Here Are The Speakers For #SEJSummit London! (Part 1)
Announcing the speakers for 2015’s third SEJ Summit, hosted by Searchmetrics, to be held at the Ham Yard Hotel in London, England on Tuesday, May...
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Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
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Facebook Makes It Possible To Send Money Between Friends
Facebook just announced a major enhancement to its Messenger service that will allow friends to easily and securely send money to each other. This feature,...
Google Makes it Easier for Users to Fill Out Forms on Mobile Devices
Today, Google announced an enhancement to its autocomplete attribute in Chrome that will ultimately make it easier, and faster, for users to fill out forms...
Google to Devalue Doorway Pages in Search Results
In an effort to improve the overall quality of its search results, Google has announced that it will start to launch ranking adjustments for doorway...
Facebook Acquires Top Shopping Search Engine In Effort To Improve Commerce Ads
Today, it was announced that Facebook has acquired shopping search engine, The Find, in an effort to improve the social network’s advertising efforts. The terms...
Google AdWords To Refresh Certain Data Sets More Frequently
AdWords Product Manger, Jon Diorio, announced on Google+ today that more frequent updates are coming to certain sets of data. Specifically, search terms, geographic performance...
Shortlist Announced For The 2015 European Search Awards
The shortlist for the 2015 European Search Awards has been announced and winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony at The Hilton Berlin on...
Google Webmaster Tools Now Shows When Images, CSS, or JavaScript Are Being Blocked
When Google crawls your site, ideally you want it to be able to see your site as a regular users would. If linked image, CSS,...
Popular WordPress Plugin ‘SEO by Yoast’ Vulnerable To Hackers
Hacker News reports that a vulnerability affecting millions of users has been found in industry leading WordPress plugin SEO by Yoast. According to an advisory,...
Facebook Introduces Topic Data: Learn What Your Audience Is Discussing on Facebook
As marketers, the more data we have the more targeted our messaging can be. Knowing what your audience is saying about topics related to your...
Google to Site Owners: Tell Us About Your HTTPS URLs!
Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, Garry Illyes, posted on Google+ early this morning with a clear message to site owners: “please tell search engines about your...
Here Is The Agenda For #SEJSummit Chicago!
Our third invite-only, one day conference for enterprise marketers will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.
Adobe Announces Solution For Running Marketing Campaigns On Apple Pay and Google Wallet
In light of the rise in mobile payment solutions, a tool is on the way to help marketers get their products in front of the...
Google AdWords Introduces Dynamic Structured Snippets
Your paid search listings are about to get a slightly new look and feel with the addition of dynamic structured snippets, the Google AdWords team...
More Speakers For #SEJSummit Chicago (Part 2)
Part 2 Announcing speakers for 2015’s third SEJ Summit, hosted by Searchmetrics, to be held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago on Wednesday, April...
Facebook Warns Page Owners About Upcoming Drop in Page Likes
Today, Facebook gave Page owners a heads up about an upcoming change that’s going to cause a drop in Page likes. The company is going...
Google Launches First Ever AdWords App on Android
Google announced the launch of its first ever app dedicated to managing AdWords campaigns. The app is now available worldwide on the Android operating system,...
Here Are The Speakers For #SEJSummit Chicago! (Part 1)
Announcing the speakers for 2015’s third SEJ Summit, hosted by Searchmetrics, to be held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago on Wednesday, April 15,...
Google Is Looking Into Ways To Rank Sites Based On Accuracy Of Information
In the future, Google may value the accuracy of your content more than the quality of your backlinks, according to a paper (PDF) recently published by researchers...
Facebook Makes 5 Predictions For A Mobile-First Future
Get ready to put the desktop computer in the back of your mind and start thinking about mobile first. Facebook predicts that as smartphones become...
Google Extends Safe Browsing Protections to Google Analytics Users
If you’re a site owner there’s a good chance you have used Google Webmaster Tools, and you may have even encountered Safe Browsing notifications before....
Twitter-Hosted Video Can Now Be Embedded On Your Website
Twitter recently added a new feature to its service where you can capture and upload video using Twitter’s official apps, allowing you to tweet video without...
Google to Separate Google+ Into Separate Divisions
Google executive Bradley Horowitz confirmed late last night that there are some changes coming to Google+, and he has been placed in charge of two...
Google To Use Mobile Usability As A Ranking Factor In Mobile Search Results
Google dropped a major announcement today stating that, as of April 21st, the search giant will be extending the use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking...
Google Is Bringing Paid Search Results To The Google Play Store
Google announced this morning that its bringing a familiar feature from Web search over the Google Play Store: paid search results for mobile apps. Mobile...
Twitter Now Has An Official WordPress Plugin, Here’s What It Does
Twitter just launched its very first official WordPress plugin, which combines several features previously available through third party apps such as the ability to embed...
Google Gives Business Owners More Control Over Photos Displayed In Search Results
Google recently announced some improvements to its Google My Business service that are designed to give business owners more control over how their business is...
Google Improves Google Flights Search, Never Miss Another Travel Deal
Thinking about Spring/Summer travel while stuck in one of the coldest winters on record? You’re not the only one, as Google points out there’s always...
Facebook Introduces App For Managing Ads On The Go
To meet the demand of its over 800,000 monthly advertisers, Facebook has introduced a new mobile app that will help make it easier to manage...
Google To Warn Users Against Visiting Sites With Unwanted Downloads
Google recently announced that it’s going to start warning users before visiting sites that prompt unwanted software downloads. Google Search will now be able to...