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See short video versions of news stories on YouTube and TikTok. Matt G. Southern is the Senior News Writer at Search Engine Journal, where he’s covered Google, SEO, and AI for over 13 years.
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Anti-Router Stops Google Glass From Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks
Those who are paranoid about being spied on by things like drones, security cameras, hidden microphones, or Google Glass will now have some peace of...
Yelp Not Obligated To Publish Positive Reviews, According To Court Ruling
Yelp has been the center of much controversy this year. In April we reported that Yelp was allegedly refusing to display positive reviews for certain...
Google Launches New And Improved Sitelinks Search Box
Starting today, Google has announced that you’ll be seeing a new and improved sitelinks search box. This new search box is designed to make it...
YouTube Converts More Customers Than All Other Social Networks [STUDY]
VentureBeat reports that, when it comes to paid advertising on social media platforms, YouTube is king. YouTube is the clear winner in a few key...
Google AdWords Introduces Callout Extensions, Highlight Key Information About Products & Services
Google recently introduced a new AdWords feature that gives advertisers the ability to add text that highlights key pieces of information about products and services....
Shortlist Announced For The 2014 US Search Awards
The shortlist for the 2014 US Search Awards has been announced and winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony at Treasure Island on Wednesday...
Facebook Introduces New Tools For Page Owners To Promote Their Events
There are 400 million people around the world using events on Facebook every month, the company stated in an announcement. Nearly 30% of all those...
Google To Stop Showing Authorship Information In Search Results
Last month we reported that Google would be removing Authorship pictures from search results. Now it has been confirmed by Google’s John Mueller that Authorship...
Twitter Opens Up Its Analytics Dashboard To All Users
It has been a good news day if you love social media analytics. First, Pinterest introduces a new analytics platform, and now Twitter opens up...
Pinterest Introduces A New Analytics Platform For Business Users
Pinterest often hears from businesses who change their product and marketing strategies based on insights learned on the platform, the company stated in an announcement....
Instagram’s New Hyperlapse App Lets You Turn Videos Into Time Lapses
Instragram stated in an announcement today that one of their priorities has always been to provide users with “simple yet powerful tools that let people...
Facebook Cracks Down On Clickbait With An Update To The News Feed
Facebook recently announced some some improvements to its News that promise weed out posts that users don’t want to see anymore because they’re too “spammy”....
Amazon To Take On Google With New Online Advertising Business
The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is planning to launch its own ad network to compete with Google’s online advertising business. Amazon is calling...
Twitter To Team Up With Stripe To Insert A ‘Buy Now’ Button Into Tweets
In January, Re/code reported that Twitter and Stripe were in talks to work together on something but nothing had been finalized at that time. Sources...
Popular Marketing Event #EpicDinner Faces Cancellation
Marketing juggernaut conference Pubcon Las Vegas is less than two months away. If you’ve been to Pubcon before, you may have seen SEO expert Alan Bleiweiss in action:...
Google Acquires Gecko Design, Designers Of The Original Fitbit
TechCruch reports that Google has acquired Gecko Design, the firm responsible for the mechanical design of the original version of the fitness tracking device Fitbit....
Instagram Becomes A Serious Business Tool With A Suite Of Useful New Features
Instagram says inspiring and empowering brands to create beautiful imagery that engages its 200 million members is something the company is always striving for. It’s...
Speak To Google’s Search App In Multiple Languages And It Will Now Understand You
More than half the world’s population speaks two or more languages, Google stated in a post on the Inside Search blog today. Google can now...
2014 Inc 5000 Rankings Released, Here Are The Top Search Companies
The publication Inc has released their annual Inc 5000 rankings for 2014 — every year Inc Inc ranks the fastest-growing privately held companies. The rankings are...
Patent Shows Possible New Google Glass Design, Would You Wear These?
Pictures from a patent granted on August 12th show that Google glass may one day look more like ordinary glasses. That patent, detailing a possible...
Twitter’s Vine Now Allows You To Import Existing Videos, Plus New Editing Features
Twitter’s Vine, the popular six second video sharing service introduced two powerful new features today — advanced video editing and the ability to import existing...
Twitter To Start Showing You Tweets From People You Don’t Follow
Prepare yourself to start seeing tweets in your timeline from people you don’t follow. A change to Twitter’s timeline is going to start pulling in...
Google’s Amit Singhal Shares The Top 10 Search Milestones Of The Past Decade
Amit Singhal, Google’s head of search, posted about his 14-year work anniversary on Google+ today and also shared what he feels are the 10 biggest Google...
Squidoo To Move Content Over To HubPages After Being Acquired
Seth Godin, prolific marketer and founder of Squidoo, announced late last week that his content platform is getting acquired by HubPages. Popular content on Squidoo...
Track Ad Clicks That Lead To Phone Calls With AdWords’ Website Call Conversions
Seventy percent of all mobile searchers have called a business directly from search ads, Google says, but what about those searchers that call a business...
Google Ends Exact and Phrase Keyword Match Ability in AdWords; Now Applying Close Variant Keyword Matching
At least 7% of Google searches contain a misspelling, according to a new post on Google’s Inside AdWords blog. However, people still want to find...
Conversational Search Comes To Bing
Bing recently announced they are now offer conversational search, and it works very much the same way as Google’s conversational search. You can ask a...
Search Engine Ask.com Acquires Q&A Social Network Ask.fm
Venture Beat reports that search engine Ask.com has acquired popular question and answer service Ask.fm. The purchased was made for an undisclosed sum. Ask.com is a unique...
Facebook Introduces Cross-Device Reporting For Facebook Ads
Facebook has announced the launch of cross-device reporting for Facebook ads. For the first time, advertisers will be able to see how people are moving...