On January 15, 2013, Facebook released Graph Search, which is the social network's first attempt at a serious search engine. Start Ratings in Local Graph Search: Takeaway: During my research, star ratings seemed to impact rankings in Graph Search.
Search Engine Watch contacted Andrew Davis, Director of Marketing at CPC Strategy to gain some more insight into how Google has been using merchant quality signals. Davis notes that many of these are "unconfirmed assumptions from dealing with the...
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. Most who optimize know that optimization for brand, product/service, and location can greatly increase visibility in search...
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 optimizations? For example, bids and budgets, so you can have different bids for each...
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. Main Content: This could be in the form of a news article or a blog post, information about a product, a video...
We leverage search engine optimization and local tactics to ensure consumers near our locations can find our stores, offices and businesses. When they select a bid management technology for their paid search efforts, for example, most marketers...
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...
TheFind (Free) – Shopping search engine displays product information, coupons, and local searches for merchant listings. Each quarter, CPC Strategy gathers data from more than 4 million clicks and nearly $8 million in revenue to determine the best...
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.
Chomp is a popular app discovery search engine that claims (Digg’s) Kevin Rose as well as Ashton Kutcher among its board of advisors. Many new factors are influencing app store results and Apple's recent acquisition of Chomp, the app discovery...
Bing has been busy testing and rolling out new designs for both their search engine results pages and local search listings. In this latest incarnation, the sidebar appears on the right and Suggested Searches appear below the search box, rather...
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. A second voice query for "client keyword in Troy, MI...
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.
I don't think anyone has ever been fully satisfied with the term 'search engine optimization', even in the earliest days. According to Adam Epstein, President/COO at adMarketplace, the fundamental problem with SEO is – and has always been – very...
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 Engine Watch. One program partner explained to Search Engine Watch how...
