The agenda is live and we’ve opened up our “speaking pitch” form for SMX Milan, November 13-14, 2014 at the Meliá Milano Hotel. View the agenda here: SMX Milan 2014 Agenda And the speaking pitch instructions and form here: SMX Milan 2014 Agenda Speaking Pitch Form The speaking…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Rather Than Opt-Out Of Google, German News Publishers Demand 11% Cut Of Revenue German news publishers are picking up where the Belgians left off, a now…

The Google+ Direct Connect feature in which you could quickly find Google+ pages in the search results by using the “+” command has quietly slipped away.

German news publishers are picking up where the Belgians left off, a now not-so-proud tradition of suing Google for being included in its listings rather than choosing to opt-out. This time, the publishers want an 11% cut of Google’s revenue related to them being listed.

Google seems to be working up a new webmaster feature around rel-alternate-hreflang.

Bing Ads has announced that their Bid Landscape tool can now be used at both the keyword and ad group level by all U.S. advertisers

Google has faced an existential threat from apps in mobile. Its all-purpose functionality on the PC didn’t translate into mobile; and the company was in danger of losing its internet “gatekeeper” role as smartphones become primary internet devices. Google Now, voice search and…

Starting this week, Android users can now search Google for a musician, band, or song, and tap a link to open the music right into a music application (Rdio, iHeart Radio, Spotify, Google Play, Tunein, or YouTube) on their smartphone.

If you want to use Twitter search like a pro, you need to know all the ways that you can use their unique search engine options to find what you are looking for. You can pretty much break it down based on the search itself

With Shopping Campaigns becoming the default campaign type for running Product Listing Ads on Google by the end of August, the search giant has issued a best practices whitepaper to help marketers make the transition. The main points the paper dives into are product feed optimization and updates,… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article