SEO
What does the Consumer Review Fairness Act mean for consumers and online reviews?
Online reviews have steadily become a part of our everyday online world and an integral part of consumers’ buying process. Whether you’re proactively seeking out reviews for a product/service or responding to a Facebook friend’s post asking for provider recommendations, online reviews surround us. Reviews and star ratings show up in search engine results pages (in…
Read MoreHow Google may be slowing down AMP by not using direct links to publishers
One of the biggest disadvantages for publishers in using AMP — the accelerated mobile pages format — is that Google will not show a publisher’s actual URL when displaying AMP pages. Google says this is so AMP pages load quickly. However, using a publisher’s URL might hardly slow a page down. In fact, using Google’s…
Read MoreTwitter is eliminating its ads that requested people’s personal information
tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Twitter is phasing out its lead generation ad format that brands could use to request people’s names, Twitter handles and email addresses. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the move on Monday. The spokesperson said in an emailed statement: “We are always experimenting with the best ways to help advertisers effectively connect with consumers. At…
Read MoreDigital assistants, conversational search and the future of local
Traditional search has us conditioned to speak like cavemen: choppy sentences, verbs optional. But that’s all starting to change with the rise of digital assistants and conversational search. Conversational search comes with the expectation that digital assistants will actually converse with us. Our primitive two-word queries (grunts and hand gestures included) have evolved into full-fledged, honest-to-goodness questions. The age of digital assistants is upon us. For…
Read MoreWhy good SEO is strategic
From its inception as a marketing discipline nearly a decade ago, SEO has generally had a tactical focus. And that’s fine. After all, the specific tactics used to gain links, mentions, rankings, traffic and other KPIs are amazingly interesting subjects in their own right. (I’ve long been fascinated by the exact position of the demarcation…
Read MoreMore content, less traffic: part I
“Content is king” is the familiar SEO refrain that has spawned umpteen pages of thin, vapid website content. The push toward more and more content was mitigated somewhat by the next refrain, “quality content,” following Google’s numerous Panda updates. But a widespread misconception perpetuated by the SEO industry persists: you need to continue to feed the content beast — otherwise, The…
Read MoreGoogle restricts TrueView video ad rotation settings to “Optimize for views” only
If you’re running video campaigns on Google properties and have set ad rotations to Optimize for conversions or to Rotate evenly, you’ll want to take note that Google will be switching your rotation setting to Optimize for views — if it hasn’t already. Advertisers are seeing a notice in AdWords that Optimize for views is now…
Read MorePPC Landing Page Magic: Secrets Revealed [GIFOGRAPHIC]
This marketing infographic is part of KlientBoost’s 25-part Marketing Advent Calendar. Sign up here to receive a new gifographic once a day in your inbox. As a kid who was fascinated with the magic store, it’s kind of surprising that I still don’t know how magicians do certain tricks. But it’s probably because as an…
Read MoreSEO trends to prepare for in 2017
Search engine optimization is evolving at lightning speed. As 2016 begins to wind down, it is time to examine the digital marketing landscape for the upcoming year. There have been numerous developments in SEO over the past 10 months. A lot of the prominent trends of 2016 will continue and grow in 2017. As Google’s…
Read More10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Your Conversion Rates Are Below Average
Don’t wait until it’s too late. Check and maintain your conversion rates often, just like you would your car. Image via Shutterstock. A major faux pas I often see with conversion rates is that businesses only seem to to address them when alarms are triggered. Conversion rates require ongoing maintenance and should be regular focal…
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