Category: Search Engines

Keyword Research – Effective For Domain Names, Too

What is keyword research? Keyword research is all about discovering exactly what it is that people are searching for, and then trying to rank highly for the search results of that term. This is really the foundation of your SEO strategy, so it’s important to get keyword research right.

Connected-Home Brand Search Grew …

One of the hottest topics at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show drove the most search traffic for manufacturers during this past year. Branded terms for manufacturers of wearable devices — mostly smartwatches — generated the highest amount of search Web traffic, but when analyzing the change in traffic, connected-home Web sites improved the most with 242% more visits generated from branded keywords in November 2016.

Connected-Home Brand Search Grew …

One of the hottest topics at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show drove the most search traffic for manufacturers during this past year. Branded terms for manufacturers of wearable devices — mostly smartwatches — generated the highest amount of search Web traffic, but when analyzing the change in traffic, connected-home Web sites improved the most with 242% more visits generated from branded keywords in November 2016.

Nvidia Lays Out Bold Strategy at CES

Nvidia offered a bold new strategy at this week’s International CES in Las Vegas. The company, which has been a leader in hardware graphics technology for decades, recently has expanded into the realms of artificial intelligence, deep learning and automotive tech.

Five most interesting search marketing news stories of the week

Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from the world of search marketing and beyond. And a happy 2017 to all of our Search Engine Watch readers! This week, we’ve got a health-conscious New Year’s update from Bing, a new AI-powered search engine which is transforming scientific research, and a look at why the fake information epidemic could be damaging to local search.

Apple shows why no robot can replace cashiers

Ever since Amazon.com debuted a grocery store without a checkout line, the world has been forced to ponder a jobless future. Located in the company’s home town, Seattle, Amazon Go looks every bit like a 7-Eleven, selling bread, milk, and cheese as well as pre-made snacks and fresh meals, except there are no cashiers or checkout lines.

Trump appoints Apprentice’s Omarosa Manigault to public engagement role in White House

EXCLUSIVE: BeyoncA ‘s ‘Becky with the good hair’ songwriter finds her missing brother living 3,000 miles from home on the streets of LA – after recognizing him at bus stop 16 YEARS after he vanished EXCLUSIVE: The Obamas are set for a $40million payday – HALF to Michelle to write about her hatred of Hillary, the antics of daughters Sasha and Malia and an intimate peek at marriage to Barack ‘Revenge porn victim’ sues Google, Yahoo! and Bing demanding they delete her name because X-rated video prevents her from finding a job Trump doubles down on Assange’s claim that Russia wasn’t involved in Podesta hack as he blames DNC for lack of ‘defense’ – but Paul Ryan calls WikiLeaks chief a Putin ‘sycophant’ ‘Who on earth accepted this return?’ GAP employee refunds a customer for a 17-YEAR-OLD shirt Skeptics claim video of two-year-old boy saving his brother from falling dresser is FAKE after … (more)

Samantha Brick asks women to highlight their most despised body part

EXCLUSIVE: BeyoncA ‘s ‘Becky with the good hair’ songwriter finds her missing brother living 3,000 miles from home on the streets of LA – after recognizing him at bus stop 16 YEARS after he vanished EXCLUSIVE: The Obamas are set for a $40million payday – HALF to Michelle to write about her hatred of Hillary, the antics of daughters Sasha and Malia and an intimate peek at marriage to Barack ‘Revenge porn victim’ sues Google, Yahoo! and Bing demanding they delete her name because X-rated video prevents her from finding a job Trump doubles down on Assange’s claim that Russia wasn’t involved in Podesta hack as he blames DNC for lack of ‘defense’ – but Paul Ryan calls WikiLeaks chief a Putin ‘sycophant’ ‘Who on earth accepted this return?’ GAP employee refunds a customer for a 17-YEAR-OLD shirt Skeptics claim video of two-year-old boy saving his brother from falling dresser is FAKE after … (more)

Mother’s verdict on Madonna, Victoria Beckham and Liz Hurley draping themselves over sons

