The more star ratings you get, the more signals you can send to Facebook that your business should rank highly for targeted queries in Graph Search. This happens when you enter traditional search queries (that don't fit into the Graph Search...
So now you might only see eight search results on Bing for some queries, rather than the typical 10. Users who clicked back to a longer, 12-result page executed fewer queries per search session and Bing reduced the click-through rate to SERP pages...
Quora threads rank in search results, especially for long tail queries. Users can post questions in these threads, reply to questions, write reviews, rate answers and share this content in and outside Quora.
Facebook Tests Its First Graph Search Ads, But They Aren’t Targeted To Your Queries – TechCrunchThe ads "use standard Facebook targeting and retargeting, look like its sidebar ads, and appear at the bottom of the page — and only if there is more...
Prospecting: what it is and ways to do it, such as using advanced search queries or tools If you aren't careful, you could be leading a team made up of members who spend all watching TED talks or annoying Wall Street Journal journalists with guest...
If you're stumped about what your audience might be looking for when they use a keyword, check out my post on using basic questions to create context for keywords by exploring the persona and intent behind the queries.
Introducing Wolfram|Alpha's Handwritten Knowledge Engine – the only Handwritten Knowledge Engine that has a team of real humans ready to transcribe and illustrate your queries. As for the SEO tag, Bing's post explains that you can now take control...
Google Trends enables you to take popular search queries and explore traffic patterns over time and geography. The YouTube team shared the news in a post on the YouTube Blog. In related news, Kevin Allocca announced on YouTube Trends that YouTube...
Typically when people search, they will start out with different queries that are more general, then more precise when they are closer to a sale (this would include brand terms). It's a shame since every person who has contributed to this post...
Understanding that sources of traffic have changed – and further, how those sources have changed (for example, changes in the search queries driving traffic) – can help you isolate problems and opportunities.
This phase can include non-branded and branded search engine queries. Comparison-based search queries might look something like: pillows vs mouth devices to stop snoring acme vs other brand comparison acme pillow reviews cost of acme vs other...
One possible explanation for these findings is the reported relationship between display, video ads, and branded search queries. A 2010 report by ComScore suggests that display and video ads can increase brand-related search queries by up to 3 times!
This update, according to the notice, should only affect 1.2 percent of English language queries. While Google has never formally defined what a "high-quality site" is, Google has its own list of bullet points on their blog post from early 2011.
Websites that are excellent at solving information problems quickly often have high bounce rates, for example here is a website that is designed to rank for question queries, offering specific and succinct answers:
It’s also critical to understand user intent behind those keywords and search queries. And for a search like that, consider taking a totally different approach to your landing page than an informational blog post – one with a more tightly...
Spell checking your queries has been a part of the search experience for a while. In a recent post, Dr. Recently Bing gave a sneak peak of what goes into making a great spell checking engine and how it makes search feel like magic to its users.
For queries done using Google SSL Mobile search, no referring data is passed. In Danny Sullivan’s post covering the iOS 6 effect on organic search, he breaks down the difference between Desktop and Mobile Google SSL secured searches in a similar...
Webmaster Tools Search Queries (though this relies on your site appearing for a term and isn’t a true reflection of potential user appetites). Author's note: This post will be my last for Search Engine Watch.
The "most searched" queries are simply the most popular terms for 2012, ranked in order by volume of searches. Just a quick post for your coffee break, but this video is so good that we had to share it.
The ads only trigger for search queries that aren’t eligible to match existing keywords in your account. Google blog post, Google Shopping: momentum and merchant success, details some of the other changes and highlights merchants who have had success.
