ADVERTISEMENT Instagram is considering hiding like counts on posts to reduce the sense of competition amongst users. Jane Manchun Wong uncovered the test in the code of Instagram’s Android app: Instagram is testing hiding like count from audiences, as stated in the app: “We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how…
In January 2017, Gary Illyes from Google published a document on the Google blog explaining how crawl budget works to webmasters and SEOs. He has now updated the document to make clear that AJAX (i.e. XHR) calls, can and will consume a site’s crawl budget. The clarification. The update (in italics added here) reads, “Generally,…
Google’s automated smart bidding algorithms can take many signals into account at the time of the each auction — device information, search query, location, etc. Soon, it will add more signals to that list for App and Shopping campaigns, according to a help page. What’s coming? Mobile app ratings will be a factor, with bids…
Search engine optimization, when done correctly, can take a lot of work. This is why so many people are so eager to take shortcuts. Fortunately, there are some tasks that don’t require as much effort, compared to tasks like link building, yet still yield significant gains. I’m a big fan of efficiency, so I love…
ADVERTISEMENT Ready for some detailed advice to help protect your reputation online? The advice you’ll read in this article works for both proactive reputation management, and for those that already have online negative content/reviews about them. Be advised, however, that some sites may be impossible or very hard to beat. Major news sites (e.g., The…
Google’s John Mueller discussed the role of TF-IDF in Google’s algorithm. He discussed what it was and offered a better way to optimize for ranking web pages. What is TF-IDF? Wikipedia has a concise definition of what TF-IDF is: “…tf–idf or TFIDF, short for term frequency–inverse document frequency, is a numerical statistic that is intended…
Content “tactics” are constantly the talk of the town. Skyscrapers, 2.0 versions, long-form, infographics. They all promise game-changing results. But do they really produce them for the majority of those who implement them? Nope. Most marketing tactics have the same, short life journey from concept to explosive popularity, culminating in a swift kick to the…
Like nearly all retailers, a large health and beauty organization is facing escalating competition and CPCs on search. The performance marketing team realizes it can’t keep paying heightening costs to acquire the same levels of revenue from repeat customers. At the same time, the team recognizes it can better coordinate its strategy on other channels.…
For many industry practitioners, including me, the Moz Local Search Ranking Factors report serves as a useful and reference throughout the year to stay abreast of local search ranking signals (disclaimer, I’ve been a participant since 2014). One takeaway from the most recent Moz report that continues to resonate is this: A business’s customer reviews as…
Let me begin this with a full disclaimer. I begin each day by ransacking the news to make sure I know what’s going on in the search world around me. Follow me on Twitter and at some point, in the morning you’ll find a flurry of Tweets – that’s when. For a slide deck I…