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WordPress Suspends Astra Theme – Affects 1 Million Users
WordPress suspended the Astra theme for five weeks for violating prohibitions on affiliate links. Theme publishers denied that the theme added affiliate links.
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Instagram Introduces TikTok Rival ‘Reels’ & This Week’s Digital Marketing News [PODCAST]
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On the latest episode of Marketing O’Clock, as uncertainty about TikTok’s future in the U.S. grows, Instagram launches its new video feature Reels.
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Google’s Splitt: Meta Description Provides Content Summary
Google’s Martin Splitt tweeted that meta descriptions offer Google a summary of what’s important about a web page.
TikTok has 45 Days to Sell or Get Out of USA
Presidential executive order bans TikTok within 45 days. American marketers hope a deal with Microsoft will save an important source of traffic.
Facebook Messenger Plugin For Websites Receives Major Update
Major updates to the Facebook Chat Plugin for business websites allow it to be used by people who aren’t logged into Facebook.
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Google Explains Negative Reviews And Rankings
Google’s Mueller said that a large amount of negative reviews is something the algorithms might try to pick up on.
Google SEO 101: Mobile-First Indexing Problems
In the latest installment of Google’s Lightning Talks video series, Martin Splitt identifies the top issues site owners run into with mobile-first indexing.
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Divi WordPress Theme Vulnerability
Critical vulnerability discovered in Elegant Themes Divi and Extra Themes as well as in the Divi Builder WordPress plugin.
Google Ads Advertisers Can Now Capture Leads From YouTube
Google is giving advertisers new ways to capture leads by adding lead form extensions to YouTube and Discovery campaigns.
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Google Ads Rolling Out Multiple Updates to App Campaigns
App campaigns in Google Ads can now be optimized specifically for driving as many app installs within as short a timeframe as possible.
Instagram Reels Launches Worldwide to Compete With TikTok
Instagram Reels, a new way to create and share 15-second TikTok-like videos, is officially launching in the US.
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Google’s Search Quality Raters Do Not Directly Influence Rankings
Google published a detailed explainer about how changes to search rankings are evaluated internally before being rolled out to users.
Google Adds New Structured Data Properties to Estimated Salary Dev Page
Google announced two optional jobs related structured data properties that will generate rich results.
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Google Analytics Shifts More Data Privacy Control to Marketers
Google Analytics announced new data privacy settings that gives additional data collection control to marketers.
Google: Be Careful Relying on 3rd Parties to Render Website Content
Google’s Martin Splitt cautions site owners about the challenges that come with using JavaScript content rendered by third-parties, such as blog comment sections.
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Chrome 85 Will Set Website Referrer Headers if Missing
Chrome 85 will automatically decide referrer information sent for sites that do not set a referrer (referer) header.
41% of Google’s First Page Contains Links to Google Products
Results of a recent study show nearly half of the first page of Google’s search results is made up of links to its own products.
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Twitter is Considering These Premium Features in a Subscription Model
Twitter is actively exploring the option of adding a premium subscription model that would give users access to exclusive features.
New Google Easter Egg Makes Search Results Dance
Google is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the “Cha-Cha Slide” with a unique Easter egg that literally gets the search results moving.
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Extra Structured Data Could Be Useful for SEO
Google’s John Mueller describes the benefits of using structured data that goes beyond Google Developer page recommendations.
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