This day in search marketing history: February 9 – Search Engine Land

Google Buzz launches

In 2010, Google revealed its latest attempt to create a social network and compete with Facebook and Twitter. And they called it Google Buzz.

Buzz was tied to two main elements – Gmail and mobile. But would users want social networking to invade their inbox?

As we noted at the time, there were a couple of “risky” features. The launch was generally greeted with heavy criticism and Buzz would quickly become a privacy nightmare that would hang on for dear life until Google tried its luck again with Google+.

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Also on this day

2022: Google finished the migration of all the messages into the new Search Console interface.

2022: Google announced an improvement to its ranking systems meant to help searchers discover stories from “authoritative, relevant local news sources.”

2022: Ads could contain up to three bullet points.

2022: Additions included general availability for Smart Campaigns and support for Local Service Ads campaigns in open beta.

2022: The…

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