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

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

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

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

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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

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 appoints Ken Ogenbratt as new CFO

Search and content optimization leader promotes internally to continue its accelerating growth path.

15 Apr 2020

Bestbuy Wins Biggest Share of Google’s Page One Searches for Consumer Electronics - Amazon comes second

Searchmetrics Q4 2019 study reveals retail websites are failing to satisfy informational searches for consumer electronics.

11 Feb 2020

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