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5 For Friday – War Of The Week’s 5 Kings: Apple, BTC, Google, Pinterest, & IG
1. It’s Gold, It’s Gold Baby: The New iPad Air, That Is – Business Insider Apple is releasing a gold version of the iPad Air with the new launch. With the iPhone 6 being launched next week, the next Apple event in line will be in October. According to MacRumors, …
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TUTORIAL: A Google Gem That’s Trending Near You
My clients frequently ask me how long it takes to rank higher on Google search page results. I explain that the process is gradual and not guaranteed due to a number of factors, such as the 200 plus “signals” that make up Google’s algorithm, the time it can take for …
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5 For Friday – Amazon Ad Challenge, Facebook Changes, Twitter Spam, & Google’s Snafu
1) Amazon Takes on Google Adwords – Wall Street Journal The war for Internet supremacy rages on between Google and Amazon. The increasingly competitive relationship between the two giants has grown even more strained as of late, but their tenuous relationship has survived largely because Amazon is one of Google’s largest …
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Google Instant Verification Passes The Sentence & Swings The Sword
On July 31st, Google rolled out an instant verification option for local businesses that have already verified their websites with Google Webmaster Tools. There is, however, very specific cases. As the Google support page linked above states, it’s important to note “that some business categories may not be eligible for …
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Give Your Site Some Link-building Lovin’
With this year’s Google algorithm updates, we’ve heard a lot of buzz about implementing disavows and getting rid of bad, non-relevant links to your site. However, what we’ve heard less about is what to do after you get rid of all of those links. Now that those disavowed or deleted …
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Five For Friday: Vine Allows Video Imports, AdWords Launches New Bulk Editing, Snapchat Does News, And More!
1. Vine Finally Lets You Import Videos From Your Phone – Mashable Love making videos on Instagram? Well guess what! The popular app, Vine, is finally allowing users to upload videos from their phones. In addition to being able to import your own videos, Vine now also allows you to …
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A Few Things You May Or May Not Have Ever Wanted To Know About Schema, But Were Too Bored To Ask
As Google continues to affirm its support for more detailed types of schema markup when crawling sites, it seems that there is an increased level of general interest in the concept and implementation of schema. I know that across our office, there are constant enraptured whispers about the ethereal mystery …
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Five For Friday: Facebook Mobile Ad Tracking, Promoted Video Tweets, And More.
Facebook rolls out new way for advertisers to track engagement with mobile ad campaigns. User suspicion on the rise as updated Messenger app gains greater access to personal information stored on mobile devices. Twitter begins testing promoted video posts for brands. Yelp and Bing join forces in the name of …
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Five For Friday: Tweets Within Tweets, Foursquare Gets A Facelift, And More!
1. Personal Preferences Killed The Check-In -Mashable Once upon a time, Foursquare made “checking in” at a location cool. But as of its latest update on Wednesday (8/6), the app has completely removed that feature. Now, those who want to broadcast their location to their social media spheres can do …
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Google+ Crush Saga: Your Guide To Social Media Sweetness
Google+ is SO complicated! That’s what a lot of our clients tell us. They get frustrated and, to be honest, so do we. There are so many questions! It can be overwhelming. What kind of Google+ page should you create? Which Google+ page should you use for posts and updates? …
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