is the 9th anniversary of search marketing:

AdWords Managed accounts get shared negative lists among accounts

Google has added the ability to share and create negative keyword lists between Managed Accounts in 2017.

Advertisers who previously added the same negative keyword accounts manually, or used a script to automate cross account negative lists, found this news very welcome.

You could create a single list with negative keywords in the top-level Shared library for accounts within a managed account. This could then be associated at account level.

You can now share your negative keyword lists between managed accounts.

This day, too


DuckDuckGo and Info.com outnumber Bing in Google’s Android Search Options

2020:Bing will be available as an option only in the United Kingdom, while DuckDuckGo or Info.com will be available in all 31 EU countries.


Conductor launches a marketplace of SEO services for Searchlight users

2020: Corporate customers and agencies could request managed services through the platform interface.

2019: Google has started to roll out a new search feature called “your related activities” which allows users who are signed in to Google to access previous searches that were related the query they have just added.


Google is working to remove the knowledge graph hack that produces misleading search results

2019 This trick makes it possible to show any website for any query in knowledge panel area.


Har Gobind Khaorana Google Doodle Celebrates First Chemist to Create a Synthetic Gene

2018: Google celebrated Har Gobind Khorana’s 96th Birthday with a Doodle. This Doodle was created to honor the Nobel Prize winner in biochemistry.


Google launches automated call extensions for mobile ads starting February 6

2017 Call extensions will automatically pull numbers from landing pages.

2017: mobile accounted for almost half of all Valentine’s Day related searches on Bing.


What is The Mountain Of Butterflies? Google Doodle Marks the 41st Anniversary Of The Natural Phenomenon

2016 Google’s first Doodle of 2016, celebrated the 41st Anniversary of “The Mountain of Butterflies” discovery. A research team discovered millions of Monarch butterflies in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains.


The Results for “Car Insurance” Might Look Very Different Very Soon

2015: Google seemed finally ready to launch the long-awaited comparison site for car insurance.


Report: Yahoo Search Users Are Losing Firefox Users, Who “Switchback to Google

2015 An analysis revealed a steady but continuing loss to Google and Yahoo’s share in Firefox 34 clicks fell from 43% (Dec. 10) to around 36 percent


Search in Pics: SCU basketball At Google, Android Professor and Framed Panda

2015 These are the most recent images taken from the internet. They show what people eat, who they talk to, and what toys they own.


Google Preps “Hotel View” Interior 360 Imagery

2014: Google took photos of hotel interiors in an effort to improve its travel content.


Simone De Beauvoir Google Logo Has Come To Stay In A Number Of Countries, Just Not The US

2014 Many Google international homepages celebrated Simone de Beauvoir, a feminist writer, with a Beauvoir-inspired Google Logo. However, there is no mention of her on Google’s U.S. Homepage.


Phone Support for Verification Issues with Google Local For Business

2013 – Google provided phone support to businesses who had problems verifying their Google Maps listing.


Survey: Americans Confused by How Google and Facebook Make Money

2013 36% of respondents believed that search engines “sell users’ personal data to marketers”. Another 29% believed that companies pay an annual fee for their use.


Bit.ly Launches Search API To Find Hot Stories & Discussions

2013 With the new APIs, you can search top stories over Bit.ly in real-time.


Class Action Lawsuit against Google for Ads on Parked Domains That Have Been Shut Down

2012 In 2008, a lawsuit was brought against Google over ads appearing on error messages or parked web pages. The court dismissed the suit.


Koreans accuse Google of “Obstructing” Antitrust Investigation

2012 A Korean official claimed that Google had obstructed the investigation by “deleting key files from PCs” and asking its employees to telecommute at home. Google denied obstruction and promised cooperation with Korean officials.


BBC Report: Google Accepts Illegal AdWords in The UK

2012 Advertisements for illegal Olympic ticket resellers and for cannabis. Also, advertisements for fake identification cards. These are all illegal, but they can all be found on Google.co.uk


Google Has Well Over A Million Advertisers

2009: Google’s advertiser growth began at 89,000 in 2003. It grew to 201,000 in 2004 and 360,000 in 2005. It then grew to 600,000. One estimate stated that Google had between 1.3 and 1.5 million advertisers in 2009.


Want To Rank Tops In Google? You can do YouTube videos, stupid!

2009 This is a small, but very interesting study about how to increase your chances of appearing at the top of Google search results by 50 percent. Use Google’s Universal Search to create videos.


Ballmer: Do Yahoo Deal Sooner, Not Later

2009: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated that a deal should be done within the next few weeks, as Microsoft and Yahoo have new “leaders”.


Google Changes, Colorizes Favicon

2009 User submissions were part of a contest that inspired the new icon.


Google Attends The Inauguration

2009: Google/YouTube hosted its first party to celebrate the inauguration of a U.S. President


Search Biz: Yahoo CEO Duel, MSFT Reconsiders Search Brand, MSN ‘Lewd’ In China & Google Won’t Buy Newspapers

2009: Roundup on personnel moves and speculation about who might take the top job at Yahoo. Also, the ongoing MicroHoo saga. MSN was also branded “lewd” in China for user-generated material.


Search in Pictures: Snow Reaches Yahoo!, YouTube’s Phone Booth and The Google Bear

2009 These are the most recent images taken from the internet. They show what people eat at search engine companies, their play habits, where they live, and what toys they own.


Google Changes Referral Policy For AdSense Referrals

2008 These two changes to the referrals pricing structure do not affect referrals to AdSense products.


US Presidential Primary Results in Google Maps

2008: Google has mapped the New Hampshire U.S. Presidential Primary results by candidate and county, for both parties.


Microsoft launches adCenter Addin Beta for Excel 2007

2008: Added features include Keyword Expansion and Keyword Search Volume Historical & Forecast, Keyword Buzz, and many more.


Google Hiring Investigator / Threat Analyst For Safety & Security

2008: These responsibilities consisted of “investigating deviations or acts against Google company policies and practices as well as collecting and analysing information to help define and assess threats Google’s operations, assets and operations.”


Microsoft Offers Local Search Content To Garmin Personal Navigating Devices

2008: The User could access maps, news, weather and other content.


Google Updates Sky Images & Features In Google Earth

2008: sky in Google Earth has been updated with new content and features as well as API integrations.


Jim Safka To Replace Jim Lanzone As CEO Of Ask.com

2008: Safka, the former CEO of Match.com (IAC’s online dating site), was in charge from 2004 to 2007.


Yahoo Acquires MyBlogLog

2007 Yahoo! has finally confirmed that it will purchase MyBlogLog after weeks of speculations.


Google Named Fortune’s Best Place To Work, But Rich Early Employees Checking Out

2007 One third of the first 300 employees at Google had left, and the culture was becoming more conservative.


Google A “Frenemy of Traditional Media?”

2007 Google did not intend to compete with traditional media in creating content. However, many media companies were wary of Google.


Google Moon, Google Mars and Now Google Universe? UniTube may be possible due to Google’s partnership with the Space Telescope Project

2007: The company was participating in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The LSST, which was built in Chile, was designed to continuously scan the sky, allowing for “movielike” views of the universe.


Yahoo China Morphing into A Business Portal

2007: In part due to the crushing competition from Baidu.com, portal Sina.com.


Fraudwall, New Anti-ClickFraud Company Funded

2007 This venture capital fund was raised to assist online advertisers in identifying click fraud through statistics, user modeling and IP forensics.

Past contributions by Search Engine Land’s Subject matter Experts (SMEs).

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