With an eye toward deal-seekers, Google releases promotions, pricing updates for both advertisers and users this holiday season

Along with updates for merchants’ holiday Shopping campaign efforts, on Thursday, Google announced consumer-facing updates in Shopping that retail marketers should pay attention to — particularly as it relates to the importance of pricing and promotions. Retail advertisers will also have access to more reporting and performance insights for Shopping campaigns and new customer targeting…

How to turn the internet into a safer space for women

Sandie Cheng narrates a conversation with Lizzie Valasquez, Anita Sarkesian, Renee Bracy Sherman where share their personal experiences and explore how we can do things differently in order to be better allies to women online. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Social Media, Social Good Summit, Lizzie Velasquez, and Tik Tok

New ad asks Mark Zuckerberg if Facebook makes his kids proud

When Joe Biden and Donald Trump take to the stage on Thursday for the final presidential debate, someone else will be put in the hot seat: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. A new video is set to air on TV that night targeting the Facebook founder. The organization behind the clip, Accountable Tech, is spending $250,000…

What Prime Day signals for 2020 holiday retail

Consumers’ accelerated shift to online shopping will be one of the lasting trends of 2020. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of U.S. holiday shoppers said they plan to shop online more for the holidays during COVID-19, a Google survey found. It’s unclear whether Amazon’s Prime Day shift from July to October will last post-pandemic, but the timing…

How to Use Self-Liquidating Offers in Your Facebook Ads

How to Use Self-Liquidating Offers in Your Facebook Ads : Social Media Examiner Worth Exploring: Social Media Marketing Industry Report In our 12th annual social media study (46 pages, 60+ charts) of 5,200+ marketers, you’ll discover which social networks marketers most plan on using, organic social activities, paid social media plans, and much more! Get…

Twitter hack shows need for cybersecurity regulations, govt. report says

In the eyes of government regulators, critical services and lax cybersecurity don’t mix — especially when those services support the online accounts of former president Barack Obama, former vice president Joe Biden, and current president Donald Trump. The embarrassing and costly Twitter hack this past July served as more than just a wake-up call for…

Google confirms it doesn’t index passages separately

Google has confirmed on Twitter much of what we wrote in our story: How Google indexes passages of a page and what it means for SEO. Google wrote “this change doesn’t mean we’re indexing individual passages independently of pages. We’re still indexing pages and considering info about entire pages for ranking. But now we can…

How to Use Visual Storytelling in Your Marketing: 5 Ways

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99% of Google’s indexing issues fully resolved

Google has posted another update regarding the indexing issues with mobile-indexing and canonicalization. As of last Wednesday, October 14, 2020, the final indexing issue has been resolved, outside of minor “edge cases.” The statement. Google said “Final update: the canonical issue was effectively resolved last Wednesday, with about 99% of the URLs restored. We expect…