Bing Updates Its Android App With A New Look & Faster Performance
Bing has rolled out a new look and feel for its Android app, claiming the updates make it more streamlined and “optimized for performance.” According to the announcement on Bing’s search blog, the app is faster than its previous version, and now lets users track their Bing reward…
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Google Faces New Mobile Search Monopoly Antitrust Lawsuit
A law firm filed the lawsuit on behalf of two Android smartphone users who alleged that Google “illegally monopolized” the Internet and mobile search market in the U.S. by making deals that are stifling competition in the market.
Foursquare Splits App in Two, Separates Local Search From Check-ins
Foursquare plans to eliminate check-in functionality, and instead focus on further developing local discovery and exploration functionality. Foursquare will be transitioning their check-in functionality to their new application Swarm.
Namecheap Upgrades Its Domain Name Search Interface
Namecheap announced that is has upgraded its search functionality, aiming to streamline the process of finding, tracking and purchasing domain names. Now users searching for available domains on Namecheap are presented with a cleaner-looking interface,…
After Killing SES, Incisive Media Seems To Think “OMG” & Tries To Bring It Back
Incisive Media, which purchased the Search Engine Strategies conference when it was near the height of attendance, killed the brand entirely last year in place of a new ClickZ Live event. But now, after what seems to have been a disaster of the first C…
April’s Google Analytics Insights to Grow Your Business
Here’s your summary of what happened over at Google Analytics in April, and how you can take advantage of these developments. Make Smarter Business Decisions Without Using Data Tuesday, April 1, 2014 The Gist: Google is offering a four-unit course on ways to avoid using data to make decisions. Instructor: Justin Cutroni. Your Action Items: Start […]
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 2, 2014
This week in search, we cover how the IRS may have stopped Bing from crawling their site for some time. Should you be worried about doing HARO interviews because of acquiring bad links that can get you penalized in Google…
A Black Hat Loses Everything & Thanks Matt Cutts For Improving Search Results
Sebastian Johnsson, a self proclaimed grey/black hat wrote an incredibly interesting story on his blog on how he started getting into the black/gray hat world of SEO…
Search In Pics: Remote Control Android, Google Self Driving Car In Parade & Android Soccer Ball
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Remote Control Androids At Google Offices: Source: Google+ Android Soccer…
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SEO Smackdown: Download Time – Machine Speed Vs. Human Speed
Perceived download time is more important to searchers than actual download time. So why do SEOs focus on technocentric optimization strategies?
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Search Engine Strategies Coming to Atlanta in July, Registration Now Open
The original search marketing conference is back! On July 9, Search Engine Strategies will relaunch in Atlanta. The one-day conference will cover all the critical aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) and paid search advertising (PPC).
Google Search App Adds Parking Reminders, Indoor Maps, In-Store Products & Offline Cards
Google announced on Google+ that the Android version of the Google Search App has been updated to support a bunch of new features, including reminding you where you parked your car.
When you park your car, Google may ask you, do you want to be reminde…
Google AdSense Cross Device Ad Unit Design Update
Google announced that they have launched a new default ad unit style that works better across all devices, mobile to desktop…
Google Inorganic Links For “DoFollow” Links
Google’s Eric Kuan from the Google spam team posted a response to one webmaster who said a competitor is spamming them with bad links and asked Google to provide examples of some bad links.
Eric did so in the Google Webmaster Help thread by showing a …
Bing Ads Now Lets You Review 50,000 Keywords
Bing Ads has made a change to their Keywords Tab to allow advertisers to review up to 50,000 keywords within their user interface. Previously, if you had more than 5,000 keywords, an alert would appear asking you to narrow down the keywords scope.
Is This the End of AdWords Editor?
While updates to the AdWords interface come out frequently, AdWords Editor continues to be left behind with the same functionality. Will Google continue to support AdWords Editor, or will it be phased out in favor of the web interface?
Friday Commentary: Why a Fear of Failure Might be Holding Back Your Marketing Success
The problem with modern day marketing is that, under increasing pressure to get results, we’re often too scared to fail in order to achieve success. But being scared in a digital era is not the best approach. Taking away that fear of failure, you open up much greater potential rewards. Kevin Gibbons explains in this weeks Friday Commentary how a CMO should look at these things and act.
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Friday Commentary: Why a Fear of Failure Might be Holding Back Your Marketing Success
Friday Infographic: Guy Kawasaki’s How to Achieve Enchantment
In his book, “How to Achieve Enchantment,” Silicon Valley business advisor Guy Kawasaki explains how you can influence others. Column Five made an infographic out of it.
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Friday Infographic: Guy Kawasaki’s How to Achieve Enchantment
Someone Added Spammy 1000’s pages without my knowladge
HOLD Not sure we want to publish those spammy links, dont seem to add value
How Google Knows What Sites You Control And Why it Matters – Whiteboard Friday
Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
Google obviously looks at a great many factors in determining site rankings, but what do they know about us as administrators of our sites, and how do they use that information? In today’s Whiteboard Friday, Cyrus talks about s…