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Bing Webmaster Tools Adds Malware Re-Evaluation & Geo-Targeting Tools

Bing announced two new features for Bing Webmaster Tools. First, you can now see more details on malware issues impacting your site and be able to submit a malware re-evaluation request. Second, you can now geo-target specific pages, directories or your whole site within Bing...
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Google link spam update done rolling out

It took an extra two weeks longer than expected to roll out. Google has completed the rollout of the link spam update it started just over four weeks ago. “The link spam update is now complete,” Danny Sullivan said via the Google Search Liaison account. What took so long. Google...
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Twitter Adding Advertisements?

Last night, there was some buzz and commotion over Twitter adding ads to the web interface. The screen shot provided here shows how Twitter is promoting Twitter Search, so technically, this might not be an advertisement but it shows how Twitter may be able to monetize the...
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SEO 101: Which URL versions to add to Google Search Console

Can you really afford to miss out on free technical data about your website’s performance in Google search results? Of course not! Contributor Fili Wiese explains how to set up your website in Google Search Console to make it work to your advantage. Google Search Console...
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A new way to approach your PPC personas: Learning from the sales process to limit waste and accelerate ROI

By splitting your personas into buyer types, you’ll have more targeted messaging and higher conversions. Having spent the last 11 years surrounded by sales leaders, Amanda Farley Partner and Director of Accounts and Digital Strategy at SSDM, picked up on some of their...
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T-Mobile Giving Customers One Year of Free Apple TV+

T-Mobile is giving its Magenta and Magenta MAX customers one free year of Apple TV+ streaming service. Apple TV+ is home to a number of critically-acclaimed and/or award-winning shows and movies, including Ted Lasso, Morning Show, See, CODA and Greyhound. The service is normally...
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Twitter’s Biz Stone: Thoughts On Repositioning Twitter, Search Ads, The Twitter Ecosystem & More

Last Thursday, I talked with Twitter cofounder Biz Stone on a variety of issues about Twitter but especially focused around search. In the interview, he discussed: how Twitter may redesign its home page to better reposition itself as a sharing and discovery service; how discovery...
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Canonical tags gone wild

What happens when canonical tags get out of control and how can you rein them in? Columnist Patrick Stox shares his findings and insights. Being a technical SEO, I love digging into any weird problems where things don’t seem to work as expected. Canonical tags seem easy enough,...
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5 dos and don’ts of managing a new international PPC account

Never managed an international PPC account before? Columnist Pauline Jakober provides tips and advice on how to handle this new challenge. You’re a US-based PPC manager, and you’ve just been tasked with overseeing an international account for the first time. What do you do? If...
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Amazon Facing Major Employee Backlash Over Return-to-Office Plans

Amazon is facing backlash from its employees over its return-to-office plans, with employees saying “this is turning into a circus.” Amazon recently announced it was pushing back its return-to-office date to at least January as a result of the surge in Delta COVID cases. Th...