Facebook Introduces New Ways for Businesses to Communicate with Customers
Facebook will soon be rolling out two new ways for businesses to communicate with customers via messaging and groups.
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Google Search Console to Combine Data from Multiple Properties into One Report
Google Search Console will soon assign all search data for a single piece of content to the canonical URL.
Google Will Eventually Move Robots.txt Testing Tool to New Search Console
Google’s John Mueller stated the robots.txt testing tool will eventually be moved to the new version of Search Console.
Google: No Fixed Time Frame for Ranking Changes After Site Improvements
Google’s John Mueller stated there’s no fixed time frame for ranking changes after improvements have been made to a site.
Google Expands Maximize Conversions Bidding for TrueView for Action Ads
Google is making maximize conversions bidding globally available to advertisers using TrueView for Action campaigns.
Facebook is Changing the Way Advertisers Set Campaign Budgets
A major change is coming to the way Facebook advertisers set campaign budgets.
Google: PageSpeed Insights Score Can Change Regardless of Changes to a Site
Google’s John Mueller has advised that the PageSpeed Insights score can change without any changes being made to a website.
DuckDuckGo Warns that Google Does Not Respect ‘Do Not Track’ Browser Setting
DuckDuckGo cautions internet users that companies like Google and Facebook don’t respect the “Do Not Track” setting on web browsers.
YouTube Introduces More Ways to Buy Masthead Ads
YouTube is experimenting with new ways for advertisers to buy masthead ads, the most prominant ad on the home feed.
DuckDuckGo Hits a Record 1 Billion Monthly Searches in January 2019
DuckDuckGo hit a new record in January of over 1 billion searches served throughout the month.
YouTube May Prevent “Dislike Mobs” From Abusing the Dislike Button
YouTube is working on ways to prevent “dislike mobs” from maliciously disliking videos in order to reduce their reach.
New Study Shows How Much SEO Professionals Are Earning Per Year
A recent study on the local search industry reveals how much the average SEO professional earns in a year.
Snapchat is Considering Making Public Posts Permanent
Snapchat is reportedly considering the idea of introducing permanent photo and video posts.
Google’s Best Practices for Improving Your Google Ads Optimization Score
Google has released a set of best practices to help Google Ads users improve their optimization score.
Instagram Stories Are Viewed by 500 Million Users Per Day
Instagram Stories have hit 500 million daily users, which is up from the 400 million reported in June 2018.
Bing Allows Site Owners to Submit Up to 10,000 URLs Per Day
Bing has significantly increased the number of URLs site owners can submit for indexing per day.
Google Produced 96% of US Mobile Search Visits in Q4 2018
Google accounted for 96% of all US mobile organic search visits in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Google Search Console to Alert Users About Site Hacks and Malware
Google added a ‘Security Issues’ tab in Search Console that will report on harmful activities like site hacks and malware.
Google Chrome to Warn Users About Impostor Sites With Lookalike URLs
Google will be implementing a new warning in its Chrome browser alerting users when they’re visiting a possible impostor website.
Google+ is Officially Shutting Down on April 2nd
An official date has been set for the shut down of Google+, which will now occur on April 2nd.