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A video in Google’s Lightning Talks series, titled the state of web search engine optimization, presents data on how websites are following standard SEO practices.Aleyda Solis, SEO consultant and founder [...]

Today in a move toward increasing brand safety on the web, Google announced the addition of dynamic exclusion lists to help advertisers simplify the management of negative placements.What are Dynamic [...]

The O’Jays 1975 hit single “Give The People What They Want!” should be the theme song and guiding mantra of every dedicated content marketer.After all, the primary focus of content [...]

A recent Google research paper on Long Form Question Answering illustrates how difficult it is to answer questions that need longer and nuanced answers. While the researchers were able to [...]

LinkedIn users can now address gaps in employment history with profile options to indicate when life events such as a parental leave or sabbatical occurred.In addition, LinkedIn is making it [...]

Aside from the tasty chocolate candy many of us enjoy eating in the springtime, ‘Easter eggs’ have an entirely different meaning when they come from Google.An Easter Egg is an [...]

We have heard for years that Chatbots are the future and although we have seen some significant progress in the concept and application, they are still impersonal and not as [...]

Wordfence security researchers discovered that virtually every plugin tested that adds functionality to Elementor had a vulnerability. Many of the contacted plugin publishers updated their plugins but not all of [...]

Want to get more traffic and higher rankings for your WordPress website?WordPress makes it easy to structure, manage, and publish your content in a way that is friendly for search [...]

As Google’s search results have increasingly become more visual, the importance of image optimization has grown — particularly in ecommerce, travel, and other verticals where users expect multiple views of [...]

YouTube launched its version of audio ads, part of the platform’s strategy to engage music and podcast listeners, in November 2020.YouTube audio ads give advertisers another avenue for capturing the [...]

Can you learn more about content marketing — especially content distribution — from watching TV than from reading other content marketing writers’ columns?Yes. Absolutely.This isn’t just some justification for my [...]

This post was sponsored by SEOmonitor. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own.A reliable core rank tracker is crucial for the SEO business growth of your agency.Many [...]

In a recent anti-trust case, it has been alleged that Google has been giving their own ads an unfair advantage within the Google Display Network in a program called “Project [...]

Instagram factsWhen did Instagram come out?How much is Instagram worth?How many Instagram users are there?Instagram account growth statisticsInstagram Top InfluencersHow much can you earn on Instagram?Top Brands on InstagramInstagram photo [...]

It’s 2021 and we can successfully launch a rocket into space, but we can’t stop the spread of misinformation on the internet.Even in marketing, there are things we’ve heard (and [...]

In a Google SEO office-hours hangout someone asked John Mueller about the update schedule for the ranking factor associated with the Core Web Vitals (CWV) scores. Will the ranking factor [...]

Changes to DuckDuckGo Browser ExtensionChanges to DuckDuckGo Search EngineFinal Notes About FLoCDuckDuckGo announces plans to block FLoC, Google’s new way of tracking users’ web browsing activity in Chrome.As Google transitions [...]

Pinterest Creator CodePinterest Comment Moderation ToolsPinterest Creator FundPinterest announces it will soon implement a mandatory code of conduct, called the Creator Code, aimed at maintaining a positive experience for all [...]

Google DiscoverWhat Changed in Google DiscoverSatirical ContentReport that Google Incorrectly Labeling News as SatireCitationGoogle updated it’s Google Discover policies to add five kinds of content that may be excluded from [...]

Data LeakReport of Clubhouse “Data Leak”Was Confidential Information Leaked?Possibly Not a Data LeakWhy This May Not be a Data Leak of ClubhouseCitationsA data leak of Clubhouse member information has been [...]

YouTube Usage StatisticsFacebook Usage StatisticsInstagram Usage StatisticsOther Usage StatisticsMore adults in the US use YouTube than any other social network, according to a study from Pew Research Center.Of US adults [...]

Google’s latest Lighting Talks video focuses on doing SEO for web stories and tracking how they perform in search.Pascal Birchler, Developer Relations Engineer at Google, leads the discussion by breaking [...]

New Filtering in Google Search ConsoleNew Features in Microsoft AdvertisingContent Optimization: Is It You or the Algorithm?Take of the WeekICYMILightning RoundHosts Jess Budde, Greg Finn, and Christine “Shep” Zirnheld are [...]