Review counts matter more to local business revenue than star ratings, according to study

Womply also found businesses claiming their listings on multiple sites generated 58% more revenue than the average.

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Search marketing to enjoy ‘late-stage renaissance,’ according to analyst firm

Privacy, brand safety and other factors will make paid search even more attractive to marketers going forward, according to Forrester Research. The post Search marketing to enjoy ‘late-stage renaissance,’ according to analyst firm appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Desktop Search: Google May Have Peaked Last Year According To comScore

Late this afternoon comScore released its monthly report on US desktop search market share. Google controlled 63.8 percent of all PC search volume in August. Microsoft (Bing) had 20.6 percent and Yahoo saw 12.7 percent. Bing was up a fraction of a point at Google’s apparent expense, while…

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Virtually No Change In US Desktop Search Market Share According To ComScore’s May 2015 Report

Google still at 64%, while Bing holds on to the 20% share it reached in March. The post Virtually No Change In US Desktop Search Market Share According To ComScore’s May 2015 Report appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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According To Google, Barack Obama Is King Of The United States

Ask Google who is the [King Of United States] and Google will inform you that it is Barack Obama, the current President of the United States. The Google Answer is pulled from Breitbart, a story they posted five days ago named All Hail King Barack Obama, Emperor Of The United States Of America! It…

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