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Facebook gives autoplay video ads in Messenger a go

A Facebook spokesperson says they’re in the ‘beginning stages’ of placing video ads in Messenger. After introducing static ads into Messenger last year, Facebook is starting to run autoplay video ads on its messaging app. “We’re in the beginning stages of...
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Instagram’s new shopping bag icon adds e-commerce element to advertisers’ Stories

Tapping the shopping bag icon will display more details on the products featured on Instagram Stories from brands. Instagram is giving a select number of e-commerce brands a new feature to help with their e-commerce efforts on the platform. Starting today, certain advertiser...

SEO Friendly Shopping Carts? Custom or Purchased?

A High Rankings thread asks members what is a good non-open source, but commercial shopping cart software package that is search engine friendly. Three people in the thread tell the guy to build a custom solution, because that is the best option (of course I agree). One person...

SEMPO Launches Members Only Forum

Please expect a lot of chatter over at SEW forums at the thread I started named SEMPO Launches Members Only Forum. This is what I wrote: No official announcement yet, but I logged into my SEMPO account and found a link to the SEMPO Members Only Forum. They are using the same...
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5 Tips to Help You Optimize Your Website for Voice Search

It took a few years but voice search has finally matured, with Alexa, Siri and other voice-activated helpers now fast becoming the norm instead of a novelty. As a matter of fact, AdWeek reported that about 67 million voice-assisted devices are expected to be in use in the United...
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Google Does Not Count Your Typos & Spelling Mistakes

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google doesn’t count your typos. He said that it is always good fixing known issues with your site, be it spelling mistakes, technical errors, etc – Google doesn’t sit there and count your typos. He wrote...
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Bing Webmaster Outreach Nonexistent

Last week, I noticed a public post by Duane Forrester, the former Bing webmaster outreach person, on Facebook sharing his disappointment with the current state of Bing’s webmaster outreach efforts. As you know, Duane left Bing towards the end of last year and since then, it...