Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Bing to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searches
Aug 12, 2016 by Amy GesenhuesAccording to the announcement, Bing’s updated RTBF policy for the EU will use location-based signals to remove relevant URLs on all versions of Bing.
- After complaints, Google lets any publisher apply to have “Critic Reviews” of local businesses
Aug 12, 2016 by Danny SullivanInitially open to five publishers, Google opens the doors to anyone to apply after criticism by Yelp and TripAdvisor.
- Using popular culture to drive local positioning
Aug 12, 2016 by Lydia JordenLocal search columnist Lydia Jorden delves into how businesses can utilize hot trends in news and popular culture — like Pokémon Go — to drive SERP positioning and a presence in the local digital ecosystem.
- Search in Pics: Bill Murray at Google, SEEOO glasses & Google pride boat
Aug 12, 2016 by Barry SchwartzIn this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google Pride Boat: Source: Twitter Bill Murray at Google: Source: Google+ SEEOO glasses: Source: Twitter Google […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- The 4 daily habits of the most successful SEOs
- Why links are still the core authority signal in Google’s algorithm
- How Snapchat is building the future of social media
- 7 tips to generate more leads on mobile devices
- How CRM brings control and collaboration to advertising & media agencies
- MarTech Today: Adblock Plus takes on Facebook, Xperiel’s cloud-based platform & more
- Facebook video metrics get granular with demographic, share & live engagement data
- AMP Ad Landing Pages (ALP) aims to speed up the page load time after the ad click
Search News From Around The Web:
Industry
- 033: Interview w/John Mueller on AMP, Google Crawl Budget, evolvingseo.com
Link Building
- 8 Actionable Ways To Get Backlinks By Spying On Your Competitors, ahrefs.com
SEO
- 5 App Store Optimization Mistakes To Avoid, Search Engine People
- Google Adds JSON-LD Support For Breadcrumbs, Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Says Sitemap Files Don’t Really Help With Showing Up For Rich Snippets, Search Engine Roundtable
- Google: After A Penalty, You’ll Almost Never Restore Your Rankings To Previous State, Search Engine Roundtable
- How to Build a Killer Content → Keyword Map for SEO – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
- What We Learned From The AMA On Google Brain: That Google Won’t Talk About RankBrain., Search Engine Roundtable
SEM / Paid Search
- 4 Ways Clients Can Better Help Their Agencies, PPC Hero
Search Marketing
- Video: Google BlogDash Penalty, AdWords Interface & Local Pack Ads, Search Engine Roundtable
- Why You Need Analytics to Inform Your SEM Efforts, Seer Interactive
