Can Groupon Break Into the Search Market?
Groupon’s new search feature is a Yelp-like directory of business pages with contact info, user reviews, deals, and a goal of engaging you to spend more time on Groupon’s website.
SearchCap: Duane Forrester No Longer With Bing, Animated GIFs In Bing Images & Paid Search Roundup
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Economic Impact of SEO Media Services- November 6 Webcast Using an outside expert resource for global SEO and e…
The Economic Impact of SEO Media Services- November 6 Webcast
Using an outside expert resource for global SEO and earned media services can make your search marketing campaigns a valuable investment. But how do you justify the cost to your management? In this live webcast, Forrester Researchís Dean Davison and Shar VanBoskirk will lead a discussion…
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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Guide to Social Advertising 2014
Social advertising challenges a brand to think differently about both social engagement and advertising. It requires marketers to appeal to the prospect in new ways. This Grande Guide from Oracle Eloqua is about advertising in the social media sphere- what it means, why it’s worth it, and how best…
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Bing Images Adds Animated GIF Filter
Bing announced there is a new filter within Bing Images to let you only see animated GIF images. Animated GIFs are a grouping of images that may appear as a movie but are just a series of images. You can now filter your image searches on Bing by the an…
Duane Forrester, Bing’s Long-Time Webmaster Outreach Manager, Loses Job In Microsoft Layoffs
Duane Forrester, the senior product manager in charge of webmaster outreach for Bing, has lost his job as part of the recently announced layoffs at Microsoft. The move leaves Bing without one of its longest-serving and recognizable faces to the SEO and…
Chinese Search Giant Baidu Reports $2.2 Billion In Revenue For 3Q 2014
China’s leading search engine Baidu posted its 3Q 2014 earnings yesterday, reporting $2.2 billion (RMB13.520 billion) in total revenue, a 52 percent year over year increase. According to Baidu chairman and CEO Robin Li, the site’s mobile traffic surpassed PC traffic last quarter, with…
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Six Reasons To Fire Your SEO Agency
What distinguishes a good search engine optimization practitioner from a not-so-good one? Columnist Neil Patel shares his thoughts.
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Marketing In Transit: Selling To Mobile Searchers
Consumers are increasingly using their mobile devices to connect with local businesses, yet many of these sites still aren’t mobile-friendly. Columnist Chris Marentis offers his advice.
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“Which Update?” Is the Wrong Question
What’s the right question to ask? That will depend on your skill level and experience in the SEO industry.
Google AdSense To Google Analytics Linking Updated
Google said they’ve simplified the linking process between your Google AdSense accounts and Google Analytics reporting.
Google said “you can link your AdSense account within Google Analytics in fewer steps and can also link your AdSense account to mul…
Negative SEO Is Real & Google Needs To Fix It
There is no doubt that the perception in the industry is that negative SEO is a problem.
So much so, that in our last poll, only 11% thought negative SEO doesn’t work. Now that we have “white hat” clients requesting negative SEO and and most SEOs …
The 2014 Google Halloween Doodle Going Live
Above is an image of the 2014 version of the Google Halloween Doodle (aka logo). It is going live almost globally on all Google sites, starting properties such as Google Australia where it is already tomorrow there…
Google Queries for Instances of Data Help Reveal the Classes Where They Belong
You are cloxacillin, a kind of medication and an entity that some people may not know a lot about, but part of a bigger class of medicines that people are familiar with. And you’re taking a visit through a search engine as someone has been recently prescribed to you, and they want to know more […]
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Google’s Increasing Emphasis on Mobile
Yesterday Google announced a new feature for Webmaster Tools: a Mobile Usability report that shows what you can improve on your site to optimise it for mobile users. In this report Google shows you exactly what it thinks is wrong with your site that prevents it from working perfectly on mobile devices. Things like setting […]
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Google’s Increasing Emphasis on Mobile
Paid Search Roundup Q3 2014: From Performance Trends To Key Product Updates, What You Need To Know
The quarterly reports and earning statements are in. Overall, all signs point to continued global growth for paid search advertising in Q3. Here’s a look at performance results and the biggest announcements and changes to come from Google AdWords and Bing Ads in the third quarter 2014. What…
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Google My Business Adds Awesome Features For Businesses
Google announced they’ve added a ton of new features for business owners within the Google My Business (old Google Places) dashboard and Google My Business Android and (coming soon to) iOS app…
Google Analytics For The Big Screen (iPad App)
What marketers don’t like having dashboards, especially real time dashboards all over the place…
Secret Sauce LoMo Tips for More PPC Sales
Paid search marketers have understood that mobile is important for some time, but few are leveraging the power of mobile advertising tailored for local traffic.
How To Handle Complaints On Social Media
Social media users love to complain. Sometimes I think that the sole purpose of many is to complain. I have to admit, I too am guilty of throwing the negatives out there for the world to see in hopes that the company who “wronged” me will make things better. We all do it. As a […]
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How To Handle Complaints On Social Media