WATCH: Microsoft’s Cortana Keynote At SMX Advanced 2014

You’re probably pretty familiar already with Siri and Google Now, the personal assistant-type technologies from Apple and Google, respectively. Each has its own approach to the idea of providing information and answering questions without needing a traditional search box and search query. You…

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YP Joins Google’s Premier SMB Partner Program

YP is the largest of the major US yellow pages publishers (and local search providers), with roughly 4,000 sales and support reps and 575,000 (mostly small business) advertisers. The company has now joined the ranks of the Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner Program. Also on the list are fellow…

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Larry Page On EU Right To Be Forgotten: “Could Have Arrived At More Practical Place Than Court Ruling”

Larry Page offered his thoughts on the European court’s “Right To Be Forgotten” ruling during an interview at Google’s I/O conference this week with New York Times reporter Farhad Manjoo. Page claimed it would have been better if there had been more discussion around the…

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Remarketing Lists For Search Ads Can Now Use Conversion-Based Automated Bid Strategies In AdWords

Now when you enable AdWords conversion-based automated bid strategies in your Remarketing Lists For Search Ads campaigns, the predicted conversion performance of those remarketing lists will influence the bidding. Google announced on its Google+ page that remarketing list performance is now among…

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Google Drops Profile Photos, Google+ Circle Count From Authorship In Search Results

Google’s John Mueller has announced that Google is making a major change in the search results around authorship. Specifically, Google is dropping the profile photo and circle count from the search listings where authorship is assigned to a web page. Mueller said that the “click-through…

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SearchCap: Google Drops Authorship Images, Updated AdWords Auction Video & App Indexing For All

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 Drops Profile Photos, Google+ Circle Count From Authorship In Search Results Google’s John Mueller announced they are making a major change in the search…

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Now You Can Apply AdWords Conversion Settings To Goals Imported From Analytics

The ability to import goals from Google Analytics into AdWords just got even more useful. Now you can tailor them to your paid search objectives by adjusting the conversion settings on each imported Analytics goal and transaction within AdWords. Flexible conversion counting, customized conversion…

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The Inevitable Happened: First Company Provides “Right To Be Forgotten” Removal Service

Now that the European Courts have given its citizens the “Right To Be Forgotten” in major search engines, the inevitable has happened and a brand new business model built on link removal requests has taken shape. In response to the EU giving individuals the right to request Google…

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SearchCap: ForgetMe Link Removals, AdWords Quality Score Primer, Knowledge Graph Shows “How To”

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Reputation VIP Launches Link Removal Service In Response To EU “Right To Be Forgotten” Ruling In response to the European Court’s “right to be forgotten” ruling…

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