Do online social casino ads drive you crazy? Well, they will now start appearing in your Google AdSense ads… unless you explicitly opt-out of them. Did you know your AdSense ads will start displaying social casino ads on your site unless you… Click To Tweet Google describes the ads as “includes simulated gambling games (including, […]
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Google Filling Autocomplete with Competitors & Related Articles, Complete with URLs
Google is back with yet another auto-complete change that they are testing… And Google has kicked it up a notch from the test in late March where Google was filling autocomplete with comeptitor’s names. Now they are also including the title of the competitors website as well as the site’s URL. This autocomplete works similarly […]
Content Crisis: Why Losing Your Audience’s Trust Dooms Your SEO
We often talk about trust in SEO. We want links from trusted domains. We want Google to trust our sites. But today let’s talk about a different kind of trust – that of your audience. For publishers, content is your product and your brand. You establish a relationship with your audience through the content you […]
Google Local Pack Results Back After Being Missing Monday & Tuesday
On Monday evening and into Tuesday morning, people began noticing that local pack results were no longer being shown in the Google Search results. People in various countries were noticing the missing pack results, however this was affecting multiple browsers, users and countries. While many people feel that it was simply a bug in the […]
Google Testing New URL Structure in Mobile Search Results
Google is testing a brand new URL structure and style in their displayed URL in the mobile Google Search results. Gone are all the /…/ for truncated URLs. Instead, Google is serving up the category names as the URL structure goes deeper, with > between each. Why you should look at your site’s URL structure […]
Dear SEO Industry: Haters Don’t HAVE to Hate
Last Friday, Bill Hartzer’s SEO agency, Globe Runner, announced that Matt Cutts had joined their already notable team as Director of Search. Those of us that have followed Matt for years in his position as head of Google’s Web Spam team can appreciate how much value that could add to any agency’s offering. Bill and […]
Experienced Mobile Marketers Show Strong Interest in Ad Opportunities Involving Wearables, Connected Cars, and Connected TVs
According to a new study, 76% of brand marketers consider programmatic buying in mobile advertising to be an important development, but despite this enthusiasm, relatively low numbers of marketers are currently purchasing ads programmatically. The study was commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence and conducted by Ovum. Based on […]
Facebook’s New Local Events Alerts
Local marketing on Facebook got a lot more interesting – and probably more expensive – as Facebook expands into local events promotions. Facebook added a new section to Facebook pages called “Subscribed Events”. This allows users to subscribe to a Facebook Page’s Events, and those users will be alerted that an event is happening close […]
Bing Ads Ending Support for Bing Ads Editor 10.4 & Older on March 31st
If you are a creature of habit and tend to not download a new version of Bing Ads Editor unless you need a new feature or it breaks, you better get downloading quickly as Bing Ads is ending support on March 31st on the Bing Ads Editor 10.4 and older. The latest version of Bing […]
Google Running New Ad Knowledge Graphs for Illegal Download Type Searches
Google has a brand new knowledge graph for television and movie related searches… but they only appear on the types of searches that often implies that the searcher is likely looking to illegally download it instead of purchasing. Here is how they appear, at the top of the search results for a television show. And […]