Searchers will soon start seeing videos on Google Maps listings, as the company is giving Local Guides the ability to upload video with an Android device. Videos on Google Maps can be viewed by users on iOS, Android, or desktop – but for the time being they can only be uploaded on Android. ADVERTISEMENT Google…
Last May, Google introduced the ability to find out if a local retailer had specific products in stock right from the knowledge panel listing for the retailer. Now, it’s dedicating a whole lot more real estate to the feature. Glenn Gabe, digital marketing consultant at G-Squared Interactive, tweeted a look at the update. Below are…
Broken links are an epidemic. A recent study Rowe Digital (full disclosure: this is my company) looked at 90 publishers and websites and found over 65,000 broken outbound links (i.e., links generating 404 errors). Broken link building has existed as a strategy for many years, but its approach has continued to be honed and perfected. ADVERTISEMENT…
Anyone who’s been in the industry for a while is no stranger to the fact that SEO is constantly changing. As we now have a plethora of tools to help us cut through the massive amounts of big data we have at our finger tips, data-based SEO has changed the way we make decisions, allowing…
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 AdWords doubles the number of Sitelinks on search adsAug 25, 2017 by Barry Schwartz With the new Sitelinks format for Google AdWords, you can now have as many as 8…
When Google launched their broad match modified match type some years ago, some marketers hailed the demise of phrase match as something of a foregone conclusion. Many, ourselves included, quickly shifted gears and rolled out new campaigns using a combination of broad match modified (BMM), exact match and negative match keywords. And others did not.…
Summer 2016 seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? Barack Obama was president, the Chicago Cubs were carrying on their 108-year losing streak and swimmer Ryan Lochte was busy fabricating a story about getting robbed at gunpoint while representing the US at the Rio Olympic Games. One of the biggest digital stories to come out of last…
SEO is commonly defined as a methodology of strategies and tactics used to increase a website’s organic visibility on the web. One word you don’t often see when looking at its definition is “experimentation.” Why is that? ADVERTISEMENT Experimentation is at the forefront of SEO. Experimentation is what drives the industry forward. Without SEO experiments,…
A buyer’s overall experience is critical to closing a sale. When it comes to online shopping and e-commerce in general, the importance of speed cannot be emphasized enough. After all, more than 40 percent of users will leave a website if it takes more than three seconds to load. Search engines promote and give a higher…
Facebook was quick to offer support for 360-degree photos and video, now it’s going a step further by allowing users to capture 360-degree photos within mobile app. The ability to capture 360-degree photos is available on both iOS and Android. Capturing 360-Degree Photos At the top of the screen where you update your status, you…