EXCLUSIVE: BeyoncA ‘s ‘Becky with the good hair’ songwriter finds her missing brother living 3,000 miles from home on the streets of LA – after recognizing him at bus stop 16 YEARS after he vanished EXCLUSIVE: The Obamas are set for a $40million payday – HALF to Michelle to write about her hatred of Hillary, the antics of daughters Sasha and Malia and an intimate peek at marriage to Barack ‘Revenge porn victim’ sues Google, Yahoo! and Bing demanding they delete her name because X-rated video prevents her from finding a job Trump doubles down on Assange’s claim that Russia wasn’t involved in Podesta hack as he blames DNC for lack of ‘defense’ – but Paul Ryan calls WikiLeaks chief a Putin ‘sycophant’ ‘Who on earth accepted this return?’ GAP employee refunds a customer for a 17-YEAR-OLD shirt Skeptics claim video of two-year-old boy saving his brother from falling dresser is FAKE after … (more)

My Thoughts on 2017

As the New Year is now here there’s an upbeat feeling in the business community bolstered by a feeling that 2017 will be a banner year for non-technology companies expanding their buying of technology startups. With 43 of those types of companies now under my belt, ranging from taking a company wire to wire, to being there at the start, middle and end of the process, there’s some key trends I’m seeing, both in VoIP as well as also in the collaboration space.

Google Removed 900 Million Pirate Links Last Year

You don’t just search for something online, you ” Google It,” that’s really how most of us refer to the most widely used search engine in the world. Naturally, the company has a huge responsibility on its hands to ensure that it doesn’t rank links that point to pirated content.

Erasing the News: Should some stories be forgotten?

In September 2016, a newly formed committee of four editors at the Tampa Bay Times hosted the first of what will be quarterly meetings to develop policies for requests to remove or alter stories in online archives. This is yet another disruptive twist for journalism in the digital age: the possibility of erasing the historical record.

Just How Dangerous Is Alexa?

The “willing suspension of disbelief” is the idea that the audience is willing to suspend judgment about the implausibility of the narrative for the quality of the audience’s own enjoyment. We do it all the time.

Cut the cordTech titans shun screen time for their kidsScreen time is …

He created one of the world’s biggest tech companies earning him billions but the late Steve Jobs, the man behind the iPod, iPad and iPhone, once let slip to a New York Times journalist that he strictly limited his children’s use of technology. And, as it turns out, the chief technology officer of eBay sent his children to a Waldorf school where screen time is actively discouraged and the use of screens at home is frowned upon.

The Best Personal Technology of 2016

Traditional broadcast TV services have stagnated over the past couple of years, while over-the-top services such as Amazon Video, Netflix and the BBC’s iPlayer led the way. Sky’s Q dragged broadcast TV kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a modern interface, fast box and service that put time and place shifting at the heart of it.

The Search for a Provider of Digital Marketing Services Has Now Come to an End

Good news for businesses that are looking for ways to do online marketing and to reach top position in search engine rankings. Smartways Marketing, a web design company in Melbourne, that was founded a decade ago, is offering exquisite services in the field of web development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, content marketing and other services related to digital marketing.

IPrice gains $4m in Series A funding

IPrice Group, a Kuala Lumpur-based price comparison website, has received US$4 million in a Series A round of funding from a group of venture capitalists. The group was led by Asia Venture Group and includes Gobi Partners, DMP, Econa, Starstrike and a few individual investors.

In 2016, emoji kept it Y’

Who needs words when you have Y Y Y Y Y Y’ Y’ Y Y’ Y 3 4 Y’ Y Y Y Y ‘ Y’ Y’ ? In addition to everything else that happened in tech this year, something small, cute and unassuming wormed its way into your smartphone, your social network and even your MacBook keyboard. While emoji have been around a while, this was the year these pictographs firmly lodged themselves into our lives.

In 2016, emoji kept it Y’

Who needs words when you have Y Y Y Y Y Y’ Y’ Y Y’ Y 3 4 Y’ Y Y Y Y ‘ Y’ Y’ ? In addition to everything else that happened in tech this year, something small, cute and unassuming wormed its way into your smartphone, your social network and even your MacBook keyboard. While emoji have been around a while, this was the year these pictographs firmly lodged themselves into our lives.

NORAD ready to track Santa

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 61st Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more.

NORAD ready to track Santa

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 61st Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more.