The Feature Google Killed The + Command For — Direct Connect — Is Now Dead

Cast your mind back to November 2011, only a few months after the launch of Google+. That’s when Google made one of its biggest Google+ification moves. It demoted a long-standing search feature involving the plus symbol so that searchers could instead more easily reach new “Google+…

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LinkedIn Beefs Up Their Job Search Resume With The Addition Of A New Standalone IPhone App

It’s true, LinkedIn has become a leader in the job search space with their Talent Solutions offerings pulling in 275.9 million dollars in Q1 this year. To further their foothold, LinkedIn has launched a new stand-alone job app for the iPhone dubbed LinkedIn Job Search. LinkedIn Job Search App…

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Search In Pics: Female GoogleBot, Twitter’s London Office & Pandas On Google Maps

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google Maps With Hundreds Of Pandas: Source: Google+ Twitter’s New UK…

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How To Promote An E-Book Launch With A Be Everywhere Day

It’s no secret e-book launches are usually boring, and oftentimes dreadfully so. This is because, well, it’s hard to be creative with yet another PDF launch — especially if you’re in a saturated market. How can you create an e-book launch that generates some real attention? The Be…

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Want To Future-Proof Your SEO? 6 Ethical Guidelines To Consider

Ethical SEO is a popular selling point for agencies and consultants, but what truly constitutes ethical SEO? Following are some guidelines for performing ethical SEO. By sticking to these guidelines, you’ll keep your reputation, your clients, and the search engines happy! 1. Follow The Search…

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Google Issues Best Practices For Shopping Campaigns Ahead Of This Summer’s Big Transition

With Shopping Campaigns becoming the default campaign type for running Product Listing Ads on Google by the end of August, the search giant has issued a best practices whitepaper to help marketers make the transition. The main points the paper dives into are product feed optimization and updates,…

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NEW: Google Links To Apps Not Pages, When Searching For Musicians On Android

Google has introduced the ability to search for musicians on Android phones and then have apps with more information about them open up. The new feature is integrated into Google Search and works with the following apps: Google Play YouTube iHeart Radio Spotify TuneIn Rdio The feature only works…

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SearchCap: German Publishers Against Google, iOS City Tours & Google Music Search In Apps

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Rather Than Opt-Out Of Google, German News Publishers Demand 11% Cut Of Revenue German news publishers are picking up where the Belgians left off, a now…

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Want To Speak At SMX Milan? Here’s How

The agenda is live and we’ve opened up our “speaking pitch” form for SMX Milan, November 13-14, 2014 at the Meliá Milano Hotel. View the agenda here: SMX Milan 2014 Agenda And the speaking pitch instructions and form here: SMX Milan 2014 Agenda Speaking Pitch Form The speaking…

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Rather Than Opt-Out Of Google, German News Publishers Demand 11% Cut Of Revenue

German news publishers are picking up where the Belgians left off, a now not-so-proud tradition of suing Google for being included in its listings rather than choosing to opt-out. This time, the publishers want an 11% cut of Google’s revenue related to them being listed. The news comes from…

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