Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series looking back at the history of Google algorithm updates. Enjoy! In 2013, the major algorithm update that had everyone talking was the Payday Loan Update. This update was significant and impacted approximately 0.3 percent of queries in the U.S. At the time, Matt Cutts, head of…
I’ve tweeted over 60,000 times, but I’d never seen anything like this. As of this writing, one of my tweets has collected 100,000 likes and over 42,000 retweets, and counting. All in less than 24 hours. SEE ALSO: Twitter has spoken: Taylor Swift is not the ‘badder bitch’ The tweet is not extraordinary. It’s a…
Shares 251 Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. Join us live for the Social Media Marketing Talk Show with Michael Stelzner as we explore the Facebook Creator app with Mari Smith, Instagram changes…
The search community has long fostered collaboration, knowledge sharing and comraderie among its members. Beginning today, we’re going to regularly feature news about what people are up to, where they’re headed, awards received and other notes about those that make up our diverse industry. Keep an eye on our “Community Corner” feature to stay up…
With the growing importance of Google Shopping campaigns in paid search results for brands and manufacturers, getting product data correct and consistent has become an increasingly urgent task. It’s been a somewhat sleepy product, but this week, Google announced new features and an expansion of Manufacturer Center. Launched in 2015, Google Manufacturer Center was designed…
Michael Flynn has plead guilty to lying to the FBI and many on social media have resurfaced a clip from his RNC speech to point out his hypocrisy. Read more… More about Politics, Russia, Mashable Video, Donald Trump, and Social Media
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 officially increases length of snippets in search resultsDec 1, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Company says change is meant to provide more descriptive snippets. Merkle: Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales from…
As hellfire prepares to rain down on the White House, former FBI Director James Comey is chillin’, you know, just getting his Instagram on. After news broke that Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contact with Russia, Comey responded by posting his first Instagram and…
Getting your car stolen is one of the worst things, but finding it can be MUCH easier than it was a decade ago. Over Thanksgiving week, Sebastiaan de With, a freelance designer and photographer, got his Land Rover Defender stolen in the San Francisco Bay Area, after just having purchased it a little over a…
Using company or personnel online profiles to generate links is a tricky subject. Some people think it is spammy or misleading, especially when someone creates profiles for the sole purpose of getting links. However, even though there are shady marketers out there that intend to twist the purpose of profiles, it doesn’t mean you can’t…