Search Features: Query Refinement
‘People Also Ask’ boxes: Tips for ranking, optimizing and tracking
PAA boxes appear in nearly half of all searches. Here’s how they work and how SEOs can use them to their...
Understanding the role of branded and unbranded search in the customer journey
Understanding how to rank for both branded and unbranded terms in organic search is critical for marketers looking to build domain authority and...
Measuring the quality of popular keyword research tools
Contributor JR Oakes measures the quality of popular keyword research tools against data found in Google search results and performing page data...
Google launches new look for ‘people also search for’ search refinements
Go to a search result, click on a listing, and then click back to the search results page on Google to trigger this on Google desktop...
Google tests ‘more results’ mobile search interface and new search refinement buttons
Google told us, "We constantly experiment with new search formats and experiences to deliver the best experience for our...
Google changes info command search operator, dropping useful links
The info search operator is the latest Google search feature to have changed, possibly for the...
Google is testing a new way to report offensive Autocomplete suggestions
Feedback tool is currently in limited testing, but company hopes to launch it worldwide...
What the heck is machine learning, and why should I care?
Understanding the impact of machine learning will be crucial to adjusting our search marketing strategies -- but probably not in the way you...
An experiment in trying to predict Google rankings
In late 2015, JR Oakes and his colleagues undertook an experiment to attempt to predict Google ranking for a given webpage using machine...
Etsy Boosts Search For Better Content Discovery, User Engagement
Etsy has more than 30 million items for sale from more than one million sellers globally. There are no SKUs, and most of the data is...
The Feature Google Killed The + Command For — Direct Connect — Is Now Dead
Cast your mind back to November 2011, only a few months after the launch of Google+. That’s when Google made one of its biggest...
Top 10 Search Modifiers: Why They Matter, What They Are & How To Use Them
Google is working hard to improve search, and it’s doing such a great job that the general public doesn’t seem to be noticing. With...
Bing Autosuggest Adds Brands, Movies, Albums, Places, Software, Teams, Animals & More
Bing announced they have expanded their search autosuggestions to add more than seven new categories. Bing added autosuggest completions for...
Google Drops Another Search Operator: Tilde For Synonyms
Google has quietly dropped another search operator, the tilde (i.e., ~) search operator. Google Operating System blog noticed the lack of...
Google Drops “Translated Foreign Pages” Search Option Due To Lack Of Use
Google has quietly dropped the “Translated Foreign Pages” search filter from the Google search options menu. Google tells us the...
The Real Reason Google Wonder Wheel Died: It Was A Pain To Maintain
Several weeks ago we reported that Google had taken the Wonder Wheel service offline. Its removal was a surprise to all its users including the...
Official: The Google Wonder Wheel Is Gone
A Google spokesperson has informed Search Engine Land that the Google Wonder Wheel feature has been taken offline. The spokesperson said that...
Google Instant, Meet Yahoo Instant – Er, Yahoo Rich Search Assist
Yahoo is following Google by rolling out its own version of Google Instant, with a twist. Called “Rich Search Assist,” the feature...
Yahoo Offers Handwritten Searching In Taiwan, Hong Kong
If you thought instant search suggestions and results was fun, get a load of this: At Yahoo Taiwan and Yahoo Hong Kong, searchers can handwrite...
Test: Google Updating Search Results As You Type
Rob Ousbey documented on video how Google is testing a feature where the search results on the page are updating as you type your search query....