Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Ryanair CEO Claims Airline Is Working With Google On A Flight Search & Comparison Tool
In an interview published by Irish Independent, Irish airlines Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary claims his airline has entered a partnership with Google, and is providing the search engine with flight pricing to help build a travel search and comparison tool. “We’ll be sharing the Ryanair pricing through all of the Google outlets, so when you […] - How Local Businesses Can Leverage Twitter’s New Nearby Feature
Twitter has made headlines in recent weeks with the quiet launch of its experimental Nearby timeline, which allows eligible mobile users to discover tweets posted by others in their immediate vicinity, regardless of whether they are following them. This feature is currently available to a select number of users who have opted-in to allow their location […] - Bing Begins Supporting Separately SSL Search Site; Query Data Does Not Pass [Not Provided]
Bing now appears to be supporting secure search through the https://www.bing.com address. Previously, trying to use this address generated an error. If you conduct a search on Bing, while on the HTTPS URL, it will remain HTTPS and keep your searches secure. This is a new feature Bing quietly started supporting over the weekend. Cyrus Shepard […] - Lessons From An Accidental Tourist On The Inter-Webs
I live in a double bubble when it comes to my perceptions of how “America” uses the Internet. The first bubble I live in is Silicon Valley, where the latest venture-funded “SoMoLo” website always seems more important than, say, WalMart.com. The second is my profession of internet marketing, where we obsess about every pixel of […] - VA Court Delivers Blow To Yelp, Free Speech Of Users
A Virginia state court of appeal has ruled that Yelp must disclose the real identities of seven individuals who posted anonymous, critical reviews of an Alexandria, Virginia carpet cleaning business, Hadeed Carpet. Yelp and free speech advocacy groups have decried the decision. Hadeed said that he didn’t believe that any of the reviews came from actual […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Twitter Redesigns Web Version Aiming To Match Mobile App Design
- Google To Acquire Nest Labs For $3.2 Billion
- Are Prospective Car Buyers Your Digital Goldmine? New IAB Study Points To Broader Appeal Beyond Dealers
- Google Ranked #1 Top Video Content Property With 159 Million Unique Video Views For December [comScore]
- 5 Tips To Leverage Twitter’s New Nearby Feature
- Get To Know: The CMO For Backupify
- It’s 2014 — Is Your Content Mobile Ready?
Search News From Around The Web:
Industry
- Bing’s bizarre feminism-themed Golden Globes ad: Malala and Margaret Thatcher?, Salon
- Is Google Profiteering From Online Fraud?, london.io
Local & Maps
- Google Local Carousels MIA – Are they gone for good?, Mike Blumenthal
- Google Redraws Detroit’s Map, Wall Street Journal
Link Building
- How to Avoid a Link Building Scam and Penguin 2.1 Penalty, linkresearchtools.com
- Linking the Google Way in 2014, Search Engine Watch
- My Google Rankings Did Not Improve After The Disavow Tool, Search Engine Roundtable
Searching
SEO
- Webspam Team Actively Monitoring your Gmail, godofseo.co
- How to Create a Prioritized SEO Action Plan, Moz
- Short & Lazy Google Reconsideration Requests May Work, Search Engine Roundtable
- Rank for Your Name: Online Reputation Management for Lawyers, BruceClay.com
SEM / Paid Search
- 5 Best Practices When Signing in to Bing Ads with a Microsoft Account, Bing Ads
- Getting Started with AdWords Location Bid Adjustments, Luna Metrics
Search Marketing
Strategy
- Did You Know? View Trends in Google Analytics Data, raventools.com
- Sing to your customers – Customer personas & other writing tips, seocopywriting.com
