With Google’s new mobile ranking signal coming into effect on April 21st, many people questioned whether Google News rankings would be affected with this new ranking signal, or if it would continue serving up the best news source, regardless of whether it is mobile friendly or not. If you are in Google News but are […]
Archives for 2015
Facebook Begins Continuous Video Autoplay Testing
If you weren’t happy about Facebook making the change to autoplay videos, you really won’t like this new change. They are testing a new change where the next video in a suggested playlist will automatically start playing if a user doesn’t select the next video to watch. Facebook confirmed to Re/code that it is part […]
Facebook Launches Video Embedding on Third Party Sites
Facebook has finally given users the ability to embed their Facebook videos on third party sites, a major feature they were missing that saw them lagging behind industry leader YouTube. YouTube makes it easy for users to embed YouTube videos on any website, meaning it is easy for people to embed most videos on a […]
When is the Best Time to Use the Disavow Links Tool for Google Penguin Link Issues?
The Disavow Links tool is one of the most crucial tools for those with unnatural linking penalties. But do you know all the nuances of when and how you should be using the Disavow tool? On the question of when best to use the Disavow Links tool, it totally depends on which scenario we are […]
Google’s New Mobile Ranking Signal Will Take a Week to Roll Out
With Google’s new mobile ranking signal set to roll out in less than a month, there are plenty of questions surrounding just how long the roll out will be. SEOs are accustom to seeing updated algorithms roll out over several days – or even weeks – particularly large scale ones. But with the mobile ranking […]
Bing’s Change to One Page of Search Results for Long Tail Queries Could Hurt Bing Ads Traffic
Bing has changed how they serve search results for some long tail keyword searches, by simply displaying a single page of search results only, without being able to easily view results beyond the first page. Often, for super long tail queries, the search results do tend to get sketchy when you are a couple of […]
Google’s Mobile Ranking Signal Does Not Affect Desktop Searches
There has been a lot of confusion – and some conspiracy theories – about whether the new mobile ranking signal would have any impact or bearing on desktop search results. Google has reiterated what they have said previously – Google’s upcoming mobile ranking signal, which comes into play on April 21st, will not have any […]
Twitter Bringing Foursquare Location Tagging to Tweets
Better geo-tagging of tweets is coming soon with a partnership between Foursquare and Twitter. Since Foursquare split the check-in functionality of their app to a second app Swarm, Facebook has become a more popular avenue for social media users to check in to locations on mobile devices. And while Twitter had been rumored to be […]
Facebook Wants to Host Linked Articles From Partnered News Sites
Last October TheSEMPost reported that Facebook was considering hosting third-party content right on Facebook when users link to it in a Facebook post, rather than just allowing users to leave Facebook by clicking on the link to read the article. Well, it appears that Facebook is doing just that, and the implications of it to […]
Twitter Adds Quality Filtering for Verified Users
Tech blogger Anil Dash spotted a new feature that popped up in his verified Twitter account today… the ability to add a quality filter to the notifications timeline. It aims to remove tweets that “contain threats, offensive or abusive language, duplicate content, or are sent from suspicious accounts”. Well, that's an interesting & welcome addition, […]