Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Dear Google: 4 suggestions for fixing your massive problem with fake reviewsJun 15, 2017 by Joy Hawkins Columnist and local search expert Joy Hawkins notes that …
Read More »Setting up and testing AMP for WordPress: A quick 7-step guide
In today’s mobile-centric world, having pages that load quickly is essential for satisfying the user. Not only that, but the effects of slow page speed have been correlated to a decease in overall revenue and an increase in page abandonment. Users have come to expect mobile sites to load just as quickly …
Read More »Dear Google: 4 suggestions for fixing your massive problem with fake reviews
Hey Google, If you’re reading this, you already know that fake reviews on Google have been a hot topic lately — and it appears the problem is getting a lot worse, resulting in a huge headache for small business owners. Rather than outlining all the issues and turning this post …
Read More »SearchCap: Google mobile index, Bing ads in-market targeting and Pinterest search
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’s mobile-first index likely not coming until 2018 at earliestJun 13, 2017 by Matt McGee At SMX Advanced, Gary Illyes says Google will “communicate a lot” …
Read More »Compare 6 top content management systems
Selecting the right CMS is a critical part of creating your business website. From basic capabilities for adding and editing content to more robust role and workflow management to support your internal processes, understanding and selecting a CMS that works for your end user and your organization is an imperative …
Read More »Why ‘good’ isn’t good enough in Google Shopping
Growing revenue in Google Shopping by 80 percent YoY sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? But what if I told you that, based on that growth percentage, you were actually losing ground to your competition? Well, that is exactly the situation retailers using Google Shopping find themselves in today. As an …
Read More »2017 growth hacks: Optimizing organic market share
Welcome back to my eight-part series providing growth hacks to search marketers. I began by sharing growth hacks for protecting your valuable branded keywords in PPC, including teaming up with affiliates and knocking out unwanted competitors with search engine complaints. Next, I discussed how to use competitive data to boost …
Read More »How Pinterest has developed computer-vision technology to power visual search for users and brands
Pinterest wants to do for visual search what Google has done for text search. Since assembling a small team to develop computer-vision technology in 2014, the search-slash-social platform — where each month 175 million people organize, share and, increasingly, find ideas ranging from food recipes to interior design to …
Read More »Bing Ads piloting in-market & custom audience targeting
In-market and customer match audience targeting capabilities are coming to Bing Ads. Pilots for both features were announced Tuesday by Bing Ads General Manager Steve Sirich during a keynote conversation at SMX Advanced in Seattle. In-market: The in-market audience pilot is running in the US only. In building in-market audience …
Read More »SMX Advanced keynote: Google explains mobile-first, featured snippets data & more
Good morning! Day one of our SMX Advanced conference is here, and it begins with a change of pace: Our traditional Google keynote conversation kicks things off today, rather than being the final session of day one. Our founding editor, Danny Sullivan, will be chatting for the next hour or …
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