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Search engines.

How search engines work, compete, and change. 2,752 articles
Social

Google’s Anatomy

CEO Larry Page referred to Google+ as the company’s “social spine” in an earnings call earlier this year. If Google+ is the…

By Jiyan Wei · 20 Sep 2012

Development

A Call To Search Engines to Reduce Dependence on Microformats

If websites that invest tens of millions of dollars per year in driving traffic cannot get simple semantic markups implemented correctly, how…

By Adam Dorfman · 20 Sep 2012

Local

Local Search Insights: What Are Consumers in Your Local Area Searching For?

Learn which business categories and verticals are most popular among mobile searchers, how mobile search compares to online for local searches, and…

By Miranda Miller · 18 Sep 2012

Social

Bing Tries to Make Search Sexy to College Women

Bing wanted to show young women that it's worth checking out, so when it threw down the gauntlet encouraging people to test…

By Kate Kaye · 12 Sep 2012

Industry

Google Sued by Germany’s Former First Lady for Prostitution-Related Search Suggestions

Germany’s Bettina Wulff is taking Google to court over suggestions she is a prostitute in Google autocomplete results. Google can remove piracy…

By Miranda Miller · 11 Sep 2012

Social

Tumblr: A Growing Search Acquisition Opportunity for Brands

Desktop unique visitors to Tumblr may be up 100% year over year, and mobile visitors to Tumblr may be up 50% since…

By Eli Goodman · 10 Sep 2012

Industry

Bing It On! Bing Goes Toe-to-Toe Against Google

A recent study conducted by Microsoft showed people prefer Bing search results nearly 2-to-1 over Google's results. According to the survey, even…

By Thom Craver · 06 Sep 2012

Mobile

New Baidu Mobile Browser Takes Aim at Google, Apple

The browser seems to take Google Chrome's approach to web apps and the ability to watch video without having to download external…

By Lawrence Latif · 05 Sep 2012

PPC

How to Create a Successful Global PPC Campaign

Traditional SEO through localization techniques can be slow to yield conversions. Pay-per-click campaigns can offer a quick and cost-effective way to break…

By Christian Arno · 31 Aug 2012

PPC

How to Make Call to Actions More Effective

CTAs tend to perform differently across verticals –there is not a one-size fits-all approach for selecting the highest performers. Keeping an eye…

By Thi Thumasathit · 30 Aug 2012