Chrome’s Latest Updates Include New “OK Google” Voice Search Capabilities

Earlier this week, Google released new updates for Chrome OS devices, including new “hotwording” capabilities. According to the announcement, the “Okay Google” voice search is now available on Chrome’s New Tab Page and Google.com (the US version only). Darrell…

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Is eBay A Big Loser In Google’s Panda 4.0 Update? — Winners & Losers Data

Yesterday, Google began rolling out their Panda 4.0 update designed to punch low-quality content. That’s generated both “winners” who have moved up in rankings as “losers” have dropped down — and eBay might be one of the big losers. Searchmetrics gave us their…

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SearchCap: Google Panda 4.0 Live, Payday Loan Algo Released & Bing Ads Location Reports

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is eBay A Big Loser In Google’s Panda 4.0 Update? — Winners & Losers Data Yesterday, Google began rolling out their Panda 4.0 update designed to…

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Official: Google Payday Loan Algorithm 2.0 Launched: Targets “Very Spammy Queries”

Google has confirmed they have released a new algorithm update to their Payday Loan Algorithm update over this weekend. This algorithm specifically targets “very spammy queries” and is unrelated to the Panda or Penguin algorithms. A Google spokesperson told us: Over the weekend we began…

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Google Begins Rolling Out Panda 4.0 Now

Google’s Matt Cutts announced on Twitter that they have released version 4.0 of the Google Panda algorithm. Google’s Panda algorithm is designed to prevent sites with poor quality content from working their way into Google’s top search results. But didn’t Google stop updating us…

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SearchCap: DuckDuckGo Relaunches, Bing Ads Editor Updated, Google EU Relevancy

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: DuckDuckGo Relaunches & Starts To Look Like A Real Search Engine DuckDuckGo, the spunky little search engine that hangs its hat on user privacy, has…

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Bing Ads Editor To Get Several New Targeting Enhancements

Bing Ads is currently piloting several new features for Bing Ads Editor that are planned to roll out in the coming weeks. Here’s a preview of three of the new features. Bulk Location Targeting A new “Targeting” tab will be the hub for users to add location targets and exclusions…

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Erik Brynjolfsson, Noted Researcher and NY Times Best-selling Author, Joins MarTech Speaker Lineup

Technology is evolving marketing – and marketing management – at a breakneck pace. Marketers are in a race to understand the opportunities and effectively integrate marketing technology into their strategy and operations. At MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference, we’ll connect the dots between…

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SearchCap: comScore Search Rankings, Google Rubik’s Cube & Doodle Equality

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 Search Results Snippet Overlay Descriptions May Use DMOZ Description About a year ago, Google introduced a new feature in the search results that give you…

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