Verizon is letting users test drive its 5G network without any commitment for 30 days Verizon is competing with T-Mobile and AT&T for the 5G market, although both it and AT&T still have quite a bit of ground to cover…
Year: 2022
Give your customers what they want with ecommerce AI
Match customers with the products they are searching for. E-commerce is a highly competitive environment where giant online retailers like Walmart and Amazon make it difficult for other online merchants to grow and drive conversions. The reason why conversion remains…
Guard your most valuable asset against pesky competitors
Learn to map and monitor all competitive and partner activity around your brand terms. In an ideal world, guarding your most valuable asset, your brand, would be effortless. But take off those rose-tinted glasses, and you wake up to the…
Stewart Butterfield, Slack Founder and CEO, Leaving Salesforce
Slack founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield has announced his departure from Salesforce, effective January 2023. Stewart Butterfield founded Slack, with its initial release in 2013. The company quickly went on to become a dominant force in corporate messaging, ultimately being acquired…
Alexa, Google Home now battling perception of being ‘surveillance’ devices
A new incident fuels the perception that smart speakers are spying on their owners. Google acknowledged an earlier report from Belgian broadcaster VRT News about third-party subcontractors being able to access recordings of Google Home device owners. According to the report, the audio clips…
Bing On Search Spam Detection Techniques & Filtering
Microsoft’s Igor Rondel, Principal Development Manager of the Bing Index Quality team published a blog post on the Bing Search blog named Web Spam Filtering. In the post, Igor shares how Bing goes about detecting, processing, and filtering out search…
Smart Shopping campaigns in Merchant Center will automatically upgrade to Performance Max
Google is reminding us once again that Smart Shopping campaigns will be sunsetted and any new campaigns created in Merchant Center will be Performance Max. Any new campaigns created in Merchant Center will now be Performance Max campaigns. Completing the…
How Local Businesses Can Leverage Twitter’s New Nearby Feature
Twitter has made headlines in recent weeks with the quiet launch of its experimental Nearby timeline, which allows eligible mobile users to discover tweets posted by others in their immediate vicinity, regardless of whether they are following them. This feature is…
How to create long-form content that ranks, gets read and converts
Creating in-depth content is time-consuming and resource-intensive. Here’s a guide to ensure your long-form content efforts pay off. There are many questions about content length in SEO and what ranks the best. While Google says there’s no specific word count…
SMX Overtime: Managing your e-commerce category and product detail pages
E-commerce expert Tony Verre answers questions from SMX West about using product description feeds, reviews and URL structure. Last month I spoke at SMX West about managing product detail pages on e-commerce sites like Amazon, Walmart and others during the…