Next up in a series on bots and why crawl budgets are important, Columnist Stephan Spencer explains how to direct the engine bots to what’s important on your site and how to avoid common coding issues. In Part One of…
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[Report] Shopping ads are eating text ads: accounted for 60% of clicks on Google, 33% on Bing in Q1
Merkle’s Q1 2018 report shows Shopping campaigns dominate retailers’ paid search click volume. Shopping campaigns on Google and Bing continued to fuel paid search spend in Q1 2018, according to digital agency Merkle’s latest quarterly report. Overall, search spend increased…
5 Budget-Draining Facebook Ad Mistakes (And How to Resolve Them)
There’s no denying that Facebook ads can be a potent marketing tool when done correctly. The social media giant offers numerous options for reaching a wide range of consumers and marketers are taking notice. As a matter of fact, 92%…
Let’s face it — clickbait works. Here’s how to use it to your advantage
Hook people with a creative title using the right words as ‘bait,’ and searchers will click your links, says contributor John Lincoln. Here are 9 examples of successful titles that encourage better click-through rates. No two ways about it —…
How Your Business Can Identify and Capitalize on Micro-Moments
There’s no question that smartphones have become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives. Studies have shown that 46% of Americans reach for their phones first thing in the morning, while 91% of people automatically reach for a mobile device to check…
Brand Transparency: Why It Should Matter to Your Business
Consumers nowadays have become savvier, thanks to the easy accessibility of information via the Internet. They are not easily swayed by false advertising claims and fancy marketing spiels. Younger consumers have become especially more loyal to brands that appear to…
eBay’s New AR Feature Makes Finding the Right Shipping Box a Lot Easier
eBay has now made it easier for sellers to ship their items by using augmented reality to pick the right USPS box, the company announced in a Monday press release. Using Google’s ARCore platform on Android, eBay leverages motion tracking and…
Amazon Gets Patent for Delivery Drones with Gesture and Voice Recognition
Amazon has obtained approval on a new patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a delivery drone that can respond to human gestures and voices on Tuesday. The patent, filed in July 2016 and published recently, is in line with…
Intel to Make Chip With Built-In Spectre & Meltdown Malware Protection
In January of this year, the revelation of memory-related vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown rocked the entire computing world—everyone had been sitting on top of a potential landmine for decades that hackers could have taken advantage of. After the…
Microsoft is Now Offering AI Certification Courses, Job-Ready Skills and Real-World Experience Included
Professionals wanting to polish their skills or add machine learning to their resume can now do so via the Microsoft Professional Program. Recognizing the need for companies to train their employees in the latest AI trends, the software giant is…