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Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

Instagram updates hashtag search to simplify account and post discovery

March 25, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Instagram updated how hashtags work for discovery. Now, when users tap on a hashtag, they’re directed to broader search results, including profiles, instead of just a “Top Posts” feed. The platform announced this change was rolled out to encourage users […]


Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

Is TikTok’s Clock Ticking? 7 Answers to TikTok Ban Questions

March 22, 2024

Via: CMI

The alarmist headlines grow louder these days — TikTok Ban: It’s Here! Americans Sound Off on TikTok Ban in Viral Rants! Say Farewell to TikTok! Content creators and influencers who earn their living from TikTok are having a toxic freakout […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

How To Find and Include More Underrepresented Voices in Your Content

March 21, 2024

Via: CMI

When women make up so much of your target audience, why does your content marketing focus on quotes from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, or Richard Branson? Effective content marketing connects your audience’s wants and needs with the education […]


Big Data, Platforms & Software

Microsoft unveils key Performance Max updates and Smart Shopping sunset timeline

March 21, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Microsoft confirmed the timelines for the introduction of key automated features like conversion value rules and video assets to Performance Max. Additionally, the tech giant provided additional insights into the deprecation timeline for Smart Shopping campaigns, which is set to […]


Big Data, Platforms & Software

Choosing the Right Retail Marketing Technology Software Partner: Key Considerations

March 20, 2024

Via: Martech Zone

In the current dynamic digital era, marketing technology has become an essential asset for businesses in different sectors, especially in the competitive and swiftly transforming retail industry. With the constantly changing consumer behavior and the intensifying levels of competition, it […]


News

5 Ways To Leverage Business Coaching To Grow Your Marketing Agency

March 20, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

As the owner of a marketing agency, it can be tempting to try and handle every aspect of your business single-handedly. After all, your vision and passion are often driving your agency forward. However, attempting to tackle every challenge alone […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

11 Ways That Really Work To Get Backlinks

March 20, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

If your business isn’t building quality backlinks, you’re not increasing prominence. If you’re not increasing prominence, you’re missing one of the fundamental criteria to rank higher in the search engine results pages (SERPs). As Google shares, prominence is based on […]


Editorial

Voice Technology is Reshaping Digital Marketing

March 20, 2024

Via: Camila Mendes

Digital marketing strategies have evolved rapidly in the past few years. How we consume content was forever changed by social media and the rise of video content in recent years. However, artificial intelligence has been the leading cause of such […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

How To Use Big Query And GSC Data For Content Performance Analysis

March 19, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

If you’ve always been in awe of folks using the Google Search Console API to do cool things, this article is a good read for you. You can use BigQuery with the GSC bulk data export to get some of […]


Big Data, Platforms & Software

Optimizing your Performance Max campaigns with Google Ads, GA4 data

March 19, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Performance Max ads have been touted as an efficient way to manage Google Ads across multiple Google-owned channels, making campaign management simpler for PPC advertisers. It combines all of Google Ads’ channel options together in one campaign and uses Google’s […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

SEO planning: Your one-page SEO plan

March 18, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

This article will show you how to create a simple SEO plan. This plan focuses on a single group of related keywords applicable to your business’s primary offerings or individual products/services. The plan is concise and fits onto a single […]


Marketing Channels, Web Advertising

Why the exact match keyword type in PPC is still relevant today

March 18, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

How often have you heard, “Use broad match along with smart bidding to get the best results?” Broad match can learn based on previous conversion activity. It can also use previous user search data, other keywords in your ad group […]


Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

20 Awesome Examples Of Social Media Marketing

March 15, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

Technology makes the world seem a lot smaller. Keeping up with friends and family on the other side of the country or across the globe no longer requires an expensive telephone call or slow, one-way snail mail. Instead, thanks to […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

Why And How Local Businesses Should Use Video In Their Digital Marketing

March 14, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

The popularity of digital video content is undeniable. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, all of which are heavily video-based, are at the top of the social media ladder. For many younger audiences, these platforms, along with a plethora of streaming […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

SEO testing: Shifting from reactive to proactive strategies

March 14, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

A/B testing for SEO is different than typical UX/CRO testing. Despite how quickly search evolves and best practices change, some changes must be tested before rolling out. Testing can help justify further investment or help prevent a potentially negative impact. […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

How to identify and rank for ‘hidden gems’ in SEO

March 14, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

The rollout of Search Generative Experience (SGE) will change Google SERPs – that’s pretty much indisputable. Whether AI will dominate the SERPs altogether is up for debate. If you’re reading a few strategically placed Google hints, you know there’s an […]


Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

Meta announces major updates to Advantage+ and Shopping Ads

March 13, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Meta announced a string of updates to its Advantage+ and Shopping Ads, designed to help brands improve engagement, drive conversions, and deliver more personalized ads. The platform claims that the updates will help give consumers “the confidence to make a […]


Marketing Channels, Social Media Marketing

YouTube unveils 4 new features, including Tagged Product error notifications

March 13, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

YouTube announced a series of updates aimed at simplifying content management and monitoring for creators. These updates include: Notifying creators when issues prevent tagged products from being displayed. Making it easier for viewers to access subscribed content. Launching a Clips […]


Content & SEO, Marketing Channels

Google’s Algorithm Hates AI Content? How To Make Google Love It

March 12, 2024

Via: Search Engine Journal

Google’s March 2024 core algorithm update is penalizing sites made with AI generated content and it’s a fact that AI-generated content cannot meet the quality standards that Google’s  various documentations outline. But there is still a way to use AI […]


Big Data, Platforms & Software

Microsoft Ads introduces faster and easier access to performance data

March 12, 2024

Via: Search Engine Land

Microsoft Advertising launched a new tool called Insights Navigator, designed to provide faster, easier access to key data insights and performance reports. Using this tool, you can analyze metrics like click-through rates and conversions to make informed decisions about optimization, […]