SearchCap: Google XML sitemaps, Amazon ads & more

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

• Managing sitemap XML with Google Search Console
  Feb 8, 2019 by Detlef Johnson

  What to look for in Search Console indexing reports, plus learn why and how to create a dynamic Sitemap file.

• Key considerations for achieving success on Amazon
  Feb 7, 2019 by Ginny Marvin

  Expert tips for making the most of Amazon’s advertising offerings and factors to manage before you even get started.

Recent Headlines From Marketing Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:

• Key considerations for achieving success on Amazon
  Feb 8, 2019 by Ginny Marvin

  Expert tips for making the most of Amazon’s advertising offerings and factors to manage before you even get started.

• Facebook Pages will soon be able to respond to Instagram Direct messages
  Feb 7, 2019 by Amy Gesenhues

  The new feature follows Facebook’s recent announcement that it is working to integrate Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.

• Get more from your customer data with marketing automation
  Feb 7, 2019 by Digital Marketing Depot

  With so many marketing automation options available, it’s hard to know where to start – or how to disengage from your current provider. Maybe you’re unhappy with your experience using a legacy marketing automation product. Maybe your martech stack keeps getting bigger and more expensive… and your results aren’t keeping pace. In this webinar, Mautic […]

• How could Facebook’s use of blockchain affect marketing and advertising?
  Feb 7, 2019 by Barry Levine

  The social giant’s recent aqui-hire of a blockchain startup’s team is another demonstration of its interest in cryptocurrency, shared ledgers and smart contracts.

Search News From Around The Web:

• An SEO’s Guide to Using Robots Exclusion Protocol, Builtvisible
• Google Assistant shortcut on mobile Search homepage now more widely available, 9to5Google
• Google Began Censoring Search Results in Russia, Reports Say, The Moscow Times
• Google Testing Image Carousel With Refinement Bubbles, Search Engine Roundtable
• SEO For Web Engineers: 38 Hard-Earned Lessons and Tips, John Wdefeo
• Using STAT for Content Strategy – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
• We Analyzed 100,000 Unnatural Links and This Is What We’ve Learned, cognitiveseo.com

About The Author

Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.