SearchCap: eBay’s Google Problems, Bing Ads Targeting & Yahoo’s Search Share Drops

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Search Share Falls Below 10 Percent For “All-Time Low” We’re on the cusp of new comScore U.S. search market share data for June. According to financial…

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PPC Automation 2014: The ROI of Paid Search Automation – Live Webcast at Digital Marketing Depot, July 22

On Tuesday, July 22 at 1 PM EDT, Digital Marketing Depot presents “PPC Automation 2014: The ROI of Paid Search Automation,” a live webcast that looks at how automation can enhance the success of paid search marketing campaigns. In this webcast, PPC experts Brad Geddes and Ginny Marvin…

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Should You Be Bidding On Your Brand Terms For Your Search Ads?

While many advertisers have bought into the idea of bidding on search terms that include their brand name, there are still plenty of smart people that question the incrementality of such a practice. We’ve questioned it ourselves, most recently in a 2012 study. That study looked at incremental…

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Search In Pics: Google Burgers, Android Dress Up & Inflatable Android Robots

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 At Unilever: Source: Google+ Android Dress Up: Source: Google+…

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Experiment Shows Up To 60% Of “Direct” Traffic Is Actually Organic Search

Everyone knows that browsers don’t always report where visitors came from when they arrive at a website. When they don’t report where they were in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) referrer header, often the traffic is considered “Direct” — which really means,…

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What Local Business Leaders Must Know About Search Engines And SEO

When I write about SEO and business success, I often realize that I’ve touched upon a point that merits a column of it’s own. This is one such column. It will focus on the fact that online and offline marketing have grown inextricably codependent — especially for local businesses….

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Search In Pics: Google July 4th Cupcakes, Jerry Seinfeld With Google Glass & Class Google Watch

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 Zurich July 4th Cupcakes: Source: Google+ Jerry Seinfeld With Google…

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Google Goes All-In With “OK, Google” Hands-Free Search

The evolution of voice-controlled search into a virtual personal assistant took another step forward with Google’s announcement that all Android-powered devices (KitKat or above) will now respond to the “hotword” OK, Google. Users can initiate a search or control and carry out any…

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Search In Pics: Google Cardboard, GoogleBot At The Beach & Matt Cutts Selfie

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 I/O Badges: Source: Google+ Google Cardboard: Source: Google+…

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Bing Ups Its Twitter Game: Rolls Out Hashtag & Twitter Handle Search Features

Starting this week, Bing users are going to see even more Twitter content in search results. As a result of an exclusive partnership between the two companies that started in 2009, tweets have been showing up in Bing search results for some time. With Bing’s latest round of new…

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