Google Now Combines Online Shopping With Location-Based Purchasing
If one of the products you’ve been searching for online is sold at a store near you, you will receive an alert via Google Now cards of the nearest location and price of your item, but you’ll have to visit to see if the item is actually in stock.
Research: 56 Pct. Of “On The Go” Searches Have Local Intent
ComScore recently found that 78 percent of local-mobile searches resulted in an offline purchase (usually a few hours). New consumer data from research firm Ipsos MediaCT (sponsored by Google) echo most of the comScore study data, underscoring the critical nature of local information to mobile…
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DuckDuckGo Redesigns Search Results to Add Places, Images, AutoSuggest
DuckDuckGo launched a new design in beta that gives an updated look and feel to its search results. With places in carousel format, autosuggest and other features, DuckDuckGo is seeking user feedback before fully launching the new design.
Google Maps App Now Showing Uber Ride Options, Lane Navigation, Offline Maps
Google Maps is rolling out a number of new features for its iPhone and Android app today, including an integration with Uber, the transportation company that connects people in need of a ride with available drivers. According to the announcement, peopl…
Deliver Transformational SEO Performance With Simple Techniques
I find huge value in big site analysis, as the subtleties of prioritisation can have multi-million dollar impact for a business. This analysis can be informative about approaching a new SEO strategy for any site, and reveal a few truths about the true …
Vine Search Offers New Opportunity for Brands
The long awaited web version of Vine is now available, letting anyone search by person, tag, or location. This means there are some additional opportunities for marketers, but some brands aren’t yet maximizing their Vine value.
Blog Posts Published on Weekends Get More Social Shares [Study]
What blog post titles get the most engagement? When is your audience actually reading your blog posts? Answers to these questions and more in TrackMaven’s recent study published in the “Colossal Content Marketing Report.”
WalmartLabs Scoops Up Product Search Firm Adchemy
Adchemy made significant inroads in the product search arena in its short time, powering Google Product Listing Ads for brand name customers such as Macy’s, Overstock.com, Finish Line and Walmart. Today, @WalmartLabs, the retailer’s technology lab based in Silicon Valley, announced it…
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Monday Afternoon #HeroConf Keynote Speaker Brad Geddes, Mobile Ad Testing
Jasmine Aye recaps Brad Geddes presentation at HeroConf on proper ad testing for mobile users and how to consolidate metrics into easily reportable figures.
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Monday Afternoon #HeroConf Keynote Speaker Brad Geddes, Mobile Ad Testing
Google Pauses Webmaster Tools SSL Warnings In Order Clarify Them In Future
About a week ago, Google began sending out a nice number of SSL warnings via Google Webmaster Tools.
Google has paused those warnings…
Google AdSense Publishers Brace For Lower Earnings In May
A WebmasterWorld thread has some publishers bracing themselves for a pretty bad earnings month via Google AdSense.
Why…
Google’s Matt Cutts: Links Still Have Many Years Left In Them But…
Matt Cutts, Google’s face of search for webmasters, posted a future telling video yesterday on when and how Google may rely less on links in the future for ranking pages…
App Annie Adds New Tools For Better App SEO, Paid Visibility
App Annie, which offers app store analytics, is announcing new features and capabilities for mobile app publishers and developers this morning. The company is adding more ad network data and analytics; it’s also offering new tools to help boost App Store Optimization (ASO). Both of these are…
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Link Building ≠ Content Marketing. But Here’s How They Fit Together
Link building has gone through a lot in the past 18 months — and when content marketing became the buzzword of the day, there were troves of articles saying that content marketing is the new link building or that content marketing has replaced link building. That couldn’t be more false….
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10 Reasons to Hire a PPC Management Expert
PPC advertising will deliver targeted traffic, but it takes technical know-how to do it properly. An expert paid search analyst reviews every facet of your account, looking for areas to improve leads and sales. Here’s why you should hire one.
Google In-Store & Location-Aware Product Reminders Now In Google Now For Android
Yesterday, as expected, Google announced on Google+ that the location-aware, in-store product reminders are now built into the latest version of Google Now on your Android Google Search App. Google said “if you’re out and about and near a store that carries those boots, you might see a Google…
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Matt Cutts, Bing & MSFT Phone Team Keynoting SMX Advanced
Year after year, Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced keynotes deliver first-hand insights. This year is no exception. Google’s Matt Cutts takes questions from you, the audience, in his “You&A” keynote, moderated by SMX’s own Danny Sullivan. Bring your toughest questions and don’t miss this…
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BrightonSEO: Lessons Learnt About Keywords and Rankings
Jo Turnbull reports back on the lessons learned on keywords and rankings from the key speakers at BrightonSEO.
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BrightonSEO: Lessons Learnt About Keywords and Rankings
Google: We Currently Treat New TLDs As gTLDs
As you may know, there are tons of new TLDs that hit the market, such as .cash, .foo, .best and so on…
DuckDuckGo Adds Carousel, Auto-Complete, Local Results & More
DuckDuckGo announced the next version of their privacy search engine at https://next.duckduckgo.com/.
Note, this is where users like us can play around with it and give them feedback. DuckDuckGo wants to switch over to the new version in about a mont…