YouTube growth strategies continue to be a hot topic among marketers. In fact, most marketers plan to increase their YouTube budgets this year and say the platform has the highest growth potential in 2024. Anytime you’re talking about YouTube growth (and I talk about growth a lot as the founder of Thompson Media Group), Jimmy … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question the question of how long it takes for SEO to work and what it means if rankings don’t change after a year. Sometimes best practices doesn’t work and John Mueller explains why this sometimes is the case. What Is SEO? There is no single definition of SEO. What constitutes … Read more
YouTube expands course creation feature, allowing more creators to offer paid educational content and unlock new revenue streams. YouTube is expanding course creation to more creators. Courses can be free or paid, offering new monetization options. Features include quizzes, completion badges, and dedicated channel tabs. Source link
Today, I’ve got a special treat for you, something most companies won’t share: a peek at one of our losses. A “best practice” that failed so hard we had to pause part of the test early. And, if I can wax clickbait-y for a moment, it’s a tactic you may be using in your calls-to-action … Read more
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question in the SEO Office Hours podcast about whether reproducing YouTube video content into text on a web page would be seen as duplicate content and have a negative impact on the web page rankings. Although duplicate content is not a negative ranking factor, content published on a more authoritative … Read more
A critical vulnerability was discovered in the WPML WordPress plugin, affecting over a million installations. The vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to perform remote code execution, potentially leading to a total site takeover. It is listed as rated 9.9 out of 10 by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) organization. WPML Plugin Vulnerability The plugin … Read more
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Everyone can have influence, but not everyone can be an influencer. And I say this as someone who has participated in several influencer campaigns but would never claim the label. This title “influencer” rightfully belongs to an elite group of people who can reliably elicit interest or action in others. And if you’re a marketer, … Read more
Image Credit: Lyna ™ Two trends have impacted how Google goes about indexing. While the open web has shrunk, Google needs to crawl through big content platforms like YouTube, Reddit, and TikTok, which are often built on “complex” JS frameworks, to find new content. At the same time, AI is changing the underlying dynamics of … Read more
Google introduces AI-powered features for retailers, aiming to boost efficiency during the shortened 2024 holiday shopping season. Google unveiled new AI tools for retailers. The 2024 holiday shopping season is shorter than usual. These features aim to help businesses adapt quickly to consumer trends. Source link
A lot has been said about the remarkable opportunities of Generative AI (GenAI), and some of us have also been extremely vocal about the risks associated with using this transformative technology. The rise of GenAI presents significant challenges to the quality of information, public discourse, and the general open web. GenAI’s power to predict and … Read more
Google updated their documentation for the profile page structured data, a structured data that all creators including recipe bloggers can use and become eligible for enhanced listings in the search results. What is ProfilePage Structured Data? ProfilePage structured data is a Schema.org markup that Google uses for enhanced listings in the search results. It’s well … Read more
Google updated the opening paragraph of the Organization Structured Data documentation to provide a clearer, more comprehensive description of its purpose, with improved clarity on four specific points. The result is a model of how to write a high quality opening paragraph. The new documentation has a high level of information density, which is the quality … Read more
Trying to get your startup off the ground can be tricky, especially when you have a unique, one of a kind idea. After all, you need to pay for product creation, testing, website costs, and marketing, all before you’ve likely made a single sale! Needless to say, things can start getting expensive and fast. That’s … Read more
Google to replace Merchant Center with new version by September, introducing AI tools and unified management for online and local listings. Google will replace classic Merchant Center with Merchant Center Next by September. New features include Product Studio, consolidated analytics, and unified product management. Transition may pose challenges, but Google promises improved functionality and provides … Read more
Aleyda Solis recently published the results of her SEOFOMO survey that revealed actionable facts about where SEOs are getting their clients, what kinds of clients they’re getting and how they’re promoting themselves to get more clients. Aleyda Solis (LinkedIn) is a popular digital marketer specializing in International SEO. She publishes the SEOFOMO + MarketingFOMO Newsletters, … Read more
It often surprises people to learn just how unfunny making comedy can be. I worked with this week’s master of marketing some years ago out of The Onion’s HQ, so we’ve both been behind the scenes. A business is still a business, and marketing is still marketing. Which isn’t to say it can’t be a … Read more
In an update to its search documentation, Google has expanded the list of sources it uses to generate title links in search results. Google now includes the og:title meta tag as one of the elements it considers when automatically creating title links for web pages. Screenshot from: developers.google.com/search/updates, August 2024. Title links, which appear as … Read more
You open your computer on a Monday morning, and you have a few Slack messages about a campaign you’re launching on Tuesday. After you‘ve answered those, you check your inbox and see you’ve been tagged in some slides for that same campaign. Once you’re done responding, you hop on a Zoom call to chat with … Read more
