Google’s Data Highlighter Adds Support For Book Reviews
Google has quietly added support for book reviews rich snippets with the data highlighter tool. Pierre Far from Google announced it on his Google+ page saying “you can now use Data Highlighter to tell...
View ArticleTopsy Becomes Definitive Twitter Search Engine
Social search and analytics provider Topsy announced that users can now search its index for every single ever published since Twitter’s inception in 2006. This capability is very useful and likely...
View ArticleBing Video Adds More Filters, Navigation & Pop Overlays
Bing announced some upgrades to Bing Video search. The upgrades include additional search filters, larger video thumbnails, pop-out hover previews and video overlay and improved navigation. New filters...
View ArticleSocial Search Engine Topsy Has Indexed All s in Existence by @wonderwall7
It’s hard to believe that Twitter has only been around since 2006, especially because it is now such a huge part of many of our daily lives. The Washington Post reported in March that there are over...
View ArticleGoogle May Be Updating Their Algorithm But They Won’t Confirm It
Today, September 4th, and last week, August 21st, there were huge spikes in chatter amongst the SEO and webmasters about the Google search results shifting and changing. In short, many SEOs and...
View ArticlePitching Tips: Cision Media Panel Brings Together Journalists, PR
From left: Shonali Burke, Adam Singer, Natasha Nicholson and Pat Craig at Cision’s media panel. Today was our last in a series of media panels that took us across the United States, from Washington,...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, September 4, 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 May Be Updating Their Algorithm But They Won’t Confirm It...
View ArticleSEJ Alumnus Michelle Stinson Ross Joins Strategic Alliance with Digital...
Michelle Stinson Ross, SEJ Alumnus and founder of her own agency Firestarter Social Media, recently announced a strategic partnership with Toronto-based digital marketing agency, Digital Always Media...
View ArticleMozilla Moves to Block Cookies, What Impact Will This Have on Google...
unable to retrieve full-text content On October 18 2011, search marketers (and all marketers) took a vital blow when Google announced the “Not Provided” keyword segment in Google Analytics. Click...
View ArticleSearch Privacy Low On List Of Privacy Concerns For US Internet Users
Despite the fact that search history can be so revealing about people’s desires and interests, a new survey of US internet users finds that concern over search privacy — while significant — still ranks...
View ArticleBing News Gets Easy Way To Spot Trending Stories On Twitter & Facebook
What are the top stories being shared on Facebook and Twitter? There’s a new way to get a sense of that. Bing News got a makeover today, including new “Trending” boxes that show news content that’s...
View ArticleFoursquare Aims To Improve Venue Database By Expanding Superuser Program
Foursquare’s superuser program, now 40,000 people strong, is getting an overhaul. The company says it’ll soon launch an automated test that will make it easier for users to become superusers — they’re...
View ArticleGoogle Says European Law Does Not Support Mosley Lawsuit To Censor Search...
Yesterday, Google posted a plea on their Google Europe blog asking European courts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by former Formula One president Max Mosley. The lawsuit requests that Google build a filter...
View ArticleAdWords Debuts Offline Conversion Tracking For Full Sales Cycle Optimization
Running lead generation campaigns on Google AdWords? Measuring success and optimizing campaigns for actual sealed-deal conversions, not just lead in-take, just got a whole lot easier. On the heels of...
View ArticleSearchCap: The Day In Search, September 5, 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 Debuts Offline Conversion Tracking For Full Sales Cycle...
View ArticleBing Details Four Ways Not To Build Links
Duane Forrester, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, wrote a blog post on the Bing Webmaster Blog, detailing four ways you do not want to build links to your site. The four ways not to build...
View ArticleNew “Concessions” From Google Seek To Avoid EU Antitrust Penalties
According to Reuters the European Commission (EC) says Google has submitted a new settlement proposal with “further concessions” in its bid to end the antitrust inquiry against the company. If the...
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