Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Keep your customers from cheating on youJan 10, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot The more you know about your customers, the less chance they’ll go to …
Read More »Google is launching automated call extensions in mobile ads on February 6
AmsStudio / Shutterstock.com In the second update in a week on how phone numbers display in ads, Google has begun alerting some advertisers that call extensions will start generating automatically as of February 6, 2017. The notice, emailed to advertisers that use “landing pages prominently featuring a phone number”, started going …
Read More »Google to start showing local-specific phone numbers when location extensions appear in ads
Kashin / Shutterstock.com On Thursday, some AdWords advertisers received an unexpected email from Google explaining upcoming changes to the phone numbers that appear in ads. The change affects campaigns that use both call extensions and location extensions. Google has expanded exposure for ads that include location extensions over the past …
Read More »Google’s updated iOS app pulls in YouTube videos, menus & more
Google’s latest update to its iOS app is out, and it includes a few changes that mean searchers won’t need to leave the app as often as in the past. Here’s the three-part bullet list from Google’s release notes: Watch YouTube videos right in your feed — instantly play YouTube …
Read More »SearchCap: Google updates its iOS app, a guide to SSL certificates & Bing Ads
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 updated iOS app pulls in YouTube videos, menus moreJan 4, 2017 by Matt McGee Version 22 gives searchers fewer reasons to need to leave the …
Read More »SearchCap: Local SEO, link resolutions for 2017 & New Year’s Day Google doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Start your SEO and SEM campaigns off fresh with tactics that workJan 3, 2017 by Search Engine Land Here’s to a great 2017 full of learning …
Read More »New Year’s Day 2017 Google doodle features balloon drop to mark 1st day of the year
Google is welcoming in 2017 by letting loose its celebratory balloon drop from yesterday’s doodle. The New Year’s Day 2017 doodle is a follow up to the New Year’s Eve doodle Google posted yesterday – an image of balloons waiting to be dropped. Today’s doodle leads to a search for …
Read More »Search in Pics: Google wine gift, holiday staircase & Google paradise store
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 Paradise store: Source: Instagram Google holiday staircase: Source: Instagram Google …
Read More »Paradigm shift: Has Google suspended defamation removals?
A number of attorneys who specialize in online defamation/libel cases have reported to me that Google has recently suspended its longstanding, informal policy of removing URLs from US search results that are specified in duly executed court orders. This poses a major paradigm shift for many victims of online reputation …
Read More »Google’s New Year’s Eve logo for 2016
New Year’s is just around the corner and Google has already posted their Doodle, a special Google logo, for New Year’s Eve. The 2016 Doodle has balloons hung from a ceiling via a net. The balloons are jumping around, watching the clock, in anticipation for it to strike midnight and …
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