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Not all searches are created equal — when it comes to click-through rate (CTR), that is. A new study from Seige Media uncovers the top 42 keyword terms, along with their average CTRs. This exercise examined the top 50 keyword “stems” to find what terms helped spur clicks and, more …

Kashin / Shutterstock.com Google announced that the new version of the Google Android search app will work better for you when you are in a poor internet connection area. Now, if you do a search using the app and your internet connection drops, Google will keep trying until the internet …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Mind the store: Using AdWords to drive offline salesJan 17, 2017 by Matt Lawson Store visits from online ads can be reported in AdWords. Columnist and …

Alex Chitu spotted a new Google image search test on mobile, where Google is embedding YouTube videos for certain queries. The results are labeled “new look on YouTube” and contain playable videos from YouTube. I personally cannot replicate it but here are some screen shots from Alex: Alex said the …

Google Maps is preparing to roll out a list-making feature that lets you star places, favorite places, and make bucket lists. That has led Foursquare to now respond by making its own lists feature more useful. The company announced this morning it’s introducing a new way to seek out lists on …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Newly-granted Google patent sheds light on how the search engine sees entitiesJan 13, 2017 by Dave Davies Columnist Dave Davies explains a recent Google patent which …

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 Bollywood car: Source: Twitter Indoor orange picking at Google: Source: …

dennizn / Shutterstock.com There’s one thing that remains true about SEO: it’s always changing. One of the big changes that we’re experiencing now in local SEO is the increasing popularity of voice search. Voice search used to be a novelty — now it’s a necessity, especially when you’re on the …

I only recently learned of a Wikipedia page dedicated to inventors who were killed by their own inventions. That page is amazing, and if you end up leaving this article and just reading that list for the next half hour, I totally understand. But it got me thinking: what are …

Bing has added new search updates aimed at helping its health-conscious users. Now, when you search for “workouts” or “exercises,” Bing will deliver carousel-styled search results with images that link to a wide variety of exercise options. Filters within the carousel make it possible to narrow the search by gender, …