Google has always given brands preferential treatment. They get better rankings with fewer links. They get “penalized” for improper conduct, only to resurface a few weeks later. Small brands, on the other hand? ADVERTISEMENT Never get the benefit of the doubt. Need to earn twice as many links. And never resurface. Ever. And this is only accelerating. It’s only…
Does your page use Facebook events? Want to retarget ads to people who engage with your events on Facebook? In this article, you’ll discover three ways to target audiences using Facebook event engagement custom audiences. How to Use Facebook Event Targeting in Your Facebook Ads by Kristi Hines on Social Media Examiner. #1: Target People…
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Shares 464 Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show with Erik Fisher and Kim Reynolds, we explore Facebook expanding AR Studio with Joel Comm, Instagram hashtag…
If there’s one thing we should all be able to agree on about The Last Jedi it’s most definitely the Porgs. Now, Facebook is helping you relive all the best Porg moments from The Last Jedi and then some, thanks to the social network’s new Porg Invasion game. SEE ALSO: Everything You Need to Know…
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: European press agencies push for licensing fees for their content from Google, FacebookDec 15, 2017 by Greg Sterling It remains to be seen whether European legislators and regulators will pick up…
Google has faced off several times against European news publishers and governments in Germany and Spain, seeking to get the company to pay copyright fees for the indexing of news content. Google has largely prevailed in these instances. However, that hasn’t deterred publishers from continuing to make the case that the US internet giants should…
My wife came to me with a problem. She wanted festive, whimsical, and potentially matching Hanukkah pajamas. But there weren’t enough options coming up in Google under one spelling of the holiday’s name, so she told me she was systematically going through all spellings to compile her list of shopping items. I was pretty surprised…
Facebook is a symbol of one of the great debates of the 21st century: Is social media a gift to humanity, or is it a curse that drives us further apart and deeper into our own ideological echo chambers? There is no simple answer to that question, which is why it frequently becomes a cultural…
2017 was a relatively calm year, at least in terms of major Google algorithm updates. In 2016, we saw the advent of Penguin 4.0, Possum, a major Mobile-Friendliness update, and big changes to AdWords, to name a few. This year, Google’s been relatively quiet since the “Fred” update dropped in March. ADVERTISEMENT What we have…