Eagerly awaiting the Bing Ads Editor for Mac users? Bing Ads announced at Bing Ads Connect in Vancouver that Bing Ads Editor for Macs is on schedule for release this summer. This is great news for those advertisers who work in a Mac only environment and are struggling with being not having Editor access unless […]
Archives for April 2016
Bing Testing Huge Oversized Text for First Result Title
Bing seems to be testing an oversized title tag in the search results, one that makes the listing that use it much more noticeable in the search results. Here is how it looks: What is really noticeable is that the first result isn’t even matching the entire query. So Bing isn’t supersizing the title of […]
Google Showing Mini Reviews in Local 3-Pack in Search Results
Google is testing showing a single line from a Google+ review in a business’ listing within a 3-pack in the search results. The review features a short amount of text from the review and the icon of the reviewer. Here is how it looks: Dr. Pete Meyers from Moz was the first to notice the […]
Updated Google Quality Rater Guidelines: No More Supplementary Content, Emphasis on E-A-T
Here we go again! A brand new version of the Google Quality Rater Guidelines has been released. With this version we see some interesting changes. Most noticeably is the de-emphasis of supplementary content, surprising since previous versions have stressed the importance of the additional supplementary content there is on the page – or the negative […]
Google My Business Local Ranking Factors for 3-Pack
Google My Business has updated their “Improve Your Local Ranking on Google” page for local businesses. While there has been a lot of speculation and reverse engineering, this seems to be the first time they have given official guidance on ranking in the local 3-pack. According to Google, they determine local rankings based on 3 […]
CRO: Frame Your Customers’ Choices to Maximize Revenue
When considering Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) and building a customer’s path to purchase from first ad experience through to ordering, there is one layer of the process that can often be neglected and, for sites with many product choices, it can mean the difference of huge amounts of revenue. Amazon.com is a site that seems […]