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SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 19, 2012

Mar 19, 2012 at 5:09pm ET by Barry Schwartz Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:Bing Fires Two Marketing Execs Over Vendor IssuesMicrosoft has seemingly spared no expense on pushing its Bing search engine at star-studded entertainment events, such [...] [...]

Four Seriously Cool Information Resources

Mar 9, 2012 at 1:13pm ET by Gary Price As a librarian, researcher and frequent blogger, I’m constantly coming across incredibly useful online information resources that are most effectively searched using their own site search tools, rather than relying on general-purpose engines to surface their valuable content. I plan to start writing about these on [...] [...]

Search In Pics: Google Fish, Yahoo 17th Birthday & Googlighting Tie

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.Google Fish:Source: Google+Googlighting Tie:Source: Google+Android Noogler:Source: FlickrGoogle Purim Costume:Source: FlickrYahoo Birthday Cupcakes:Source: FlickrRelated Topics: Search In Pictures [...] [...]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 8, 2012

Mar 8, 2012 at 5:07pm ET by Matt McGee Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.Ask.com Launches New Visual Q&A App “Pollroll”It seems like there are a million apps launching or promoting themselves in connection with the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, [...] [...]

Work Smart, Not Hard – An Introduction To Google Analytics Dashboards

I love my Google Analytics dashboard and I’m not ashamed to admit it. It saves me time, helps me look like I’m 100% on top of things when a client calls, and helps me add hours back into days that were previously spent hunting and pecking for information.Right now, my client load consists of about [...] [...]

Santorum’s Changing “Google Problem” — & Search Engine Land — Make The Rachel Maddow Show

As we covered last week, Google’s search results for a search on “santorum” have gotten a lot cleaner recently. The change was featured on The Rachel Maddow Show last night, and Search Engine Land’s coverage got a big shout-out. The clip is below, as well as an update on all things Santorum and Google. Santorum [...] [...]

The Ultimate Secret For Successful Marketing & Web Design

We’ve just experienced another season of roundups in the sports, music and movie industries and throughout it all, I noted interesting things about marketing and human behavior.It began with the TV commercials during the Super Bowl. Usually my favorite part of this final game of champions is watching the new commercials that are made especially [...] [...]

Pew Report: 65% View Personalized Search As Bad; 73% See It As Privacy Invasion

Personalized search? Both Google and Bing will tell you that it provides better results. But two-thirds say they don’t care. They view personalized search as a “bad thing,” a new survey finds. Nearly three-quarters also view gathering data to personalize results to be a privacy invasion.The findings come out of a survey from the Pew Internet & American [...] [...]

Bing And Google Gain Market Share While Yahoo Drops

The comScore February search market share numbers are being exposed by the various financial and investment firms this evening. Bing continued to gain, while its partner Yahoo lost market share. Google was up compared to January and year over year.Keeping in mind this isn’t yet the official comScore release, the following are the numbers for [...] [...]

SPONSOR MESSAGE: How Do You Make The Most Out Of SEO+SEM?

That’s where Searchmetrics Essentials becomes essential to you. Our fast and easy-to-use search analytics tool provides high-quality data to provide you the unique data advantage you need to stay ahead of your competition and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving Search landscape.Get started and check your company’s search engine visibility!Related Topics: Sponsor Messages About [...] [...]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 9, 2012

Mar 9, 2012 at 4:57pm ET by Matt McGee Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.Four Seriously Cool Information ResourcesAs a librarian, researcher and frequent blogger, I’m constantly coming across incredibly useful online information resources that are most effectively searched using their [...] [...]

Santorum’s Changing “Google Problem” — & Search Engine Land — Make The Rachel Maddow Show

As we covered last week, Google’s search results for a search on “santorum” have gotten a lot cleaner recently. The change was featured on The Rachel Maddow Show last night, and Search Engine Land’s coverage got a big shout-out. The clip is below, as well as an update on all things Santorum and Google. Santorum [...] [...]

The Ultimate Secret For Successful Marketing & Web Design

We’ve just experienced another season of roundups in the sports, music and movie industries and throughout it all, I noted interesting things about marketing and human behavior.It began with the TV commercials during the Super Bowl. Usually my favorite part of this final game of champions is watching the new commercials that are made especially [...] [...]

Work Smart, Not Hard – An Introduction To Google Analytics Dashboards

I love my Google Analytics dashboard and I’m not ashamed to admit it. It saves me time, helps me look like I’m 100% on top of things when a client calls, and helps me add hours back into days that were previously spent hunting and pecking for information.Right now, my client load consists of about [...] [...]

