Google’s Knowledge Graph Finally Shows Social Networks Not Named Google+

Years after a controversy over a decision to promote its own social network, Google+, in search results, Google has begun linking to other social networks in its Knowledge Graph. As first spotted by Bernd Rubel and reported by Search Engine Roundtable, Google is now showing icons for social sites…

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Google Launches Mobile Friendly Test Tool

Wondering if your site will qualify for Google’s new mobile-friendly labels or be ready for a potential mobile-friendly ranking boost? Google has a new tool to help. The new tool is at google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly and it basically gives you a pass or fail grade. Either it tells…

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SearchCap: AdWords Bugs, Roll The Dice On Google & Product Search With The Target App

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 Will Now Let You Roll The Dice Ever want to roll a dice but not have one handy? Now you can just go to Google and search for [roll […] The…

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Another Court Affirms Google’s First Amendment Control Of Search Results

Europe and the US are moving farther apart on Google. As European regulators seek ways to restrain Google’s discretion and control over search results US courts continue to affirm Google’s First Amendment right to do whatever it wants with search results. A California state court in San…

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58% Of Local Marketers Will Change Tactics After Pigeon Update

Columnist Myles Anderson shares the results of an InsideLocal survey detailing the impact of Google’s recent local algorithm update, Pigeon. The post 58% Of Local Marketers Will Change Tactics After Pigeon Update appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Call Analytics Platforms – New Market Intelligence Report

Our sister site Digital Marketing Depot recently released a new Market Intelligence Report, “Enterprise Call Analytics Platforms 2014.“ Smartphone ubiquity has changed the way consumers communicate with brands. It is also now changing the way brands view the telephone as an inbound…

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Google Drops Local Carousel For Hotels, Restaurants & Other Local Listings

Google is dropping its horizontal Carousel display of local search results in several categories: restaurants, nightlife, entertainment and hotels. It’s being replaced by a 3-pack of organic listings and some new secondary pages. The Local Carousel rolled out in June, 2013 for the PC in the…

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For The Trifecta, Bing Ads Rolling Out Close Variants On Phrase Match

Bing Ads has already announced the switch to include close variants on Exact Match and Broad Match Modifier keywords. Now Phrase Match keywords will also get the close variants treatment. With close variants, ads trigger on search queries that closely resemble the keyword — plurals,…

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Type Or Speak “Hodor” To Google & Get A Game Of Thrones Surprise

Google and its Google Search App now have a special surprise for “Game of Thrones” fans. Saying or typing “Hodor” causes Google to respond as Hodor would — speaking all in Hodor. Along with recent updates including new Now cards and a “flip a coin” feature,…

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