Google Gives More Prominence to First Playable Music Video Search Result
Searching for a music video on Google? Maybe “Locked Out of Heaven” by Bruno Mars or “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk? Now Google highlights the first playable video in the search results to push searchers to YouTube or other sources to view that video.
“When Do The Olympics Opening Ceremonies Start?” You May Be Surprised Which Search Engine Has The Best Answer
I didn’t realize how hard it would be, but yesterday I wanted to find out more about the Olympic opening ceremonies and when they would start. NBC, which is broadcasting the games in the U.S., appears to have nothing on its official website about the ceremonies or what time they’ll air…
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Telenav Thinks Scout Can Take On Google Maps
Last week Telenav acquired Skobbler for roughly $24 million in cash and stock. Skobbler is based in Berlin, Germany and is to OpenStreetMap (OSM) what Red Hat is to Linux according to Ryan Peterson of Telenav. For those not aware, OSM is the Wikipedia of digital mapping. It relies on a global force…
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Google Adds 1,000+ New Categories to Places Dashboard
Google is making some new changes to Google’s Places for Business in order to make it easier for users to find businesses in international countries. Google is adding more than 1,000 categories globally into the Places dashboard.
Bing Launches New Winter Olympics Search Features & Counter To Track Gold Medals
With opening ceremonies just two days away, Bing is upping its search game for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Now when Bing users search on specific sports and athletes the search engine will include Olympic-related schedules and content in…
Google, Europe Near Antitrust Deal, Really This Time?
With its latest offer, Google has effectively settled the three year probe and has dodged a potential $5 billion fine. While the European Commission has accepted the concessions, they must first be accepted by the complainants, including Microsoft.
Google Vows to Reduce Fake YouTube Views
It’s unclear how many “fraudulent” views YouTube videos have been racking up, but Google said that its incoming measures to monitor views should affect only a “miniscule fraction” of video clips on the website.
Microsoft’s $15 Million Check-in: Will Redmond Buy Foursquare?
Microsoft has invested $15 million in Foursquare and said it will license the former’s location data according to news released yesterday. Foursquare aspires to be “the location layer for the internet.” With real-time feedback about local data accuracy, based on user movements and…
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Facebook Tests Mobile Graph Search
Facebook recently confirmed it’s testing a mobile version of Graph Search. While some are criticizing Facebook for a lag in mobile adoption of a feature that’s more than a year old, Facebook reminds us the functionality is not so simple.
“The SEO Butcher Is Not Working Anymore…”
This gem just landed in the inbox. Remember when you thought serving SMBs would be cool? From: [REDACTED] Subject: SEO Message Body: I do not mean to waste anybody’s time, nor do I wish to ask a taxi to drive me home for free, I have questions and spend countless hours thinking I have something […]
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Google Make Changes to Marketplace to Avoid EU Fine
Search engine giants Google are once again making changes to their service in order to fall into line with European legislation following an investigation that deemed that they were giving preferential treatment to particular results with the aim to in…
SEMPO Search Survey: Nearly 70% Of Agencies Say Client SEO Budgets To Increase In 2014
SEMPO and Econsultancy have released the ninth annual State of Search Survey results. According to the findings, there was a noticeable difference between how agency and company marketers answered SEO budget questions. While nearly 70 percent of agency…
How to Use Paid Tools to Solve the “Not Provided” Google Analytics Problem
Discover how paid tools can help solve the “not provided” Google Analytics problem.
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How to Use Paid Tools to Solve the “Not Provided” Google Analytics Problem
How to Use Paid Tools to Solve the “Not Provided” Google Analytics Problem
Discover how paid tools can help solve the “not provided” Google Analytics problem.
Post from Jo Turnbull on State of Digital
How to Use Paid Tools to Solve the “Not Provided” Google Analytics Problem
How Can SEO Stimulate Export Sales?
Exporting is difficult and expensive, but SEO is a powerful and cost-effective tool with which to approach export markets. Here are three examples of how online and traditional industrial retail companies are using SEO to generate export sales.
5 Tips To Kill The Competition In Local Search
If your business has a local presence — anywhere — you must take advantage of Google+ Local. Creating and optimizing Google+ Local profiles is a critical marketing practice for local small businesses, multi-location enterprises, national franchises and companies with a single physical…
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Google’s Latest Manual Action Penalty: Spammy Structured Markup
Google has recently began sending a new manual action spam notification to webmasters for “spammy structured markup” also known as rich snippet spam. This comes after Google dropped 15% of the rich snippets, setting the bar higher for what sites are able to display rich snippets in the…
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Google NoFollows Google+ Profile Links
Folks on Google+ noticed that Google+ has recently began nofollow many of the links in your profile by default.
So if you visit my profile page on Google+, the section where it says “Links”, most of those, if not all, seem to be nofollowed…
Playable YouTube Videos Directly In Google’s Search Results
Moz on Google+ noticed a new search result format showing up in the search results for videos.
When you do a search that triggers videos, I think only from YouTube…
Microsoft’s New CEO Is A Search Guy, Satya Nadella
Yesterday, Microsoft named Satya Nadella their new CEO. Yes, he is a familiar name for many of you because he has been involved in search at Microsoft for years.
He keynoted at one of the first, if not the first…