SEO and Voice Search Goes Together Like Sardines and Peanut Butter

Voice search is all the rage. To hear it from a marketing or search technologist, the voice search revolution is on us. Lowering barriers to access and radically changing the way we interact with devices. There is only one problem, take it away Dr. Malcolm I hate to break it to everyone, but voice search […]

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Why SEOs can’t afford to wait around for a mobile-first index

SEO and performance marketing agency BrightEdge today released a new report which sheds light on the steadily widening gap between mobile and desktop search. I spoke to Erik Newton, VP of Customer Marketing and Head of SEO at BrightEdge, about the report’s findings, Google’s mobile-first index tests, and how SEOs can adapt their strategy.

Google announces AMP speed and viewability enhancements for ads

Utilizing “Fast Fetch” ad request and rendering, ads served on AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) will now be faster, and potentially will improve viewability rates.

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Google making renewed effort to help news publishers drive more subscriptions

Google effort appears to be a modified version of existing tools and approaches with some new, unspecified wrinkles.

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How to escape Google’s filter bubble

Over the years, Google has greatly increased the extent to which it tailors results to the user, with the aim of improving accuracy and relevance. While this can be helpful and convenient, many users find it disturbing – or unhelpful to their efforts in getting their site found by a wider audience. Here, we look at how, as a user, you can escape Google’s filter bubble – and as an SEO, how you can penetrate it.

How important is Google Shopping for retailers?

Columnist Andy Taylor shares his views on the recent European Commission antitrust ruling against Google and how this might impact retailers that rely on Google Shopping for sales.

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Developing YOUR audience targeting strategy

Columnist Christi Olson digs into how remarketing can be used create, shape and target the most important online audience in the world: yours.

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Google Search Console’s 7/13/17 update: What really changed?

Columnist Kyle Blanchette notes that after Google’s recent update to the Search Analytics report in Search Console, many of Merkle’s clients saw a significant increase in the total number of keywords reported per day.

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AdWords app-install campaigns to sunset as Universal App Campaigns take over

Google says Universal App Campaigns are now delivering 50% of app downloads across its network.

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Breaking news: When AMP goes through the roof

Columnist Barb Palser says many big news stories are now consumed primarily in AMP format.

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What are the risks for businesses that are getting fake reviews on Google?

Creating fake reviews might seem like a great way to boost your business’s local profile, but columnist Joy Hawkins warns that the consequences far outweigh the benefits. After all, you’re not just violating Google’s guidelines — you’re breaking the l…

AdWords mobile extensions get major upgrades with tappable sitelinks & more visible content

New changes to sitelink extensions will bring more usability to mobile, while also providing more real estate to the non-interactive extensions.

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