SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 18, 2012
Posted on 19. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
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: LinkedIn Bike, Chrome Watch Facebook @ Google In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the [...]
Google Improves AdSense Reporting And Bolsters Smart Pricing With New Research
Posted on 18. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
Google has introduced several new reporting improvements for AdSense publishers, and it has released new research that shows publishers make more money with “smart pricing” — even though their revenue-per-click is discounted as compared with search ads — than they would without it. One reporting improvement is that AdSense publishers can now view “all time” [...]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 16, 2012
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Launches Knowledge Graph To Provide Answers, Not Just Links Hinted at for months, Google formally launched its “Knowledge Graph” today. The new technology is being used to provide popular facts [...]
Bing’s New Social-Friendly Search Interface Now Live
Posted on 16. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
The new Bing interface, with a healthy dose of social connections and discovery, is now live for all users. Bing’s announcement today says that anyone can access the new interface at www.bing.com/new, but you should also see a new message atop the Bing home page that invites you to try “the best search, now with [...]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 14, 2012
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Smartphone Bot Case Study: The Google Smartphone Bot On Holiday In Australia While Google’s new smartphone bot has been announced, it does not appear to be widely deployed yet; at least [...]
Report: Scott Thompson To Step Down As Yahoo CEO, Ross Levinsohn To Step In
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
Kara Swisher at AllThingsD is reporting that embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is going to step down for “personal reasons.” Swisher has one or more “moles” inside the company and consistently gets inside information — which generally turns out to be correct. Thompson’s “personal reasons,” as we all know, are: misrepresenting that he had a [...]
Google Expands AdWords Bid Simulator To The Campaign Level
Posted on 13. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
Advertisers have long been able to simulate the results of bid changes at the keyword and ad group level, and, now, they can do so at the campaign level, as well, Google has announced. The change will allow advertisers to model changes even when there’s not enough data to do so at the keyword or [...]
Apple Siri’s Recommending Nokia? Then Nokia’s Recommending Android & iPhone, I Guess
Posted on 12. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
Apple’s Siri search feature for the iPhone 4S thinks the Nokia Lumia 900 is the best phone ever? Actually, it’s Wolfram Alpha that thinks this, based on all of four user reviews. While it’s a chuckle that Siri seemed to be recommending the Nokia, it’s a better reminder that Siri itself doesn’t answer questions but [...]
Yahoo Search Sees 8th Monthly Share Decline — comScore
Posted on 11. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
It’s that time again: April comScore qSearch data are coming out tomorrow. But the financial analysts are releasing it first to their clients and others subscribed to their missives. According to our source, comScore will report that both Google and Bing have made small, incremental gains since last month and seen modest growth since last year. [...]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 9, 2012
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 10 Great Adwords Options For Boosting Conversions We all know that Adwords is the most used system in the world to drive paid traffic to websites. The Adwords system is an [...]
