Google appears to be ramping up their usage of comparison answer boxes in the last week or so, with more and more people reporting seeing them in action in the Google Search results. They seem to only appear for non-commercial queries. But more importantly, they don’t seem to have a source cited like many answer […]
Archives for May 27, 2015
Adblock Plus Wins Another Case Supporting Legal Use in Germany
Hot on the heels of another ruling that said users have the right to block ads using Adblock Plus if they wish, we have another ruling, this time filed by a different set of publishers. This time, the lawsuit was brought about by RTL Interactive and ProSiebenSat1, two German broadcasters, against Eyeo, the makers of […]
Can Facebook Unseat Google?
Over the years, marketers have speculated over who would become the next Google. I’ve even wondered that myself, positing that Bing could overtake Google in a few years. But the next Google killer may not even be a search engine. Facebook made a couple announcements recently that indicate they’re ready to take a whack at […]
YouTube Adds Links to Buy Movie on Movie Scene Fan Video Uploads
It seems YouTube is taking steps to ensure that those random fan-uploaded movie clips are directing viewers to the source of the original content in the form of a buy link. YouTube, courtesy their program to buy and rent movies directly on YouTube, are now adding links to download the movie the clip is […]
Renaming of Bing Webmaster Tools to Bing Search Console Not Planned
One of the questions about Google changing their webmaster support name from Google Webmaster Tools to Google Search Console is whether Bing would follow suit with their own webmaster support product. When Bing launched their own tools and support for webmasters, they followed Google’s lead and named it Bing Webmaster Tools. It also offers similar […]