Peacock is raising its prices, its first such raise since the streaming service debuted two years ago. Peacock is NBCUniversal’s streaming service, serving up a wealth of content. The service offers three separate plans. Both the Free and Premium plans are…
Year: 2023
Google’s Core Web Vitals INP issues email causing concern
Google Search Console sent out emails to site owners where their INP scores are not meeting the mark. Earlier this week, Google began sending out email notices through Google Search Console to those site owners where their site’s INP scores were not…
Threads is adding branded content tools to create paid promotion opportunities
Marketers are eager to reach the Threads audience but with ads not yet an option, could influencer campaigns be the next best thing? Threads is implementing branded content tools to give marketers access to paid promotion opportunities. Meta’s new social…
Video: Drew Madore on how “black hat SEO” has changed over the years
What was considered “white hat” SEO in the old days may now be considered “black hat” SEO. In part one of my interview with Drew Madore, the CEO and founder of Synergist Digital Media, we spoke a lot about “black hat…
The PPC challenge of selling manufacturing capability vs. stock products
Google AdWords is a powerful advertising platform, but it can be tricky for companies whose products and services aren’t so clearly defined. Columnist Dianna Huff shares how she overcame this problem and got results for a small manufacturing client. While…
Microsoft Prepping Affordable Consumer Edition of Windows 365
Microsoft is reportedly preparing to release a consumer edition of its Windows 365 cloud service, in a move that could be a gamechanger. According to Windows Latest, information regarding Microsoft’s plans first came out during the Microsoft v. FTC hearing. The…
Report: Amazon in discussions with consumer brands about ads on Alexa [company denies it]
CNBC report says product promotions on Alexa are already being tested. According to a report on CNBC, Amazon is in talks with several large consumer product companies, such as Procter & Gamble, about advertising and sponsorship opportunities through Alexa and voice search. However,…
Bing: Our Search Results Do Not Infect Users, “Malware Study Was Wrong”
Bing has responded to the malware study conducted by AV-TEST earlier this week, claiming that Bing search results led to five times more malware than Google. To that Bing said, “the conclusions many have drawn from the study are wrong.”…
Google Search Console brings back request indexing tool
After 69 days of it not working, it is now back up and running. Google has reenabled the request indexing tool, within the URL Inspection tool in Google Search Console. The tool was disabled on October 14, 2020 – 69 days ago…
Oracle Calls Out Red Hat and IBM Over RHEL Source Code
Oracle is weighing in on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux debacle, promising it will never restrict access to its own source code. Red Hat drew widespread condemnation when it announced it would begin restricting access to RHEL source code to paying…