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Plus, Shopify site owners can finally edit their robots.txt files.
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Finally, Shopify site owners can edit their robots.txt files
The rollout began on Friday and should now be available for all sites.
SMX Advanced starts today; Tuesday’s daily brief
Plus, why you should prepare for Prime Day even if you’re not an Amazon merchant.
Similar Audiences and Google Merchant Center store importing are coming to Microsoft Advertising
Microsoft Audience Network is also expanding to two new markets: France and Germany.
The greatest hits from Google Marketing Livestream, plus Microsoft Advertising’s new ads and social management pilot; Friday’s daily brief
New features are available in Google Ads for local businesses, travel, and more.
YouTube may start showing ads on non-monetized videos; Snapchat launches Public Profiles for Businesses; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Google expands ways to reach new and returning app users and update in-app event tracking
Over 98% of websites have accessibility issues, plus experience update is coming to desktop; Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, how to improve your brand’s Instagram presence
Google unveils its Shopping Graph, an expanded Shopify integration and more shopping features at I/O
The announcements position Google as the middle ground between shoppers and retailers.
Big brands find pandemic success with e-commerce platforms; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, pitch to speak at SMX
Facebook unfriends Australia and Maryland passes ad tax; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, Google's Search Central Live conference is right after SMX Report
Clubhouse, Shopify, and unconfirmed algorithm updates; Thursday’s daily brief
Plus, EU search choice screen pleases almost no one
Google hiding addresses in local pack and should you write meta descriptions: Tuesday’s daily brief
Plus, Google News and Discover penalties
Facebook blocks Trump for remainder of term while Twitter sets permanent ban
Numerous advertisers have paused their social media campaigns over the events at the Capitol.
SEO year in review 2020: COVID forces platforms to adapt their local and e-commerce offerings, and more
Even a pandemic couldn’t slow down developments in the search industry. Here’s our recap of the year’s most important stories and news.
PPC 2020 in review: COVID leaves its mark on e-commerce and paid search
Platforms pivoted to accommodate advertising during a crisis and automation continued to be at the heart of paid search changes.
What would it take for new search engines to succeed?
Neeva and You.com seek to pick up segments of users overlooked by Google, and with shifting user preferences and increased governmental scrutiny, there might be an opportunity.
Mobile shopping is gaining share this holiday season
More digital retail conversions are happening on mobile in 2020.
Social Shorts: Instagram pegs Reels and Shop, Pinterest’s engagement metric, TikTok’s size and more
Why Pinterest moved beyond CTR to understand ad engagement Relying on a straight click-through rate metric to understand how ads are resonating has its shortcomings, explained Pinterest engineers in a blog post. Those shortcomings include not accounting for ad position bias, users’ Save or Hide actions and brand awareness objectives. Instead, Pinterest explains, it developed […]
COVID helped drive record ad revenue for big tech in Q3
Facebook, Google and Amazon all reported significant revenue growth during, and partly because of, the pandemic.
Social Shorts: TikTok teams with Shopify, Commerce ads dominate Facebook, LinkedIn users top 722 million
TikTok jumps into social commerce with Shopify TikTok’s advertising division TikTok for Business announced a global integration with Shopify Tuesday that makes it easy for Shopify merchants to promote their products on the short-form video social network. The two companies also announced #ShopBlack to amplify Black-owned Shopify merchants on TikTok. Why we care. This marks […]
Google rolling out video appointments, online classes to local business profiles
The booking can occur through GMB but the class or consultation won't happen on the business profile.
How would an SEO agency be built today? Part 2: Current business model(s)
In Part 2 of this series, we explore the current business models of SEO agencies – including value propositions, revenue drivers, key resources, and more.
How would an SEO agency be built today? Part 1: Consumers and trends
As agencies adapt to circumstances and discover new ways of positioning themselves, they can use their beginner’s mind and fuel a much-needed change for both clients and industry.
Replay: Live with Search Engine Land season wrap-up—COVID and marketing disruption
Search Engine Land editors take a look back at the disruptions over the past few months, how marketers have adapted to the changes, and what the future may hold.
Shopify tradeoffs: What to consider before selecting your next e-commerce platform
Shopify makes it easy to start selling, but there are limits to its SEO and customization capabilities.
Common Shopify SEO pitfalls and how to avoid them
What Shopify store owners and SEOs can do to overcome platform challenges and rank higher.
Product feed optimization: Here’s more reason to use those attributes
Google is surfacing product attributes such as "Material" in Shopping ads.
Buy on Google goes commission-free, will enable checkout via PayPal, Shopify
This is the second big shake up for Google's commerce efforts this year.
4 ways to speed up your Shopify site
Lower load times can increase your organic visibility and help you sell more.
Replay: The ins and outs of Shopify SEO
Go Fish Digital’s Chris Long and The Economist Store’s Ron Diorio share what SEOs and store owners need to know about setting up shop on the burgeoning e-commerce platform.
Yelp offers upgraded COVID reopening tools for local businesses, restaurants
The company is also modifying Waitlist to help restaurants to better manage capacity during mandatory social distancing.
May e-commerce exceeds holiday 2019, setting up the battle of the marketplaces
Walmart brought in more online revenue than eBay in May for the fist time.
New Google My Business features aim to help SMBs pivot and survive COVID-19
The new tools and capabilities mirror the expanding role of GMB as a gateway to both offline and online services.
Blogging for Shopify: A unique SEO approach
Shopify stores may need to create blog content to rank for keywords that seem strictly transactional.
Emotional ROI should be one of your key performance indicators during COVID [Video]
Continue to foster brand connections now, say marketers on Live with Search Engine Land.
Black Friday in April: e-commerce is booming according to three reports
Store closures crashed traditional retail spending, but online sales are still on fire.
Now, Shopify merchants can quickly turn their catalogs into shoppable Pins
The new Pinterest app on Shopify is now available in the U.S. and Canada.
Shopify launches post-COVID POS, Yelp rolls out omnichannel tools for SMBs
The companies are part of a shift toward deeper integration between online and offline operations.
In major shift, Google Shopping opens up to free product listings
After 8 years, Google will bring free listings into its Shopping results as part of an evolution to better compete against Amazon in product search.
Amid the economic gloom, some hopeful indicators emerge for marketers
Consumer confidence and spending have ticked up as people receive stimulus money and anticipate the lockdowns ending.