The latest from the Google news is another quiet drop of a search feature, which is related to local search results within a search on the Google.
The "more results near…" link on local searches for local queries has been removed by Google. The feature was introduced in 2007 as a part of the Universal search initiative. It showed local businesses, webpages, and videos to searchers. For example, if you have searched for Pizza on Google, the feature would have shown you businesses selling pizza, webpages, videos, and other relevant results on pizza.
The most crucial element of an AdWords campaign is its Ad. It is the advertisement that depicts unique features of your business and draws the attention of users to take an action.
But, users get to see only approved or say high quality ads. So, what happens to the disapproved ads, which are prevented from showing up?
Brightlocal, the SEO Software Company conducted a survey on local SEO industry and revealed that on-site SEO and Google+ optimization are the two most in-demand SEO services.
The survey, which was conducted between January 20 and February 20 of 2013, evaluated the health and nature of local SEO industry. It focused on five key areas:
- Agency size and turnover
- Clients and industries
Ad Age that ranks the top performing U.S. Search Marketing Agencies every year has announced the results for 2012. The last year's Top 3 US Search Marketing Agencies have yet again succeeded in saving their positions. The rankings are on the basis of the previous year's U.S. and worldwide revenue of the companies. So, here are the top three search marketing agencies in 2012, as per the Ad Age:
The latest AdSense blog carries a major announcement from Google. The search giant has told that from now on, it will be removing not just the earnings that are associated with invalid clicks but also the impressions and clicks that are associated with those invalid clicks.
We know that Google uses the location of a site for example .co.uk or .com.au in its ranking algorithms. If a searcher in the UK looks for a product or service, he is most likely to see the sites from the UK in search results. But, in case of top level domains, Google uses location of server and other signals in finding out what country a site is relevant for.
It's a big day for Page owners who are looking forward for ways to promote their Pages, as Facebook has announced a global roll out of Promoted Pages Likes. It will be an easier way for Page owners to run ads and promote their Pages.
Promoted Pages Likes will allow Page owners to create ads with the motive of earning new fans directly from their Page. Facebook made the feature first available to U.S. businesses in December 2013.
The latest video of Matt Cutts puts all the SEO misconception regarding the Google ranking and search quality patent into rest. Cutts, who takes care of the search spam at Google said, just because Google has ranking or search quality patent doesn't mean that it was or is a part of our algorithm.
Google+ developers are bringing “App Activity” to Google search results, which will enable users to get deeper details of an app and see what in-app content fellow users are finding interesting. The feature is tied to the recently launched Google+ Sign-in Platform, which is an online identity management feature that enables users to log into mobile apps and websites with their Google account.
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