Fifty percent of respondents said they use their mobile devices to start the search process; 46 percent use mobile exclusivelywhen performing research online. Bill Dinan, president of Telmetrics, says mobile devices are often a staple in any online...
Presentations of case studies and best practices will provide details of how to integrate a variety of channels – including social, local, mobile, analytics, and others – in order to engage and acquire new customers.
Are you seeing less than 10 results in your Bing search results? If you clicked a high-ranking link and then clicked back to the search results, they increased the number of results from 10 to 12. Starting last week, Bing began changing up their...
Bing Offers– Discover Deals from Across the Web in One Place – Bing Search BlogIt's pretty much Bing Deals (R.I.P.but with a new name and a bit more of a local focus. Suppose I have a site that covers fishing overall (A) – Search Engine...
Has search lost its luster? Global search spending continues to grow, but costs-per-click (CPC) may be stagnating, according to Kenshoo's Global Search Advertising Trends report. The report found that, globally, search spending for Q1 2013 is up 15...
The search giant reported that requests were at 1,811 from January to June 2012. The search giant complied with the U.S.slightly more at a rate of 45 percent. Another instance involved a UK local law enforcement agency's request to take down a...
Search engine optimization (SEO) professionals, web designers, and bloggers read a lot of tips from various experts to stay fresh and up on the current trends in website optimization. Penalties from Google can be detrimental to your sales if you...
On searches that trigger Google local results, Google will mark links to its reviews as "Google Places Search", and also include the option to search local results on three "other relevant providers" to the right on desktop searches, or "Other...
Local Search: Ad spend on local search is projected to grow from $1.2 billion to $9 billion by 2017. Expanding into other results-oriented categories like content marketing or local search just makes sense.
While marketers continue to covet U.S.mobile users for their wallet share, many North American local search companies are now pursuing the lucrative UK mobile consumer audience as well. This includes considering varying search patterns, timing, and...
A new analysis says Google Image Search traffic is down 63 percent on average. Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding. Bing calls a search malware analysis "wrong". All this and much more in our quick recap of search and social...
The Nearby feature is now more clearly branded as "Local Search," but it's still buried in the UI. In the last few weeks alone we've seen some impressive numbers to support both local search usage, and SMB advertiser adoption.
We need to step up our offering to stay competitive in the Local space, so we are redoing a lot of the categorization and making big improvements to the search functionality. As search became more localized, we built and launched BOTW Local to help...
Users can discover and find apps in two ways: searches through the app stores as well as searches on search engines. Just as Google and major search engines frown on keyword stuffing on websites, stuffing the keyword field with unrelated keywords...
Cutts made another remark in that same SES keynote: ".Google is more of an information company and not just a pure search engine. Some thought it was just the search giant taking advantage of a dandy opportunity to bolster their data-hoppers to...
If you're a local company, focus in on local search results and social media. One obvious trend that will impact all things search related is Google+, along with authorship and Author Rank. At-a-Glance Search Results
Google adds local safety alerts to search results – CNETA partnership between Google and tech startup Nixle will allow safety notifications from local authorities to appear at the top of search results.
With a new focus on local search, Facebook has upped the stakes significantly for multi-location brands. According to a comScore local search study, consumers already search locally on Facebook. Only a local presence can deliver the engagement and...
The search giant announced the launch of the Google Global Human Trafficking Hotline Network at event in Washington, D.C. Polaris Hotline's data has aided local and global authorities in creating better strategies to combat human trafficking.
Speaking of things you haven't done in a while, have you checked the search landscape for some of your key search terms? By investing in new asset creation you give your audience important signs of life around your business, increase your thought...
