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Google Brings Its Android Features And Material Design to iOS
Google announced today that its bringing to the Google Search iOS app the latest features and design that recently came...
How To Retrieve ‘Not Provided’ Keyword Data: An Interview With Bruce Clay
A big thanks to our Pubcon 2014 sponsor, LinkResearchTools, your off-page SEO toolkit. Link Detox: Recover – Protect – Build....
Bing Reveals What It Looks For In Content Quality When Ranking Web Pages
In a blog post published this week by Bing’s Senior Program Manager, Michael Basilyan, we learned how Bing’s algorithms assess...
Bing Makes Local Search More Intuitive With Google-Like Quick Answers
The local search features we’ve grown accustomed to using on Google are now making their way over to Bing, the...
Expect Further Rankings Fluctuations As Penguin 3.0 Continues To Roll Out, Perhaps Indefinitely
There has been much discussion about Penguin 3.0 over the past several days, as site owners have reported fluctuations in...
10 Ways to Optimize a Website For Bing
Mozilla Firefox recently made some news by announcing that it was ending its decade long relationship with Google as its...
4 Reasons Why Amazon and Facebook Are Gaining on Google
In 1998, PC Magazine wrote: “Google! is a Stanford University project designed to find the most relevant Web pages (those...
Firefox 34 Released Today With Improved Search Bar, Yahoo As Default Search Engine
Mozilla released Firefox 34 today and with it came several notable updates, namely an improved search bar and the first...
Microsoft To Replace Clip Art With Bing Images In Office Software
Clip art, those delightful images reminiscent of the 90s, are set to become a thing of the past as Microsoft...
Who Placed that Ad? Yahoo Experiments with No Display URL in PPC Ads
While search marketing has certainly seen its share of change over the last decade and half, there have always been...
The Vote Is In: European Parliament Is In Favor Of Breaking Up Google
Earlier this week I reported on a story about European Parliament wanting to break up, or “unbundle”, Google search from...
Google Pirate: What It Means for Web Content
It’s expensive going to the movies these days. With movie tickets costing around $10 per ticket for late night shows,...
Looming Decision By Apple Could Have Significant Impact On Search Market
It’s being speculated that Apple may be trying to distance itself from Google by dropping the company’s search engine as...
Doing It Dave’s Way: 6 #Marketing Lessons From The Founder of Wendy’s #SEJBookClub
Want to see what other books we’ve covered? Read our other reviews in the SEJ Book Club archive. For the...
Google Helps Retailers Get Ready For Black Friday With Insights Into The Hottest Products
With Black Friday being just days away, Google has released a new set of mobile features to its Google Shopping...
Google Enhances User Security With Release Of Devices And Activity Dashboard
In today’s multi-device world there’s no doubt that you have accessed your Google account on a number of different devices,...
European Parliament To Call For Separation Of Google Search From Other Services
According to a report released today, the European Parliament is reportedly calling for Google separate search from the rest of...
After 10 Years Firefox Abandons Google As Default Search Engine, Partners With Yahoo As US Default
Citing a new search strategy of “promoting choice and innovation”, Firefox’ parent company Mozilla has announced a strategic partnership that...
A Thorough Data Analysis of Google’s Pirate Filter
Last week, Google began releasing its Pirate update; a penalty against what it called “notorious” piracy sites violating copyright laws....
Google Launches Mobile-Friendly Site Testing Tool
Today Google announced the launch of a mobile-friendly test tool to see if your website passes Google’s criteria for what...