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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 working on fixing bug with the Links to Your Site reportApr 10, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google Search Console reporting bug leads webmasters to panic …

Google has dominated consumer search for nearly 20 years. While this dominance continues today, there is one area of search where it is losing share rapidly: retail product search. Historically, it’s been one of Google’s biggest moneymakers, with retail search accounting for at least 25 percent of total search revenues. A …

Google has confirmed they are actively working on a fix for the link report within the Google Search Console. Since Friday, April 7, the tool has been showing “no data available” notifications to those who were checking to see their link data in the tool. This type of reporting bug …

Google now lets you submit URLs to their index directly in the core Google search results page. All you need to do is search for [submit URL to Google], and Google will display a box at the top of the search results that enables you to submit a URL to …

Sridhar Ramaswamy, SVP Ads Commerce, at Google Performance Summit 2016. Google has set the date for its annual event where the company shares research and future updates for its ads and analytics products. The keynote will broadcast from San Francisco at 9:00 a.m. PT/noon ET on Tuesday, May 23. Formally called …

In a 2013 survey of 1,000 Americans, conducted by market research firm YouGov, 47 percent of respondents indicated they would most likely purchase an item if it had “made in the USA” branding on it. And in 2015, Consumer Reports found that eight out of 10 American consumers said they would …

Google’s image search results on the mobile web and in the Android Search app are now showing “similar items” — i.e., if you’re looking at “lifestyle” images and click on one that you like, Google may show you additional product images from places where you can buy the item(s). Julia …

Today’s Google doodle honors film star Mary Pickford on what would have been the actress’ 125th birthday. While best known as a leading actress during the silent film era, Pickford was also a director and producer. She co-founded the United Artists film studio, and was an original member of the …

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 expands fact-checking effort to all searches worldwideApr 7, 2017 by Danny Sullivan Is an online claim true or not? Google hopes special callouts for fact-checking …

The phrase “art and science” of marketing gets thrown around a lot. But what does it really mean? What exactly is the art part of marketing, and what is the science? Where are the boundaries between them? Do they overlap? We’d love to hear your thoughts on this subject. Please …