Search Engine Land’s Top 10 News Stories Of 2014: When Pandas, Penguins & Pigeons Attack
We begin two weeks of year-in-review articles with a look at the most popular news stories we covered in 2014.
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Google Pigeon Update Rolls Out To UK, Canada & Australia
Google’s new local ranking algorithm that launched in the US earlier this year has rolled out to the UK, Canada and Australia.
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Despite Documented Performance Lift Brands Still Confounded By Local Search
Remarkably there are still marketers out there that don’t “get” local search or why marketing campaigns should be localized. There are numerous studies and reports that indicate localized display and local search campaigns (on the PC and mobile) outperform “national”…
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Bing Search Adds AMBER Alerts
Bing sources data from National Center for Missing & Exploited Children databases for their new AMBER alert box.
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To Prove Online-To-Offline Impact, Google Rolls Out “Store Visits” Metric In AdWords
Measures impact of search ads on in-store traffic as part of AdWords Estimated Total Conversions.
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Bing Updates iOS App Adding Swipeable Trends & Redesign Home Screen
Check out the new updated Bing mobile app that has a fully redesigned home screen and new features to make searching on the go more enjoyable.
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Google “Noticias” On The Homepage Lives On Despite End Of Google News Spain
In the wake of the closure of Google News Spain yesterday “external traffic” had fallen 10 to 15 percent, according to data provided to Mathew Ingram by Chartbeat. However overall traffic at the time of the analysis was relatively stable, suggesting direct navigation. In Germany news…
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Google Testing Image Thumbnails In Mobile Search Results?
Google is testing a new mobile search interface that shows image thumbnails in the search snippets results.
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Nest + Google Now = Google’s Now Predicting How Your Home Should Run
Google takes Google Now to the next level but integrating your home appliances directly into voice search and predictive search behavior.
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Google News Still Available In Spain Despite Closure Deadline
News outlets such as the Wall Street Journal and AP are reporting that Google News España has shut down. However it appears to still be up and available on the site. As Barry Schwartz points out, if you visit news.google.es you’re directed to the following help page. The page offers an…
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New Widget In AdWords Makes Countdown Copy Easy
Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having to type variable strings.Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having to type variable strings.
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Google Faces Potential $19M Privacy Fine In The Netherlands
Google continues to face potential fines for failing to change its privacy policy in Europe. Since the company introduced its “simplified privacy policy” in 2012 it has faced Europe-wide criticism and the threat of fines for violating local data protection laws. Multiple government data…
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Spanish Newspapers Want Government To Force Google To Keep News Open In Spain
A new effort by the Spanish Newspaper Publishers Association (AEDE) to prevent Google from shutting down its News site in Spain is an amazing example of industry chutzpah or hubris. The action shows so much chutzpah in fact that it enters the realm of …
Google News Archive Returns Via Search Tools
You can once again search the Google News archive, dating back to 2003.
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Facebook Drops Bing From Facebook Search Results
Facebook has broken up with Bing, quietly dropping results from the Microsoft search engine as part of this week’s Facebook search update. The change, reported late today by Reuters, was confirmed by a Facebook spokesperson in an email to Search Engine Land. “We’re not currently showing web…
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Bing Upgrades Child Safe Search Features
Bing deploys the new safe preference web protocol for safe browsing with Internet Explorer and Firefox.
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Google’s 2014 Holiday Decorations For Christmas, Kwanzaa & Hanukkah
Google dressed up their search results for the holiday season with animated Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa themes.
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Bing Insights Integrated Into Microsoft Office Word Online
Office Word Online adds Bing Insights to your document creation process.
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Strict New “Copyright Law” Forces End Of Google News In Spain
Google has decided to shut down Google News in Spain. This drastic step will occur next week and is the result of a recently passed Spanish law that would have compelled Google to pay licensing revenues to Spanish publishers if their content appeared in Google News — even headlines. Some…
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Google Overhauls AdWords Editor: Version 11 Released Globally
Editor now supports more bulk editing features and enables side-by-side window viewing.
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