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…
“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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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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When advertisers upload a customer list, Google will now show them the estimated match rate (the percentage of the list that is usable with Customer Match) the company announced Thursday. Match rate data is also be available for previously uploaded customer lists as well. The estimated match rate is shown after advertisers upload a customer…
Google has added a new feature to report an indexing issue directly to their search team. You can access this feature in the footer of URL inspection help document and indexing coverage report document. Google is “currently piloting this in the US only and it should be fully available to all in the US within…