Google My Business is bringing videos to the photos dashboard, allowing business owners to upload videos, and view videos uploaded by customers. The ability for businesses to upload videos to their own listing is a brand new feature, and could prove to be an effective marketing tool. The ability for customers to upload videos to…
I was listening to The Read recently — it’s my favorite podcast — and I was struck by co-host Kid Fury’s observations about reaching the end of the year and feeling tired. I posted how I felt on Instagram: “Can’t add one more plan tired. Hard to get excited about exciting things tired. Can’t project,…
Google’s John Mueller recently offered a fascinating insight into the kinds of images that are and are’t properly indexed by Google Image search. Getting indexed by Google search can be important for publishers because of the traffic. Others feel that ranking high in Google search doesn’t add value. Mueller’s advice offers something for publishers of…
Shares 725 Do you use Facebook video ads? Want them to be more effective? To explore how to use Facebook video ads to sell in a very creative way, I interview Tommie Powers. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to…
Facebook is re-tweaking its News Feed again. This time it wants to bring it back to friends and family instead of viral videos and media posts, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post Thursday. SEE ALSO: Stop reading what Facebook tells you to read “I’m changing the goal I give our product teams from…
Google’s new Search Console experience has some advanced filtering options that weren’t previously available when the public beta launched earlier this week. One of the most notable changes to the new Search Console is that reports now contain 16 months of data. Along with access to all this new data there are now new ways…
I deleted Facebook’s app off my phone more than a month ago. And reader: I feel free. My days of mindlessly scrolling through random updates from my mom’s friends and people I haven’t spoken to since high school are over. And yours could be too. You just have to delete the app. That’s it. Not…
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Smart speaker sales grew 103% last yearJan 11, 2018 by Greg Sterling The virtual assistant devices became the fastest selling consumer technology last year, dramatically outpacing wearables and VR. Advanced Ad…
Shares 616 The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production, is an episodic video documentary that shows you what really happens inside a growing business. [embedded content] Watch The Journey: Episode 12 The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production. Episode 12 of The Journey follows Michael Stelzner, founder of Social Media Examiner, as he continues to…
Are you interested in learning where video, blogging, and podcasting are heading in 2018? To find out what to watch for in the coming year, we reached out to expert creators and influencers to get their thoughts. #1: Creators Monetize With Cryptocurrencies Due to the low fees on many cryptocurrencies, they will become the transaction…