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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: 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. Nearly A Year Later, Google’s Penalty Notices Remain Confusing 2014: Notifications continued to be confusing when they should have been getting easier to understand.

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This day in search marketing history: February 25

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Ray Kurzweil’s Job At Google: Beat IBM’s Watson At Natural Language Search 2014: His sole job at Google was to make the company’s computers as smart as humans – smarter, actually – when it came to natural language understanding. Google Advertises Chrome … On Bing!

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Apple Maps relaunches Apple Business Connect

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This service initially launched Apple Maps Connect in 2014, and it is similar to how Google Business Profiles works. Apple Business Connect. Apple said this is a “free tool allows businesses of all sizes to customize the way their information appears across Apple apps.” Businesses registration.

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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 3

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Google Search Console fixed a bug with Google Tag Manager verification 2020: Reverification may have been necessary. 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. and Skittles.

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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.