Posts About ‘News’

State of Search News Update: What happened in week 11

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Last week our site was filled with all things around tools. And we have a few more surprises up our sleeves on that front. But in the meantime the world kept on spinning. And although State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you, we still like to give you an overview of the most important things that happened last week.

In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed.   (more…)

Top Alternatives for Google Reader: Desktop, Tablet or All Platform

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Yesterday Google announced the upcoming death of Google Reader. A shock went through the Tech World: how are we now going to keep up with all that is written in our industry? It even got as far as petitions being set up.

But before you jump to the petition board: there are enough alternatives. There is Social Media off course, but if you want to stick to RSS there are several options as well. Below I’ve highlighted three types of alternatives: the (mainly) desktop alternative, the all platform alternative and the pure tablet alternative. Each with their own advantages. (more…)

Google Launch Help for Hacked Sites

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Having your site hacked is one of the most difficult things for a website owner to face. If your site has been compromised you will know that it can take time and effort that you may not have to ‘clean up’.

Help is on it’s way however as Google yesterday launched their Help Center for Hacked Sites. The help centre is a dedicated informational resource and series of step by step instructional videos to help you deal with site insecurities, identify any vulnerability,  fix the problem and go through the review process. The help centre also offers advice on how not to get hacked in the first place. (more…)

Bloggabase: Bringing the Right Marketers to the Right Bloggers

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When Google decided it was going to look a lot more at authorship and consequently look more closely at people instead of just links, something interesting happened in my inbox. It got fuller, a lot fuller.

The e-mails I am since getting are very much focussed on trying to get a spot on State of Search, not being one of the bloggers, but being a guest poster. Just for once, to get that article out there. And to be honest, the e-mails didn’t get any better. I got targeted for the weirdest things. From search marketing to financial products.

It is a sign of times changing. Because they are after the links, but they are after something else as well: influence. The more your name gets around, the better it is for your status as blogger. Are bloggers the “new” influentials? Maybe they already were and they just got a reboots from Google?

For this reason I was interested in seeing the launch of “Bloggabase” a new initiative of PR guru Andy Barr and his partner in crime Rich Leigh. They are trying to get a grip on the enormous amounts of “shoddy pitching” to bloggers as they put it. (more…)

State of Search News Update: What happened in week 10

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Last week our site was filled with all things around tools. And we have a few more surprises up our sleeves on that front. But in the meantime the world kept on spinning. And although State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you, we still like to give you an overview of the most important things that happened last week.

In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed.   (more…)

Germany & Search: February 2013 Edition

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Just back from a beautiful and sunny vacation in Thailand to the – still – damn cold German winter. Tried to dig through as much content as I could in just two days and therefore I’m happy to present “Germany & Search” edition 02-2013 here on StateOfSearch. This is what we got in February: (more…)

State of Search News Update: What happened in week 9

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Although State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you, we still like to give you an overview of the most important things that happened last week.

In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed. �

Here’s what happened last week

Facebook to show off a �new look for News Feed� this week

Facebook sent out an invite to press asking them to �come see a new look for News Feed�. So this Thursday March 7th we can expect some new things!

Related stories online:� Marketing Land,�Wired,�AllThingsD,�Inside Facebook,�Reuters�

Facebook Acquires Atlas from Microsoft

Facebook announces to have agreed to acquire the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft. �Atlas is a leader in campaign management and measurement for marketers and agencies.

Related stories online:�Facebook, AllThingsD,�Marketing Land,�Inside Facebook,�AllFacebook,�The Next Web,Business Insider,�Mashable!�

Google, Facebook And Twitter Ordered To Delete Photos By UK Law Enforcement

UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve has threatened legal action against anyone posting pictures of convicted killer Jon Venables online.

Related stories online: Techdirt,�Search Engine Land

Facebook asks users to help bolster Graph Search

Facebook published examples of how to use Graph Search. With that they try to get users to make use of the service, but more importantly, to add data to it.

Related stories online:�Facebook Newsroom,�AllFacebook,�Inside Facebook,�Search Engine Land,�The Next Web, �WebProNews.

Facebook testing new version of Offers to increase conversions

We wrote about it last week as well, Google added a new feature to the Google+ platform: application sign-in. Very similar to Facebook sign in and giving Google access to even more data.

Related stories online:�Marketing Land,�Google Plus Daily,�Business Insider,�AllThingsD,�The Verge,�Engadget

German Copyright Law Targets Google Links

German lawmakers approved legislation that grants publishers the right to charge search engines and other online aggregators for reproducing their stories.

Related stories online: New York Times,�TechCrunch,�Telegraph,�Reuters

Gmail Search Field Trial Adds Calendar Results To Google Search

Google keeps increasing the amount of information it will show from your Gmail account within your Google searches, if you’re part of the Gmail Search Field Trial. Now your calendar results will show up.

Related stories online: Searchengineland,�The Next Web,�CNET,�9to5Google

Google fights with Spain over data privacy

Google and Spanish officials can’t agree on when data should be deleted from Google’s pages.

Related stories online:�Google Europe Blog,�Reuters,�Softpedia News�

Yahoo Is Now Officially Calling Itself A �Technology Company�

Instead of being a �Digital Media� company, Yahoo! has now changed their ‘status’ to being a “Global Technology Company”, which might indicate the direction it is heading in.

Related stories online:�ZDNet,�Reuters

Bing ‘upgrades’ Bing Maps with High Resolution Satellite Imagery

Bing announced an upgrade to Bing Maps showing off some very nice high resolution imagery.

Related stories online:�Bing Blog, Register, Slashgear

Automica and Manual Link Building Merge, Cutts Sends Flowers

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Last week at SES London 2013 Paul Madden officially announced an interesting merger in the industry. His company, “data-based SEO service provider” Automica, has merged with link building and outsourcing provider Manual Link Building of Gareth Hoyle. Paul Madden explained that his company takes an investment in Manual Link Building.

There will not be a new company, the brand Manual Link Building will continue to be used. Both Madden and Hoyle are well known faces in the UK search industry and a merger makes sense. We talked to Madden and Hoyle to hear more about their future plans. (more…)

State of Search News Update: What happened in week 8

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Last week off course was filled with SES London updates. But while that was going a lot was happening in the world of search and social elsewhere as well. As you know State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you.

That doesn’t mean however we are not interested in the news. In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed.   (more…)

State of Search News Update: What happened in week 7

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A lot is happening in the world of search and social and as you know State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you.

That doesn’t mean however we are not interested in the news. In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed.   (more…)

Maybe The “New” Adwords Doesn’t Really Make Life Easier

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This week Google announced a new Adwords update which will presumably have a big impact for the advertisers using Google as their main platform. With the new update Google says managing campaigns should become a lot simpler.

But there is more to it than meets the eye. It could implicate a lot of more work from advertisers to turn back the things Google asked them to do last year and next to that it might not always have the result you would think it has. (more…)

State of Search News Update: What happened in week 5

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A lot is happening in the world of search and social and as you know State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you.

That doesn’t mean however we are not interested in the news. In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed.   (more…)

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