Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

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 Surprising Facts About “Keyword (Not Provided)” For Paid Search Earlier this week, everyone went bananas over a rumor that paid search query data was… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

A new Kenshoo study looks at whether marketers view Google’s product listing ads (PLAs) as a good investment, budgets, mobile PLA adoption, and what marketers are doing wrong. Here are the key findings, and how they impact your Google Shopping ads.

“How do we measure our content?” “Where do we get our data?” “How do we further our marketing careers?” The 2014 Search Marketer Survey by BrightEdge, released this week, aimed to uncover the sentiment around some of the burning questions of 2014.

In an announcement made yesterday on the Facebook For Business blog a new look for Facebook sidebar ads […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional. He provides strategic digital marketing services at an agency called Bureau in Ontario, Canada. He has a bachelors degree in communication and an unparalleled passion for helping businesses get their message out

If you have grown accustomed to using the instant messaging features of Facebook’s mobile app, you will soon […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional.

Earlier this week, everyone went bananas over a rumor that paid search query data was disappearing and that third party tools providers would be slammed. In my article, I’ll clarify fact from fiction. Here are ten things you need to know about the Keyword (Not Provided) for paid search issue: 1….

Google launched in 1998 and has grown steadily to become the most popular search engine in the world. Over 2,161 billion searches were run on their engines in 2013, and the company corners a 67% share of the global search market. As it grows and evolves, Google search is well and truly on its way… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Yesterday, Google announced it is expanding secure search to clicks on paid ads. The change means that the search query a user typed in before clicking on an ad will be dropped from the referrer string in the URL and won’t be passed to analytics or other software other than AdWords.

Yes, Google is removing queries from the referrer on ad clicks, but this story has been overblown. You can still see your paid search queries, and major third-party platforms won’t be impacted. Here’s everything you need to know about this issue