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Month: January 2019

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Google to Remove HTTPS Secure Indicator in September

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The Secure URL label HTTPS will no longer be seen on Google Chrome by September of this year. Google believes that secure websites should be the norm and as such, do not need any more labels. The news was confirmed on May 17 by Google Chrome Security Product Manager Emily Schecter on the company’s official blog. According to Schecter, users of Chrome version 69 will no longer see the green “Secure” label and lock icon beside HTTPS secure websites starting in September. Meanwhile, sites without HTTPS certificates will trigger a “Not Secure”…

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Bing 

Sitelinks tip: Set your sitelink descriptions or Google, Bing Ads can do it dynamically

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If you haven’t set up manual sitelink descriptions in non-brand campaigns, yet, you may not like what you see. Ginny Marvin on January 11, 2019 at 12:03 pm If you have manual sitelinks without descriptions set up in your accounts, you’re not alone. But now is a good time to start adding those manual descriptions. Here’s why. Dynamic sitelinks have been around for many years in both Google Ads and Bing Ads. They can show with your ads if you haven’t set up manual sitelinks. But, there’s a twist. The…

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New Instagram Feature Will Tell Brands What Products Have Been Bookmarked by Customers

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Instagram is set to start developing analytics tools that will inform companies what products are being bookmarked by users. The information can help brands in their ad targeting campaigns. Instagram formed a team in 2017 to transform the app into a conduit for online shopping. With that goal in mind, the team launched a new tool last month that allowed users to bookmark products that captured their interest. Now, Instagram is working on creating a tool that will tell brands which of their products are being saved. The company is…

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Bing Ads will serve all Yahoo search ads in new Microsoft-Verizon Media deal

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Microsoft and Verizon announced Thursday an update to the partnership that has long existed in various iterations between Yahoo, AOL and Bing search ad networks. Verizon-owned Yahoo and AOL are under the umbrella of Verizon Media Group, formerly known as Oath. Microsoft and Yahoo have had a long, somewhat convoluted and sometimes strainedpartnership that traces back to 2009. What is changing? Microsoft’s Bing Ads will be the exclusive search adverting platform for Verizon Media properties, including Yahoo and AOL. When Microsoft and the then-independent Yahoo last renegotiated their search advertising partnership in April 2015, Yahoo was looking to build up…

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SEO 

SEO tips, tools, and how to’s: Best of 2018

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It’s that time of the year again: reflecting on the year that’s past as we prepare for 2019 lurking around the corner. In this article, we have a roundup of some of our fan favorite pieces from 2018 on SEO. On Monday, we’ll have a roundup of our top articles on search industry news and trends. 1. How to force Google to recrawl your website If you have launched a new website, updated a single page on your existing domain, or altered many pages and/or the structure of your site,…

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Google’s Rich Results testing tool now supports code editing

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You can now edit the code in the rich results test and see what those edits do in real time. Google has updated its Rich Results Test tool to let webmasters edit the code and see how those edits impact their results results. Google announced this as part of the Chrome Developer Summit this morning. What are rich results? Rich results are search results that go beyond the standard blue link, they may include a carousels, images, stars, ratings, images or other non-textual user interface elements. How it works. Here…

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