This Day In Search Marketing History: January 14
RIPAMP
We talked about what happened when Search Engine Land disabled AMP in 2022.
TL; DR: "We saw very little disruption in our traffic and clearly benefited from our audience analytics."
We didn't see a year-over-year decline in traffic that we could attribute to AMP, except for a partial decline in additional pageviews for total organic traffic.
Why did Search Engine Land disable AMP? As we explained in Disable AMP Pages in Search , this was due to competition in top news stories (AMP inclusion in top news stories was no longer required) and declining support for social media platforms.
Read all about it in What Happens When You Disable AMP.
Also today
Shopify's chat bug leads to headlines including (1) in Google search results
2022: It wasn't Google's bug with Shopify's chat feature that caused the unexpected search results, but a broader problem.
Google Ads includes a bid simulator to target ROI and a budget simulator to increase clicks and conversions.
2020: Using these smart bidding strategies, you can see the projected impact of bid or budget changes on your campaign.
Google acquires Pointy to host online SMB store inventory
2020: Pointy solves a problem that has plagued startups for over a decade: getting small independent retailers online.
Google webmasters have failed to protect blogs from nofollow comment spam.
2019: Google removed the ability to comment on blogs by Google webmasters because "they were often off-topic or even spammy."
As head of Google's search engine, he lived a mobile-first life for more than a year
2016: Amit Singhal, Google's senior vice president of search, spent more than a year driving nearly all mobile searches.
Bing Ads updates Keyword Planner with impression share comparisons and more
2016: New features: more competitive information and benchmarking, individual bids for ad groups and keywords, a new source of keyword suggestions and up to 24 months for keyword search volume.
Bing is updating its logo with a capital "B" and a new blue color
2016: "Looks like it's time to shake things up," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
Google Street View uses "vignettes" to capture Hamburg's model train exhibits
2016: Google documented landmarks as real places with tiny Street View cars.
Google News will now crawl and index images hosted outside of your domain name
2015: Previously, if your images were hosted outside of your site's domain, Google was less likely to view them for Google News.
US Paid Search Advertising Revenue Up 24% YoY [Kenshu]
2015: ROI increases as revenues outpace cost growth.
Google History Google Now has added a section for your cards
2015: Over time, you can track what Google Now cards show each day
Google Translate boasts advanced graphics and voice translation
2015: An update brought a camera and spoken translation to the iOS app for the first time, and significant improvements to these features in the Android version of the app.
Google has launched a welcome center
2015: Historically, Google has never allowed random people to visit the office.
Thousands of hotel listings stolen from Google+ Local
2014: Links to the official websites of thousands of hotels listed on Google+ Local were "hacked" and replaced with links to third-party booking services.
Adds the right to use the Google Image Search search tool
2014: This feature is not new. You no longer need to explore the "advanced image search" features to find them
Two videos about what Google would be like if it were a real person
2014: Two parody videos mock what Google would be like if it were a real person.
Yelp turns up the heat: 285 consumer warnings for fake reviews
2014: A pop-up warning appeared on Yelp's business profile page warning consumers that after Yelp went down, the company was trying to get reviews by offering purchases, gifts or discounts, or in other ways that Yelp didn't. permission
The Wayback Machine now contains 240 billion URLs
2013: Before this update, The Wayback Machine provided access to approximately 150 billion URLs.
AJ Cohn and Jeannie Marvin Welcome to Search Engine Land, Marketing Land
2013: John joins us as a special projects reporter. Marvin joined us as a contributor (he will serve as an editor from October 2018 to December 2020), focusing primarily on paid advertising topics.
DuckDuckGo has been relaunched with a new visual design
2012: Founder Gabriel Weinberg gathered feedback and tweaked the design for at least three weeks on the site's community forum, where he announced the new look and layout.
Google's John Hanke talks about the new mobile incubator
2011: After six years at the helm of Google Maps, Hanke says he's "worried" and a little tired of running a big company.
How Google, Bing Up, AOL Lows: comScore's December Search Data
2011: Google achieved 66.6% – a record for Google according to comScore – while AOL achieved 1.9%.
Discover the 3 most popular horizontal searches in Google Ads
2011: New format merges title with first line of description or merges two lines of description.
