Apple, Samsung, Google Race For Mobile Payments by Chuck Martin, Staff Writer, February 15, 2017 Mobile payments are growing significantly around the world, but that doesn’t mean there is a clear winning payments provider. Much like making purchases on the Web naturally evolved to making purchases via mobile websites, the behavior of paying for things … Continue reading Apple, Samsung, Google Race For Mobile Payments
AMP in Google News Results Skyrockets Globally by Mordy Oberstein , January 30, 2017 Back when AMP first entered Google’s mobile News Box in early 2016, the faster loading, lighting bolt indicated cards were a rare novelty. When we initially started tracking the percentage of AMP results within Google’s mobile News Box, the numbers were … Continue reading Google AMP In News Section More Than Doubles Ranking Results
Allen Finn — January 8, 2017 — January 8, 2017 Did you just decide to hunt down the best burger in Boston? Curious about craft cocktails in Charleston? Do you just want to know if the ominous stormclouds overhead will open up any time soon? Google’s got you covered (just not in the way you … Continue reading #KnowNearby: Every Emoji You Can Tweet at Google for Instant Local Links [Infographic]
Retailers that sell online and in-store need to balance where to send users in their paid search efforts. Columnist Andy Taylor explores when advertisers might want to rely on local inventory versus regular product listing ads. Andy Taylor on February 6, 2017 In response to the growing popularity of searches with local intent, Google … Continue reading When should advertisers consider pausing Google Local Inventory Ads?
How can we determine which of our site pages aren’t indexed without running afoul of Google’s guidelines? Columnist Paul Shapiro shares his methods. Paul Shapiro on January 30, 2017 Back in October 2016, I wrote about how you can use a Python script to determine whether a page has been indexed by Google in … Continue reading How to check which URLs have been indexed without upsetting Google: A follow-up
Christopher Jan Benitez — January 24, 2017 Follow @christopherjanb— January 24, 2017 Google Analytics is one of the most essential tools you need to track and optimize the performance of your website. Keep in mind that, no matter how much experience you gain through years of web development, you can never build a perfect website … Continue reading How to Install Google Analytics in WordPress
Govind Agarwal — January 20, 2017 Follow @submitedge— January 20, 2017 Let’s look at what Google has done in 2015. Say you type “best florists” in the search bar, listings to your query will come in the following fashion: First, you will see ads of businesses that paid Google to list their links at the … Continue reading 6 Local SEO Tips For A Place Right Below The Google Map
Columnist Barb Palser says the growing number of single-source AMP carousels in Google search sweetens the deal for AMP-enabled publishers. Barb Palser on January 23, 2017 In case you missed it, Google has launched a new type of AMP rich card carousel in mobile search results — in addition to the Top Stories carousel … Continue reading Google AMP carousels are multiplying!
Kasia Perzyńska — January 23, 2017 — January 23, 2017 The mobile era has already started. A tremendous revolution took place in 2015 along with the loud Mobilegeddon. It was then that Google introduced the mobile-friendly update and actually started to consider mobile an important factor in its search algorithms. Today, we will speak about … Continue reading Mobile First Indexing: The New Direction of Google Search
Nate Dame — January 22, 2017 Follow @seonate— January 22, 2017 As of January 10, Google will penalize mobile sites with intrusive pop-up ads. Google announced this update last August, and said it would take effect on January 10. The Webmaster Central Blog stated, Pages that show intrusive interstitials provide a poorer experience to users … Continue reading Google Now Penalizes Sites with Intrusive Interstitials (Pop-Up Ads)
