Ayaz Nanji says, “Google now delivers Universal Search results—those that include a blend of links, videos, images, news, shopping listings, and map data—for 81% of all US searches, according to a recent report from Searchmetrics. The analysis was based on data from millions of keyword searches conducted on Google.com in the United States between January and December 2013. The number of results that include Universal Search integrations has steadily increased over time and is up six percentage points from 2012, it found. Below, other key findings from the report“. Google Universal... [...]
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The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “You’re Not Crazy: Google Search Results Look a Little Different”. Karissa Bell says, “Google is rolling out a new design of search to desktop users that includes changes to both organic search results and ads to desktop users. The new design removes underlines, increases the font size and, most important, changes the way ads are labeled in search results. The changes appear to be part of a broader redesign of search results Google has been experimenting with since last fall, when it first began rolling out similar changes to search... [...]
The latest article on Business Insider is titled “Twitter Wants To Carve Off A Slice Of Google’s Search Ad Business”. Aaron Taube says, “Twitter will now sell ads that put promoted accounts at the top of its search results. Marketers will be able to buy ads that pop up against certain keywords. When users search Twitter for those words, their promoted accounts will appear at the top of the search results. While the new product is not a threat to Google in size, it is another example of a non-Google company siphoning off search results – and the ad revenue they... [...]
The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Top 10 Google Search Trends in 2013, According to Google”. Stan Schroeder says, “Google released its annual year-end Zeitgeist report, a list of top global search trends for the year that includes a video overview of the search trends in 2013 and the year’s top 100 searches.Notable deaths highlighted the top trending searches this year around the world. The No. 1 spot went to Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid hero who died in December. He is followed by actor Paul Walker, who died in a tragic car accident, also in... [...]