Bing announced the Content Submission API is now in more of a public beta phase after being in a private beta for over two-years now. The Bing Webmaster Team said now, in addition to the URL submission API, it now gives publishers and site owners “the ability to notify Bing directly about URL along with…
If at first you don’t succeed… Twitter announced Wednesday an update to its ongoing effort to pare back the volume of what it deems to be toxic replies sloshing around the social media platform. Specifically, starting May 5 on the Twitter iOS app and shortly thereafter on the Android app, English-language users may be shown…
“Have you ever thought of starting your own business?” Jack asked me during a phone call in early 2018. “No,” I replied. Of course, the answer was “no.” Why would I have ever thought of starting my own business? No one in my immediate family had a business, and my parents didn’t push it. I…
Driving organic traffic to your site but not seeing enough conversions? Then your content might not be meeting the users’ needs. To drive conversions, you need to know what your leads are searching for and deliver engaging content that resonates. On April 14, I moderated a Search Engine Journal webinar presented by Anna Niles Charity,…
A new integration between Dynamics 365, Microsoft’s customer data platform, and Microsoft Advertising is now available, the company announced Tuesday at its Microsoft Business Applications Summit. The integration enables advertisers to use their customer segments from Dynamics 365 Customer Insights to reach users in the Microsoft Search Network and Microsoft Audience Network via customer match…
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Even as social media companies improve their accessibility features, there’s still a lot of work to be done before we get to universal access. We talked to social media creators and disability advocates Chrissy Marshall and Molly Burke about how companies and creators can bridge accessibility gaps. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Social Media,…
Bing has added aggregated ratings, expert reviews, product specifications and the ability to compare historic prices across sellers to its shopping search engine, the company announced Thursday. Examples of Bing Shopping results featuring aggregated and expert ratings. Image: Bing. Clicking on the details within a shopping result takes the user to Bing’s detail page for…
It’s common to hear “content is king” in the SEO industry. Although I agree with that statement, it should not be applied cart blanche for every single site in every single situation. In fact, there are cases in which adding too much low-value content can have the opposite effect for SMBs and local businesses. The…
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