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Bing Knowledge Panels Cite Sources & Can Pull From Facebook & YouTube

Brodie Clark posted on Twitter that he found it interesting that Bing would show Facebook as a source of information for their knowledge graph. Microsoft and Facebook do have a partnership, of course. But still. Here is the example he used, where the knowledge panel for [portion...
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Google: Company Name In Title Tag Is Fine

Many web sites put a keyword rich one line short description of the content on the page in their title tag. Many of those companies also add to the end of their title tag the company or brand name of the site. Google confirmed that it is 100% okay to put your company name in your...
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European publishers accuse Google and Facebook of ‘plundering’ their content

Publishers and media companies have stepped up lobbying for a restrictive copyright law that would effectively create ‘link taxes.’ Many of Europe’s biggest news publishers have stepped up lobbying for a proposed European copyright law that would force companies such...
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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...