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DuckDuckGo Hits New Record: 100 Million Searches Per Day
DuckDuckGo celebrates a milestone as it reaches 100 million searches in a single day.
Google May Expand Roll Out of Web Stories if More Sites Use Them
Google’s John Mueller says Web Stories may be rolled out to search results in additional countries if more sites start publishing them.
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Google Reportedly Blocking Australian News From Search
Google is removing some Australian news sites from search results in a move which follows a government order to pay publishers for their content.
LinkedIn Launches 6 Free Advertising Courses
LinkedIn Marketing Labs is a new on-demand learning center where marketers can access free resources about how to advertise on LinkedIn.
TikTok Beats Facebook in Time Spent Per User
For the first time, users are spending more time on TikTok than Facebook as per data from a new report on app usage.
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Identity Verification Rolls out in Google Ads & This Week’s Digital Marketing News [Podcast]
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The Marketing O’Clock team talks about identity verification for Google Ads, what data publishers see with Google News reporting on Google Search Console, and more!
Add Links to LinkedIn Stories With New Swipe-Up Feature
LinkedIn Stories are gaining the ability to link out to other websites via the familiar swipe-up feature.
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LinkedIn: Top 15 In-Demand Jobs in 2021
LinkedIn data revels the top 15 in-demand jobs in 2021 and the most important skills needed for each position.
Google Sends Notifications of HTTP/2 Googlebot Crawling
Google is currently sending notification that Googlebot is crawling their sites with the new HTTP/2 protocol
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YouTube Analytics Adds ‘First 24 Hours’ Metric
YouTube is adding a new metric that allows creators to analyze the performance of a video within the first 24 hours after publishing.
WordPress.com Now Offers Website Development
WordPress.com announced Built by WordPress.com, a website development service to compete against sites like Squarespace.
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59% of US Adults Do Not Trust News on Social Media
A study on social media as a news source finds 59% of US adults believe the information shared on social platforms is inaccurate.
YouTube Launches New Hashtag Search Results Pages
YouTube is launching a new type of search results page that appears when users look for videos by hashtag.
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Google Search Console Adds Report For News Publishers
A new report in Google Search Console will help news publishers measure the performance of their content with greater accuracy.
SEJ eSummit Is TODAY: Accelerate Your SEO & Marketing for 2021
SEJ eSummit kicks off today. Attend to learn actionable insights on SEO, enterprise SEO, PPC, paid social, and more from top industry practitioners.
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YouTube Turns On Post-Roll Ads For All Monetized Videos
YouTube is turning post-roll ads on by default for all videos that are eligible to serve ads.
Google Makes 4 Changes to Index Coverage Report
Google Search Console’s Index Coverage report is receiving 4 updates to keep site owners better informed about indexing issues.
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How to Remove Date Snippets from Search Results?
Google’s John Mueller offers ideas on what to do about unwanted date snippets in the search results
Does Using Disavow Signal that a Site is Shady?
Google’s John Mueller answers if filing a link disavow sends a negative signal about the site uploading it
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Google Ads Salesperson Alleged to Link Organic Ranking to Ad Spend
A member of the search marketing community tweeted allegations of misrepresentations by a Google Ads salesperson. Danny Sullivan responded with help.
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