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Bing Maps adds build and share your itinerary

Now in the US and the UK, you can plan your trips using Bing Maps with predefined itineraries that can be customized. Bing has announced that within Bing Maps, you can now build and share your itinerary for upcoming vacations or trips. Bing will let you take predesigned...
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The Wait is Over! Microsoft Office is Now Available on Chromebook

It took a while but Microsoft Office is finally available for Chromebooks. Chrome Unboxed recently reported that Microsoft Office apps are now showing up in Google’s Play Store for Chromebooks. The apps are expected to roll out on Acer’s Chromebook 15 and C771, as...
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Twitter suggested accounts to unfollow, says it was part of an ‘incredibly’ limited test

The test aimed to surface accounts that people were not engaging with. Twitter confirmed this week it recently ran a test suggesting accounts to unfollow. The test lasted for only a few days, was applied to a small fraction of users, and has since ended, according to a report by...
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Facebook tests new way to connect more users on the platform

Facebook’s ‘Things in common’ label will show users what they have in common with people they’re not connected to. Facebook is testing a new way to get more users to become Facebook friends. To do so, the company is adding a “Things in Common” label above...
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Analysts say Amazon’s advertising business will surpass AWS by 2021

Amazon’s ad revenue is on track to more than triple in the next couple of years, according to Piper Jaffray. For the past few years, Amazon’s ad business has often been talked about as a sleeping giant. Well, the giant is awake and ready to stretch out. Amazon’s advertising...
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Did The Google Medic Update Make Search Worse? Show Google Examples.

Google is asking you to provide examples of how the search results are now worse off since after the Google Medic update which was released on August 1st as a core broad Google algorithm update. Gary Illyes said let him know examples on Twitter and do not just say that a...
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This SEO nerd says its OK to ask for links

Contributor Andrew Dennis shares recent tweets made by Google public Search Liaison Danny Sullivan and looks at how they’ve helped SEOs get a better understanding of what’s OK when it comes to link building. I feel invigorated.  For the first time in what seems like a...
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Bing Ads To Disallow Recreational Guns & Gun Accessories

Bing announced they are not going to be allowing advertisements on the Bing Ads search network for recreational guns or any sort of gun accessory after July 1, 2018. This excludes items such as bb guns, paintball guns, or air rifles and accessories or devices that can be attached...
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Experts agree: Social media is ineffective in local link building

As anyone who’s tried to develop links to a local business will know, the link building game for local SEO is a very different beast to standard link building. For a start, Domain Authority isn’t as critical as local relevance. Then there’s the realization that nofollow links are...
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Bing Ads With Ad Rejection Exceptions On Ad Group Level

Bing announced you can now request ad exceptions on ad rejections on the whole group level, as opposed to individual ads. Here is a screen shot on how to specifically request the ad exception at the group level: It is about 5 clicks but you can select all the ads in the ad group...