Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 ways to balance technical non-technical SEOAug 8, 2017 by Jim Yu Though tactics and strategies differ greatly for technical and non-technical SEOs, columnist Jim Yu …

Facebook is paring down its collection of standalone apps. The company’s experimental “teens-only” app Lifestage, designed to counteract Snapchat’s threat, has been pulled from the App Store. Its disappearance was first spotted by Business Insider, and Facebook confirmed its removal. However, Lifestage isn’t the only Facebook app that’s being killed …

When you’re short on time and low on energy, the answer doesn’t have to be your local drive-through or corner mart. These quick and healthy breakfast recipes guarantee an all-star meal in just a few minutes flat. And before you say you’re out of X, Y and Z, get this: Each of …

An international team of paleontologists has identified from an almost complete skeleton found in China a massive oviraptorid dinosaur with a toothless beak and a distinct cassowary-like crest atop its head. The living scene of Corythoraptor jacobsi. Image credit: Zhao Chuang. Named Corythoraptor jacobsi, the new discovered dinosaur belongs to …

An international group of physicists and engineers, led by Professor Zenghu Chang of the University of Central Florida, has produced the shortest-ever laser pulse: a 53-attosecond X-ray flash. Professor Chang and co-authors broke the record for the shortest light pulse. Image credit: University of Central Florida. Attosecond pulses were first …

This week, Bing Ads is rolling out a new System Quality Policy as part of the Relevance and Quality Policy. There are three key aspects to the new policy: Keywords and ads that haven’t shown any performance over a significant period of time may be removed. The number of keywords …

Bing Ads advertisers that have the Universal Event Tag (UET) implemented may now see estimated conversion impact when looking at budget suggestions in their accounts. In addition to click, impression and spend estimates, search marketers will see estimated changes in conversions with a campaign budget adjustment on the Opportunity tab …

It’s been five months since Apple expanded their Apple Search Ads program to advertisers in three additional countries (UK, New Zealand and Australia). After its initial, US-only launch in October 2016, I was really excited to finally get to test out this brand-new platform when it finally launched in the …

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The Galaxy S8 has a reputation for being a rather fragile phone, but the newly announced Galaxy S8 Active should offer a bit more durability. That’s the whole point of Samsung’s Active line of phones, which have been available for all of its recent Galaxy S devices. However, this year …