South Korean police have filed a criminal case against Google for allegedly collecting Wi-Fi data
2011: Police investigate data collected by Google between October 2009 and May 2010 and find violations of two South Korean laws.
Bing ads run during the Golden Globes.
2011: Both ads feature Bingo's "decision machine" concept telling aspiring actors why they've decided to act, followed by the message "Congratulations in advance to the winners of tomorrow's Golden Globe Awards."
Yahoo's Irving: "Hell yeah!" Yahoo takes aim at Flickr
2011: "Who Yahoo! is associated with Flickr? A: Yes, we are! We love this product and this team; strategic and profitable.
Google's mobile search suggestions are updated locally
2010: Survey offers vary based on the user's location.
Experian Hitwise: Google's US market share is 72%
2010: Search shares of Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com decline from November to December.
Reminder in 100 days: AdWords API v13 is deprecated
2010: Another warning.
Google is making the BlackBerry mobile app even more useful by integrating real-time messaging into the contact page
2010: Businesses can use Google Places pages to advertise emergency events (in real time) if they find this feature.
Shashi Set now on Yahoo by AOL, Cooliris and Google
2010: As the new SVP of the Yahoo Search Product Group, Seth will lead the Yahoo Search and Yahoo Search team.
The Chinese government issues a quick statement to Google, Google.cn employees have been put on indefinite leave
2010: The Chinese government suggests it may not allow Google to operate without filters or negotiate with the search engine.
Yahoo adds network distribution and ad import with Advanced Search
2010: Network distribution allows advertisers to choose whether to place ads on the entire Yahoo network or only on the Yahoo search network or Yahoo's partner search network.
Where did all the old tweets go?
2010: This is due to a lot of new tweets. Twitter's search index cannot contain everything.
Should we continue to trust Google and the cloud after a data breach?
2010: Will the Whole GoogleHack Episode Be a Big Change in Cloud Computing? (Spoiler: no)
Google pledges $1 million to add data on Haitian donations, Bing and Yahoo
2010: In response, major search engines publish disaster relief information on their pages.
Evaluating the new Google Local Business Ads feature
2009: New links appeared below the listing information box: get directions, street view and/or save to my maps.
Google creates a smart sitemap tool
2009: It uses web traffic, log files, and other methods to find new or changed URLs.
Google stops downloading Google Video, Shutter Notebook, Directory Search, Dodgeball, and Zaiku
2009: Google discontinues development of various products as part of an ongoing trend to focus on the most used products.
Google Apps Authorized Reseller Program
2009: This program was developed to allow developers, hosts and others to take charge, support and training at a 20% discount on services.
Adobe and Yahoo and PDF programs
2009: Blame economic conditions for failure.
Consumer groups are trying to identify behavioral targets for mobile advertising
2009: Complaints to prevent the development of behavioral targeting and profiling in mobile advertising.
Harvard University Professor: Yahoo Media Is Spreading Deceptive Advertising
2009: Ads were either false or did not contain information required by law
Yahoo is shutting down Content Match in the UK
2009: Yahoo matches advertisers' ads based on the contextual relevance of page content to keywords purchased by advertisers.
Google cuts 100 jobs; Up to 70 engineers may be replaced due to office closures
2009: Google suggested that layoffs occurred because engineers were unwilling or unable to travel to Google's Mountain View headquarters.
We apologize to Wired and the Search Marketing Association
2008: The article caused a major spam problem for Wired, sparked controversy in the search marketing community, and damaged the search marketing industry as a whole.
Google loves the iPhone, but Google's Eric Schmidt is "not talking" about it
2008: Google CEO Eric Schmidt was a member of Apple's board of directors and spoke at the iPhone launch event.
Liberty Media Corporation bought 14 million shares of IAC
2008: 14 million shares worth about $339.5 million, but Liberty Media Corp. about 30% of the parent company Ask.com.
IncrediMail suffered financial losses due to Google AdSense ban
2008: Their stock price fell 45% in one day due to sanctions.
The teacher bans Google and Wikipedia in class
2008: A University of Brighton professor says that using Google and Wikipedia does not encourage students to use "their brains" enough.
From the Search Marketing Exhibition (SMX).
Past Contributions of Search Engine Experts (SME).
These columns are a snapshot in time and have not been updated since publication unless otherwise noted. The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of Search Engine Land
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