Press Releases

Conductor, the Leading Enterprise Organic Marketing Platform, Acquires SEO Technology Searchmetrics to Accelerate European Expansion
Conductor—the leading enterprise Organic Marketing platform—announced the acquisition of Searchmetrics. This acquisition further solidifies Conductor as the undisputed leader in the SEO space and accelerates its expansion in the European market.
08 Feb 2023
F.A.Z.-Institut selects Searchmetrics as "Role Model in Diversity 2022"
Extensive DEI measures secure the search data provider a top spot in the software company category.
14 Nov 2022
New Study: Five years after EU antitrust fine, over half of UK Google Shopping ads still come from Google
Searchmetrics’ analysis suggests Google may have stopped trying to increase competition on Google Shopping in the UK since the country left the EU under Brexit.
05 May 2022
Google Shopping Study 2022
New Study: ‘Bricks beat Clicks’ on Google as Walmart, Nordstrom and BestBuy make Big Search Visibility Gains in Pandemic Year 2
Retailers with a physical presence dominate Searchmetrics’ List of Top 10 eCommerce Winners in Google.com Organic Searches in 2021
02 Feb 2022
Google Winners & Losers 2021
New study: Around Half of Top Websites Still Failing User Experience Requirements Introduced in Google’s Core Web Vitals Update
Fashion and travel perform worse on user experience than other verticals according to data from Searchmetrics
29 Nov 2021
Core Web Vitals
New study: Amazon wins biggest share of Google results in Apparel, Beauty, Sporting Goods and Health eCommerce
Report suggests retailers can win search traffic from Amazon by giving shoppers more “informational” content.
23 Nov 2021
UK eCommerce Market Analysis cover image
Searchmetrics expands US presence with the opening of a new Chicago office
Newly promoted CMO, Lillian Haase, moves from Europe to Searchmetrics’ new Chicago office to oversee global marketing.
01 Sep 2021
Searchmetrics expands US presence with the opening of a new Chicago office
Marcus Tober leaves Searchmetrics to take on new challenges
Searchmetrics announced today that founder Marcus Tober is stepping back from his current role as Chief Evangelist.
12 Jul 2021
Press Release: Marcus Tober takes new company role to help drive SEO innovation
New Study: Majority of Websites Currently Fail to Meet User Experience Requirements in Google’s Forthcoming Core Web Vitals Update
Searchmetrics research suggests 96% of sites in desktop searches and over 90% of those in mobile searches currently fail to meet Google’s three Core Web Vitals usability thresholds.
20 Apr 2021
Google Core Web Vitals Study: April 2021
Searchmetrics founder Marcus Tober takes new company role to help drive SEO innovation
Marcus Tober becomes Chief Evangelist for search and content optimization leader while also continuing work on external ventures.
03 Feb 2021
Press Release: Marcus Tober takes new company role to help drive SEO innovation
New Searchmetrics Study Reveals the Secrets of Success on Baidu, China’s Top Search Engine
Brands can rank high in Baidu organic searches even if they link to blocked US sites such as Facebook and YouTube finds new Searchmetrics Study.
29 Oct 2020
Searchmetrics Study: Baidu Ranking Factors Correlation Study
Searchmetrics makes two senior appointments to accelerate innovation and growth
Dr. Konstantinos Dolkas joins as CTO and Björn Darko becomes VP Product
20 Aug 2020
Searchmetrics press Release