Just in case you thought Google and Bing share the same index of the web – you’d be wrong. John Mueller stated the obvious on Twitter this morning. John said “we don’t share indexing with other search engines..

Google’s Gary Illyes said on Twitter this morning that you can prepare for the mobile-first index which likely isn’t launching until next year by looking for noindex directives and faulty redirects…

Posted by lkolowich You just ran what you thought was a really promising conversion test. In an effort to raise the number of visitors that convert into demo requests on your product pages, you test an attractive new redesign on one of your pages using a good ol’ A/B test. Half of the people who visit that page see the original product page design, and half see the new, attractive design

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Search Engine Roundtable Stories: Google Algorithm Update Brewing…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Bing Ads Editor update, Bing Ads voice metrics & Danny Sullivan changes appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Sergey Alakov spotted and posted on Twitter yet another local hotel test, where Google is testing showing large swipeable images for the hotel results…

The latest version of Bing Ads Editor features several new usability improvements.

Advertisers can see how their campaigns, ad groups and keywords stack up against the competition with the new metrics. The post Bing Ads now offers competitive share of voice metrics appeared first on Search Engine Land

Google’s Uptime, an experimental app that enables people to watch YouTube videos with friends, is now more widely available. The post Google’s Uptime, an App for Watching YouTube with Friends, Now Available to Everyone by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Later this year, Google will stop using information in Gmail to target personalized ads. The post Google to Stop Using Information in Gmail to Target Personalized Ads by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .