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Search engines.

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

37 SEO Experts You Should Be Following on Twitter

Here's a collection of influential tweeters in the SEO world that you should follow in order to stay on top of the…

By Bryan Eisenberg · 07 Oct 2014

SEO

Privacy-Savvy Search Engine DuckDuckGo Blocked in China

Search engine users in China got a rude awakening when they realized last week that DuckDuckGo had been blocked or was temporarily…

By Ashley Zeckman · 30 Sep 2014

SEO

Google Patent Aims to Use TV as a Signal in its Search Algorithm

A new patent granted to Google will use signals related to TV shows that are "currently being displayed in proximity to an…

By Jessica Lee · 17 Sep 2014

Industry

Germany Wants Access to Google’s Search Algorithm

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said Google needs observing and noted anything that does not feature in its top search results might…

By Dave Neal · 16 Sep 2014

Industry

Bing’s URL Keyword Stuffing Filter Reduces Traffic to Spam Sites by 75%

Bing says it looked at a number of signals that suggest possible use of URL keyword stuffing and its efforts have since…

By Lisa Lacy · 11 Sep 2014

PPC

Google’s AdSense for Shopping Takes PLAs to Retail Sites

Product Listing Ads (PLAs) can now be displayed alongside contextually relevant results, which will help advertisers connect products to interested shoppers and…

By Lisa Lacy · 10 Sep 2014

Content

Owned Content: Lead Generation vs. Organic Visibility

Sites often have a wealth of content on their site but are too focused on lead generation to give way to search…

By Josh Mccoy · 08 Sep 2014

Video

YouTube Keyword Tool Goes Missing

Google replaced YouTube's keyword tool with Display Planner's AdWords video keyword suggestions on September 1, requiring users to access an AdWords account.

By Ashley Zeckman · 05 Sep 2014

Industry

Bing Waxes Lyrical on Spam Detection and Filtering

A post on the Bing blog explores the inner workings of Web spam, what it looks like, what Bing is doing about…

By Jessica Lee · 29 Aug 2014

Industry

The NSA Has a Hush-Hush Google-Like Search Engine

The search tool, ICREACH, is reportedly capable of handling 2 to 5 billion new records every day, including email, phone call, fax,…

By Dave Neal · 26 Aug 2014