Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com According to a new “Future of Retail” report from Walker Sands, 19 percent of consumers have made a purchase using a voice-controlled device in the past 12 months. The numbers go way up, however, for millennials, with 37 percent reporting “they ‘always’ or ‘often’ shop online via …
Read More »Google publishes new FAQ on job search postings for webmasters
Mariya Moeva from Google posted a new and helpful frequently asked questions document in the webmaster help forums around the new job search functions in Google. Google is encouraging webmasters to mark up their job listings so that Google can show them in web search for job-related queries. Yesterday, Google …
Read More »SEM growth hack #4: Grow ROI with cross-channel optimization
This article addresses the importance of optimizing your SEM (search engine marketing), SEO (search engine optimization) and PLA (product listing ads) channels together to gain monster ROI growth in the search channel. Optimization of search advertising often occurs in a vacuum where SEM, SEO and PLA efforts are optimized separately. …
Read More »AMP for Advanced SEOs: SMX Advanced insights
At the SMX Advanced conference in Seattle this year, Ranna Zhou from Google, Scott Sala from iProspect and Paul Shapiro from Catalyst all took deep dives into Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). In today’s post, I’m going to share some of the great information that they provided on the topic. AMP’s expanding …
Read More »Key notes on optimizing for voice search: Conversation, content and context
Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com Voice search, the topic that is on the virtual tip of every marketer’s tongue, currently accounts for one out of every five Google mobile searches — and that number is expected to grow over time as digital assistants and smart home devices become more commonplace. For the modern-day …
Read More »Google tests a Google My Business dashboard within the web search results
Mike Blumenthal has reported that Google is testing a new way to get business owners to update their Google My Business listings. Google is now testing a feature that shows a business owner who is logged in to their account a miniature Google My Business dashboard when they do a search …
Read More »SearchCap: Google My Business dash, AMP for SEO & duplicate ads
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 tests a Google My Business dashboard within the web search resultsJul 11, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google is testing a method to get more business …
Read More »8 major Google ranking signals in 2017
It’s no secret that Google’s ranking algorithm is made up of over 200 components, or “signals.” And while the list is impressive, it can get daunting if you’re a just regular human with 24 hours in a day. Luckily, SEO isn’t about getting every tiny thing right; it’s about …
Read More »Attack of the clones: Here’s a script to fight duplicated ads
You know those nightmares where your reflection comes out of the mirror and steals your life? Just me? Well, anyway, this is like that — but in AdWords. Sometimes you make a mistake with AdWords Editor, but instead of changing the existing ad, you create a new one. Or you’re …
Read More »SearchCap: Google menu list, Bing popular content & paid mistakes
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 adds menu tab to restaurants’ local panelJul 10, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google is now adding more tab options to the local panel. Not only …
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