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WordPress 6.0 ‘Arturo’ Is Here With Nearly 1,000 Changes
WordPress 6.0, code named ‘Arturo,’ is rolling out with nearly a thousand improvements and new features.
16 Announcements From Google Marketing Live 2022
Google Marketing Live kicked off today with a keynote address, which included the announcement of 16 changes and additions to Google Ads.
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LinkedIn Data Reveals What Type of InMail Gets Best Results
A LinkedIn study of InMail, the website’s premium messaging feature, aims to discover which types of messages get the best results.
Remembering Bill Slawski: SEO Legend, Mentor & Friend
The SEO industry shares memories and condolences as they mourn the passing of SEO legend, patent expert, and dear friend, Bill Slawski.
Google Unveils New Ads Manager Tools For Video Ads
Start streamlining your programmatic and video ad performance with new automated tools available in Google Ad Manager.
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6 JavaScript Optimization Tips From Google
In a new video from Google, Developer Advocate Alan Kent shares six ways to optimize JavaScript to improve the performance of your website.
Google Launches Tool For Practicing Job Interviews
Google’s new Interview Warmup tool uses artificial intelligence to help users practice answering job interview questions in various fields.
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TikTok Launches Creator-Crediting Feature
TikTok users will now be able directly tag and credit video creators using a button in the social media app.
Search Engine Journal Promotes Miranda Miller To Senior Managing Editor
Congratulations to Miranda Miller, Senior Managing Editor, who is working to grow SEJ’s editorial blueprint, talent, and operations exponentially.
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Google Criticizes Canada’s Proposed “Link Tax”
Google has come out swinging against a law proposed by the Canadian government that would force the search engine to pay publishers for listing content.
Facebook’s Most Widely Viewed Links Dominated By Spam
Meta Facebook Transparency Report shows that the most popular content might not be what you think it is.
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TikTok Launches Branded Mission, A New Way To Crowdsource Creative
TikTok launches Branded Mission – an new way for brands to crowdsource authentic and creative content from the TikTok community.
New TikTok Tool Surfaces Useful Insights For Marketers
TikTok has launched a new tool that surfaces insights marketers can use to target different demographics around the world.
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Similarweb Acquires SEO & Rank Tracking Company Rank Ranger
The acquisition of Rank Ranger adds search term rank tracking to Similarweb’s keyword analysis capabilities.
YouTube Adds New Way To Make Money With Gifted Memberships
YouTube gives creators another way to earn revenue directly from their audience with membership gifting, a feature comparable to gifted subscriptions on Twitch.
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Site Dependence On JavaScript A Problem For Googlebot?
Google’s John Mueller answers question about the impact of JavaScript on Googlebot and recommends testing to find out what’s really happening
Edge Browser Will AI Improve All Web Images
Turing Image Super-Resolution will automatically turn website images into high resolution graphics for users of Edge browser
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Meta Lists 6 Culture Codes For Advertisers
Learn how brands can benefit and stay relatable to users through adapting to the current culture codes identified by Facebook parent company Meta.
LinkedIn Updates Include Improvements To Search Results
Updates to LinkedIn include improvements to content discovery, captions for real-time events, and the ability to share reviews.
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Musk’s Twitter Deal “Temporarily on Hold”
Deal to purchase Twitter paused as Tesla CEO Elon Musk seeks more details on estimate that just 5% of accounts are spam and fake users.
Google’s Chain of Thought Prompting Can Boost Today’s Best Algorithms
Google published details of a breakthrough technology that significantly improves Google’s newest cutting edge algorithms
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YouTube Shorts Green Screen Now Compatible With All Videos
YouTube creators can now remix any video on the platform into a Short through an expansion of the green screen feature.
Google Allows FAQ Structured Data for Non-FAQ Content
Google’s John Mueller explains how to use FAQ structured data in everyday content that is not formatted as an FAQ
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Google I/O Search Console Update: New Report For Indexed Videos
At day two of Google’s annual I/O conference the company previewed new reports coming to Search Console that will provide more data about videos.
Google Sued Over Android In-App Payment Monopoly
Tinder parent company Match Group files suit against Google over restrictive billing policies in the Play Store.
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Google Updates Advice on How to Control Titles in Search Results
Updated support page adds a new troubleshooting section for helping diagnose why Google is rewriting title tags
PageSpeed Insights Adds New Lighthouse Speed Metrics
New metrics improve feedback on server-related speed and provides a more comprehensive representation of page performance than previously available
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Google I/O Multisearch Update: Search The World Around You
At its annual I/O conference held today, Google announces an upgrade to multisearch that conducts simultaneous queries about objects around you.
Twitter Clarifies Duplicate Content Policy
Twitter provides additional clarity on how it limits the visibility of duplicate content shared widely across the platform.
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Google’s Digital Marketing Certificate Recommends Keyword Density Percentages
Google’s Digital Marketing Training Course recommends a maximum 2% keyword density, a minimum word count and where to seed keywords on web pages
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