It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for. All us mobile-first proponents have been sat patiently rubbing our hands and saying “you’ll see, just you wait and see!” to anyone within hearing distance – but now we have the proof. Mobile…
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Google clarifies the upcoming Speed Update only impacts the ‘slowest sites’
Google clarifies that if you have a fast site, making it faster ‘won’t change things’ with your rankings specific to the upcoming Speed Update. With Google’s Speed Update coming sometime this month, I asked Google’s John Mueller to clarify what…
Yandex Adds Face Recognition Technology
Russian search giant Yandex has added facial recognition technology to its photo hosting service, Yandex.Fotki. Yandex is leveraging Face.com‘s facial recognition technology to create a “smart” photo tagging service. Yandex will let users tag other people in photos. Once a…
Stripe’s New Subscription-Billing Service is Making it Even Easier for Online Businesses to Get Paid
A lot of transactions and payment services are now being done online—from subscribing to streaming services like Netflix, to ordering food or buying clothes. This has led to a need for tools that will let companies, particularly small businesses, get…
Bing visual search adds support for your camera and photos
Bing unlocks new intelligent visual search features within the Bing app for iOS and Android. Bing has announced that you can now use Bing’s visual search features with your cameras and the photos on your device. If you are walking…
Amazon Web Services Now has a Tool for Managing ‘Secrets’
Even companies have secrets that must never be revealed to outsiders. These include passwords, API keys and other credentials that could spell trouble and even cost the company money if they fall into the wrong hands. In this age where…
Microsoft: Google Is Bypassing Internet Explorer Privacy Settings, Too
More trouble for Google today on the privacy front: Just days after revelations that Google is ignoring privacy settings on Apple’s Safari web browser, Microsoft says Google is doing the same thing with Internet Explorer. Microsoft shares its findings in…
3 ways to scale your SEM efforts when you are hitting a wall
It happens to every AdWords practitioner at some point. We launch our campaigns, split out exact match and broad match, mine for queries, work on expansions, test different initiatives, run betas, etc. – and then we hit a wall. What…
How to understand searcher intent and use it to boost SEO rankings
Understanding the intent behind the keywords you target simplifies the entire SEO process, says contributor Marcus Miller. Here is a look at how to understand and categorize keywords based on intent. Search engines exist to provide users with results that…
The technology behind AI in PPC
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for a long time, so why are we only just now exploring its applications for PPC? Columnist Frederick Vallaeys explains the technology, its evolution in recent years, and what’s next for AI in paid…