Google has experimented with seven results on many SERPs since last summer. Bing's findings suggest that the back button plays a significant role in increasing the click-through rate on lower results.
A new Google study examining the impact of organic listings on ad click incrementality finds that the click-through rates (CTR) of ads with associated organic search results are higher and that the CTR increased the higher the organic result was...
In the past four years or so, we’ve seen varying levels of hysteria over Google Suggest (later renamed Autocomplete), Search Options, Social Search at the bottom of the SERPs and later incorporated in organic results, Realtime Search, Google...
If Lee's post isn't coming up for all Google searchers–rather than just the ones who are perceptive enough to follow her–it would seem to suggest something is amiss with Google's algorithm. Google Instant and Preview brought with them cries of "SEO...
These include its Google Instant search capability to display results as the user types and improved visual displays for image searches by creating a carousel to let users swipe through images that are displayed on a dark background.
Some (Google) will argue that this is due to improved, targeted PPC creative and a superior understanding of user intent by PPC practitioners, but in truth, it could also be something to do with the fact that with Google Instant products/local...
Based on the technology at issue, it seems Google is protecting two recently launched products: Google Related and Instant Pages. That is the essentially the same technology that Google uses for Google Instant Pages, which prerenders websites...
Google Renames Suggest 'Google Autocomplete' Google Blacklists Some Piracy Terms in Instant, Autocomplete Google users will soon see a new twist on Google's autocomplete feature when typing longer queries.
Searchlight gets data from Yahoo Site Explorer, Google API, SEOmoz Linkscape and some of it's own tech, and one of the neat 'out of the box' features is that it curates your competitor list automatically based on your keywords.
The impact of Google's latest search ranking algorithm update is starting to show. Google apologized last night for a bug that deleted e-mails and contacts for about 40,000 Gmail users. Google Patches 19 Chrome Bugs Before Hacking Contest Begins...
Google, the king of auto-suggest features, is left holding the ball on this one. Auto-suggest results, built off of their price prediction algorithm, shows instant price ranges for flight prices. Although Google announced picking up travel company...
Only about 2 percent of users have opted out of using Google Instant, according to Ben Gomes, Instant lead engineer. Launched in September, Google Instant tries to predict what you're looking for and shows you results as you type.
It's a false argument to suggest that if Bing doesn't link to a Google product, therefore Google's results need oversight. Part of the rationale behind Google Instant was that Google wants to anticipate what users want, based on data they've...
Just in time for their 12th birthday, Google completely changed the face of their search results with Google Instant. Keying in on the "instant" craze, Google added what they dubbed "Instant Previews" (a prettier version of Bing's Quick View...
Then last September, Google once again sent the SEO industry into a panic with the introduction of Google Instant. However, Google emphasized that because of Google Instant, search behavior may change over time.
Silvio Porcellana: The main changes that the Italian search engines market -- and I guess the whole world -- experienced in 2010 were essentially two: the continuous releases of new "features" and changes by Google (Google Instant, real time...
Google Instant/Google Suggest -- Some say that Google Instant will change the rules of engagement for SEO, while others say Google Suggest has been around a while, and already provides value to intelligent content creators.
Ben Gomes, Distinguished Engineer at Google, had a great phrase to summarize the announcement, "Google Instant seems so obvious, that in retrospect, you'll wonder if search could have been any other way.
Google Instant In September Google rolled out Google Instant. Google Instant Previews The search results reflect the top line in the Google Suggest box. Not far behind Instant (in November), Google released Google Instant Previews.
Google Instant for mobile now available globally - Google Mobile Blog Flaw In Google Instant May Impact Your Adwords Spends by Frank Watson Introducing Nexus S with Gingerbread - Google Mobile Blog The Effect of Activating Google AdWords Sitelinks...
