International restaurant search provider Zomato has acquired Urbanspoon from IAC for between $50 and $60 million in cash. Zomato was founded in India in 2008 but now operates in more than 20 countries and 130 cities globally. Urbanspoon content will be incorporated into Zomato and the Urbanspoon…

Why hasn’t Google provided the correct answer for the Super Bowl start time when year-after-year, it has been an issue for them? The post Google Doesn’t Know When Super Bowl 2015 Starts (Yet!) appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

In a video hangout with Google’s John Mueller, John said that even without using the disavow file or removing bad links, it is possible to recover from a Penguin penalty (aka algorithm). Let me say that again…

Change effecting top line ads said to boost click-through rates. The post Seeing Double: Yahoo, Bing Search Ads Show Duplicate Copy In Headlines And Ad Text appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

One month after Microsoft announced its real-time translation service for Skype, reports are emerging that Google intends to announce plans to update it’s translation app with similar features. The Google Translate app, which already offers translation of text in 90 different languages, will soon be able to recognize which language a user is speaking and translate it into written text in another language of the user’s choice. It’s understandable if you’re going to take a wait-and-see approach rather than getting too excited about this announcement, as anyone who has used Skype’s real-time translation can tell you the experience leaves much […] The post Google Is Reportedly Working On A Real-Time Translation App For Mobile Devices by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

The time has come for brands to have a mobile paid search strategy in place. Columnist Susan Waldes suggests that businesses begin with tiny steps. The post Think Small: Solve Your Mobile SEM Problem With “Micro Leads” appeared first on Search Engine Land.

“Customers first.” A simple concept and the North Star of modern marketing. But implementing systems and operations that deliver brilliant customer experiences in a fragmented technology environment and legacy-steeped organizations is tricky

Google Translate to soon offer real-time translation between two people, much like the Microsoft Skype translation demo we saw months ago. The post Report: Google Translate To Provide Real-Time Translation Via App appeared first on Search Engine Land.

The irony here is almost too obvious to mention: an entity dedicated to monitoring the potential “chilling effects” of DMCA takedown notices is censoring itself. Chillingeffects.org has now removed itself from search results, making those notices harder to find.

Adding quality content to your website on a regular basis is a very good SEO tactic. Google sees that your website is active because new pieces of information are added. On top of that, you increase the volume of your content