Twitter is testing a new ‘Quotes’ counter

Twitter might make it easier for users to view quote retweets.  The social network confirmed to The Verge over the weekend that it’s testing a new feature. For some people, quote retweets now appear as “Quotes” under tweets, with their own counter, similar to how the number of retweets and likes are displayed.  Twitter updated…

Facebook just banned one of its biggest QAnon groups

Hundreds of thousands of advocates of the QAnon conspiracy theory are going to have to find a new online hangout. The second largest QAnon group on Facebook has been banned from the platform, the social network announced Thursday. The group, called “Official Q/Qanon,” had nearly 200,000 members at the time of its removal. Facebook said…

WordPress Suspends Astra Theme – Affects 1 Million Users via @martinibuster

Popular WordPress theme Astra with over one million users has been suspended for five weeks. The punishment is in response to alleged violations of WordPress prohibitions against adding affiliate links into themes. Astra Theme Removed from WordPress Repository Following a link for the official Astra theme WordPress page shows that the theme is not available…

How to Build & Scale a Program for Global SEO Success via @JakeAdelman12

Oftentimes in the SEO community and industries in general, the concept of “enterprise SEO” is associated with website size rather than organization size. When in reality, enterprise SEO is a large-scale, strategic approach to search in an organization. There is no hard-pressed rule where if you have X number of employees, you’ve now crossed over…

Advanced Facebook Audience Targeting for eCommerce Businesses

Advanced Facebook Audience Targeting for eCommerce Businesses : Social Media Examiner Worth Exploring: Social Media Marketing Industry Report In our 12th annual social media study (46 pages, 60+ charts) of 5,200+ marketers, you’ll discover which social networks marketers most plan on using, organic social activities, paid social media plans, and much more! Get this free…

Learn how to succeed in digital marketing with these online classes

TL;DR: Learn to build your online presence with the Complete Digital Marketing Growth Hacking Certification bundle for $34.99, a 97% savings as of Aug. 7.  Contrary to what it seems, digital marketing goes way beyond posting on Facebook and getting listed in Google. If you’re going to succeed as a marketer in 2020, knowledge of…

Google adds ‘last updated’ hours notification to GMB profiles

Google My Business (GMB) profiles now indicate when business hours were last updated. A small but important change, this happened roughly two weeks ago. Not a test. Some SEOs interpreted this as a test when it first appeared, but I confirmed with Google today that it’s not. In the examples below — both are London…

Google updates Search Console API infrastructure

Google announced it has been working on upgrading the API for Google Search Console. Although Google said “the API is backward compatible and there are currently no changes in scope or functionality,” there are some changes you should be aware of. The changes. Google said that some may have “already noticed some minor changes, but in general,…