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This day in search marketing history: January 28

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Google begins experimenting with featured snippets in 2014, Google started answering complex questions at the top of its search results with detailed responses (or answers) taken from websites. We know from Google that featured snippets were introduced in January 2014. Does that sound like featured snippets? Because it was.

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This day in search marketing history: March 18

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EU Antitrust Chief Says Google Settlement Essentially Done 2014: Amid criticism from politicians and Google’s critics, EU antitrust chief Joaquín Almunia essentially said that Google’s antitrust settlement proposal was a done deal. Opinions expressed in these articles are those of the author and not necessarily Search Engine Land.

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This day in search marketing history: February 25

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Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison said Google’s support of the overall ecosystem (searchers, advertisers and publishers) is important. Made in USA’ ad extensions spotted on Bing 2020: A “Made in USA” label accompanied by a flag icon appeared to be the latest automated ad extension test by Microsoft Advertising.

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This day in search marketing history: March 24

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Google announces global launch of property promotion ads for hotels 2021: Property promotion ads helped hotels capture demand from users looking for places to stay. Microsoft Advertising blocks 1.6 Wait… Google Banned BeatThatQuote Again!

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This day in search marketing history: January 14

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2014: Thousands of hotels listed within Google+ Local appeared to have had links leading to their official sites “hijacked” and replaced with ones leading to third-party booking services. 2014: The feature wasn’t new. 2014: Two video parodies make fun of what a Google would be if it was a real guy. Market Share.

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This day in search marketing history: March 11

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The commission found that the “transaction would be unlikely to have harmful effects on consumers, either in ad serving or in intermediation in online advertising markets.” In 2008, display advertising represented about 32% of total US online advertising (roughly $6.7 The deal was first announced April 13, 2007.

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This day in search marketing history: February 3

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To Fight Radicalism In The UK, Google’s Giving Away Free Search Ads 2016: NGOs that promoted anti-radicalization would be able to use $10,000 worth of AdWords credits each month. Super Bowl 2014: How We Searched 2014: Recipes, start time, people. and Skittles.