Google updated its video best practices SEO guide to say if you want a video to perform well in search, place it prominently on a dedicated page. Google has updated its video best practices help document to add a section…
Month: November 2021
YouTube ads are the breakout star of Google’s Q3 earnings report
While shoppers are returning to physical stores, the company’s also seeing ‘strong growth in local shopping queries’ at the same time. Another quarter’s earnings report shows that Google is among the winners when it comes to the shifting pandemic landscape.…
Thomas Dohmke Replacing Nat Friedman as GitHub CEO
Nat Friedman is stepping down as GitHub CEO with Thomas Dohmke replacing him. Friedman cofounded Xamarin and served as the company’s CEO before it was acquired by Microsoft. When Microsoft later acquired GitHub, Friedman moved over to helm the new…
Should You Invest in Cyber Insurance?
The digital age has brought many positive changes to how people do business. Companies of all industries and sizes rely on electronic storage for their data, be it on computer hard drives or the internet. Online access and commerce is…
Bing’s New Airport Maps Aim To Make Air Travel Easier
Finally, some good news for air travelers: Flying gets a little bit easier with Bing’s launch of detailed U.S. airport maps. Much like the previously announced shopping mall maps, Bing’s airport maps take searchers inside the airport to see things…
Google Smart Shopping: How it’s different from standard Shopping campaigns [Video]
Smart Shopping campaigns aren’t just a feature update. “[It’s] a totally fascinating product, but has some drawbacks as well,” Mike Ryan, product management lead at Smarter Ecommerce, said of Google’s Smart Shopping campaigns, which use automated ad placement and bidding…
A Guide to Cybersecurity for Remote Work
Remote work and hybrid work environments continue after the move toward these scenarios was sped up by the start of the pandemic in 2020. Some challenges remain, however. According to research, organizations using remote or hybrid work are experiencing cyberattacks…
SiteGround Google’s crawling and indexing issues fixed
After numerous days where sites hosted on SiteGround were blocking Google from indexing, the issue has been resolved this morning. For the past several days, 2 million or so of the domains hosted on SiteGround were potentially not being crawled…
Windows 11 update forces users into Edge, regardless of their default browser
Third-party apps like EdgeDeflector once allowed users to open Start menu searches in their preferred browser, but an upcoming update will eliminate users’ ability to choose. An upcoming Windows 11 update will block third-party apps from enabling users to select…
FTC Targets ‘Call to Cancel’ Retention Programs
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has targeted a popular retention program in the news industry, ruling ‘call to cancel’ subscriptions are illegal. Many companies, including a large portion of the news industry, make it easy for customers to sign up…