search engine | 24 April 2020
Content marketing in the COVID-19 crisis: What the hospitality industry is teaching usEveryone is suffering in some way during the era of the COVID-19 crisis, but as it relates to marketing, the tourism industry may be taking the hardest hit. (If you’re […]
SERP | 11 April 2016
Ratings Snippet Update Slices Stars For Yelp, Facebook. IMDB, Amazon Survive.Many top websites began losing ratings snippets in Google starting Feb 17th according to our Open SERPs Project dataset that analyzes 100K commercial keywords daily: The biggest losers in terms of […]
search engine | 2 December 2015
The importance of user reviews for local SEOReviews are a massive part of the web now, and an absolute essential for online retailers. They’re also vital for local businesses, whether or not they sell online, thanks […]
search engine | 28 August 2015
Facebook Forks Out S**tloads to Disrupt Digital AssistantsFacebook debuted M yesterday, its answer to Google Now, Siri, and Cortana. Will M, which is being tested among select users in the Bay Area, become the definitive digital assistant, […]
search engine | 26 August 2015
Structured Data Drives E-Commerce GrowthThe e-commerce industry is experiencing great shifts due to the evolution of ad units across platforms like Google, Amazon, Baidu, and Facebook. We’ve seen platforms like TripAdvisor, Pinterest and Polyvore […]
search engine | 31 July 2015
The New Media MeritocracyWhen the World Wide Web debuted more than 20 years ago, one problem that immediately became obvious was that this open network lacked any functional mechanism for evaluating the quality […]
search engine | 5 May 2015
NPR and Shazam Early Adopters of Google’s App Voice Search FeatureThe voice command, “OK, Google,” will now launch third-party apps on Android devices. Last week, Google announced that its voice search API will now work for apps across Android […]
search engine | 28 April 2015
Google Antitrust Case: 19 Complainants Named Include MicrosoftA collection of 19 complainants led to the antitrust case against Google, and Reuters has what purports to be a list of them. The news agency has sources that have […]
search engine | 15 April 2015
European Commission Accuses Google of Abusing Search Dominance, Opens Android ProbeThe European Commission (EC) has officially accused Google of anticompetitive behavior by abusing its dominance in the search market in Europe. Google has already said that it “strongly disagrees” with […]
search engine | 16 March 2015
3 Signs Your SEO Campaign Is Dying – and How to Fix ItSEO is a long-term strategy to gain more visibility and more traffic for your online brand, but accurately measuring the effectiveness of that strategy can be challenging. Many of the […]