SearchCap: Google’s exact match close variants, EU copyright, Google goofs on hurricane Florence & more

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Google’s exact match close variants expand again: Now include same meaning variations

Exclusive: The latest machine learning-powered update to close variants means exact match will match to the intent of the query.

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Phrase, broad, or broad match modifier: After exact, what’s the next best match type?

Contributor Andy Taylor answers by sharing research that shows deploying multiple match types produces little difference between phrase and broad match options. The post Phrase, broad, or broad match modifier: After exact, what’s the next best match type? appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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SearchCap: Google shows poor tweets, Yelp stops review solicitation & Bing Ads exact match

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What the data tells us about the death of exact match and its impact

Following Google’s recent changes to exact match in AdWords, many search marketers were concerned about the impact on their accounts. Now that it’s been a couple weeks, columnist Aaron Levy digs through his client data to see whether advertisers’ fears have come to pass. The post What the data…

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SearchCap: Google search shortcuts, exact match & local entities

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SearchCap: DMOZ officially closes, Google dilutes Exact Match in AdWords & more

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Google to further dilute exact match in AdWords; will ignore word order & function words

Not just for plurals anymore, close variants will extend to include word ordering and function words in inexact match keywords. The post Google to further dilute exact match in AdWords; will ignore word order & function words appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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An AdWords Script To Make Exact Match, Well…Exact

Many of you will have heard about Google’s decision to terminate exact match (at the same time as telling us that it’s for our own good). It’s a clear move to grab some more advertising dollars, and the news has been met with fury by SEM experts. Most two-year-old kids know that there is a…

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