Google shares search traffic monitoring dashboard for Data Studio

Google has created a new Data Studio template. You can use Google’s Search traffic monitoring dashboard to quickly see if there are any significant changes to the performance of your most important pages and help uncover whether you may have any potential SEO issues.  Google also announced that its Search Console connector now includes Discover…

How to keep your SEO clients engaged: 8 communication touchpoints

SEO is not a set-it-and-forget-it thing, even if you or some of your clients wish it were. But all parties need to stay engaged in the project from start to finish for success. That means communication is key. Having a plan for how you will communicate with your clients throughout the engagement is an important…

How to write compelling ad copy in a Smart Bidding landscape

Google’s Smart Bidding system is a set of automated ad bidding strategies that use machine learning to help optimize bidding for conversions. It makes it easier for marketers to increase sales, leads, and profits by deploying the most effective ads at scale. However, this advanced advertising technology doesn’t negate marketers’ responsibility for crafting rich, engaging…

The secret Wikipedia prank behind the Pringles mascot’s first name

Julius Pringle is living a lie. The mustache-sporting mascot for the popular Kellogg’s-owned brand of dehydrated processed potato crisps has gone through numerous redesigns over the years, most recently losing his stylized flop of hair, but throughout it all his name has remained a constant: Julius Pringle, or, if a Kellogg’s copywriter was feeling particularly…

Instagram’s chronological feed is back, but you have to work for it

Instagram just threw you a bone. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, announced Tuesday that, after almost six disjointed years, Instagram users can once again view their feeds in chronological order. The company unveiled two new feed options, Favorites and Following, tacitly acknowledging that its algorithm-fueled home timeline isn’t cutting it for some users.…

Twitter decides against force-feeding users its algorithm after all

Twitter just thought better of it. The social media company most associated with the reverse-chronological feed announced Monday that it would pause recently touted plans to let users quickly swipe between Latest and Home timelines. Seemingly at issue was not the ability to easily change between the two layouts, but rather the company’s frustrating decision…