Search In Pics: Google Fish, Yahoo 17th Birthday & Googlighting Tie

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.Google Fish:Source: Google+Googlighting Tie:Source: Google+Android Noogler:Source: FlickrGoogle Purim Costume:Source: FlickrYahoo Birthday Cupcakes:Source: FlickrRelated Topics: Search In Pictures [...] [...]

Four Seriously Cool Information Resources

Mar 9, 2012 at 1:13pm ET by Gary Price As a librarian, researcher and frequent blogger, I’m constantly coming across incredibly useful online information resources that are most effectively searched using their own site search tools, rather than relying on general-purpose engines to surface their valuable content. I plan to start writing about these on [...] [...]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 8, 2012

Mar 8, 2012 at 5:07pm ET by Matt McGee Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.Ask.com Launches New Visual Q&A App “Pollroll”It seems like there are a million apps launching or promoting themselves in connection with the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, [...] [...]

Pew Report: 65% View Personalized Search As Bad; 73% See It As Privacy Invasion

Personalized search? Both Google and Bing will tell you that it provides better results. But two-thirds say they don’t care. They view personalized search as a “bad thing,” a new survey finds. Nearly three-quarters also view gathering data to personalize results to be a privacy invasion.The findings come out of a survey from the Pew Internet & American [...] [...]

SPONSOR MESSAGE: How Do You Make The Most Out Of SEO+SEM?

That’s where Searchmetrics Essentials becomes essential to you. Our fast and easy-to-use search analytics tool provides high-quality data to provide you the unique data advantage you need to stay ahead of your competition and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving Search landscape.Get started and check your company’s search engine visibility!Related Topics: Sponsor Messages About [...] [...]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 9, 2012

Mar 9, 2012 at 4:57pm ET by Matt McGee Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.Four Seriously Cool Information ResourcesAs a librarian, researcher and frequent blogger, I’m constantly coming across incredibly useful online information resources that are most effectively searched using their [...] [...]

Bing And Google Gain Market Share While Yahoo Drops

The comScore February search market share numbers are being exposed by the various financial and investment firms this evening. Bing continued to gain, while its partner Yahoo lost market share. Google was up compared to January and year over year.Keeping in mind this isn’t yet the official comScore release, the following are the numbers for [...] [...]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 6, 2012

Mar 6, 2012 at 5:09pm ET by Barry Schwartz Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:When The Going Gets Tough, The Links Get BlamedLinks are usually the first thing that people look at when something happens in the SERPs. [...] [...]

Associated Press To Use Google Maps For Super Tuesday Results

Just a week after Foursquare said it would drop Google Maps, the Associated Press announced it will use the application to distribute Super Tuesday primary results to AP Election Services subscribers.AP will supply the feed of vote results and subscribers will be able to use Google Maps to display on their websites or on other [...] [...]

Looking For Session Ideas For SMX Advanced 2012

Soon, it’ll be time to do the agenda for our SMX Advanced search marketing conference in Seattle this June 5-6. This is always the toughest show to program, because all the attendees expect mind-blowing advanced content (and get it, which is why it sells out each year). I’m looking for help. Got a session idea [...] [...]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 5, 2012

Mar 5, 2012 at 4:53pm ET by Barry Schwartz Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.From Search Engine Land:Why So Many Companies Fail At Enterprise SEOA well-defined brand no longer guarantees search placement. It is only through enterprise-level cultural changes, informed by [...] [...]

Why So Many Companies Fail At Enterprise SEO

A well-defined brand no longer guarantees search placement. It is only through enterprise-level cultural changes, informed by a close monitoring of search evolution, that sustained SEO success can occur.Yes, brands are still a very strong signal when it comes to ranking, however, recent advancements like “authorship rank” and Search Plus Your World have hyper-focused our [...] [...]

When The Going Gets Tough, The Links Get Blamed

Links are usually the first thing that people look at when something happens in the SERPs. Surely, if your rankings fall, you must just have crap links, right?Well look elsewhere too…because I’m here to tell you that immediately blaming the links and not looking for problems elsewhere won’t always get those rankings back up.In fact, [...] [...]

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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube best practicesThis white paper discusses:Three strategies for maximizing Twitter’s impact on SEOTips for Facebook ads, events, groups and placesCommon principles between social and search marketingDownload now »Related Topics: Sponsor Messages About The Author: Search Engine Land is a news and information site covering search engine marketing, searching issues and the [...] [...]