Google is fun to say, but DuckDuckGo — at least for me — is a lot more fun to use. While I can’t repeat the name as a verb (I can ‘Google it’ on Google; I don’t know what I’d say for a DuckDuckGo search), the upstart search engine has quickly become my go-to on a day to...Read More
WordPress, the most popular blogging platform on the Web, has just updated its official iOS app with new features for on-the-go WordPress bloggers. Available on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, WordPress for iOS lets you manage your WordPress.com blogs or WordPress.org self-hosted sites with options for creating and editing posts and pages, uploading media files,...Read More
In the digital marketing world, we throw around the acronyms “SEO†and “CRO.†We hire SEOs and CROs. We invest in SEO and CRO. We debate it. We preach it. We follow it. You see, we love our optimization. But for all this optimization, we’re missing something absolutely critical. It’s so critical that I’m prepared...Read More
For April Fools Day this year, Google created a version of Pac-Man that you could play inside Google Maps, to the delight of everyone who wanted eat power-pellets on the roundabouts of their hometown. Although this Pac-Man experience is now sadly defunct, people have been building games around Google Maps for years: trivia games, hidden...Read More
WordPress, the popular content management system which powers approximately 19% of all websites on the Internet (including this one), has released version 4.2Â of its Android app with some nice new changes. Insights The first major change is in the Insights section, which includes statistics on everything from the most popular posts of the day to...Read More
This post will give chief marketing officers the understanding and vocabulary to ask the right questions of their teams when it comes to search engine optimization (SEO). As a CMO you simply don’t have the time to micromanage digital marketing. You know SEO is important, perhaps critical, for your business, but you’ve got 100 other things...Read More
Google knowingly manipulates search results according to a research paper published Monday from several academics. The study presents evidence that the search giant sets out to hamper competitors and limit consumers’ options. The paper lands as Google prepares to release its response to the European Union investigation, which rests on similar claims about Google’s comparison-shopping product. The paper was authored by Tim Wu,...Read More
by Nicole Henderson on Monday, June 29 2015 Add Your Comments Recognizing what a pain migrating websites can be, WP Engine, a SaaS content management system for WordPress, has launched an automatic migration tool that helps users migrate existing WordPress websites to WP Engine’s platform. WP Engine Automated Migration is available as a plugin and can help users...Read More
When talking about search optimization for mobile apps, the first thing that comes up is App Store Optimization or ASO. But did you know that you can also use Search Engine Optimization or SEO to boost downloads of your mobile app? Mobile app profile pages don’t show up in search engine listings the way Web...Read More
Along with a tweak in the application design guidelines, Google has updated its own applications for Android with a subtle graphical tweak to remind users just who the driving force behind the ecosystem actually is. Not only are splash screens now an acceptable part of Android design, Google is making immediate use of them in a defensive move against...Read More
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