In a move sure to upset all those song lyrics websites, Google has begun showing song lyrics directly within the search results via a knowledge graph above the organic search results. Glenn Gabe was the first to spot the change, and posted the screenshot below. They also link to Google Play at the end of […]
Duane Forrester Starts His New Job… At Bing
Duane Forrester was recently laid off from Bing in the last round of Microsoft layoffs. Hot on the heels of winning the Search Personality of the Year at the US Search Awards, many were pretty surprised that his role was eliminated, as he was one of the most visible people to webmasters from Bing. Now, […]
Instagram Purges Millions of Spam Accounts, Creates Significant Drop in Follower Counts
If you have suddenly discovered a huge drop of in Instagram followers, it is nothing you did. Instagram finally got around to purging all the spambot accounts that it has previously disabled. It is unclear why Instagram hasn’t been purging these accounts all along or removing them from follower accounts as they disabled each account. […]
Google Chrome Wants to Warn Users Before Visiting All Non-HTTPS Sites
Webmasters will have one more reason why they should consider switching their sites to HTTPS as Google Chrome is planning to alert searchers when the site they are wanting to visit is unsecure via HTTPS. According to The Chromium Projects, the Google Chrome security team is proposing that the browser clearly states that HTTP webpages […]
Facebook Pages Can Now Add End Date to Any Post
If you manage a Facebook Page, you’ll probably be happy to know about a new feature they release that allows you to specify an end date for a post. Many times I’ve been on Facebook and I see a boosted post for an event or holiday that has already past and someone forgot to end […]
Twitter Considering Autoplay Video Ads to Compete With Facebook
Twitter is considering changing videos posted with in the news stream from click to play to autoplay in a move aimed to compete for video ad revenue and expand their ad offerings to advertisers, especially big brands. Many brands, especially those that tend to you have viral videos, with love to see the autoplay feature. […]
Add Countdown Timer to Google AdWords Ads Without Using Scripts
If you like the idea of Google AdWords account countdown scripts, yet aren’t confident enough to utilize AdWords scripts within your account, there’s good news for you. Google has released a new tool that allows publishers to add the countdown script into their ad copy. Countdown scripts are great to show urgency. Whether it is […]
Twitter Adds Advertising Targeting Options Including Mobile Carrier Targeting & New User Targeting
Twitter has added new advertising targeting options to advertisers including the ability to target specific wireless carriers as well as the ability to target users on the mobile devices. If Twitter knows that someone has a new iPhone, because the first time Twitter has seen a person log into twitter from that device, it encourages […]
Spanish News Publishers Using Google AdWords to Get Back Lost Google News Traffic
We now know how some publishers are reacting to Google closing Google News in response to the upcoming “Google Tax” law in Spain… they are attempting to get the traffic back from Google by running Google AdWords on the keyword “news.” El Mundo and ElEconomista are both currently advertising for “noticias”, which means “news”. Juan […]
Google Confirms Spanish Publishers Removed from Google News & Google News in Spain Closed
Google has confirmed that they did in fact close Google News in Spain and removed all Spanish publishers from Google News worldwide. Google made the closure announcement earlier this week, citing the so-called “Google Tax” that the government in Spain implemented that would require services such as Google News to pay publishers to include their […]