Google Recommending New Video Schema.org Markup

Google+ announced on the Google Webmaster Central blog that they are now adding video support for schema.org. They are doing this in combination with Microsoft Bing and Yahoo Search as a “joint effort.”
Google says using the schema.org video…

Google Wave Logo For 155th Birthday Of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

Today is the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the German physicist who was able to prove the existence of electromagnetic waves.
To celebrate his contributions to the world, Google+ has a special animated wave logo on their homepage. …

5 Critical B2B SEO Initiatives, In Addition To Developing A Google+ Page For Business

Google++ Pages have sparked a lot of discussion in B2B marketing circles. The ability to add multiple management functionality, site verification, and easy to integrate Google+ badges have leadership teams asking whether this truly is the next soci…

Google Geek Chic: Augmented Reality Goggles To Go On Sale This Year

The mystery of Google+’s stealth consumer product has apparently been conclusively solved. The NY Times is confirming earlier reports that Google is going to release “heads up display glasses” by the end of the year. The glasses — or lite…

Google Offers Flight Search To Go

Google+ has been improving its flight and hotel search results over the past few months, adding capabilities and polishing the overall experience. In accordance with that “iterative” approach Google announced today that flight search will now…

SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 21, 2012

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Scroogle’s Gone? Here’s Who Still Offers Private SearchingYou’ve probably read the news already that S…

Scroogle’s Gone? Here’s Who Still Offers Private Searching

You’ve probably read the news already that Scroogle is gone forever. It launched back in 2003 and was popular among searchers who wanted to get Google+ search results in a private setting.
Now that it’s gone, where can searchers go for a more…

How To Find Link Prospects Without Using Google

I’m obsessed with Google+. (I mean, you kind of have to be if you’re in this industry.) But sometimes, you need a break from the hand that feeds. There’s no denying the power of advanced search queries, but you’d be surprised how many other…

“Scroogle.org Is Gone Forever” Says Site Owner

A week ago, we reported that Scroogle was being blocked by Google+ and searches on the privacy search engine were no longer working. Since then, the site continued not to work and now it is completely offline.
The owner, Daniel Brandt, said he …

The Top 10 Ways To Achieve Breakthrough In International Search In 2012

As the first of the International Search Summits of 2012 looms large (at SMX West next week) I felt it was time to review what seem to be the most significant 10 issues for search marketers at this time. What’s interesting to note is that just o…