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SearchCap: New Google Design, Yahoo Review & Top Stories

SEO October 2, 2024

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

Google replaces “in the news” box with “top stories” on desktop
Dec 7, 2016 by Barry Schwartz

Google has replaced the “in the news” title with “top stories” on desktop to bring it more in line with the mobile version of the search results.
More content, less traffic: part I
Dec 7, 2016 by Conrad Saam

It’s important to have high-quality content on your website, but columnist Conrad Saam believes that SEOs might be overdoing it.
Yahoo 2016 Year in Review: ‘2016 Election’ top search term & ‘Election Day’ No. 1 news story
Dec 7, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues

Yahoo says “Donald Trump” ranked as its second most popular search of the year, while “Hillary Clinton” barely made the top 10.
The year in review: Top 5 MarTech insights and showstoppers
Dec 7, 2016 by Scott Brinker

As we turn our eyes toward the new year and the next MarTech conference, we have much to reflect on. The pace of change and the adoption of marketing technologies continue to accelerate. And more than ever, marketing technology is playing a critical role in this time of massive upheaval and digital disruption. “Technology changes […]
Recent changes to organic sitelinks cause major drops in impressions in Google Search Console
Dec 7, 2016 by Melody Petulla

Google released sitelink updates that caused impression and average position drops in Google Search Console. Merkle SEOs Melody Petulla and Kyle Blanchette dive into what happened, how to check your site and what it means for SEO.
‘Tis the season to optimize search bidding
Dec 7, 2016 by Sponsored Content: [24]7

If you manage paid search marketing and your business is retail, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas probably don’t give you much time for sober reflection. Retail is intensely seasonal, and that is as true online as it is in stores. Search engine marketers generally understand the pattern, but they vary widely in how […]
Google begins rolling out a new desktop search user interface
Dec 6, 2016 by Barry Schwartz

Check out the new desktop search interface rolling out to a Google near you.

Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:

Marketing automation is like icing on the cake
SEO trends to prepare for in 2017
WordPress 4.7 is out, targets new businesses with easier website creation
YouTube’s top trending videos in 2016: Adele & James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke wins most popular video of the year
Top 10 YouTube ads in 2016: Mobile Strike’s Super Bowl 50 ad “Arnold’s Fight” ranks #1
4 things that can go wrong in an influencer campaign (and how to fix them)
Publishers are not detecting most ad blockers, says company behind new ad blocking solution
What can your industry achieve with content? Here are results across 15 verticals
The year in review: Top 5 MarTech insights and showstoppers
Report: iPhone sees sales gains though Android at 75 percent share globally
The truth about transparency in digital advertising
How Facebook’s measurement errors have eroded marketers’ trust
‘Tis the season to optimize search bidding
TAG awards first ‘Certified Against Fraud’ seal to 16 digital advertising companies

Search News From Around The Web:

Industry

Google Says You Can Trust Us With Our Webmaster Communication, Search Engine Roundtable

Link Building

December 2016 Historic Index Update, Majestic Blog
What Link Building Success Really Looks Like, Moz

Searching

SearchResearch Challenge (12/7/16): Finding a story? Could it happen like that?, SearchReSearch
The Google News Lab in 2016, and where we’re headed – Google News Lab, Medium

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