SearchCap: Google’s Matt Cutts Regrets, Bing On Firefox OS & Google Doodles

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’s Matt Cutts Regrets Not Acting Faster On Paid Links & Content Farms In Google’s Matt Cutts latest video, he answers a question I…

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Google’s Matt Cutts Regrets Not Acting Faster On Paid Links & Content Farms

In Google’s Matt Cutts latest video, he answers a question I personally asked about what he regrets, what decision he regrets making in the past related to webspam. My question specifically was: Was there a key moment in your spam fighting career where you made a mistake that you regret,…

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Bing Now Searches Music That You Can Listen & Play On Xbox Music

PC World reports that Microsoft Bing has added a way to search for music available within Xbox Music. Now, if you search for a song, for example [U2 all that you can't leave behind] on Bing, on the right hand panel, you will see a box for “Listen to music.” There, you will be able…

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Search In Pics: Google Bike To Work Day, YouTube Subway Ads & Google No Pants Day

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. No Pants Day At Google Montreal: Source: Google+ Google Visitor Sign Down:…

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Quantifying Brand Bias In Search Results With Rand Fishkin Of Moz

Like many, I enjoyed Rand Fishkin‘s keynote, The SEO Revolution Will Not Be Televised, at SMX West this past March. Rand is a dynamic speaker and a smart marketer; and in my estimation, he deserves most of the attention he gets. That being said, I was taken aback by his claim during the…

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Bing On Links: You Should Never Know In Advance Where A Link Is Coming From

Duane Forrester from Microsoft’s Bing team wrote a blog post today on the official Bing Search blog named 10 SEO myths reviewed. There are many good and obvious points Duane makes in the post but one point he makes about links is very revealing. Duane wrote: You should never know in advance a…

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SearchCap: Bing On Links, Google PLA Tests & Brand Bias

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing On Links: You Should Never Know In Advance Where A Link Is Coming From Duane Forrester from Microsoft’s Bing team wrote a blog post today on the…

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New PLA Test Spotted: Google Ranking Products By Reviews And Ratings

The team at CPC Strategy spotted a new test in the Google Product Listing Ads (PLAs) last night. In a search for coffee grinders that was qualified with “best”, the PLAs were shown in order of a  numerical rankings system that appears to be factoring in the quality and quantity of each…

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Heated Competition Among Online Flower & Gift Sellers: AdWords Spend Topped $15 Million In Q1

As Mother’s Day approaches, Adgooroo is putting the cutthroat reality of paid search in the Flowers and Gifts category on display. The advertising insights firm reports that flowers and gifts advertisers spent more than $ 15.4 million on Google AdWords ads in the first quarter of 2014 on…

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