Getting Better, But Google Still Has Work On Piracy: The Game Of Thrones Story

The search engine scores exceptionally well fighting piracy on generic searches for the popular TV series. But for the piracy-prone searches it’s supposed to be targeting, there are failures. The post Getting Better, But Google Still Has Work On Piracy: The Game Of Thrones Story appeared first on…

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LinkedIn Gives Search A Promotion By Adding Better Post Results & Richer, Personalized Listings

Whether looking for people, jobs or posts, LinkedIn’s new customized search functionality will help you find ‘em faster. The post LinkedIn Gives Search A Promotion By Adding Better Post Results & Richer, Personalized Listings appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Are Bigger iPhones Better For Paid Search?

Despite smartphone ubiquity, desktop conversions still largely outpace mobile conversions. Columnist Mark Ballard looks at whether larger iPhone 6 screens will narrow the gap. The post Are Bigger iPhones Better For Paid Search? appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Bing Admits They Need To Do Better With Webmaster Communication

In a blog post today on the Bing Webmaster Blog, Bing’s Igor Rondel, Principal Development Manager of the Index Quality team, said you can expect Bing to do more proactive communication on the Bing Webmaster Blog in the future. Igor said Bing needs “to do a better job of proactively…

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App Annie Adds New Tools For Better App SEO, Paid Visibility

App Annie, which offers app store analytics, is announcing new features and capabilities for mobile app publishers and developers this morning. The company is adding more ad network data and analytics; it’s also offering new tools to help boost App Store Optimization (ASO). Both of these are…

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Foursquare Shuns Check-ins To Better Compete With Yelp And Google

Foursquare is doing something surprising. It’s removing some of the legacy features (i.e., check-ins) from its app and moving them over to a new app called Swarm (available soon). Check-ins, sharing and friend finding will now reside in Swarm and Foursquare will evolve in a bid for further…

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Google’s Matt Cutts Lobbying To Reward Secure Sites With Better Rankings

Rolfe Winkler on the Wall Street Journal blog reports on “private conversations” that Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts has within Google about rewarding sites with higher rankings in the search results that have better security. This is news that has come out of SMX West,…

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If Online Ad Targeting Works, Does More Targeting Work Better?

A former colleague at Forrester Research recently published a study that described his view of the future of online marketing. The study is available to Forrester clients only, but the crux of the argument is laid out in a blog post: Why Google – Not Facebook – Will Build The Database…

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Yahoo Gives $10 Million To Help Develop Next-Gen Siri And Better “Contextual Search”

Several years ago, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, as a then Google employee, spoke about the perfect search engine that could anticipate your needs and which wouldn’t require any keywords to deliver results. We’re rapidly moving toward searchless content discovery with Siri, Google Now,…

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Google PLAs May Be Bigger And Better Than You Think

As someone responsible for compiling, analyzing and putting narratives to raw marketing data, I spend a good portion of my time reviewing similar material from other sources in our industry. This is helpful for generating new ideas for analyses and serves as a basic sanity check of the results we…

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