In Estimating the Impact of iOS 6 Organic Search Data Loss s important to take into account all variables (shown below), seemingly complicated, but worth taking the time for an accurate estimate. To make it a little easier, pull the number of iOS...
Maps have become a key battleground in the smartphone wars, not least because of the self-inflicted damage Apple unleashed with its calamitous release of its own geo-location app for iOS 6. Google has reached an agreement to buy navigation app...
I also explained more about Nearby (now named Local Search on iOS), and how to boost rankings in Local Graph Search. Users can also rate places they checked into by using Nearby in their Facebook mobile app (now called "Local Search" on iOS).
YouTube for iOS gets access to live streams, My Subscriptions feed, video queuing for TV playback, and more – The Next Web Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding. Bing calls a search malware analysis "wrong".
Organic search numbers continue to get pummelled, with a loss of 13 percent (the average amount of traffic now labeled as direct traffic in most analytics packages), just from the adoption of iOS 6 and default secure search alone.
Google Updates Search iOS App With Minor Bug Fixes, Still No Sign Of Google Now – TechCrunchMinor bug fixes and improved voice search. Google has safer results than Bing, Yandex, and Blekko. GM likes Facebook ads again.
If you're selling an iOS app and sending people to the app store, Android devices won't see your ad, and vice versa. HTC One X vs iPhone 4, or iOS vs Android). If you are sending somebody to the play store on mobiles, then iOS devices won't be able...
Google Chrome 25, like Firefox and iOS 6, will soon automatically encrypt web searches sent to Google through its Omnibox. Google's Chrome web browser sends search results from its Omnibox – the box used to type in URLs – to Google.
You can download the Izik app for both Android and iOS 6 devices. Sorry, iOS 5 users, no native app for you. According to the Blekko announcement, the goal in creating Izik was to change search to be more touch-friendly on tablets.
Google dealt another blow to Apple today, announcing that its Google Maps for IOS app reached 10 million downloads in just two days. Thanks to the Apple Maps app's lack of accuracy, shoddy satellite images and potentially life-threatening direction...
In mid-September, the iPhone 5 came out sporting the highly anticipated iOS 6 operating system. Since that time, running an iOS Direct Traffic and iOS Organic Traffic report will reveal something similar to what is shown below.
You can even track downloads in iOS if you integrate a snippet of code into your app. This year saw a lot more aggressive monetization by Google, with several high profile changes that increased the real estate for ads at the expense of unpaid...
Comparison of iOS versus Android™ device traffic reveals nearly twice the monetization advantage for iOS. U.S.search spend grew by 11 percent Year over Year (YoY) while ROI improved by 26 percent, according to Adobe.
Last month, we covered the now well-known "Mapgate" snafu in Apple's iOS 6. Take Valpak’s iOS app. We'll start to see this happen on a broader scale as iOS developers continue to latch on to Passbook's versatile functionality.
Although this massive Street View update comes amidst Apple's iOS 6 mapping dramas, even those who upgraded to Apple's latest mobile operating system can take advantage of Google's new Street View features.
Google has updated the mobile version of its Maps application, which will allow users to access the Street View function on iOS devices. While the mapping feature requires the Safari browser to run, Google noted that iOS users can still create a...
CEO Tim Cook has issued a rare apology on behalf of Apple, admitting that its new Maps tool with iOS 6 isn't good enough. There are already more than 100 million iOS devices using the new Apple Maps, with more and more joining us every day.
Google has revealed that it won't be bringing Google Maps back to IOS anytime soon. It also seems like iPhone and iPad users will be left struggling with Apple's Maps app, as Google has said it has no plans to bring Google Maps back to IOS.
Apple is reportedly seeking employees that have experience working on Google Maps, after it became apparent last week that its own Maps app on iOS 6 just doesn't cut it against the competition. Apple's Maps app replaced Google's version on iOS amid...
Google, has released a standalone YouTube app for Apple's iOS 6 around a month after Apple dropped the app from its mobile operating system. YouTube was rather unceremoniously removed from iOS 6 version 4 when it was released early in August.
