How to prepare your company for Google’s new customer journey for search. Google’s SERP is almost unrecognizable compared to what it looked like just a few years ago. The changes aren’t just on the surface, either: Google is becoming less…
Year: 2019
Salesforce Commerce Page Designer – Creates Experiences With Clicks Not Code
“We have something brand-new we call the Commerce Page Designer,” says Mike Micucci, CommerceCloud CEO at Salesforce. “It allows you to create experiences with clicks not code. You can literally drag and drop things around on the page and just…
Google App campaigns expand to Discover feeds, AdMob testing ads on app loading screens
Google announced new inventory sources and monetization tools for app advertisers and publishers. Mobile gaming is a $68.5 billion market, with 80% or $54.9 billion coming from smartphone games and $13.6 billion coming from gaming on tablets, according to a Newzoo’s latest…
Walmart Can’t Let Amazon Out Walmart Walmart
“I’ve been watching Walmart since 1968, they only came into existence in 62, they’ve done the same thing to the rest of retail,” says Jan Kniffen of J. Rogers Kniffen Worldwide. “They kept making a new step every time and…
Mobile Is Finally Coming To the Enterprise, Says ServiceNow CEO
“Mobile is coming to the enterprise, finally,” says ServiceNow CEO John Donahoe. “It’s been a long time coming. Our release in Q3 will have native out of the box consumer-grade mobile capability. So now any ServiceNow customer can have a brilliant mobile onboarding…
How WiFi6 Will Change Your Workplace
You know those days in the office when everyone is there and the WiFi just seems so laggy? As it turns out, even the most advanced WiFi technology up until now could only connect to a few devices at a…
New site Hotspot Law like ZocDoc for lawyers
The startup is entering a mature vertical but one “in need of an upgrade.” Local search is probably more visible than it has ever been since the advent of Google Maps. Yet, paradoxically, there’s almost no consumer-facing innovation taking place.…
NFIB Index Shows Small Business Optimism in the US is at Its Highest Level Ever
Small businesses are feeling very positive these days. According to the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), this optimism has reached record-breaking levels. A recent NFIB report showed that August’s Small Business Optimism Index came in at an all-time high of…
Bing to publishers: Start using new Bing URL submission process for indexing now
Do you have new or updated content you want Bing to discover faster? Start using the new Bing URL Submission tool. Bing announced a new URL submission tool at SMX West 2019. Last week at SMX West, Bing announced it is…
PPC and machine learning: Where do we draw the line on automation?
During SMX Advanced, Frederick Vallaeys and Brad Geddes examine automation and need to understand the potential impact of unintended consequences. One of the most hotly debated (and least understood) topics in the PPC world, Automation, is a behemoth to take…