New York Cosmos owner Rocco Commisso says he and the NASL are “full ahead litigating” the pending lawsuits against the U.S. Commisso took issue with the USSF’s decision to deny the NASL a Division II designation last September without warning, and to later grant the same designation to the USL …
Read More »Holi Google doodle celebrates the Hindu holiday with a colorful image of dhol players
Today’s Google doodle marks the start of Holi, the Hindu holiday signaling the end of winter and [insert great sigh of relief] beginning of Spring. Traditional Indian Holi festivals are centered around communities coming together to play music and dance while covering their landscape with vivid colored powder and water. …
Read More »Search in Pics: Google Dublin snow, dog racing & Noogler handbook
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. Google Dublin got some snowy weather: Source: Instagram Source: Instagram Source: …
Read More »Yelp offers new ad customization to advertisers
Yesterday Yelp announced “custom ads” for small businesses. They offer advertisers on the platform the ability to select a desired review and image to appear in their ads. This is similar to TripAdvisor’s ad program allowing advertisers to feature a favorite review. Yelp says these ad units are being quickly …
Read More »What is GS1 SmartSearch Schema markup and why should e-commerce sites use it?
By now most of us should be familiar with Schema Product markup which can be leveraged for listings on e-commerce sites. The benefits of implementing this are serving up your product data in a structured format that is search engine friendly and has the potential to gain rich results such …
Read More »10 ways to increase calls from paid search
The massive increase in phone calls is one of the most notable side effects of the emergence of the mobile consumer. By 2019, BIA/Kelsey predicts 162 billion calls to businesses from mobile devices alone. With 70% of consumers using click to call from mobile search, it’s time to reimagine stale …
Read More »Bing Entity Search API is now available
Bing announced that their Bing Entity Search API is now available to US based users and also in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom regions. The Bing Entity Search API lets developers and creators programmatically pull in Bing Knowledge Graph structured data on …
Read More »Study: Mammals and Birds Share Neuronal Cell Types Linked to Intelligence
Neuronal cell types in the avian brains linked to goal-directed behaviors and cognition are similar to cells in a region of the mammalian brain called the neocortex, says a new study led by University of Chicago’s Professor Clifton Ragsdale. According to Briscoe et al, IT neurons were present in the …
Read More »Google’s antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors tell European Commission
Comparison shopping engines aren’t satisfied with Google’s response to the European Commission’s demand that the search giant give equal treatment to competitors. “Google’s current remedy proposal has been in operation for more than four months, and the harm to competition, consumers and innovation caused by the infringement established by the …
Read More »SearchCap: Google’s antitrust infringement, Bing Ads ‘fan’ community & technical SEO
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors tell European Commission Mar 1, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Four months in, 19 rivals say too little has …
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