On January 15, 2013, Facebook released Graph Search, which is the social network's first attempt at a serious search engine. And by the way, the ratings you see are not from Yelp. I know there's a lot of confusion about where the actual star...
Davis notes that many of these are "unconfirmed assumptions from dealing with the shopping engine on a daily basis for more than 6 years": Search Engine Watch contacted Andrew Davis, Director of Marketing at CPC Strategy to gain some more insight...
For instance, does the search engine present universal, local, news or other non-traditional results? Although (unfortunately for SEO) SERP display is dependent on search engine whim, we can affect - at least in today's SERP - some of these...
Search Engine Watch (SEW) asked Mike Proulx (MP) five questions about his upcoming keynote. Live television events are seeing some of the highest ratings in years and social media brings a level of community and connection to TV watching the likes...
Most brands find it easier to dominate search engine results for the name of their company, brand, product or service. Connecting the dots between the customer’s problem and your solution promotes search engine visibility, referrals, and paths to...
For example, bids and budgets, so you can have different bids for each engine. Considering this is my first piece on Search Engine Watch I asked myself, should I start off going 110 percent search nerd with three actionable share of voice...
It's December so we have bundled a bunch of Search Engine Watch (SEW) site updates for you as a holiday gift! The new features include an optimized user experience for tablet devices, a services and tools comparison shopping engine and a new forum...
This change was significant - not only because of the prominence Google is now giving results from outside data sources in their normally tightly controlled SERP - but because it signaled a sharp move for Google from a traditional "get-in-get out...
As a reminder, Google’s Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts insists that these ratings don’t “directly” affect the search engine results. Also, ratings aren’t assigned based on a query. A new version of Google’s human rater handbook has hit the web.
We leverage search engine optimization and local tactics to ensure consumers near our locations can find our stores, offices and businesses. The systems house data in one spot for simple and effective updates to be made, and they turn these updates...
In the legacy search paradigm, an engine would return a list of results based on similarities between the text string in the query and text strings in their index. Semantic search is also currently influencing the organic search results by...
Each quarter, CPC Strategy gathers data from more than 4 million clicks and nearly $8 million in revenue to determine the best comparison shopping engine (CSE) online. Nextag is the best performing paid comparison shopping engine.
Bing's approach is to partner with leading content providers and services from across the web to provide people with more relevant results from the websites they trust," a Bing spokesperson told Search Engine Watch.
Those Ratings Don’t Directly Affect the Search Engine Results. The 120+ page guide was more a reinforcement of search engine optimization (SEO) best practices than an earth shattering revelation of the inner workings of the organic algorithm.
Many new factors are influencing app store results and Apple's recent acquisition of Chomp, the app discovery engine, as well as Google Play’s use of Google+ endorsements to influence app store rankings are evidence of a significant change in how...
Bing has been busy testing and rolling out new designs for both their search engine results pages and local search listings. This format also displays the company’s ratings and star count. Liveside.net spotted a new Bing UI that seems to have...
Unlike desktop search where position on the first page of the search engine results rage (SERP) is deemed successful, optimization on mobile devices into the top couple of positions is required. If you would like more information for tips on...
The aspects that determine your ranking in an app search engine can be divided in textual aspects, popularity, and rating. Just a few of them use the review text to answer a keyword search in their search engine.
According to Adam Epstein, President/COO at adMarketplace, the fundamental problem with SEO is – and has always been – very simple: effective SEO relies on the stability of search engine results, but since the search engine gets no value out of...
One program partner explained to Search Engine Watch how it will work: Officially in alpha, according to backend partner Universal Business Listings, the LPI program will offer top organic rankings in local listings for a fee, sources told Search...
