Google is increasing its efforts to combat fraud on its search network with new verification processes aimed at weeding out scammers and con artists. According to an email sent to several of Google’s biggest contributors, the company is testing an advanced verification process in San Diego aimed at stomping out a growing scheme in the […]
Do you want the most coveted Twitter feature limited to only the biggest names online? You can have it with just a few simple steps. I’m not talking about a new way to share your tweets, but this one small feature will immediately establish you as an authority across all of Twitter. That’s right, I’m […]
Is voice search the next big thing? While more and more people are becoming accustomed to talking into their smartphones, tablets, and smart watches to take notes, get answers, and send messages, most people consider voice search a novelty. However, Bing’s “Search Evangelist” says voice search could become ubiquitous with online searching sooner than you […]
Were you punished by Google’s Penguin algorithm? If you have, there is a good chance you’ve been waiting a year or longer to recover after taking all the necessary steps to have your site reconsidered. Thankfully, as part of the latest update to Penguin, you won’t have to wait much longer to see if you’ve […]
Earlier this year, Facebook was excited to announce that over three million businesses actively advertise on their social ad network. Now, just seven months later, the company has added another million businesses to that number. In comparison, Facebook’s biggest competition in the social advertising field, Twitter, only took in a little over 130,000 advertisers in […]
Video is finally experiencing the dominance many have claimed it would rise to since the release of YouTube. No matter which platform you look at, it is hard not to see videos littered throughout all your feeds. This includes Twitter, which has made video a major part of its platform. As such, Twitter has also […]
Google’s Penguin algorithm has been a core part of the search engines efforts to fight spam and low-quality content for years, but it has always been its own thing. The algorithm ran separate from Google’s core algorithm and was refreshed periodically. But that is all changing. Starting today, Penguin is running in real-time as part […]
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) are starting to appear in organic search results, after months of only appearing in the ‘top stories’ carousel. What is Google AMP? As the internet becomes increasingly mobile, Google has made site speed a top priority within its search results. Part of their effort to speed up the web has […]
In response to the surge in mobile browsing, Google has encouraged webmasters to optimize their sites for users across a wide variety of devices, like smartphones and tablets. However, one of Google’s most popular services, Gmail, hasn’t been as quick to change over. Brands hoping to optimize their emails for on-the-go users have been increasingly […]
Online advertising is something many people hate. While some brands make it their effort to provide valuable ads in an un-intrusive format, it seems like the majority of websites and advertisers would rather bombard you with full-page interstitials, auto-playing video ads, and pop-ups no matter where you look. That is likely going to change soon. […]
