Google Chrome’s built-in ad blocker will now block “annoying” and “intrusive” ads that run and play before and during videos even on YouTube and Facebook. Google blocks ads in Chrome according to what the Coalition for Better Ads considers to be particularly disruptive. Today, the Coalition’s Better Ads Standards have been updated to include a …
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Google Ads is notifying advertisers that standard Shopping campaigns will soon be able to reach Gmail users. In an email sent out to Google Ads advertisers, the company says Shopping ads will be eligible to appear on Gmail starting on the week of March 4, 2020. This includes both Product Shopping ads and Showcase Shopping …
Have you ever had to create designs – even though you aren’t a trained or professional graphic designer? Social media pros often design the creative elements that go with organic posts and paid ads. SEOs might design banner ads and call-outs. Content marketers design featured images and might even whip up their own infographics. Entrepreneurs …
Here’s a big question that would move you off your seat Are you reaching your content marketing goals? If you reluctantly whispered “no” and felt uncomfortable, that’s okay. We can fix this. You’re not alone, either. 57% of marketers don’t measure content marketing ROI, according to Content Marketing Institute’s most recent research. One of the …
It’s time to take our annual look at what’s ahead for SEO professionals in 2020. What SEO strategies and tactics will work and help you dominate in the SERPs and earn more revenue in 2020? This is the question we ask every year here at Search Engine Journal. This year, I asked 58 of today’s …
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Every SEO professional knows their salt is their that links (along with content) are the backbone of SEO. Links continue to remain a significant ranking factor. What happens when you get bad links on enough of a scale to harm your site? Your site can get algorithmically downgraded by Google – or worse, you get …
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In a Webmaster Hangout, someone asked John Mueller about examples of bad links that Google sent his client. The problem was that the sample links were nofollow. Google’s John Mueller explained why those sample links were nofollow then offered guidance on what should be done for a successful link reconsideration request. The question asked was …
If you’re even marginally familiar with SEO, you must have likely heard the maxim “content is king.” While I won’t be discussing that exact topic today, the claim still has some relevance here. Suppose you’ve done your market research, scoped out the high-traffic pages you’re looking to optimize, and written your killer, keyword-infused content. Then …
In a Webmaster Hangout, Google’s John Mueller confirmed that sites need to be promoted in order to rank. This goes beyond Google’s common advice about building awesome content. Can You Rank Without Building Links? A publisher observed that after two years of work their website has started to rank without haveing to build a single …
Navigating Through the Grocery Store is the Same as Navigating Through a Website I’ve been shopping at this particular Meijer every week for about seven years. I know where the groceries and products are located and I could probably walk blindfolded to many things I commonly buy. But what if I normally shop at Kroger …
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