In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. A terrace at the Google Singapore office: Source: Twitter Urchin light …
Read More »Where to go next with your Google My Business listing
When it comes to digital marketing and search engine optimization, the devil is truly in the details. Seemingly trivial choices can have a dramatic effect on your web presence and search visibility, and nowhere is that more evident than in Google My Business (GMB). GMB optimization has quickly become something …
Read More »Private blog networks: A great way to get your site penalized
You may have heard about private blog networks (PBNs) before, but you may not be sure what they are or why they are used. A PBN is a network of websites used to build links (and therefore pass authority) to a single website for the purpose of manipulating search engine rankings. …
Read More »Bond. James… Stocks, Funds, Cash and Bonds: What’s the Best Asset Allocation Strategy for Your Retirement??
Bond, James Bond. The mere mention of the name makes you think of cool confidence and absolute competence. Wouldn’t you like to feel that way about your retirement investments? You perhaps can, assuming you can figure out the best asset allocation strategy for your retirement. What Exactly is Asset Allocation …
Read More »Micron Launches New NAND-based DIMMs, Intel Announces Optane DIMMs
It’s been a busy week for non-volatile memory storage, with major announcements from both Micron and Intel. First up there’s Micron, with a major announcement in NVDIMMs. Before we hit it, a quick refresher: There are three NVDIMM (Non-Volatile DIMM) storage standards, though only two are available today. NVDIMM-F is …
Read More »Amazon Key Hack Lets Delivery Drivers Sneak Into Your House Undetected
Amazon’s services have become a big part of many people’s lives, both online and off. Do you trust Amazon enough to let it unlock your doors, though? That’s the pitch for the newly launched Amazon Key service, which allows delivery people set your packages inside under the watchful eye of …
Read More »Meural raises $5 million and brings Canvas to over 100 stores
Digital art technology company Meural has raised a $5 million Series A round of funding, led by Corigin Ventures and with participation from Netgear, Resolute Venture Partners and assorted angels. The $5 million in fresh funds accompanies the news that Meural will now be distributing its Canvas in retail stores …
Read More »Choosing an enterprise SEO platform
With hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, and even millions of pages, sites, social conversations, images and keywords to manage and optimize, enterprise SEO has become increasingly complicated and time-consuming. Using an enterprise SEO platform can increase efficiency and productivity while reducing the time and errors involved in managing organic search …
Read More »Google rolls out AdWords promotion extensions, custom intent audiences & ad variations for testing
Google made a few announcements for AdWords advertisers just in time, before Black Friday kicks off the holiday shopping season in the US next week. About a year ago, Google started testing promotion extensions in text ads. That beta extended to the new AdWords interface this summer. Now, they are rolling …
Read More »SearchCap: Google AMP requirements, AdWords promotion extensions & smart speakers
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google rolls out AdWords promotion extensions, custom intent audiences ad variations for testingNov 16, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The new features are all available in the …
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