travel & Tourism Industry can be generally described. Despite all...
View ArticleDifferences Between US and International SEO: Interview With Andre Alpar by...
As part of our SEJ interview series, Andre Alpar of AKM3 discusses the the differences between US and international SEO. As an avid social media user, I also had to ask him about the differences with...
View ArticleEmail Marketing Trends: 3 Experts on the State of the Business
Dannhausen This is a guest post by Myles Dannhausen, content strategist at Lightspan Digital. You may not think it when your inbox is flooded with newsletters, but the business of email marketing has...
View ArticleMarin Software Consolidates Search, Social, Display, & Mobile Campaigns for...
In a recent interview from AdTech in New York City, Search Engine Journal’s Murray Newlands talks with Amjad Shehade of Marin Software about the products and services that his company offers. In the...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, December 23, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Use Google Keyword Research To Target The Long Tail In Local...
View ArticleDon’t Get Left Behind: 6 Expert-Backed Tips on Becoming a Technical Marketer...
There’s been a lot of talk recently about how marketing is evolving, and marketers need to keep up. I’m still not sure of the exact definition of “growth hacker,” since everyone seems to be putting...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, December 24, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Don’t miss out on learning from the pros. Attend an SMX West...
View ArticleMission ImposSERPble 2: User Intent and Click Through Rates
It’s been quite a while since I first read (and bookmarked) Slingshot SEO’s YouMoz blog post, Mission ImposSERPble: Establishing Click-through Rates, which showcased their study examining organic...
View ArticleGoogle Hummingbird Friendly Content Marketing Tips by @tommy_landry
The Google Hummingbird algorithm rebuild has been a hot topic of late. There are literally hundreds of blog posts and articles analyzing exactly what Hummingbird is, why it was engineered in the first...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, December 26, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Bid Management And Account Structure Mistakes To Avoid...
View ArticleThe IdeaGraph – Whiteboard Friday
There can be important links between topics that seem completely unrelated at first glance. These random affinities are factoring into search results more and more, and in today’s Whiteboard Friday,...
View Article5 Google AdWords Updates from 2013 to Master in the New Year by @LarryKim
Google released thousands of small updates within their AdWords platform over 2013, but these five are true standouts. If you haven’t explored each of these features, do so and see how they can help...
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