This day in search marketing history: March 18

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by Jacob Solomon Mar 18, 2023 News
This day in search marketing history: March 18

If hotels offered support to those displaced from Ukranian, they were added to the definition.

Brands, especially restaurants, need FAQs and ‘coronapages’ fast

It was important that precautions were discovered in the results.

Video: Martha van Berkel talks about structured data

Does adding a database help improve your ranking? No, but...

Google on the March 2019 core update: This is not the biggest update we’ve released

There is an interesting pattern in the early data on the core update.

Google Ads now makes reporting column recommendations

The bid strategy type was no longer required.

Waze conquers ‘digital dark zone’ with in-car, out-of-home ad coordination

Drivers were shown in-car ads that looked like billboards.

Google Image Search launches colored filter buttons

New filters were added to the image search results.

Bing Ads testing Social Extensions: Link search ads to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr

In the U.S., the ad extension was in a trial phase.

Bing partners with US National Park Service for #FindYourPark photo contest

During National Park Week, the winning photo would be featured on Bing's home page and used as Bing's cover photo on social media.

Search in Pics: Google Analytics With NASA, Google buffalo & Fiber office

The latest images show what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, where they meet, what toys they have and more.

Yahoo Loses Market Share As Some Firefox Users Return To Google

The company became more aggressive in trying to get people to use it again.

EU Antitrust Chief Says Google Settlement Essentially Done

The EU antitrust chief, Joaqun Almunia, essentially said that the proposed settlement was a done deal.

Bing Ads Starts Allowing Keyword Variations Once Flagged As Duplicate

Advertisers were able to include multiple versions of the same phrase through the Bing Ads Editor.

Yandex Buys Israeli Geo-Location Platform KitLocate

The main virtue of KitLocate was that it gave location to apps without using a lot of power.

GetListed Tool Relaunches As Moz Local

Agencies and business owners were able to use the tool to research where their listings appeared online.

A Dilbert On Search Engine Keyword Research

There was a Dilbert strip about how to present your research to your boss.

Google Penalized One Article On BBC’s Web Site

There were unnatural links to an individual article that we found and took a action based on that.

Bing Webmaster Tools Adds Site Move Tool

You can use the tool to move from one domain to another and from within a site.

Google Goes Beyond Answers, Starts Guessing Release Dates

When it only had a "best guess" at the answer to a search, the search engine added a single box.

Yahoo’s AllTheWeb To Redirect To Yahoo Search April 4th

The search engine AllTheWeb was acquired by Yahoo in 2003 to help build Yahoo Search.

SEO Held Liable, Fined In Counterfeiting Case

In a case in which it was accused of enabling the sale of counterfeit goods, a website builder and search engine marketing company was held liable.

Search In Pics: YouTube Socks, Yahoo Bowlers & Bing Armbands

What people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, where they meet, what toys they have, and more are shown in the latest images.

Google Tests “Sponsored Map Icons”

The sponsored map icons were a new way to advertise.

Google Will Let Web Users Avoid Analytics Tracking

In 2010 the company said it would allow users to opt out of being tracked.

Google-Viacom Court Documents Out; Google Says Viacom ‘Secretly’ Uploaded Videos

The chief counsel of the video sharing site accused the company of putting its content on the site and making it look amateur.

Google Updated Maps For Mobile For Android

Enhancements to the interface and features to improve the user experience.

Google’s Matt Cutts On Keywords In The URL

Cutts had a question about the position of theKeywords in the URL.

Twitter Search: Not Your Friend If You Tweet Something Bad

Use social media tools to help you and be careful what you say in public.

Financial Times Launches Newssift, A Business News Search Engine

Newssift was created to bring meaning and context to business news searches.

Google Maps Opens Up Editing To Everyone

Even if they weren't the business owner, users would be able to add new businesses even if they weren't the owner.

Yahoo Expects To Double Cash Flow In Three Years & Reaffirms 2008 Outlook

Yahoo expects to double its operating cash flow over the next three years.

Search Biz: Alibaba Gains, Google Loses, & Eric Schmidt Says Don’t Call Me Daddy Anymore

Yahoo was a significant minority shareholder in China'sAlibaba.com, which saw its net profit triple in 2008.

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The columns have not been updated since they were published. The author's opinions are not necessarily those of search engine land.

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