From Praise To Outrage: Reactions To Google’s Antitrust Settlement
The post-mortem analysis of Google’s antitrust settlement happened very quickly yesterday and this morning with some journalists and analysts concluding that factors other than the law were responsible behind the scenes. For example, Politico asserts it was largely “a calculated and expensive charm offensive” (lobbying) that drove the outcome yesterday. An even more absurd analysis argues that [...]
January 4, 2013 at 2:54 pm ET by Greg Sterling | Comment (1) | Read Story
Blekko Launches New Tablet Search Engine “Izik”
Rich Skrenta and team at blekko are launching “izik,” a new tablet search engine (and browser) designed to deliver a “from the ground up,” tablet friendly search experience. You can also use it on the PC; however the experience is best on a tablet. It’s available as an app for the iPad or Android tablets. [...]
January 4, 2013 at 11:19 am ET by Greg Sterling | Comment | Read Story
A Test, Not A Bug: Bing Deep Links To Facebook, eBay, Craigslist Under Google’s Search Result
It looked like a screwup. If you searched for [google] on Bing, you saw Deep Links to Facebook, eBay and Craigslist underneath the main search result for Google. So, in my article earlier today, I called it a “strange bug” in Bing’s search results. I was wrong. It wasn’t a bug; it was a test [...]
January 3, 2013 at 8:27 pm ET by Matt McGee | Comments (5) | Read Story
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Deep Dive Into Bing Webmaster Tools With Sr. Program Manager Vincent Wehren, Part 2
Search Marketing Toolbox - Josh Dreller
In the first post of this series, we briefly explored Bing Webmaster Tools (BWT) with Sr. Program Manager Vincent Wehren. In that article, we discovered that BWT is a well-rounded suite of SEO tools that have the added benefit of the massive amount of search engine data provided by Bing. We also learned from Vincent [...]
Advanced Filters: Excel’s Amazing Alternative To Regex
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One thing I’ve never understood about Excel is why it doesn’t support regular expressions (which the cool kids call regex). Regex allows you to do advanced sorting and filtering. The SeoTools plugin for Excel supports regex, but it — like most cool resources for Excel — is PC-swim only. For those of us red-headed stepchildren Mac [...]
January Survival Tips For Search Marketers: Revisit Your Budget, Rest Up – The Superbowl Is Coming
Enterprise SEM - Siddharth Shah
The beginning of the new year is usually a very busy time for marketers. Not only do they have to execute on their new goals and budgets, but they also have to deal with seasonal factors that affect many verticals. While search marketers in particular have to overcome several tactical and strategic issues in January [...]
Reporting Multinational SEO Performance: Difficulties & Insights
Multinational Search - Chris Liversidge
Whether you report on just two or twenty different regions, getting a centralised report on search engine result page performance by region can be a headache if you don’t have an easy — and scalable — reporting system in place. There are lots of ways to tackle the problem, but by far the easiest is [...]
The Hottest Reads In Search & Social In 2012
Search & Social - Monica Wright
We already shared the news that Jordan Kasteler took home the top prize and had a second entry in our overall list of most read columns for the year, both of which appeared here in the Search & Social column, alongside several other worthy reads. In 2012, “social signals” became one of the most talked [...]
What Search & Conversion Articles Clicked With You?
Search & Conversion - Search Engine Land
As we jump headfirst into 2013, we’re still spending some time looking back at what Search Engine Land readers enjoyed the most so that we can set the bar even higher in the coming year. In the Search & Conversion column, landing pages, persuasive content and searcher behavior take top priority. In case you missed [...]
Reporting Multinational SEO Performance: Difficulties & Insights
Whether you report on just two or twenty different regions, getting a centralised report on search engine result page performance by region can be a headache if you don’t have an easy — and scalable — reporting system in place. There are lots of ways to tackle the problem, but by far the easiest is [...]
January 3, 2013 at 11:37 am ET by Chris Liversidge | Comments (2) | Read Story
eBay Offers A Mobile Search Shortcut For Online Stores
Last month, I touched on several ways that businesses could use apps as an alternate channel to reach mobile searchers. Online retailers have a couple opportunities to use apps in this way, by tapping into the eBay and Amazon marketplaces. Let’s take a closer look at eBay, and some strategies for using it to extend [...]
December 31, 2012 at 11:52 am ET by Sherwood Stranieri | Comment | Read Story
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- From Praise To Outrage: Reactions To Google's Antitrust Settlement
- Blekko Launches New Tablet Search Engine "Izik"
- A Test, Not A Bug: Bing Deep Links To Facebook, eBay, Craigslist Under Google's Search Result
- FTC Closes Google Antitrust Case: "Law Protects Competition Not Competitors," Not Enough Evidence To Prove "Search Bias"
- Search Engine Land's Most Shared Stories on Facebook of 2012
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- Search Engine Land's Most Popular Stories On Google+ In 2012: Panda, Knowledge Graph & SEO
- Only 5% Of News Publishers Use The Google News Keywords Meta Tag
- Where's Santa Claus? The 2012 Santa Tracker List, From NORAD To Google, From The Web To Apps
- Official: It's Google Panda Update 23, Impacting ~1.3% Of Queries
- Facebook Still Top Search Term In 2012 As One-Word Searches Rise 16 Percent [Experian]
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- Deep Dive Into Bing Webmaster Tools With Sr. Program Manager Vincent Wehren, Part 2
- Advanced Filters: Excel's Amazing Alternative To Regex
- January Survival Tips For Search Marketers: Revisit Your Budget, Rest Up - The Superbowl Is Coming
- Reporting Multinational SEO Performance: Difficulties & Insights
- The Hottest Reads In Search & Social In 2012
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