Archive for February, 2013

SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 13, 2013

2013/02/13

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 Hits 67 Percent Market Share Again, Bing Hits Another All-Time High [comScore] Core search activity was up pretty substantially in January, and…

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Google Has 4th Best Corporate Reputation [Poll]

2013/02/13

For the eighth year in a row, Google has made into the top five of an annual survey of the U.S. general public on corporate reputation

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Google Hits 67 Percent Market Share Again, Bing Hits Another All-Time High [comScore]

2013/02/13

Core search activity was up pretty substantially in January, and Google’s US market share returned to the 67 percent level that it was at in November — all according to the latest comScore search engine rankings for January 2013.

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"Served By Two Domains" Notification Via Google Webmaster Tools

2013/02/13

A common rookie mistake for setting up a web site is to have two or more domain names that you own all resolve properly for the same web site. Now Google is notifying webmasters via Google Webmaster Tools if they spot this issue…

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Panic Flu Searches May Have Tricked Google Flu Trends Into Thinking Things Were Worse

2013/02/13

Google Flu Trends has been a critical tool for many trying to gauge the severity of influenza since it’s launch in 2008. Each year, Google Flu Trends attempts to show flu prevalence based off of flu-related Google search queries.

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Marissa Mayer Not Happy With Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal

2013/02/13

The Yahoo-Microsoft search deal isn’t working as planned. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said she wants to see the companies do more than exchange search market share back and forth.

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Search Funnel Data Now More Actionable In AdWords

2013/02/13

Google just announced that data from search funnels will now be incorporated in the campaigns, ad groups, keywords, and ads tabs where it will be easier to act on. This is a welcome change for all advertisers; advanced advertisers will find it easier to incorporate the additional conversion metrics… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Google Webmaster Tools Search Queries Also Delayed

2013/02/13

It seems like someone at Google took a vacation because Webmaster Tools seems to have been recently having many many problems. The latest issue being reported is that the search queries report is delayed…

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AdWords Enhanced Campaigns Hands-On

2013/02/13

Google is rolling out enhanced campaigns to select AdWords users. If you haven’t upgraded yet, here’s a first look at the good, the bad, and the clunky – including mobile, ad extensions, free phone calls, location targeting, and scheduling.

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A Deeper Look at Google Signals Map and Social Data Hub

2013/02/13

If you’re anything like me, you stumbled across a Google Signals Map and had no idea it even existed. However, Google Signals has actually been available for quite some time, and more and more companies are beginning to explore this feature and what it can do for their SEO

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