/endsarcasm I could just leave this post here, and it’d be enough for my take on the news that Google+ (yeah, remember that?) is removing share counts from its sharing button. Much like Twitter did a couple of years back, Google’s platform will no longer show how man times your post or article has been […]
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Geo meta tags are a meta tag that many SEOs are unfamiliar with, unless they work in local SEO or with sites with a multiple geolocations. But does Google use those meta tags, especially in leui of better signals, such as hreflag? The meta tags in question, are the geo location meta tags: <meta name=”geo.position”
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Local businesses have lots of great opportunities to use digital channels to their advantage. Here are a few actionable ways to promote your local business online apart from the most important (and the most obvious) one: Getting verified on Google Maps. Most of the time I try to avoid making very general statements when it comes
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Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is reportedly working on creating a Snapchat rival. And it could be something worth watching for small businesses. The company is in talks to transform its Instant News Articles into something similar to Snapchat’s Discover feature. Basically, it would be a way for mobile consumers to quickly and easily get news and content
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A company in the UK that falsely claimed to be associated with Google has been shut down by the High Court as the result of an investigation by The Insolvency Service that revealed that the company was charging consumers to use a free service, among other financial crimes. The company in question went by the
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Google has confirmed they have blacklisted some ad buyers after they exploited their ad system, which resulted in AdSense publishers noticing declines in their CPCs over the past few days. Google has addressed the issue by blacklisting those ad buyers and identified the issue going forward. If you saw your AdSense CPCs decline starting on
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President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on the opioid crisis, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) After President Trump vowed “fire and fury” in response to threats from North Korea, people in the United States flocked to the internet to research what this might mean. And the phrases
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For many, if not most businesses, getting found online is critical for drawing in new customers. Today’s customer is searching for services, products, advice and entertainment on Google. The higher we’re listed, the better chance we have of getting new business. Which is why many companies employ people who specialize in “search engine optimization” (SEO)
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August 9, 2017 Whether you are brand new or a seasoned professional in pay per click marketing, there is always more to learn and changes to be aware of as platforms update their dashboards and continuously roll out new features. This paper will clarify the many uses and choices you can make as you maintain
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Don’t fall foul of these common Google Analytics mistakes Google Analytics is a fantastically useful tool for businesses of all sizes. Rather helpfully for all the SMEs and SMBs out there, it’s also free. That means anyone can start using Google analytics to study their web traffic in an attempt to tease out insights, to
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