is the most important day in search marketing history: January 10, 2010 //

Google’s search results became more personalized with Search Plus Your World

Google’s search results changed dramatically in 2012 when a new format called “Search Plus Your World” was introduced.

Google began to combine content from the internet with content you had shared privately into one set of listings.

Search Plus Your World did not cover content on Facebook, Twitter or other social networks where content could only be shared with a limited audience. The best description of “Search Plus Your World”, was “Search Plus Google+”.

Twitter quickly raised concerns about Search Plus Your World, declaring that it was “bad news for people, publishers and news organizations”

You can read all about it at: Google Search Results Get More Personal with “Search Plus Your World”. Follow-up article Search engines Should Look Like Santa from “Miracle On 34th Street”.

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Google Ads disapproved ads auditor tool

2022 This allows advertisers to review and remove policy-violating advertisements across accounts.


Google launched subtopics rankings in mid-November

2021: The Google subtopics rank was created to deliver more diverse content in search results when someone searches for something broad.


Google Ads custom dimensions for reporting on business structure

2020: Advertisers can group campaigns and report on them using a hierarchical structure in order to view performance by business type or marketing strategy.


Microsoft Advertising’s PromoIQ integration for brands and retailers is now in beta

2020 The company also began to make its new online search product Microsoft Bing for Commerce to retailers.


Yelp clamps down on “review rings” as Google continues to see extensive mapspam

2020: Yahoolp created a new category for consumer alerts to flag businesses that may have been influenced by deceptive review networks.


Google’s Internal SEO Strategy: Make small changes and embrace change to consolidate

2019: Google made, on average 200 changes per day to its 7,000 websites.


Search results for – Ranking volatility by SEOs

2019: An unconfirmed Google update? The SEO community was discussing positive and negative changes in ranking, especially around Jan. 5, 6, and 9.


Google may be headed for victory in EU right-to-be-forgotten indexing appeal

2019 The European Court of Justice’s top legal advisor has suggested that delisting under RTBF should not be extended outside of the EU.


Google PageSpeed insights now uses real data gathered from Chrome browser users

2018 PageSpeed Insights was updated to use data derived from the Chrome user experience reports, which means that the tool used metrics from real-world Chrome users.


Google is ending AdWords Review extensions

2018: Review Extensions stopped appearing later in the month, and would be removed completely from AdWords accounts by February.


Google App for Android receives a refresh that includes new shortcuts to commonly used features

2017: Shortcuts for widgets for Weather and Nearby Restaurants, My Events, and other information began appearing at the top of Google Now’s home screen.


Powerball Numbers It’s amazing to see which search engines knew them!

2016 This was the largest lottery draw in American history. Neither Google nor Bing displayed the winning numbers to searchers. Here are the winners.

2014 This is a small, but important update to the Google Webmaster Guidelines links schemes page. It now specifies the type of links that are not permitted within widgets.


DuckDuckGo’s Biggest Day in 2014 with More Than 4,000,000 Queries

2014: In 2013, more than one billion searches were made on the search engine.


Google Apologizes For Berlin Street Being Renamed “Adolf Hitler Platz” On Google Maps

2014 The Berlin square Theodor Heuss Platz briefly became “Adolf Hitler Platz”, according to Google Maps.


VA Court Delivers a Blow to Yelp, Free Speech Of Users

2014 A Virginia court of appeal ruled Yelp must reveal the identities of seven people who anonymously reviewed a carpet cleaning company in Alexandria.


Search in Pics: Fast Delivery, Pinterest & Matt Cutts on TIME Magazine

2014 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, what toys and other details.


Reports – Tablet Paid Search Spend Exceeds Smartphones

2013 Mobile devices made up less than 20% of total paid searches budgets. In Q4, tablet metrics grew significantly faster than smartphones’.


After Years Of Anti-Competitive Complaints Foundem Sues Google In UK Court

2013: Foundem sought damages for revenue loss due to Google’s “anticompetitive conduct.”


EU Antitrust Chief Google “Diverting traffic” & Will Be Forcibly To Change

2013 The head of the European Union’s antitrust regulatory body stated that he believed that Google was diverting traffic and that he would force it to alter its results.


All The History Of Google Places On One Page

2012: David Mihm published “A Brief History of Google Places”, which covered everything from the time that Google created what was then known as “Google Local” in 2004 up to the Google Places era of 2012.


December “Explicit Search Numbers”: Bing now ahead of Yahoo

2012: Google at 65.9%, Bing at 15.1%, and Yahoo at 14.5%


Iran: Google Is A Spying Engine

2012 The Iranian government wanted to create a “national Internet” under state control.


Search Engines should be like Santa from “Miracle on 34th Street”

2012:

2011 This agreement was about getting more product information directly from their sources, and expanding the number or specific attributes that are available to consumers.


Google Maps’ John Hanke Becomes Head Of New “Entrepreneurial Lab”

2011 He would be focusing on new products, user experiences, and “mobile, social, and local information”


Survey: 77% Of Americans Oppose Search Engine Regulation

2011: When asked by voters if they felt there was a need to regulate the way search engines choose the recommendations they make, only 11% answered yes and 12% weren’t sure.


European Commission Sets a 7-Year Time Limit on Google’s Digitization

2011, Google used a 15-year limit for “preferential usage”, but a report suggested that the limit be reduced to seven years.


Google Goggles Has Mad Sudoku Skillz

2011 Spoiler Alert: Google Goggles wasn’t the end of Sudoku.


Why Hulu Plus on Google TV is Still Available

2011: Google was still working with Hulu to reach a partnership agreement.


SEMPO Announces Results of In-House SEM Salary Survey

2008 The median salary was $60,000-$70,000. Experience played a role in how much search marketers earned.


Google Maps Gaining On Market Leader Mapquest

2008: Mapquest traffic was flat year-on-year and down 20% over the past six months. Google Maps traffic grew 135% year-on-year and was up 7% over the past six months.


Search Product CEO – Essential To Win The Search Engine Game

2008: Does a search company have to have a CEO or top executive who came up from the search product side of things? Here’s a look at the key players and their backgrounds.


Add some to your Google AdWords Ads with ASCII Art

2008: Is it real or fake? What is true? Google removed ASCII ads from its website shortly after they were launched due to content issues.


Zillow Comes Out Of Beta, Improves Zestimates

2008: Zillow provided home valuation estimates for nearly 90% of all U.S. homes.


TV Is Dead: Long Live Distributed Video

2008 48% Internet users stated that they have visited a video-sharing website (e.g. YouTube) – an increase of more than 45% annually.


Google Blog Search’s People Search Spam Problem

2007 The most recent junk on Google Blog Search.


Should Google Pay Brand Owners a Cut of Keyword Sales?

2007 Probably. A review of Google’s policies, and how they came about.


Stay Master Of Your Feed Domain

2007 FeedBurner made it easy and affordable to get your own domain for your feeds.


A Search Engine For Geriatrics

2007 The people behind Cranky.com, a new search engine, thought they had everything you needed to avoid information overload and search rage.


Authorama – Testing if Google Can Restrict Public Domain Books It Offers To Download

2007 Could Google really dictate that public domain books it has scanned be distributed on the internet?


Virtual Earth Enhances Aerial, Satellite Imagery

2007: Microsoft has announced that Virtual Earth will incorporate more than 400,000 miles of aerial imagery from the United States into its 2007.


Search Engine Land: Top Stories & Stats, Jan. 9, 2007

2007: A look at the top stories and their inspirations.

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