SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 27, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Search In Pics: David Beckham At Google, Google’s Moscow Office & Bing Bar
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. David Beckham At Google: Google’s Moscow Brick Desk: Bing Bar at Sundance: Bing [...]
- Report Affirms Strong Q4 Search Growth In 2011, Offers Additional Insights
Marketers have had a couple weeks to digest their fourth quarter numbers and assess their successes and failures from a period that can be a whirlwind, particularly in the retail sector. Now, with Google’s Q4 earnings report and Yahoo’s out, we’re getting a chance to compare our own performance to data put out by some [...]
- Dear Google: Crappy Results Like This Don’t Give The Impression You Care About Search
The debate about what should — and shouldn’t — show in a Google search result for “santorum” has been well-documented, at this point. But I’d like to use this now famous search to illustrate something else: how it appears Google is taking its eye off the ball of being a search engine. Searching For Santorum: [...]
- Google’s “Trusted Photographers” Turns Business Photos Into A Self-Serve Product
Google is hoping to expand its Business Photos product with the launch of a new service called “Trusted Photographers” that essentially makes the process entirely self-service. Local businesses that are interested in having interior photos taken can use the new Business Photos website to find a “trusted photographer.” The business owner and photographer are supposed [...]
Recent Headlines From Marketing Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
Search News From Around The Web:
Business Issues
Link Building
Local, Maps & Mobile
Paid Search & Contextual
SEO & SEM
- PPC & Time Management: A Make-It-Better Checklist, PPC Hero
- 5 Big Reasons You Should Start Using Q&A Sites Immediately, StayOnSearch
- Bing Moving content? Think 301, not rel=canonical, www.bing.com
- Debunking the Myths of Quality Score, PPC Associates
- Everything You Need to Know About Ad Position in AdWords, PPC Hero
- How to Create Truly Effective Long-tail, Query Matching PPC Campaigns That Sell, Search Engine People
- Lies Writers Tell To Cripple Your SEO Copywriting, Outspoken Media
- Measuring ROI: How to Collect Meaningful PPC Conversion Data, Search Engine Watch
- Optimizing a Page for Search Engines, Part 3: Keywords to Content, www.practicalecommerce.com
- The Ultimate Google+ SEO Guide, blindfiveyearold.com
Social Media
Video, Music & Image Search
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 27, 2012
