Blogging for Shopify: A unique SEO approach     One of the most common opportunities we see for Shopify stores is to create blog content for SEO. Often, we see that Shopify sites are targeting keywords with informational intent with transactional pages. This creates a discrepancy between what content the …

Confirm with voice match’ gives new meaning to ‘contactless payments’ Google has introduced a new “confirm with voice match” payments feature into the Google Assistant for smart speakers and displays. Originally noticed by Android Police, I was able to access and activate it on my iPhone through the Google Home …

Replay: Experts discuss Google Shopping on Live with Search Engine Land This Friday, Search Engine Land Editor-in-Chief Ginny Marvin lead a discussion on the ins and outs of Google Shopping. She was joined by experts Kirk Williams, owner of ZATO Marketing, and Mike Ryan, product management lead at Smarter Ecommerce. …

Up next on Live with Search Engine Land Facebook ads pro, Gil David, founder of Facebook and Instagram Ads consultancy Run DMG, and Florian Litterst of Adsventure.de, will join Search Engine Land Editor-in-Chief Ginny Marvin for a deep dive into Facebook’s big push into e-commerce: Facebook Shops. At 12:00 pm …

Leaves of Flowerless Plants to Stimulate Earlier Flowering Bumblebees rely heavily on pollen resources for essential nutrients as they build their summer colonies. Therefore, annual differences in the availability of these resources must simply be tolerated, but a team of researchers from ETH Zürich and the Universite Paris-Saclay made observations …

Study:Reduces Personal Risk of Acquiring Seasonal Coronavirus Infection Study: Regular Handwashing Reduces Personal Risk of Acquiring Seasonal Coronavirus InfectionIn a new study looking at 1,633 participants of the England-wide Flu Watch project, a team of researchers found that moderate-frequency handwashing (6-10 times per day) was associated with a reduced overall …

Archaeologists Find 1,750-Year-Old Cultivated Rice Grains in Uzbekistan A team of archeologists from China, Uzbekistan, and Germany has found evidence that japonica-like rice was an important food in Central Asia as early as 250 CE. Botanical remains from the Khalchayan site, Uzbekistan: (1-2) Oryza sativa; (3) Hordeum vulgare; (4) Triticum …

Scientists Sequence An international team of researchers has successfully sequenced the genome of Penium margaritaceum, a single-celled alga species that belongs to Zygnematophyceae, the sister lineage to land plants, provides many clues to how aquatic plants first colonized land. Penium margaritaceum. Image credit: Cornell University. Penium margaritaceum belongs to a …

Naomi Osaka According to a story posted on Forbes.com on Friday, the 22-year-old player earned $37.4 million from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2020, from endorsements and prize money, eclipsing Serena Williams ($36 million) in that span. Forbes said Osaka’s total is a one-year record for a female athlete, …

Call Analytics tools in the spotlight: Marketing’s unsung heroes As my state begins opening up after implementing stay home orders, I’m finding I’m interacting with businesses much more on the phone. I’m not talking about clicking on apps or engaging with a mobile browser. I’m referring to that unsung hero …