Bing Entity Search API is now available

Bing announced that their Bing Entity Search API is now available to US based users and also in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom regions. The Bing Entity Search API lets developers and creators programmatically pull in Bing Knowledge Graph structured data on topics such as people, places,…

13 Best Practice Tips to Create & Optimize XML Sitemaps by @ab80

Creating a sitemap is an important part of optimizing any website. Not only do sitemaps provide search engines with a blueprint of how your website is laid out, but they can also include valuable metadata such as: How often each page is updated. When they were last changed. How important pages are in relation to…

BuzzFeed CEO on Secret to Succeeding with Facebook by @martinibuster

Facebook’s new algorithm change has affected a Facebook page called LittleThings that was popular for it’s viral content. It is reported that the business owners claimed their traffic decreased by 75%. It remains to be seen how many other businesses that depend on Facebook will begin to wither as the toll from the algorithm takes effect.…

Google Word Coach, a fun word game in the search results

Google has added a new feature named Google Word Coach to the Google dictionary and translate boxes within web search for non-English searchers. When you do a search that triggers a dictionary or translate box, Google may show you this Word Coach that helps you “expand English-language vocabulary in a fun and engaging way,” a…