Moderation Tips to Avoid a Toxic Community via @martinibuster

ADVERTISEMENT Many Facebook Group administrators are experiencing growth. Without proper moderation, a community can easily slip into becoming toxic. Here are some tips for avoiding common mistakes. I have been moderating communities since 2003, both my own communities as an administrator  and as a moderator at WebmasterWorld.  I have quite a bit of experience with…

How to Use Instagram to Generate Organic Leads

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Twitter forgot about dead people, pauses plan to release inactive accounts

Twitter forgot about dead people.  The social media giant awkwardly copped to that fact late Wednesday morning with a tweet admitting that, perhaps, its recently announced plan to free up inactive accounts for new registration may not have been entirely thought through. Specifically, the company admitted to overlooking the impact such a process might have…

How to Build Links Using Q&A Sites via @JuliaEMcCoy

Opinions vary among SEO experts about whether adding links to question-and-answer sites is a valid link building tactic. It depends on how you approach Q&A sites though, and how much you depend on these forums for driving traffic. The thing is, people typically use long-tail queries to conduct searches now, and are asking questions rather…

Back to basics: Understanding your paid search metrics

One of the great things about paid search is the fact that you can track everything. If someone visits your store after seeing your billboard or TV spot, there’s no real way to trace that.  However, if someone sees your paid search ad and visits your website, you know how they got to your site.…

How to Improve Your YouTube Video Views

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Google cleans up [Christmas]

Yesterday, you (or the kids) may have been in for a surprise if you searched Google for the term [Christmas]. Hide the kids. Here is a look at some of the NSFW Shopping ads that were showing for the query as of last evening. Cleaned up. Google has since demonetized the page, removing all ads…

Video: Andrea Cruz Lopez on Google Ads expanding match types

I sat down with Andrea Cruz Lopez from KoMarketing in their Boston office to discuss all the good things around Google Ads. But if you know me, I like to talk about more of the “bad things” – so we kicked things off talking about the change where Google Ads expanded more match types back…