Voice search is growing, and Google is investing heavily in products that utilize this technology. Contributor Joe Youngblood discusses these products and their implications for marketers.

The key to building productive habits is understanding the behavior patterns you have now and make your habit-forming ability work in your favor.

In a webmaster hangout on Google+ this morning, Google’s John Mueller basically said there is no good way to redirect a web site that has a penalty to a new…

Local search columnist Lydia Jorden explores four ideas that, when utilized, can have a major impact on local SEO success. The post 4 effective local positioning strategies you’re overlooking appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. An army of Google I/O Android figures: Source: Twitter Google’s Sundar… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Here is proof that Google is bringing more filters to the Search Analytics report in the Google Search Console.

Here’s an up-to-date list of all the available video or video file search engines, audio and sound search engines, podcast directories, meme generators & Gif finders at your disposal. Jump to a section: Images  – Gifs – Memes – Video – Radio Stations – Sounds – Podcasts Images Bing http://www.bing.com/images?FORM=Z9LH1 Bing offers an image search engine that uses trending searches from across the web to create this stream of image results. It even allows you to personalise your stream when signing in

This post explores how to optimize your content for RankBrain and helps you to make the most out of this exciting search and business opportunity. The post How to Optimize Your Content for Google RankBrain by @LWilson1980 appeared first on Search Engine Journal

In this Marketing Nerds episode, Pamela Lund of That Pam Chick shares how you can build a comprehensive marketing plan for your brand. The post Pamela Lund on Creating a Comprehensive Marketing Plan by @AkiLiboon appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

CMO.com’s 2016 State Of Digital Marketing, By Industry [Infographic] In a new infographic from CMO.com, digital marketing spend and other statistics are broken down by industry, including retail, financial services, media and entertainment, travel and hospitality, and high tech. Not surprisingly, retail takes the cake with the biggest spend, followed by financial services.  CMO.com Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Character Limit Social media marketers have been abuzz this week with a reported change to the way Twitter will be handling character counts — links and images are rumored to soon be excluded from character counts