A playbook published by Facebook details the most effective ways to use stories amid the coronavirus outbreak. The 8-page document aims to provide clarity at a time when businesses are uncertain how to best reach and serve their customers. Businesses have taken to using stories as a way to connect with people and add value…
“Everybody was a little bit turned off by the idea of doing it,” Michelle Morgan, director of client services at Clix Marketing, said of one client’s initial reaction to expanding their top-of-funnel marketing efforts during our PPC for B2B session of Live with Search Engine Land. “But, talk about ‘turning on a dime,’ now we…
[embedded content] What’s the first rule of SEO? Write good content. But, with the world grappling with a pandemic, how should you adjust? Our next Live with Search Engine Land discussion focuses on content marketing. The discussion, led by Search Engine Land’s George Nguyen, dives into what brands should be communicating, ways to stand out…
[embedded content] What’s the first rule of SEO? Write good content. But, with the world grappling with a pandemic, how should you adjust? Our next Live with Search Engine Land discussion focuses on content marketing. The discussion, led by Search Engine Land’s George Nguyen, dives into what brands should be communicating, ways to stand out…
In an unusual update to search, Google is letting users know when the results they’re seeing are lower-than-average quality. When Google is not quite able to match a user’s query with relevant results, it will display the following message: “It looks like there aren’t any great matches for your search.” Google does its best to…
“Normally in an office environment, you’ve got a long sales cycle — it takes forever to get through all the stakeholders and everyone’s busy with meetings,” AdAlysis’ Brad Geddes said during our PPC for B2B session of Live with Search Engine Land, adding “Now, things that are normally six-month buy cycles, we’re seeing happen in…
Google’s concept of “E-A-T” (expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness) has become a hot topic in the SEO community in recent years, as well as a source of many myths and misconceptions. One of the most prominent questions and mysteries surrounding E-A-T is whether, and the extent to which, it is a direct ranking factor in Google’s…
“I was expecting that people would be more like, ‘No, we don’t want updates,’” said Daniel Waisberg, search advocate at Google, in response to a Twitter poll that Search Engine Land News Editor Barry Schwartz posted asking whether Google should temporarily halt algorithm updates during the COVID-19 outbreak. Should Google stop pushing out search algorithm…
LinkedIn has been spotted working on a feature that will allow users to easily add a poll to any post. The feature was uncovered by Jane Manchun Wong, an expert at finding unreleased features by reverse engineering apps. LinkedIn is working on polls pic.twitter.com/Dwh8IrSsOw — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 18, 2020 According to the…
It’s no secret that LinkedIn’s ad targeting is by far the best out there for B2B, and it just got a bit sweeter. Last week, LinkedIn released two new forms of company targeting, and they’re not phoning it in – both are excellent and will be useful to our accounts. The new ad targeting types…