Archive for February, 2013

New German Law Will Allow Free “Snippets” By Search Engines, But Uncertainty Remains

2013/02/28

The good news for search engines like Google is a proposed German copyright law won’t require them to pay to show short summaries of news content.

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 28, 2013

2013/02/28

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 Maps Adds Variety Of Hi-Res Image Improvements Bing Maps has announced a series of updates to its high-resolution imagery, including expanded coverage,..

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Google Calendar Events In Google Search Results

2013/02/28

Google has expanded their Gmail field trial into Google Calendar to allow users who opt in to search Google for upcoming events and appointments on their calendar…

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Bing Maps Adds Variety Of Hi-Res Image Improvements

2013/02/28

Bing Maps has announced a series of updates to its high-resolution imagery, including expanded coverage, better mapping of ocean floors, cloud filtering and more. The prime features that Bing is touting involve what it calls “top of the world” imagery — those hi-res, top-down…

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Google Appending Brand In Front Of Search Results Title

2013/02/28

Typically, when Google shows a clickable headline in the search results, it pulls from your title tag meta data in the source code of the page. There are of course plenty of times where Google will rename the headline depending on the query.

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The Real Reason Why Google Is Dropping The Tablet vs. Desktop Distinction? It’s The User Context, Stupid!

2013/02/28

There’s been some grumbling among PPC marketers over the last few weeks about a few specific changes in Enhanced Campaigns – in particular, the loss of tablet vs. desktop segmentation, which was previously a best practice for mobile advertising strategy. One of my well-respected colleagues put it…

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In Another “Right to Be Forgotten” Case, UK Officials Threaten Legal Action Against People Posting Pictures Of Convicted Killer

2013/02/28

Although slightly different than the Spanish case discussed yesterday, the “right to be forgotten” has reared its head again — this time in the UK.” UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve has threatened legal action against anyone posting pictures of convicted killer Jon… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Google Testing Android/Chromebook-Like Navigation Element For Web Site

2013/02/28

Google is testing yet another navigation method to find all the various Google services and products, one that potentially serves to unify Google’s website with behavior on Android and Chromebooks. Google Operating System spotted this new test where you click on a box and it expands to show… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Facebook Shares How People Are Using Graph Search: Finding Friends Tops List

2013/02/28

Today, Facebook has shared information that “hundreds of thousands” of people are using its Facebook Graph Search service, highlighting that people still use it like “old’ Facebook search — to find friends. Facebook then suggests some ways to go beyond that, for those…

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SEO for WordPress Blogs: Getting the Basics Right

2013/02/28

WordPress is an amazing publishing platform with an strong community that supports it.

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