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Google News meta keywords, Yelp attribution & AdWords scripting Read More »
Google has dropped its support for the news meta keywords tag. Google introduced the new meta keywords tag specifically for news publishers back in 2012 and quietly stopped supporting it months ago. Google did not announce this change, so publishers, like us at Search Engine Land, have continued to use it. Using the news meta
Photo Credit: Phil Konstantin California Governor Jerry Brown signing a bill banning all guns in the state is fake news. There is no truth to a report that Brown recently signed legislation that would ban all guns from ownership in the state of California. Rather, this fake news plays off the recent debate over gun
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The judge a lawsuit against online and mobile food delivery service GrubHub has ruled Raef Lawson, who made deliveries for the company, was an independent contractor and not an employee. The Lawson v. Grubhub decision comes as several gig-economy companies grapple with the status of their employees and the associated costs of misclassification. GrubHub Drivers
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Amy Gesenhues is Third Door Media’s General Assignment Reporter, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land and Search Engine Land. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed
Facebook news, Adobe’s content tool & a new SMS/MMS marketing platform Read More »
Amy Gesenhues is Third Door Media’s General Assignment Reporter, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land and Search Engine Land. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed
GDPR misconceptions, Twitter news & Snapchat’s Snap Store Read More »
On January 11th, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a coming, major shift in the way Facebook will sort posts in it’s News Feed. In a nutshell, posts from brand and publisher Pages are set to be de-prioritized in favor of person-to-person interactions, which will likely mean a decline in organic reach for businesses. Here are
9 Things Publishers Need to Know About Facebook’s Coming News Feed Changes Read More »
As part of Mark Zuckerberg’s new mission statement for Facebook, which he outlined last February, one of the key measures emphasized was ‘civic engagement’ and using the power of Facebook to improve connection within local communities. That approach was solidified after Zuck’s ‘Great American Road Trip‘, in which the multi-billionaire CEO traveled to 23 US
Facebook to Give Local News Stories a News Feed Boost, Starting in the U.S. Read More »
During our most recent #SMTLive Twitter chat (and the first one of 2018), I asked the group one timely and important question: Are you planning to change your Facebook strategy with the update? Why or why not? And do you have any advice on how to tackle this change? Q4 – Are you planning to change
What #SMTLive Chat Members Have to Say About Facebook’s News Feed Update Read More »
Amy Gesenhues is Third Door Media’s General Assignment Reporter, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land and Search Engine Land. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed
New Adform study, Helpshift’s GDPR compliance tool & Facebook’s News Feed change Read More »
