Complaints by users of the declining quality of search engine results contain a seed of truth, according to a recent study released by a group of academic researchers.

Despite Microsoft's introduction of generative AI into its search engine Bing, the company has failed to cut into the share of market leader Google.

Microsoft may have ushered in a paradigm shift with the release of new versions of its search engine, Bing, and web browser, Edge -- both now powered by artificial intelligence.

The most popular search engine on the internet may be headed for some rough sailing in the next one or two years, according to the creator of Gmail.

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Digital Marketers Take Fragmented Tactics to New Targets

Retailers must leverage the benefits of using a variety of digital marketing tactics to differentiate themselves from competitors and improve their shopping experience.

E-commerce marketing isn’t about choosing paid advertising over an inbound strategy. Instead, businesses should use the two to work in conjunction. In other words, paid media is putting the fuel on the fire — inbound is the steady burn.

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Managing Google’s Algorithm Updates

With the majority of searches happening on Google, updates to how Google is serving results could put a complete halt to new customer acquisition, leads, sales, and ultimately revenue. Here are some ways your business can best manage the latest core update to Google's algorithm.

It is safe to say that all e-commerce platforms should feature trendy product offerings, crawlable and mobile-friendly site architecture, and ensuring 24/7 customer service. But above all else, having a strong on-site search could be one of the biggest factors in retaining customers and boosting rev...

Amazon heralded its shifting strategies to help sellers expand with new tools during its two-day Accelerate Seller Conference this week. The e-commerce giant announced its growing success with American small and medium-sized businesses empowerment this year, its glowing Sellers Report, and the resul...

Called IndexNow, the protocol uses an API to allow websites to easily notify search engines whenever content is created, updated, or deleted. Once the search engines are notified of updates they can quickly crawl and reflect the website changes in their index and search results.

Botify is not a typical search engine optimization tool. It is a platform to fix a company's indexing issues that helps its customers' businesses rank better, get more traffic, and generate more revenue. Botify's technology turns organic search into an efficient, measurable, and sustainable channel ...

Google's new service aimed at beefing up the search capabilities of retailers' websites may make those sellers more competitive with Amazon. Google Cloud Retail Search hopes to address the staggering problem of "search abandonment," which costs retailers more than $300 billion a year in the U.S. alo...

Google went live earlier this summer with its new Core Web Vitals algorithm to determine search rankings. With the implementation of Core Web Vitals as a key component of its search algorithm, Google has made a well-considered decision to reward sites that perform the best and that have been specifi...

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How to Build an SEO Strategy for 2021

The E-Commerce Times discussed with Steve Wiideman, president and CEO of Wiideman Consulting Group, the essentials of how to build an SEO strategy for 2021. Wiideman designed and teaches the Website Optimization and Strategic Search Engine Marketing online course for California State University Full...

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