Thursday, 9 May 2024
Month: August 2020

Google Search helps users find live sport games, linear TV shows

Google improves its live TV and sports search features. Google announced it has added a feature to Google Search to help searchers find live sports games and live TV shows. Google has had TV listing schedules since 2013 and made numerous improvements to that search feature over the years. Watch it live. But now, Google is bolstering how […]

Microsoft’s ViralSearch: Search Engine For Measuring Tweets & Viral Content

VentureBeat reports Microsoft announced a new research project named ViralSearch. ViralSearch lets you search and navigate cascades of people passing content on social media and distinguish between things that are not just popular but also became viral in a sense that they are being passed from one person to the next over many generations. ViralSearch […]

Google makes it easier to control Shopping ads by country

A new attribute allows you to exclude products at the country level. If your Google product feeds are set to show products across multiple countries, there’s a new feed field to give you some more flexibility. You can now use the shopping_ads_excluded_country attribute to keep some products from showing in certain countries you’re targeting, Google announced this month. That […]

Next on Live with Search Engine Land: Season wrap-up—COVID and disruption

Search Engine Land editors take a look back at the disruptions over the past few months, how marketers have adapted to the changes, and what the future may hold. On Friday, August 14, Search Engine Land’s editor-in-chief, Ginny Marvin, will lead a discussion with the other Search Engine Land editors about the effects of the disruptions […]

Bing Ads now accepting signups for Shared Budgets pilot

Automatically redistribute budget across multiple campaigns. Bing Ads announced Tuesday that it is developing the ability to share a budget across multiple campaigns. As in AdWords, advertisers will be able to apply a single budget to some or all campaigns in an account. Shared Budgets can be helpful for optimizing spend by automatically redistributing unused daily budget from […]

It Doesn’t Really Matter What Microsoft Does, Says Slack CEO

“Whatever Microsoft does we’re still going to do the same thing that we would do for customers,” says Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. “If the performance of our applications, like the number of milliseconds it takes to startup, is an important thing for customers, we will do that. If shared channels are an important feature we will develop […]

Google updates Search Console API infrastructure

The API is backward compatible and there are currently no changes in scope or functionality. Google announced it has been working on upgrading the API for Google Search Console. Although Google said “the API is backward compatible and there are currently no changes in scope or functionality,” there are some changes you should be aware of. The changes. Google said […]

Webinar: Close the Online/Offline Data Gap with AI-driven Call Intelligence

With mobile search and voice interactions on the rise, it’s more important than ever to make phone calls a critical part of your data-driven marketing strategy. And thanks to recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), you can now derive valuable, real-time insights from inbound phone conversations. Join our panel of experts this Thursday and learn […]

Apple Turns in Record-Breaking June Quarter

Apple released its earnings report for the June quarter, and it was good news coming out of Cupertino. Apple smashed its previous June quarter results, thanks to strong growth in both Products and Services. “Apple’s record June quarter was driven by double-digit growth in both Products and Services and growth in each of our geographic […]

Shopify tradeoffs: What to consider before selecting your next e-commerce platform

Shopify makes it easy to start selling, but there are limits to its SEO and customization capabilities. Selecting the appropriate e-commerce platform for your goals, circumstances and customers can influence your sales and the amount of time your staff dedicates to maintaining that platform. If you’re looking at Shopify as your next potential e-commerce solution, […]